Mindfulness and mood

 Nice article from Livescience describing the mechanism of awareness and mood states.  As Eric Franklin, author of "Inner Focus Outer Strength" says, "without awareness you have no choice".  Instead you'll only get what you always got before.  This mindfulness is the basis of ideokinesis and of improvement of motor skills.  So if you want to be a better dancer, Pilates or Gyrotonic student, or tennis player, mindfulness and awareness is the key.  

Meditation exercises could boost mental toughness in soldiers readying for war, keeping them from becoming overly emotional, according to new research.  --from LiveScience.com