Mindfulness

April 20, 2026 Why the most important skill you can build has nothing to do with emptying your mind I was fifteen years old when Rocky DiRico, my sensei, first taught me to meditate. I was studying the martial arts, and early on Rocky introduced meditation as a core part of the practice. I worried it would be almost impossible — how do you quiet your mind and just focus on your breathing? Sure enough, like most people, I found it really challenging. Thoughts kept intruding. M