“Real World” Self Defense

Sensei Tristan gives a few insights into ‘real world’ self defense training after a Satori Method seminar.

Board Breaking!!!

John Assaraf & Tristan Truscott help the “Having It All Challenge” participants overcome limitations by Breaking Boards!!!”

5 Secrets to Lasting Health & Fitness

To help my students become successful in reaching all of their health and fitness goals I continually review these 5 secrets with them.

Here they are …

Secret #1 – Manage Your Time: Without knowing how to apply this secret, you’ll never even get off the ground. You have got to be able to carve out time for yourself. No one else will do it for you! You’ve got to make yourself more important than all the distractions. Remember this, if you don’t change your direction you’ll definitely end up where you are heading.

Secret #2 – Disciplined Mindset: Your mindset is SO important. Without a clear picture of what you want and the motivation and discipline to accomplish it – well it won’t happen. To attain your goals you have to constantly keep your thoughts in check. Negativity, fear, doubt and old habits often die hard, that is why mediation is also very important; it clears negative thoughts and gives you access to your higher self and your inner-drive.

Secret #3 – Consistency: This one is a Golden Secret. After 25 years of training and teaching I will boldly say that without consistency you’ll never reach your goals. Consistency must also embrace patience, because without patience you won’t be able to handle the plateaus. In reality there aren’t really plateaus, because if you’re consistent then you are always growing – it’s just that you just can’t always “see” the growth. Just stay on track!

Secret #4 – Make it a Way of Life: Remember this, the most successful athletes make their training a Way of Life. In the beginning of your health and fitness journey you will definitely see some very quick results. There will however be plateaus … they hit all of us at some point. The core truth though … results that will mean the most to you, like self discipline, self respect and inner-transformation, they will happen to you gradually over time. If you want profound long-lasting changes in your life then I suggest that you stay the course and embrace your training as a Way of Life.

Secret #5 – G.O.A.L.S. Formula: Follow the 5-step G.O.A.L.S. formula so that you successfully integrate the other 4 secrets into your life and ultimately attain all of your goals. My G.O.A.L.S. formula was created by observing champions and extremely successful people for the past 20 years. The principles in the formula have been taught by many teachers, for many years – in my opinion I have just simplified a few things and put the principles into a clear 5-step process. You can get a free copy of my G.O.A.L.S. Formula in the Satori Method 60-Day Challenge Guide. Membership to the online community is free and the guide is published in the 60-Day Fitness Challenge area – www.satorimethod.ning.com

Join me for a 60-day mind-body-spirit challenge!

In this blog video I talk about beginning a 60-day fitness challenge, discipline and setting your goals. BTW i just found out that my YouTube Fitness Videos have been viewed over 1.2 million times – way cool!

Here’s a link to download the Challenge Guide and I’ll be posting more video on the Satori Method Fitness Assessment and G.O.A.L.S. system very soon.

Love fearlessly!

Tristan

Change Your Imagination, Change Your Life!

Here’s a wonderful little story …

Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room’s only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back. The men talked for hours on end. They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, where they had been on vacation. Every afternoon, when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window.

The man in the other bed began to live for those one hour periods where his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and color of the world outside. The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm amidst flowers of every color and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance. As the man by the window described all this in exquisite details, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and imagine this picturesque scene.

One warm afternoon, the man by the window described a parade passing by. Although the other man could not hear the band – he could see it in his mind’s eye as the gentleman by the window portrayed it with descriptive words. Days, weeks and months passed. One morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep. She was saddened and called the hospital attendants to take the body away. As soon as it seemed appropriate, the other man asked if he could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch, and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone.

Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look at the real world outside. He strained to slowly turn to look out the window besides the bed. It faced a blank wall. The man asked the nurse what could have compelled his deceased roommate who had described such wonderful things outside this window. The nurse responded that the man was blind and could not even see the wall!

