The Art of Ninja 7 Keys to Mastering Body Mind and Life Final Low Resolution Version

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CONTENTS01/ ENTER THE NINJA:The Warriors Path to Freedom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

02/TRAINDEEP: Ninja Mindset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

03/ NINJA STRENGTH: Harnessing Physical Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

04/ NINJA LOVE: The Warriors Greatest Weapon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

05/ NINJA REGENERATION: Plugging Into The Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

06/ NINJA FOCUS:The Art Of Being . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

07/ NINJA DARKNESS: Transform Demons Into Powerful Allies. . . . . . . . . . . . .

08/ NINJA GRATITUDE:Practicing Happiness And Abundance . . . . . . . . . . . . .

09/ NINJA MAGIC:Nurturing The Seed Of Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10/ NINJA REBIRTH: TrainDeep to RiseUp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

11/ DISCLAIMER:I Am Nothing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

12/ NINJA RESOURCES:Go Deeper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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the Warriors Path to FreedomWelcome to the adventure of a lifetime, specifically, the adventure of YOUR life: the most thrilling,fun, and empowering thing you will ever experience; the amazing path to becoming who you wereborn to be. Tere will be many ups and downs, twists and turns, and it will take hard work andsacrifice, but even more so, it will be fun and exciting.

...and you already have all you need to realize your potential deep inside you.

Im absolutely thrilled youre reading this. Ive distilled 33 years of life and 13 years of holistic fitnesscoaching experience into 30pages of pure ninja magic.

No matter who you are, where youre coming from, and what mistakes youve made in the past,you are a honored guest here.Just your willingness to spend your precious time allowing me toguide you gives me tremendous meaning and purpose, I dont take it lightly and I pray you do thesame.

If theres anything Ive learned, its that the more messed up your past is, the more powerful yourtransformation will be; the bad just becomes fuel for your fire. Te bigger the fire, the larger thephoenix that rises out of it.

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Te dangers you will face on the warriors path to freedom are very real, as are the rewards. If youactually do the work, take action, and use the Art of Ninja Journal to track your progress, perhapsyoull realize the greatest reward of all: who you really are.

Inside you lives your "inner ninja", who has 5 main archetypal powers.

1. // your own Super hero //- Te best version of yourself physically, mentally,& spiritually. Live your legend and save the world!

2. // A Peaceful Warrior //- One who protects and fights for what they love andhold sacred. A freedom fighter who recognizes thatlifes ultimate opponents come from with-in ourselves.

3. // A Highly Skilled Jack of All Trades //- One who trains to become highly resourceful, radicallyself-reliant, and combines all useful knowledge to achievetheir goals.

4. // A SAGE //- Someone who has embodied profound wisdom andcan persevere in any situation and use adversity as acatalyst for greatness.

5. // A Creator and Cosmic Force //- Your inner power, the creative force that flows through

you, allowing you to create what matters most to youin your life.

Or to put it in a simple sentence, NINJA is the ability to "spontaneously adapt to any circumstance or

situation with supreme grace and skill."


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TrainDeep:

Ninja Mindsets


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TrainDeep Fitness Ninja

Mindset #1: You Are a Super Hero

My role as Ninja Mentor is to help you explore yoursel and tap into that deep resource within

each o us. You come rom an unbroken line o survivors, your ancestors, who even this verymoment conspire to help you on your way home. Tere are no guarantees, and no one canwalk your path or you, yet greatness is your natural born birthright, deep inside o you, thereor the taking, waiting patiently to be nurtured, unblocked, refined, and harnessed!

Tis is the heros path, which is our shared inheritance, a concept that was popularized byJoseph Campbell afer years o studying the mythology o many different indigenous peoplesand synthesizing it into a single narrative. George Lucas, the creator o Star Wars, was a studento Campbell and based his movies on this heros journey concept.

