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Muscles Relax

What got me thinking about relaxing was when my yoga instructor told me that I was using too much strength. It is not a menta...

Think Over

This may be out of the blue; it is said that more and more films, TV dramas and animations are explaining too much these days...

Brain Runs?

Do marathons run on grit or mental strength? I will consider the link to the brain and running. I often hear about serotonin,...

Pheidippides’ Paradox

I ran a full marathon race. I didn't expect a two-year break, but this was my 44th full marathon race. As my groin pain had n...

Winter Is Over

I do not always have a twisted perspective, but I try to look at spring from a different angle this time. When I was a univer...

Attachment

In yoga philosophy, we find the teaching of "Aparigraha" (non-attachment). It is sometimes translated as non-possessiveness a...

Glimpse of Streets

I like to gaze at streets from cafes. It is getting darker earlier with the arrival of a busy December, and people are walkin...

Etymology of Tea

I had read a topic about the origin of the words chai and tea in a certain book before and happened to find a similar article on ...

Tasty Cuisines

While I was writing a blog about foods, I happened to come across an article on The world's 50 best foods. There was a variety of...

Gulyás

When I travelled to Budapest, Hungary, I had the famous cuisine gulyás, a beef and potato soup. I liked it so much that I could e...

Memorable Dishes

I have eaten various excellent foods around the world. Among them, the potato dish served with the Wiener schnitzel I had in ...

Patient

With no major marathons being held for some time, and on top of that, my groin injury has not healed well, it's hard to get m...

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