Epilogue: There are so many beautiful teachings in this story! First is the wisdom of the ‘blind’ man. I have to wonder, was he really blind? Regardless of his circumstances he chose to see. By describing to his companion what he was seeing (in his own mind), so clearly and descriptively, means that his mind was actually experiencing the images. He was in fact seeing these images, just without needing his physical eyes! Reading this story really touched me because there are so many people in the world, ‘with sight’, who don’t see all the beauty around them; they are often sad and depressed. I love to be reminded not to be one of those people

(Another important point above is that the blind man used very descriptive words to portray the scenes to his companion. When using visualization and affirmation to re-program your subconscious mind always be as clear and specific as possible. The subconscious mind is exacting and will go to work on creating exactly what you input – see Mastering Your Goals for more on this).

The story also asks the question, “what could have compelled the deceased roommate to describe such wonderful things outside this window”. To me this represents the love and compassion of the ‘blind’ man. Knowing that the other man was ill he decided to help him heal.  He understood the power of positive visualization and how to use it as an extraordinary way to improve physical health. His little vignettes gave the other man images to hold within his subconscious mind – images of love, beauty and inspiration – which turned into positive feelings that helped him to heal. (Today we have a term for this phenomenon – it’s called Psychoneuroimmunology). To me this was pure love. Even though he was blind, and could have spent his days complaining, he chose to embrace life and in doing so gave his companion more life.

Here’s one last insight: In the story the companion would close his eyes and imagine these picturesque scenes while the blind man described them to him. These ‘visualization sessions’ would go on for hours on a regular basis – and that’s an important detail. The way to engage and change the mind is through consistency. The mind is like a hungry child that requires consistent positive input to digest, otherwise it will look for things to complain and worry about. (Why? Let’s just call it the nature of the ego – perhaps another article sometime). With regular conversation the blind man was able to visually program his companion’s mind and that’s exactly what we need to do to change our lives … regularly inundate our minds with pure positivity. (I recommend a blend of meditation, affirmation and visualization – keep your eyes on what John Assaraf and I are up to with iGrasshopper – soon we’ll have an awesome tool for you to use).

So in times when we are forgetting to see the positive in our circumstances, let’s just remember this story and this beautiful blind man’s example.

Warmly,

Tristan

Mastering Your Goals

Did you know that you have a Workforce within you that will help you accomplish all of the things you want to achieve in your life?

I’m talking about your subconscious mind, that aspect of your mind that is always running in the background, following your EVERY command.

Your subconscious mind can be likened to a powerful Workforce, which is under the guidance of a seasoned Foreman. He has the detailed plans and skill to oversee the construction of an incredible building; he carefully reviews the blueprints, over and over, never missing a single detail, and then directs the different workers on how to get the job done.

The most important thing you need to know about your built-in Foreman is that he is really, really good at what he does. He will build exactly what is on the plans.

Next what you have to realize is that your Foreman answers directly to you … the Engineer & Superintendent. So whatever you have designed and then asked him to build is precisely what he will do.

This analogy is obviously pointing to the insight that whatever gets built in your life came from the mental blueprints that YOU submitted to your subconscious mind. These blueprints came from your daily thoughts, beliefs and expectations.

The question I’m leading up to here is … are you aware of the blueprints you’re giving to your Foreman?

For example: Are your thoughts clear and specific about what you want in your life? Are your expectations positive or negative? Do you believe that you can have exactly what you want?

The reality is this — all of what you think, believe and expect directs your inner-Foreman to tell the workforce what to do. If he is confused, or worse yet left without direction, the workers are most likely sitting around drinking beer!

My main reason for sharing this little illustration is that hopefully it will give you insight into the importance of getting clear about your goals and then learning how to use the power of your subconscious mind.

Unfortunately most of us weren’t taught about how to USE the power of our subconscious minds in school (I sure wasn’t). Additionally setting goals (mental blueprints) is such a huge part of creating the life we want to be living, but very few of us received any lessons on how to do this either. Perhaps since high school and college we’ve learned a thing or two about goals, maybe even take a course on it, but what I’ve come to see is that many people’s goals aren’t being reached, at least not consistently.

Why is that?

Since earning my Black Belt in 1987 I’ve become ultra-focused on the mechanics of goals and why they work for some and not for others.

Here are two of the main reasons I’ve found why people’s goals don’t manifest:

A). Their goals are not Detailed and Precise.