Te reason that stories o heros overcomingdark orces speaks to all o us on a deep

level is because that archetypal storyis our individual story too. Te

line between good and evilruns right through the heart

o every single human. Ittakes real courage to wakeup every day and takeownership over ones lie,to see and accept boththe good and bad, yetstill choose good. (And as

you progress on the pathto sel-mastery, youll even

be able to use the bad to dogood!)


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Mindset #2: The Teacher & the Student

Create the Teaching

Never give your power awayto anyone, especially to me! Iam not responsible or yoursuccess, I am not responsibleor your understanding,and I am not responsible oryour conusion. I respectyour power, and mine, toomuch to pretend otherwise.Own your lie, really look

at it, explore it, and thensurrender to your innerpower. Tis graphic says itall.


Mindset #3: The Technique Versus the

Energy Behind the Technique

Ever shook someones hand, and could tell right away they were genuinely glad to meet you? Howabout the opposite, shook someones hand and you could eel they werent happy?

Not all handshakes are the same, because the energy behind the shake is always different. You may notbe able to articulate exactly what you eel, but each hand shake has a different eeling. Te more youlisten to your eelings, the more you will be able to accurately interpret them and use them: intuition,instinct, and your animal powers will come alive!

Tis is how sensitive you want to be while practicing all o the techniques below. Tere is no magicin the 7 Keys, the magic is in you and the way that you practice. Sure, you could update your ninjajournal with 1 hour o practicing gratitude, but i you eel angry or even just impatient or distracted,were you really practicing gratitude? Nope! You were practicing anger masquerading as gratitude.

So be sensitive when you use these keys, dont ollow the directions blindly, tune in to the spirit o thepractice and what that means or you personally. Te keys are only valuable i you use them on thecorrect locks inside o you, youre ront door key will never unlock your car.


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Mindset #4: sustainable progress

// Level Up //Tere are levels to help you motivate and break down larger goals into smaller milestones. Everyonestarts at level zero or each ninja skill. You may jump rom level zero to level 3 right away, or it mighttake you a ew weeks to get to level 1; either rate o success is ok. In act, how ast you progress isneutral, not good nor bad. Its the way that you practice, and consistency, that matters way more thanhow ast you progress. Someone who is approaching their limits consciously will, in the long term,are much better than someone who plows through all the levels unconsciously. Guaranteed.

Use the journal to track your success and jot notes down. For best results, post it somewhere you cansee it every day, as a reminder. But dont share it with anyone who doesnt support you and care aboutyou, hopeully you dont live with anyone like that! I you do, print out the ninja journal and put it ina journal notebook that you keep sae and close by at all times; youre very own personal ninja bible!

// Using Goals //

Write out some goals o what you hope to accomplish doing this program. Process goals are moreimportant than outcome goals. For instance Ill practice at least 1 o the keys every day or 6 weeksis a process goal. I will go rom Ninja Strength Level 0 to Level 5 in 6 weeks is an outcome goals.

In the beginning, process goals are way more helpul than outcome goals. Yes, outcome goals are sexyresults oriented, and enticing, but they are more beneficial or intermediates.

And or Advanced Ninjas on the path o mastery? Well, then you dont define your goals at all,otherwise, your goals will define you. And thereore limit you. Te advanced student doesnt define orstrive or success, but rather recognizes it when it occurs.

Sel knowledge is everything, know where to start. Are you a beginner? Great, have a couple oprocess goals and maybe 1 outcome goal. Intermediate? More outcome goals are good, but still haveat least 1 process goal. Advanced student? I bow to you with love.

// Remain Curious //

Yes, you can be a Level 5 Ninja Strength while at the same time being a Level 1 Ninja Love. ryto embrace and explore these imbalances, rather than use the imbalance to eel bad about yoursel.A ninja must be able to adapt to any situation; you are only as strong as your weakest link, and yourweakest links are a great opportunity to increase your inner strength.

I you commit to this program, you will have an undeniable taste o just how powerul you are bythe end o 6 weeks, the kind o experience that you cannot orget and will uel your passion andmotivation or years to come. When you look back rom your the top o your sacred mountain, a ullyawakened Ninja Warrior looking over the vast landscape o a beautiul lie youve created or yourseland your people, you will say, Wow. Tat Art o Ninja program was a defining moment in my lie.And then well laugh ull belly laughs and drink tea.


