| Learn to Roll with Life's Punches and
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| | caregiving isn't working right? Any
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| Bounce BackWhat can the martial arts
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| | Alzheimer's caregiver knows that
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| teach Alzheimer's family caregivers?
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| | mistakes, challenges, and frustrations
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| Plenty. One powerful lesson comes from
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| | are inevitable.And you know what makes
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| Aikido, a powerful, ethical,dynamic and
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| | that simple setback worse? It's that good
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| beautiful martial art. Aikido means:
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| | old human tendency to get upset because
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| "The Way of Harmonizing Energy." Aikido
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| | you made a mistake. We are expert at
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| practitioners learn to blend and steer an
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| | tormenting ourselves by getting
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| opponent's force to safely control a
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| | distressed, angry anxious, nervous,
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| situation. In the process of training we
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| | worried, or whatever- just because we ran
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| learn a lot about ourselves as well.One
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| | into a frustration. That's the way in
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| thing that we learn in Aikido is ukemi
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| | which we tighten up emotionally as we
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| (pronounced ooh-keh-mee) training. Ukemi
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| | fall. And we know what pain that can
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| is the art of falling down safely. It is
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| | lead to. Sound familiar?So, how can we
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| important to learn how to fall in this
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| | roll with caregiving's punches?1. Expect
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| martial art, so that you don't get hurt
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| | to fall, to be frustrated at times. It
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| when you are thrown. Basically, injury
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| | is inevitable in life, and even more
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| to yourself is not the result of being
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| | unavoidable for a caregiver.2. Perfect
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| thrown hard, it's the effect of falling
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| | your own personal emotional ukemi
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| poorly. Knowing how to fall well is
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| | training. Stubbornly refuse to torture
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| essential for those times when you are
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| | yourself about your mistake. Learn to
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| thrown. You can spend a lifetime
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| | relax when you are frustrated.3. Find
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| perfecting this skill. And you might as
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| | ways to remind yourself that it's OK to
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| well. Take it from me: Gravity Always
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| | make mistakes, and that the important
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| Wins.In everyday life, when we fall down,
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| | thing is to relax, get your balance, and
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| we automatically tighten up our bodies,
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| | get back up. You could make a sign that
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| and increase the risk of injury. In
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| | says something like "Relax," or
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| ukemi trraining, we learn to gradually
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| | "Balance," and hang it where you can see
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| relax and let go of tension, even as we
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| | it. make more than one.4. Don't ignore
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| fall. This training leads to much softer
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| | your signs once they are up. When you
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| impact, and a much happier Aikido-ist.
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| | pass your sign, stop a minute, and
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| Falling begins to feel more like
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| | rehearse its message. That's the way
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| floating, and less like crashing.Now, am
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| | advertising works.5. Get in the habit of
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| I sugesting that you drop everything and
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| | rewarding yourself not for being perfect,
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| go enroll in Aikido classes? Of course
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| | and not just when things are going along
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| not! But you can adopt the philosophy of
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| | smoothly. Instead, celebrate that you
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| falling well. What is the lesson of ukemi
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| | got back up to try again.6. If you are
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| training for life? Putting aside the
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| | comfortable, try sharing this radical
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| martial arts reasons for training, IN
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| | philosophy with others.7. Remember: it's
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| LIFE WE CONSTANTLY FALL DOWN! And
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| | not the mistake that stops you. It's
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| caregiving is a continual challenge
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| | your decision to stop that stops you.8.
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| filled with even more sudden throws, and
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| | Finally, keep in mind a wise old Buddhist
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| many expected and unexpected falls.So we
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| | saying:"if you fall down seven times, get
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| need to learn to fall with grace.Think
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| | up eight times."I trained for years with
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| about it. If a person is bound and
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| | a very remarkable person who was also a
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| determined to never ever waver, to never
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| | caregiver. When I would see him and ask
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| try a different approach, what will
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| | how he was doing, he'd smile and say,
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| happen when she hits an obstacle? What
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| | "I'm still taking ukemi." And then we'd
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| will happen when her usual approach to
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| | train. I wish you good ukemi!
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