Deep practice is my constant friend and the rock of my life — strong, steady, and unwavering.
I have been in love with practice since I was 5 years old. Since then, tears of intense training and practice — in music, meditation, movement, and software — have taught me how to sustain deep effort over time. Slowly but surely, the essential emerges, the pattern crystalizes.
I have been drawn to practice-based traditions, classical music, Zen, programming. I adore worthy challenges.
After a life of practice I've picked up a few things. I know how to hold tension without strain, and how to push without forcing. That’s the secret of good practice: it leads to efficent action with ease. I've learned how to practice anything and everything. I've learned how to teach practice to those who care to learn.
In life, mastery comes from learning how to return the the task — over and over — compassionately and confidently.
My intensity isn’t frantic. It’s attuned — like a heartbeat: steady, adaptive, awake.