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Figure 1- Tis is the ancient symbol for "spirit-mind-force". In otherwords, spirit, mind, and force are actually the same thing, not 3separate concepts! Tere is no one word equivalent word in the Englishlanguage... AKA Qi, Prana, "the force".

Harnessing physical forceA ninjas ultimate weapon, resource, and connection to power and reality is inside his/her body. Infact, the split between body and mind is a huge misperception perpetuated by our western culture;the word bodymind is way more accurate. Have you ever considered where you body ends and yourmind begins?

Body and mind are 2 sides of the same coin.

Tis is great news. Tat means you can affect your mind through training the body, and your mindcan affect your body, its a two way street.

All ancient wisdom traditions have know this simple truth and used it for self-development andmastery; training the body transforms the mind. Our main emphasis, especially in the beginning,will be to use the body to train the mind.

Of course this is tricky, since most of our educational system focuseson training the mind and getting good at thinking, which is verylinear and black and white. Te body communicates throughfeelings and internal sensations, which are much messier thanblack or white thoughts! But the more you communicate directlywith your body, the more intuitive and powerful you will becomein every aspect of your life.

No, you dont need any equipment, you dont need a newworkout DVD or a new supplement. Your body is the mosttechnologically advanced thing in the universe; all you need todo is use it and gravity. When you truly master your bodymind,

youll have mastered the most complex thing in the universe,

how cool is that!

Later on, youll get into all kinds of cool tools and toys you can trainwith, but for now, stick with the basics, the foundation, the hundreds

of trillions of cells under your command, collectively called thebodymind.


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Practice:

o start with, we'll focus on Isometrics. "Iso" means same and "metric" means length. When youdo isometrics, you hold a position while your body works against gravity to maintain that positionwithout motion, so your muscles stay the "same length", engaging without shortening or lengthening

Isometrics are great to start with because there is less technique involved, and because you don't haveto spend as much as your bandwidth on form, you can focus on the quality of your mental state.

Start slowly with circuit #1. If you need more challenge, do circuit #1 three times. As you get moreadvanced, you can do all 3 circuits in the same workout for multiple sets.

Circuit #1- Isometric Squats & Plank

Circuit #2- Isometric Lunge & Side Plank

Circuit #3- Jump rope, then back extensions

Level 1: 30 seconds, 1 or 2 sets, 2x/week

Level 2: 60 seconds, 2 sets, 2x/week

Level 3: 90 seconds, 2 sets, 2-3x/weekLevel 4: 2 minutes, 2 sets, 2-3x/week

Level 5: 2 minutes, 3 sets, 2-3x/week

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Keep a close watch on the "internal environment" when you exert yourself, especially as you approachyour limits. Notice your self-talk, can you train without judgment" Is it negative, positive, or neutral?Or you focused on the fact that you aren't moving and that its "boring", or can you be curious aboutwhat going on inside your amazing body? Can you find some peace within the discomfort? Be aware

of bullying yourself or trying to coerce yourself, especially as the challenge increases.

At the end of the workout, take a moment to just sit or stand in a comfortable position and relax ordo a breath meditation. ake a moment to feel the effect of the force you just put into your body,even if you don't understand it, just remain curious and pay attention to the sensations as you bodyrecovers from your efforts. Ten journal about how you are feeling in you Ninja Journal.


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Key #2:

Ninja Love


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tHE wARRIORS gREATEST wEAPONTe biggest secrets are ofen hidden in plain sight. And this is a big one thats been obscured by tonso bad 80s movies; being a ninja means being, at your very core, a great lover, not a violent assassin.

Yup, its true. Sure, youll become a powerul warrior, completely capable o protecting all who you

adore, but that power always comes rom a place o love and service: not rom the ego, your demons,or some distant authority figure like a General or politician.

