The Wind In The Trees
I get wound into frantic spells of higher thought here and there. It’s usually on mornings when I slept well the night before where I get...
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Jesse Irizarry
- Aug 12, 2021
- 2 min
My Stutter Step
It’s kind of like dad jokes for a dad. Your kids reach a certain age and you not only start enjoying them but they come to you from the...
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Jesse Irizarry
- Aug 4, 2021
- 1 min
The Coffee Stain That Is My Life
Spilled coffee on a Carl Jung book that I was reading this morning. Not a good look. Why wouldn’t I spill something on a book like that? ...
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Jesse Irizarry
- Dec 15, 2020
- 4 min
What To Do With The Dead Space
I wish you could see what I’m looking at right now. I’ll take a picture of it for this blog but it’ll be a lousy painting of this picture...
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Jesse Irizarry
- Nov 20, 2020
- 2 min
Burn It To The Ground
I think I’ve written about this before, I’m not sure. I don’t care at this moment if I have or not. I’ve recited D.H. Lawrence’s quote...
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Jesse Irizarry
- Nov 20, 2020
- 2 min
Let Me Tell You A Story
Another repost of an article I wrote on Medium a couple of years back Let me tell you a story… Matthew loved superheros, from the first...
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Jesse Irizarry
- Jul 28, 2020
- 4 min
Barbell Training Should Be Martial Arts
I remember taking my shoes and socks off, straightening my belt, and bowing as I stepped into the dojang. I was about nine years old, I...
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Jesse Irizarry
- May 26, 2020
- 3 min
I Am The Breath
I’m pivoting some in my career. Even with all the uncertainty of life during this global pandemic, I feel pretty confident and strangely...
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Jesse Irizarry
- Apr 10, 2020
- 2 min
No, They're Just Playing
Guy lifts weights. Maybe he isn’t all that consistent, but dammit he’s identified with it, at least when it suits him. Guy’s wife has...
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Jesse Irizarry
- Mar 31, 2020
- 3 min
The Moment Of Real Practice
Meditation can be very difficult. We’re told to let go, but we have no instinct for it. We need to learn to understand it. And learning...
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Jesse Irizarry
- Nov 15, 2019
- 1 min
"Definiteness Of Purpose" | My Journal On Display
Definiteness of purpose - an idea from Napolean Hill in his book "Outwitting the Devil." At the end of the book he tells his readers...
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Jesse Irizarry
- Oct 23, 2019
- 10 min
How I Teach The Breath, Now
In my dining room, there’s a window. It looks out toward my little backyard. Light peaks in through the window early in the morning when...
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Jesse Irizarry
- Oct 3, 2019
- 2 min
My Limiting Agreements | My Journal On Display
I'm set to identify my limiting agreements. I've been reading The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz. Something today really grabbed me....
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Jesse Irizarry
- Sep 19, 2019
- 1 min
My Very Non-Linear Progress In Muay Thai
Progress in training is very rarely, if at all linear. Justin Troy, one of my Muay Thai coaches who's been developing me has put together...
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Jesse Irizarry
- Sep 12, 2019
- 2 min
My Journal On Display
I'm going to start collecting a category of posts that will be deeply personal. I imagine this will be very cathartic for me. I've loved...
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Jesse Irizarry
- Jun 22, 2019
- 1 min
LEARNING HOW TO LEARN, EXPLORING MUAY THAI, AND THE GREAT AND POWERFUL YASHA KAHN
This JDI Journal Jesse talks about the new things in his training and some really great insight from starting something new like Muay Thai.
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Jesse Irizarry
- Mar 16, 2019
- 1 min
WEIGHTLIFTER TRIES CIRCUS PERFORMANCE
This was an amazing sit down interview AND basic intro to aerial straps performances and exercises with Stuart McKenzie. @stustraps...
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Jesse Irizarry
- Sep 13, 2018
- 6 min
LASTING PRINCIPLES | YASHA KAHN | WEEK 6 – COMPETITION
WEEK 6 | TRAINING WEEK/CYCLE – WINTER CYCLE COVERING WEEK(S) 14 (COMPETITION WEEK) BODYWEIGHT: 101.5 ( WEIGHED IN AT MEET AT THIS...
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Jesse Irizarry
- May 22, 2018
- 2 min
“I’M NO SUPERMAN”
I saw a guy walking down a street the other day with a Superman t-shirt on. Maybe someone bought it for him or maybe he’s a big comic...
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