Tag Archives: meditation

Charlotte Martial Arts Newsletter April 2018

The Peaceful Dragon Newsletter – April 2018 April Holidays National Poetry Month 1st      Easter/April Fool’s Day                       15th   World Art Day 6th     National Tartan Day                            20th   Volunteer Recognition Day 11th   Barbershop Quartet Day                    23rd  East Meets West Day 13th   Scrabble Day                                         28th  Great Poetry Reading Day Message from Mastery Eric Sbarge […]

What Are the Best Meditation Apps?

It is not going to be a surprise to most of you when we say we don’t have a very tight grip on the latest trends in phone app usage. We purposefully try to spend less time in front of screens and more time being present in our world. That being said, we are not […]

Charlotte Martial Arts Newsletter March 2018

The Peaceful Dragon Newsletter – March 2018 March Holidays National Nutrition Month 1st Peanut Butter Lovers’ Day                           17th Saint Patrick’s Day 4th   Hug a GI Day Day                                        20th Tea for Two Day 9th   Panic Day                                                     23rd  Nat’l Puppy […]

Charlotte Martial Arts Newsletter February 2018

The Peaceful Dragon Newsletter – February 2018 February Holidays Great American Pie Month 3rd   Feed the Birds Day                                     16th Chinese New Year’s Day 6th   National Chopsticks Day                            20th Love Your Pet Day 11th   Make a Friend Day                                    26th  Tell a Fairy Tale Day 14th   Valentine’s Day                                         28th   Mardi Gras Message from Mastery Eric Sbarge Body, […]

Improving Your Meditation: Moving Toward Stillness?

Numerous physical and mental benefits await you when you calm and quiet your mind through meditation – improved concentration, deeper relaxation, the release of stress, greater awareness, more patience – the list can keep going. But if you’re like most people, when you first try to take up meditation you find that your mind is […]

Charlotte Martial Arts Newsletter January 2018

 The Peaceful Dragon Newsletter: January 2018 January Holidays! National Blood Donor Month 3rd Festival of Sleep Day                          16th Appreciate a Dragon Day 6th Cuddle Up Day                                     20th National Cheese Lover Day 10th Houseplant Appreciation Day      24th Compliment Day 13th International Skeptics Day            31st Inspire your Heart with Art Day Message from Master Eric Sbarge Happy […]

Charlotte Martial Arts Newsletter December 2017

The Peaceful Dragon Newsletter: December 2017 December Holidays! Write a Friend Month 4th Santa’s List Day                      21st Look on the Bright Side Day 7th Pearl Harbor Day                   25th Christmas Day 13th Violin Day                              27th Nat’l […]

Charlotte Martial Arts Newsletter November 2017

The Peaceful Dragon Newsletter: November 2017 November Holidays! National Novel Writing Month 2nd   Men Make Dinner Day           18th  National Adoption Day 4th    Book Lovers Day                     21st World Hello Day 11th   Veteran’s Day                        23rd Thanksgiving Day 15th  America Recycles Day            28th Red Planet Day Message from Master Eric Sbarge I’m not one of those people […]

Charlotte Martial Arts Newsletter October 2017

The Peaceful Dragon Newsletter: October 2017 October Holidays! Adopt a Shelter Dog Month        1st     World Vegetarian Day           17th  Nat’l Pasta Day         5th    World Teacher’s Day             21st  Babbling Day         9th    Curious Events Day               29th Hermit Day         14th  Nat’l Dessert Day                   31st  Halloween   Message from […]

Have Fun, Be Happy

By Master Eric Sbarge I was driving recently when the song Girls Just Want to Have Fun came on my radio. That song was written in the late 1970s and popularized by Cindi Lauper a couple of years later. As I listened to the song I reflected back when I was a teenager in the […]