Heres another wild secret that is also a act. Every part o your body is designed to be highly capableo giving and receiving love; its so important that its hardwired into your cells. Physiologically,love is treated as an absolute necessity. In terms o evolution, this makes perect sense; were not thestrongest species, we rose to the top by working together and orming complex social groups.

eam work makes the dream work, and love is the glue that keeps groups together.

And no, we are not talking about the oversimplified and dangerously limited western definition olove as romance; we are talking about your bodies definition o love.

Tat eeling when you eel like less o an I and more o a we.

Anytime you share a positive emotion with someone, anyone (even a stranger), it satisfies yourbodies definition o love and lights up powerul hormones that help your body eel good, regenerate,and heal itsel. Tis is called positivity resonance, and it causes your body to physiologically expand.

In other words, love is vital or your health, and your destiny as a ninja is to achieve super health.Super health means you have a beast o an immune system and the ability to avoid getting sick, healyoursel quickly i you do, and be able to tolerate ridiculous amounts o stress. And Im an example, Ihavent missed a day o work rom being sick in over 8 years (and I used to get sick all the time when

I was a teenager.)

Why is health so important? Because all other goals are dependent on it as a oundation. You cantachieve physical, mental, and spiritual sel-mastery without a super healthy bodymind.

In other words, sharing positive emotions is vital to the ninja path, because experiencing love isrocket uel or your health and wellness.


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Practice:

Loving-Kindness Visualization- this is an ancient practice with deep roots in many wisdomtraditions. In other words, its powerul, it works, and its your birthright, so claim it! Start by sittingin a comortable position with your spine erect and your shoulders and arms relaxed. Tink o yourspine as a two way antenna between Heaven and Earth, sitting upright with a eeling o nobilityputs your antenna in a great position or transmitting energy between above and below.

Close your eyes, and as you breath, tune into the internal sensation and experience o breathing.Feel your heart, and notice how each inhale and exhale gentle moves youre heart, which is cradledbetween your lungs. Now imagine someone you love, and mentally/silently repeat the ollowingphrases while eeling your heart internally.

May (Name) experience happiness and joy,may (Name) be safe and protected,may (Name) feel strength and confidence,may (Name) be peaceful and free.

Dont get hung up on the exact wording, its way more important that you actually imagine givingthat person love, happiness, and reedom, to actually experience those emotions and sensations, andthen offer it to them. You can actually visualize what it would look like in your minds eye to givesomeone saety and reedom. Write notes about your experience in your Book o Ninja.

Level 1: 5 minutes per day





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Be sure to practice by yoursel and dont expect anything rom the people you are ocusing yourgoodness on. Tis practice is way more about you than about the subject o your loving attention.Tere are more advanced practices that involve working directly with people, but first master thissolo practice. I you try and orce connection with others, youll create disconnection and earinstead.

Additionally, dont get hung up on the amount o time you practice. ruly experiencing andvisualizing love or 5 minutes is way more effective than impatiently checking your watch or 10minutes. With practice, the ability to give and receive love reely will become second nature.

For more inormation on this beautiul practice and your bodys definition o love, see the NinjaResources section below.


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Ninja regeneration


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Plugging into the SourceTe bodymind has an amazing ability to regenerate and rejuvenate itsel, i you just give it space to dothat. Most o us haven't mastered our ability to heal ourselves or many reasons, but the biggest one isthat our culture treats exhaustion as a status symbol and disease as inevitable. We fill up so much oour days, weeks, and years with activity and doing stuff, and leave very little time or being quiet with

ourselves. It scares the crap out o us! Yet it's only when we stop doing and start being that our bodiescan truly begin to balance themselves out.

We live in a very "Yang" dominant culture: more equals more, bigger is better, and who needs sleepanyway. Tis is completely out o balance with nature and reality. Moments o regeneration, healing,joy, and peace DO NO take away rom our ability to do epic shit, they support it by making surethat we don't break down.

