Wednesday
06Jan2010
Kindness is contagious
Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at 9:42AM Here is the winning entry for our in school video contest for Kindness is... Congratulations to Aden and family.
You have stumbled upon (or purposely sought out) a very, very unique martial arts school.
At Balanced Life Skills we teach self-defense, it's true, but it's self-defense from a global perspective.
It's art, it's peace, it's life!
First off, come see our facility. It's inviting, friendly, warm, and it's a second home to a lot of families in our community.
See a video of our first lesson in self defense
Entries in kindness (4)
Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at 9:42AM Sunday
27Dec2009
Christmas Jar project
Sunday, December 27, 2009 at 5:37AM 
I have been moved by the stories I have heard this season about the use of the 'Christmas Jar' by families in communties around the United States. I would like to propose that we start our own tradition at Balanced Life Skills with all of our classes. The concept teaches a number of lessons that are valuable for all of us.
One lesson is how a little bit of action on a daily basis adds up to a total that yields great results.
Second lesson I draw from this is an awareness we can develop of the needs of our neighbors and the satisfaction we gain by taking action to be kind to others.
Third lesson is taking a moment each day to contemplate what we are grateful for that day. I would suggest that taking a moment to consider all we have to be thankful for would reduce the desire we have for wanting more.
I added a page to our site - Christmas Jar Project. If anyone in our community would like to join in this project please do so on a personal level or with us. What a great way of practicing kindness.
Tuesday
02Jun2009
Kind words accomplish much
Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at 12:35PM This is not a fairy tale. This is a true story of a person we will call Bill, who came to know and be mentored by two other individuals, Bob and Jim. Jim came into Bill’s life first and had so much knowledge to share and was very willing to do so. Bill would make mistakes - in fact on a fairly regular basis, but Jim was always there to help out and to show Bill the way. In fact despite the fact that Bill wondered if he would ever be as good as Jim he was very happy to have someone around to show him where he was going wrong. Later in Bills life he had another mentor. His name was Bob.
Tuesday
07Oct2008
Acts of Kindness
Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at 11:08AM
In the next 6 weeks what can we accomplish as a school? Can we work as a group and accomplish doing and being the catalyst for 1000 acts of kindness? Can we do even more than that? Who will step up and show their leadership skills and ask their classmates to join them and do 10 acts of kindness with them?
We are putting together and absolutely amazing day of activity when my instructor comes into town to visit and train with us. I can honestly say that visiting with him for 15 minutes will inspire you for a very long time to be the best you can be. And the only thing he has asked is our school put forth our best effort and accomplish 1000 acts of kindness before he gets here.
Join me in our quest to meet that requirement. Then feel free to ask others to join you. They are welcomed to come and visit on that day also. Record all acts here on our website and we will have the results on a weekly basis posted so you know what we have accomplished so far.