B). Their goals are not congruent with their Core Desires.

About Core Desires:

1. A core desire is something that you truly want to achieve; they are goals driven by an inner feeling of something you want so badly that you’ll do just about anything to achieve/become it. (Tip – if you want to be happy be sure your core desire is also a conscious desire – more on that in the future).

2. If when you think about your goal and it gives you a blast of positive energy, then you know you’re truly focused upon it with core desire. If it’s just something you think you’d ‘like’ to have, but you could live without it, well then it’s not motivated by core desire, so it’s probably not going to manifest.

So what is it that you really want? Do you want to look and feel better? Build your confidence? Lose weight? Release stress? Get stronger? Grow your business? Get more focused? Attract a beautiful partner? Improve your relationship?

Once you realize/remember to use the power of your inner-workforce, you’ll be amazed at how much easier it is to create the life you truly want to be living! Seriously, your subconscious mind is a genius; it can make it all happen for you, if you give it the necessary clarity and guidance.

So why not get clear right now. Take an hour or so to figure out exactly what you want in your life and start submitting your new mental blueprints to your Foreman on a regular basis.

How? The clarity will come by sitting down and reviewing the different areas of your life – your health, business, relationships, spiritual connection, family, personal goals, etc. Ask yourself these questions: Is this the best my life can be? How can I make my life better? What do I really want in each of these areas of my life? What’s next for me? Be detailed and specific!

Once you’re clear you’ll need to consistently think about your new goals, visualize them, release doubts you may have about ‘having’ them, talk about them as if they are already here, expressing how much you appreciate your life as it is now AND how much you appreciate your life as your new goals become manifest.

TIP: You can best impress your goals upon your subconscious mind if you get extremely excited about them. You’ve got to feel your goals in your bones!! Feel like they are already here. They are real. You deserve them. No questions and NO DOUBTS.

Live these positive feelings and experience them in your subconscious mind everyday. Become an awesome coach to yourself … inundate yourself with positivity. Don’t let anyone or anything sway you from your beautiful dream.

Use this analogy of the Foreman and your built-in Workforce to remind yourself that you don’t have to do all of the heavy lifting. Your mind is so powerful. It knows how to make things happen. The deeper you go within yourself the more you will find just how much internal power you actually have.

Lastly, following a daily visualization process is key … but remember to generate the internal feeling state that activates the connection between your subconscious mind and the Universal attraction process.

Go for it and have fun being the boss to your inner-Foreman ☺

P.S. Exciting News: If you’ve ever had trouble with setting goals, the law of attraction, visualization, affirmation or meditation I have an amazing surprise for you. The cat is not out of the bag yet … but soon you’ll learn what John Assaraf and iGrasshopper (my newest partnership) have been up to. That’s all I can say right now. Stay tuned ☺

Warmly,

Tristan

Business Mastery, Self Mastery – Are they the same?

I just had a business coaching call with two of John Assaraf’s coaches – Adrian Ulsh and Bob DeWitt – Wow! (You’ll remember John Assaraf and his story about visionboards from the hit movie The Secret).

After the call I was thinking about all of my years of training in fitness, martial arts, meditation and healing … and what I realized is that at every step along the way I had incredible teachers who helped me become the best that I could be.

There’s no way I could have learned what I know from books and videos. What it took was direct contact with someone who had walked the path before me – and understood what it would take to get me where I wanted to be. (We certainly can use books and the like to enhance what we’re learning – but the coach/teacher is essential).

Anyway, after the call I realized that I have studied enough about internet marketing and online sales to be able to speak the language and make a little progress … but to fully understand and organize the EXACT steps that I need to follow to bring Satori Method (my life’s work) to the most people possible … well I need help!

I’ve made a lot of progress on my own and I’m proud of my efforts and the inner desire to offer something that can help people along this journey we call life. But now it is time to ask for help. And that’s what I’ve been doing lately. I’ve put my ego’s need to DO IT ALL to the wayside and started sending out the clear intention that I am open and ready to learn from the ‘masters’ of business.