Te second big reason we don't heal ourselves is because we are taught in our culture that disease isinevitable, and to lookor solutions outside o

ourselves, especially insynthetic drugs, whenit strikes.

Did you know thatthere is no drugthat can be createdthat doesn't alreadyhave a naturallyoccurring equivalentin the body? Isn't thatamazing!

For any drug to beabsorbed into yourbodies network, it hasto have the correctlyshaped key whichfits into your bodies


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locks aka receptors. In other words, synthetic drugs have to mimic the keys o naturally occurringchemicals your body produces, otherwise you couldn't even absorb them.

You have the most technologically advanced pharmaceutical plant built into you skeletal tissue,organs, and glands. No, you can't just take a pill to tap into this beautiul, powerul, and network, butyou can control it completely by the liestyle choices you make: the oods you eat, when you go tobed, how much you exercise and in what way, how ofen you share love, how well you are at relaxing

and releasing stress, how ofen you connect to nature.

Indeed, all o these techniques are less "convenient" than just taking a pill, but the upside is thatthey not only work better, you'll learn a ton about yoursel and your ability to heal yoursel, which isempowering. Perhaps you'll find that "convenient" isn't the highest priority when it comes to healthand happiness.

Te final massive reason we are not connected to our ability to heal ourselves is because we aredisconnected rom our bodies' ability to move and eel. From a very young age, we are taught to sitstill, don't move, and use just your rational mind to do reading, writing, and math. Tis is completelyout o balance with what it means to be a human being, and causes a great amount o suffering.Most o us never learn how to harness and use our body in a physical and conscious way. Conscious

movement is both an art and a science that will empower every aspect o your lie.

Practice:

ake your Ninja Vitamins! Yup, that's a thing, but they don't come in pill orm; it's the ability to openyoursel up as a channel and let nature do all the heavy lifing so you can just receive. Spending timein nature has been proven to boost your immune system. It can be as simple as going or a walk in apark, hiking, or even just making time to stare at the sunset, stars, or moon and clouds. Focus on thenatural beauty around you and your bodymind will do the rest!

Earthing or grounding yoursel is an even more powerul practice; connecting your bare eet to theEarth allows your body to pull ree electrons rom the Earth's surace into your body and cool offyour immune system, which creates a surplus o positively charged ree radicals when you are underconstant stress. Basically, your body's immune system can go into overdrive rom chronic stress andcreate too many o these positively charged particles, whose job it is to attack oreign substances tokeep the body healthy. When your immune system goes into overdrive, it starts attacking healthytissue in your body, and that is what's called chronic inflammation! Chronic inflammation is theprecursor to many o the most atal disease and baffling disorders: cancer, heart disease, arthritis,auto-immune disorders. Standing bareoot on the Earth helps cool off this inflammation rapidly! It'skey to make sure you don't have shoes on, the rubber doesn't connect electromagnetic energy andcuts you off rom your main power source, Mother Earth.

Te Ninja o history understood the power o Earth, and many o their legendary abilities came romtheir ability to channel natural orces. Te Ninja could run 100+ miles in a day, sleep one night, anddo the same thing the next day! Tey did this buy burying themselves up to the neck in Earth atnight, allowing their body maximum exposure to the Earth's healing electromagnetic energy. Tis isalso a powerul shamanic ritual, one that is dangerous and can only be done saely under the care oexpert trusted guides who stay with and protect you.


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Common Traps:

I you stress out while doing this exercise, and try to squeeze it in but your mind is elsewhere whileyou do it, it will not work as well. Be fluid. Yes the goals are a specific amount per day, but go with theflow; some days you may only be able to relax or 5 minutes, and on a weekend you might be able todo this practice or a ew hours. Don't get too caught up in getting a precise amount every single day,

just track you time and try to keep the weekly average increasing.


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key #4:

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The Art of BeingTe ninja o history achieved super human abilities through training their bodymind; with supremeocus, they shaped their entire being into a powerul orce o nature.We've all had little moments in lie where something greater seems to take over, we get out o ourhead and into our body, and the perect action arises spontaneously without any conscious effort.Some people call this "being in the zone", and or many it happens while playing sports or creating

art. A real Ninja Master can lives in the zone 24/7/365!

