{"id":909,"date":"2010-07-07T20:39:17","date_gmt":"2010-07-07T19:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/integrationtraining.co.uk\/blog\/?p=909"},"modified":"2010-07-07T20:39:17","modified_gmt":"2010-07-07T19:39:17","slug":"jedi-stress-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.integrationtraining.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/07\/jedi-stress-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Jedi Stress Management"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not a lot of people know that the Jedi were actually stress management training <\/a><\/strong>consultants from a galaxy far far away.<\/strong> OK, I made that up but what is true is that George Lucas based much of the Star Wars philosophy on Zen Buddhism and Taoism. Yoda, the main Jedi stress management trainer is in fact based upon a short Japanese aikido instructor living in California who throws people around with his \u201cki\u201d and gets his English in the order wrong. Other Japanese martial arts like Kendo (see Darth Vader\u2019s helmet) and mythologies from around the world were also an influence on Lucas.<\/p>\n

Top stress management quotes from Star Wars:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

“Use the Force” <\/strong><\/p>\n

Go with the flow.\u00a0Aligning oneself with the force of nature is a must for managing stress. By being relaxed, adaptable and responsive to the flow of events stress is minimised. Using the force also equates to listening to intuition which can avoid getting stressed out trying to figure everything out cognitively.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlways the future, never the here and now\u201d – Yoda<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yoda emphasises the importance of mindfulness and the present moment long before Ekart Tolle (who would not last 10 minutes in a light-sabre fight). Stress is usually not<\/strong> here and now.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen 900 old you are, look so good you will not.\u201d – Yoda<\/strong><\/p>\n

Respect your elders, they must know a lot about managing stress…they’re still here aren’t they?<\/p>\n

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\u201cFear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.\u201d \u201cNamed must your fear be before banish it you can.\u201d – Yoda<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Feel the fear and Jedi well do it anyway!<\/p>\n

\u201cLost a planet Master Obi-Wan has. How embarrassing \u2026\u201d Yoda<\/strong><\/p>\n

Humour is good for stress management<\/p>\n

\u201c…attachment leads to suffering\u201d – Yoda<\/strong><\/p>\n

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In one of the newer Star Wars films Yoda describes the Buddhist doctrine of non-attachment, more profound than just a stress management tool but good for stress none-the-less.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no try, do or do not\u201d \u201c[Luke:] I can\u2019t believe it. [Yoda:] That is why you fail.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cTrying to do anything\u201d doesn\u2019t work – Yoda is spot on with this change management advice and positive outlook.<\/p>\n

\u201cLuke: What’s in there?”\u00a0Yoda: “Only what you take with you.\u201d \u201cMany of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our point of view\u201d – Obi Wan<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Stress management is an inside job – thoughts as well as outside stimuli create it.<\/p>\n

and to finish… \u201cHappens to every guy sometimes this does\u201d – Yoda <\/strong><\/p>\n

…the less aid the better \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

………….<\/p>\n

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