Today I know this: business mastery is no different than self mastery. It’s all ONE. If you can’t properly offer and place your product or service where others can see it AND understand what you are offering … well then you’ve done both you and them a disservice. But if you can, well that’s when the magic happens – and that’s exactly what I plan to do. I just got goose bumps when I wrote that!

My mind-body-spirit studio is a beautiful place. Beautiful students, staff, teachers, equipment, ambiance, etc. But the only way I was able to help make it beautiful was by learning more about business and how to better provide for my students. Now I have an awesome training environmet for well over 400 students. For me business mastery equals the abiltiy to create an environment for self mastery – online and offline.

I think I mostly wanted to share the message that asking for help and being a ’student’ is essential if you want to reach your full potential. Do your best, create, invent, re-invent … but ask for help when you need it.

BTW – after my call with John Assaraf’s amazing OneCoach coaches I recieved a call inviting me to become a teacher for Brian Tracy’s new online learning center called iLearningGlobal.tv. Another WOW! What a priviledge to be invited to be a part of his organization. Seems to me that when you are open and humble to life that everything that you need just seems to fall into place

Tristan

P.S. If I can help you reach your health and fitness goals I would be honored to assist. That’s where I have focused attaining mastery for most of my life. I have created a free Online Community for people to learn more about Satori Method. It’s new, about three weeks online now, but we already have 70 members. Content is going up everyday and there are a few videos for you to see, but the bulk of the video content is yet to come. Our iPhone Apps are in progress too!

A Violinist in the Metro

I found the following story to be a profound life lesson.

It reminded me to take the time time to stop, look and listen :-}

I hope it helps awaken you too …

Tristan
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A man sat at a metro station in  Washington  DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that thousands of people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.

Three minutes went by and a middle aged man noticed there was musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried up to meet his schedule.

A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the till and without stopping continued to walk.

A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work.

The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His mother tagged him along, hurried but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on.

In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money but continued to walk their normal pace. He collected $32. When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.

No one passing by on that morning knew it but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world.. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written with a violin worth 3.5 million dollars.

Two days before playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in Boston and the seats average $100…

This is a real story. Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of an social experiment about perception, taste and priorities of people.

The experiment was to reveal in a commonplace environment at an inappropriate hour: Do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected context?

One of the possible conclusions from this experience could be: If people did not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world, playing the best music ever written, how many things along the way might we missing?

My guess is far too many!

Wakefully,

t

Stand By Me

This took some serious effort to put together … and there is so much passion and joy expressed in this music video. Enjoy! Tristan

My Recent Satori: No More Holding Back!

Yesterday my wife and I were in a major car accident. We got pretty slammed, but we’re ok, thank god. Today I’m trying to process the experience. We were in a taxi that crashed into a big truck at about 50 miles per hour, almost head on! It was intense. We had to crawl out the drivers door to get out of the smoke and debris!

So why did we attract this event and what is the teaching for me, in particular? I’ve been pondering this deeply today. Is it to be more grateful for my life? YES! To never take Sabrina for granted? YES! To be consciously aware of where ‘I am at’, at all times, even in a simple a taxicab ride? YES! To realize that our time on this planet is limited, and we can be taken away within a split second? YES! YES! YES!

It’s a lot to process … but it’s a truly invaluable gift. I am grateful.

So as I look at my life, my Dojo, my current opportunity to teach, all of my dedicated students … I have to wonder — I am holding back at all? When I do die … whenever that happens (and it will) I know I will have a chance to re-view how I have spent my life. I know that I don’t want to look back and feel that I could have been more total, more loving, more compassionate, more present. NO! I don’t want to miss … wait, I will not miss … all of the the amazing opportunities I have in my life. I want to look back at my life and feel a deep sense of satisfaction … I want to look back and know that I shared joy and love with others, all the way to the last breath.

What I’m feeling right [NOW] is that I can be more total in my life. I realize deeper that time is a limited asset! So right now I vow to you and to myself to go for it, more. I vow to be the best teacher, coach and student that I can be. I vow to be my best and help others to be their best.

So on that note … No More Holding Back! How about you? Do you need a car accident or are you ready to go for it more in your life? In Buddhism they say “the noble horse runs at the shadow of the whip”.

With gratitude for life,

Tristan