Te Chinese call it "Wu Wei" which roughly translates to "Doing Non-Doing", and can be understoodas spontaneous non-egoic action.

How does one "Do not doing". It's a paradox that requires direct transmission rom a teacher. In themeantime, you can prepare yoursel by training to consciously relax while remaining ocused.

Practice:

You can practice standing or seated. Either way, your spine should be perectly erect, a noble yet

relaxed spine. I standing, you're knees should be slightly bent, arms and eet relaxed and heavy, headand spine buoyant and light, whole body gently swaying like a tree in the breeze. I seated, you'reknees should be grounded, arms relaxed and hands resting in your lap. Either way, imagine there isa thread connection the very top and center o your head to the sky, as i your head was being lifedstraight up, allowing you to lengthen your spine. (You can even use a hand to gently pull up on somehair in the center o your head, and then let your hand drop down but keep that upward lifing eel-ing in your awareness.)

As you sit still or gently stand, ocus your attention on your breath, but keep some awareness on yourbody, especially ocusing on whatever parts o your body eel good.

As you inhale, silently say "Let", using your inner/mental voice. As you exhale, silently say "Go".

Pretend you have a tiny soldier holding vigil, standing on your upper lip just below your nose. Focusyour awareness on your soldier, who just watches as the air goes in, and watches as their air goes out.

Don't control the breath, let the breath breathe you.


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I you lose ocus, don't get angry, just gently direct yoursel back to your silent Mantra "Let Go" andyour little soldier. Stay with the practice as long as it eel good.




Level 4: 40 minutes per dayLevel 5: 60 minutes per day

Trap:

Make sure you are in a comortable position, otherwise you will be practicing suffering and that isthe opposite o our goal! Only stay as long as eels joyul, and write down any observations and howlong you stay in your Ninja Journal. It's way better to eel great or 3 minutes and then get up to eelmiserable and stay with it or an hour.


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Transform Demons Into

Powerful AlliesNinja represents the ability to harness the power of mystery, darkness, and shadow to achieveseemingly impossible goals. Tere's no shortage of historical accounts of Ninja using the cover ofnight to pull off daring missions. Yet there is a deeply spiritual aspect to harnessing darkness, onethat is even more integral to becoming a real ninja: facing your own shadow.

Te shadow represents the darker aspects of your psyche, the inner demons that you have, we allhave, that can wreak havoc on our lives, even destroy us and those we care about most, if we let themIt's all the inner voices that got stuck in your head from childhood: the mean teacher who said you'restupid, the kid who teased you about you're big nose, even a well-intentioned mother who transferher nervous energy to you.

Having a shadow is part of being a human, don't feel bad about it. Rather, choose to face and ownyour shadow. Tey key to do this successfully is to approach your demons with compassion and notcondemnation. If you can do that, and just look at them instead of trying to change them, you'reshadow will become a powerful ally. Tis is a way better option than repressing your shadow, whichallows it power to germinate beyond your control, emerging as a destructive unconscious force.

Practice:

Own your demons through creative writing. Write about the darker parts of your life, the momentsthat are "not our proudest", or the things you've done that you're ashamed to talk about, even with

your closest friends. As much as possible, write from a place of love, curiosity, and acceptance, andkeep the crucial distinction between doing bad things, which we all do, and being innately bad,which isn't true until we decide it is. Have your inner demons taught you anything, or perhaps servedto protect you in some way? Be sure to keep this writing very safe, either password protect it or hideyour journal well.


