Physical Practice – Page 3 – Michelle Folk Johnson

Burnout

I get burned out on being a mom sometimes. Then I feel bad that I’m burned out, and try to power through, but then I get more burned out. And then if I keep going, I’m likely to explode. I’m trying to notice the burnout feeling early and take a break before the “about toContinue reading “Burnout”

80’s Dancing

Tonight I’m going 80’s & 90’s dancing. Yessssssssssssssssssssssssssss.

Hothead

After I went off on a rant about something or other one evening, I told the martial arts training partner I was with that I was sorry if I went off for too long. I’m just a real hothead sometimes, I told them. “But you’re trying not to be,” this training partner said back. ItContinue reading “Hothead”

Expansion of the Martial Arts

I no longer train in a traditional martial arts school. I no longer go to a place where I take my shoes off and line up with my classmates. I no longer take belt tests to advance my rank. Instead I have a teacher who lives a ten-hour drive away. She offers me and herContinue reading “Expansion of the Martial Arts”

Shanti System Camp 2022

Last week I traveled to British Columbia to train with my Tai Chi teacher, Master Shanti. She is a woman I met sometime around 2007 at PAWMA camp, the camp put on by the Pacific Association of Women Martial Artists. From the first class I took with her, I could see she offered something differentContinue reading “Shanti System Camp 2022”