This is the course summary video for the Training For Inner Peace series presented on my YouTube channel.

I usually have a song running in my mind. I rarely piece lyrics together to get a song’s meaning; I listen to them instead for the feeling. Recently, Dylan's 1964 song My Back Pages came up on a Spotify playlist. The refrain has stuck with me for a half-century: “Ah, but I was so much older then, I’m younger than that now.” What did he mean? I'm not sure, but my feelings have changed.

This series of instructional videos shares practices that build Silent Fitness in one's life. Just as physical fitness and mental fitness is important to strengthen our bodies and minds, Silent Fitness is important to bolster our inner peace. This series of videos will reveal how to build a Silent Fitness practice in your life. In Episode 9, I share the benefits of practice that I've found in my life.

Training For Inner Peace is a 10-part video series that shares practical ways to restore inner peace. The videos provide instructional details on concepts presented in my book, The Secret Within. If you have ever thought of practicing mindfulness or meditation, this is the series for you. In Episode 8, I share the complete process for my current practice.

You have felt it. A fleeting moment when life became electric and filled with joy. These moments come when you least expect them; I’ve experienced only a handful. Looking back, I remember the feeling more than the circumstances. What is that? Where does it come from? Why can’t we hold onto it?

Training For Inner Peace is a 10-part video series that shares practical ways to restore inner peace in one's life. The videos provide instructional details on concepts presented in my book, The Secret Within. If you have ever thought of practicing mindfulness or meditation, this is the series for you. In Episode 7, I discuss disturbances you may experience when dropping into presence, with recommendations for moving through them.

Each summer our granddaughters (currently ages 5 1/2 and 2 1/2) spend 6 weeks with us at the cabin. Every morning a Gem Fish deposits small pieces of brightly colored glass on our shoreline. The girls, upon waking, immediately run down to the lake to see if the Gem Fish has come. Whether acknowledged or not, what we believe creates our reality.

Training For Inner Peace is a 10-part video series that shares practical ways to restore inner peace in one's life. The videos provide instructional details on concepts presented in my book, The Secret Within. If you have ever thought of practicing mindfulness or meditation, this is the series for you. Episode 6 provides an additional practice, the one I currently use, to center awareness on presence.

One of my passions in life is excellence in recorded music. When I listen to a song, it’s not just for the melody or the lyrics but for the timbre of a plucked string; the thwack of a drumstick, or the rustle of brushes on a cymbal. The slightest improvement in the recording and playback quality of those sounds makes a big difference to me. I’ve chased audio excellence my entire life. My first system upgrade was at age five. After saving pennies I earned from my Dad’s change

Training For Inner Peace is a 10-part video series that shares practical ways to restore inner peace in one's life. The videos provide instructional details on concepts presented in my book, The Secret Within. In Episode 5, I extend instructions on witnessing Presence through centering awareness. This video deepens the mindfulness practices covered in Episodes 1-4.

Training For Inner Peace is a 10-part video series that shares practical ways to restore inner peace in one's life. The videos provide instructional details on concepts presented in my book, The Secret Within. The practice I share in Episode 4 takes us deeper into the experience of Presence, where we are no longer ruled by the tyranny of thought but instead relax into the simple feeling of being alive.

Training For Inner Peace is a 10-part video series that shares practical ways to restore inner peace in one's life. The videos provide instructional details on concepts presented in my book, The Secret Within If you have ever thought of practicing mindfulness or meditation, this is the series for you. In Episode 3, I introduce a practice that increases our familiarity with Presence. Everyone has heard of the importance of being in the moment, but how do we do that?

How did we get to be this way— stressed, anxious, dissatisfied? Thoughts are responsible for most of our stress. Thoughts establish context and perspective that shape our experience. Inner peace is less a function of circumstance than the thoughts running through our heads. Silent Fitness teaches us to engage Presence, the doorway to peace.

Training For Inner Peace, Video Episode 2: The Lay of the Land. Training For Inner Peace is a 10-part video series that shares practical ways to restore inner peace in one's life. The videos go deeper into concepts presented in my book, The Secret Within. If you have ever thought of practicing mindfulness or meditation, this is the series for you