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Level 1: Smallest Demon, 1 hour/week

Level 2: Small Demon, 1 hour/week

Level 3: Medium Size Demon, 1 hour/week

Level 4: Large Demon, 1 hour/week

Level 5: Largest Demon, 1 hour/week

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If you feel like you need more guidance in this practice, I highly recommend you get Abdi Assadi'sbook "Shadow's on the Path". Of all the practices shared in this ninja manual, this is the mostpowerful. Tat could be good or bad. Power is neutral, it can be either creative or destructive. If youhave a lot of fear about doing shadow work, get Assadi's book and find a trained professional thatcan guide you directly. Tey key is to express the darker aspects of your shadow with awareness, soyou can accept and integrate all aspects of yourself in a way that is empowering and creative. A ninjanever hurts himself/herself or others.


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key #6:

Ninja gratitude


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Sure, Ninja are super powerful and feed off of hard work, but when it comes to happiness andabundance, they are more than willing to take the "short cut" in the name of efficiency and speed.

Context is everything, which is why to be a real powerful ninja you have to study many things and

understand the intricate relationship between the whole and its parts.Ninja Gratitude is as simple as counting your blessings and recognizing all the amazing things youhave in your life already. Tere is no faster way to abundance and happiness. I've had all kinds ofstudents in my 13 years as a Fitness Ninja; I've got a student who is a billionaire and still thinks hedoesn't have enough, and I've got a student who is only got a couple hundred dollars to his name andfeels rich.

And please don't reduce your wealth to just financial; include spiritual, material, mental, fitness,

family, friends, and health in your definition of wealth.

Practice:

Practicing gratitude. In the morning when you get up, right before bed, even throughout your day.Say out loud and list all the things you are grateful for. Saying it is good, but really feeling grateful isthe key.

Level 1: 5 minutes/day



Level 4: Practicing throughout the day. "Accidentally" influencing someone else's

gratitude.Level 5: Practicing with your enemies.

Common Traps:

If, while doing this practice, you feel like you "should" be happier because of all the good thingsin your life, you are not practicing gratitude. You are practicing self-imposed guilt! Let go of the"shoulds", say the things you are grateful for, and if your natural reaction is a little bit of sadness, ownthat sadness and really look at it, instead of trying to guilt or coerce yourself into happiness. Self-deception and manipulating reality is one of the biggest traps on the path to greatness.


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NINJA MAGIC


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09Nurturing the Seed of Power

Tere is no greater power than your innate ability to transform yourself from the inside out; tore-imagine, re-invent, re-frame, and re-create your relationship to your bodymind, your tribe, theuniverse, and your place in it.

It takes a very real leap of faith, you must want it with every part of your being. Te universe

demands you show you're serious by making a sacrifice. o sacrifice means to make sacred, andwe're not talking about slaughter a goat and drinking its blood. We're talking about stuff like thenegative self-talk, the undermining "friends", the perfectionism and procrastination, the ignorance,the ridiculous amounts of time on Facebook, and other self-destructive habits you must sacrifice tobecome the ninja you were born to be.

If you consistently express your power to choice in a way that is in alignment with your goal, victory

is inevitable. You are what you do over and over again, and you are "the way" you do it too.

Practice:

Write a letter to yourself about why you are practicing "Te Art of Ninja"; what do you hope toachieve and what are you willing to sacrifice to achieve it? Why? Write from the heart, spontaneously,about your feelings; this will take real courage (not the fake kind you see in movies!) Don't do it on acomputer, write it out and put the letter in a sealed envelope, hide the envelope somewhere safe, andaddress it to yourself with a date to open it. Ten track your successes, print & use this Ninja Journal.Weeks later, open the letter, read it, and then write another to yourself.

Level 1: Wait 3 weeks to open the letter.

Level 2: Write a new letter and wait 6 weeks.

Level 3: Write a new letter and wait 3 months.Level 4: Write a new letter and wait 6 months.

Level 5: Write a new letter and wait 1 Year. (or do it on your birthday, it's an amazing gif to onesel!)

Common Traps:

Give yourself permission to make mistakes. Tere is no right or wrong with this practice, feel yourway through it and be honest with yourself. You may not be willing to sacrifice something yet, that'sfine. ake your time and see this work as a process and adventure, not a destination, and you'll be

rewarded greatly.


