I just received a private email from my teacher, Stephen K. Hayes, emphasizing the importance of the Evocation event going on in Dayton October 17th and 18th. The email was to school owners and senior black belts, reiterating how critical it is to develop oneself on the inside as well as the outside.

I agree with this view so deeply that I run a meditation program out of our own dojo. The whole reason that program exists is because I feel it is so critical to address fear and suffering at the very root, in the mind, even as we learn to battle it and reclaim the power of the body in our martial arts program. It is all To-Shin Do to me.

Mary and I are going to Evocation, along with three Boulder Quest students who have the dual blessing of the capability to go and the discernment to see the enormous value. Please consider what it would take for you to go, this time or in the future. I know it isn't easy... but it is deeply worth it!