Fighting - A Mindful Experience 🥊

Fighting, for me, is a great way of developing your mindfulness. There are so many positive aspects to fighting; from physical, mental, emotional, and even spiritual. Everybody has their bad days. Days where they feel lazy, and just completely unproductive. Days where you don’t want to see or speak to anybody, and just want to be left by yourself. These are times of low-vibrational frequency. And it can be tough to come out of this frequency in order to feel ‘normal’ again.

When we are in these low-vibrational frequencies, we need a jump start out of it. We need something to shock us back into action. A recharge, as such. Otherwise we can continue in this state for a long time, leading to fear, doubt and anxieties. But there are various ways we can recharge our batteries and get us out of this state- for me that is training.

Training in Muay Thai is such an incredible, mindful experience. It is more than going to a gym to unleash some anger. Yes, if you have some stored up anger, it can be a great release. However, once you begin to train and focus on your punches and kicks, you enter into a mindful state. You begin to focus on your technique, on your precision, on your power. There are so many different aspects to throwing a roundhouse kick. And you need to feel your body in order to nail the technique. But because you are so busy focusing on your technique and your body, you do not have the time to think about anything else. It is, in its own way, a state of meditation.

When you throw a kick, you are not just focusing on the impact you make with the pads. You focus on the journey. From the position of your feet, to the angle of your knee, and the pivot of your hips and feet. Then you feel the impact. Did I connect with my foot? Was it a clean connection with my shin? How did the impact feel for me? You focus on hitting that ‘sweet spot’, and keep on practising until you do.

Yes, this type of training is physical. It can be exhausting. Exhausting on your body, and your mind. But it allows you to enter a state of being and connection. Which is why it is more than a sport- I suppose it can be seen as a lifestyle. It is regular training of not only your body, but your mind. You are taken into a state of feeling, rather than thinking. It not only lifts your mood, but rejuvenates you. Now you have your energy back, working again on higher vibrations. Ready to not only take on opponents, but anything life may throw at you. Because day by day, session by session, you are creating that “Warrior Mindset”. A mindset which doesn’t just relate to the gym, but to the battles of your everyday life.

So when you feel yourself in a slump, tired of life and everything it has to offer - take to the bags. And no, not the party-style bags. The bags which focus your mind and keep you connected. Focus on every single aspect of your training, and see yourself in a state of mindfulness. Once finished, you will soon be filled with energy and awareness, ready to tackle your goals and anything else thrown your way.

What's your motivation for getting into the gym? The bigger the purpose, the harder the workout 🚀⚡️