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Te more o yoursel you put into these practices, the more you will get out o it. I you truly committo the art o ninja and walking the warrior's path, I have no doubts that you'll discover what it isyou've always been looking or... and so much more. You'll learn how to realize your potential,and have a ramework or not only surviving whatever lie throws at you, but using anything and

everything as uel to thrive.

Trough continuous cycles o refinement, you'll give birth to your very own super hero, you're innerninja, and be able to tap into that source or the rest o your lie (and or some o you, beyond thethreshold o death and into the afer-lie.)

Please update us with your progress at [email protected] and let us know how we cansupport you. Once you've complete the program, send us your results and we will send you a link toa secret page where you can post your results, support other ninjas, and get your questions answereddirectly.

I even have a special surprise or any ninja who does the program or 6 weeks and shares their results

Leave supportive and courageous comments at rainDeep.com, or meet other ninja's on our FBpage. And be on the lookout or some very special ninja adventures in the uture, including a onlineJedi Fitness Ninja Academy, youth empowerment non-profit, and real world Ninja Retreats andWilderness Initiations.

Until we meet again, rainDeep.

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Disclaimer:Afer years o studying the human body, exercise science, eastern spirituality, aoist arts, meditation,shamanism, martial arts, and yoga, there is only 1 thing I am absolutely certain o: I have no ideawhat I am talking about.

I know nothing about Ninjas, exercise, and what it takes to become who you were born to be. I canonly talk about who I am, my personal experiences, and my path to becoming and belonging, inhopes that it inspires you to find your own path.

Even though I've spent the last 13 years teaching and coaching others on their path to empowermentand super fitness, I am not your coach. Tis is just an ebook. What you do with it is totally up to you.Get creative, have un with it, but keep it sacred.

By engaging in the "Art o Ninja" program, you are taking ull responsibility or your actions andtheir consequences. You'd be wise to consult a doctor beore doing any exercise or ollowing anyo the humble advise offered above. rainDeep and mysel are not responsible or your success,understanding, or conusion. Tey all belong to you completely. You're welcome.


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Ninja Resources - Go Deeper: Earthingby Clint Ober, Stephen Sinatra, and Martin Zucker

Shadows on the Pathby Abdi Assadi

Love 2.0by Barbara Fredrickson, Ph.D.

Ninja Journalby Yours ruly

Directions:Just print out 6 o the Art o Ninja Journal, one or each week. rack your notes aboutwhat level you are at, and any observations or questions you have. You can always buya regular notebook to keep track o your progress. Write in your goals or the end o 6weeks.

TrainDeep Principles:

Primal Nature- Humanity and nature are a unified singular whole.Disconnecting rom nature is impossible and only leads toincredible amounts o preventable suffering, disease, and injustice.

Tribe- Belonging to and serving a community that you believe inis the highest honor lie has to offer and a path to real immortality.

Warrior Spirit- It takes courage to grow up and become the person you wereborn to be. Inner demons are lies greatest opponents, and canonly be tamed and turned into allies through compassion and notcondemnation.

Play- Fun, imagination, and creativity spark real learning and growth.Play is healing and integral to being a balanced and thriving happyadult.


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Transformation- Te source o all power lies deep within. Use it to turnsuffering into purpose and overcome all obstacles, barriers,and boundaries.

Body-Mind

- Te body and mind are 2 sides o the same coin.Shape it into a powerul orce o nature.

Awareness- Energy ollows ocus; what you think, do, and believebecomes your reality. Develop all powers o perception toa high level.

Direct Experience- No idea or technology is a substitute or personal experienceand human development.

Ultimate Life- How you live is your message to the world. Leading byexample and being the change is the most satisying wayto live.

Nourishment- Your relationship to ood and media is vital. You are whatyou absorb; consume things that support your greatness.

Stillness- Rest, relaxation, and meditation are the oundation o all

progress. Slow down to progress aster.

Movement- Sel-mastery and vitality are the primary goals o exercise.Fitness and athletic abilities are secondary. Aesthetics aretertiary

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