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'The minutes you take reading The Magic Conflict will be some of the best itme you have ever spent. Moving toward inner peace...'-Kenneth Blanchard, coauthor of The One-Minuet Manager

The Magic of Conflict presents Aiki-a uniquely effective New Age stress-reduction strategy. Based on Aikido, a Japanese martial art and mind-body discipline, this proven program has already helped thousands of people.

Here at last is an antidote to the intense personal and professional pressures of modern society: a set of simple techniques-including meditation, breathing exercises, openness, and play. Illustrated with evocative, instructive photographs and real-life experiences, the Aikil method helps the reader master conflicts and turn frustration into fulfillment. From overcoming apathy to understanding how conflict can be an opportunity for choice and change, Aiki turns mind-body integration principles into powerful tools. In The Magic of Conflict, struggle becomes success, stress becomes harmony, and life at every level-home, office, personal, political-becomes a work of art.

'An invaluable source of wisdom.'-Larry Wilson, author of Changing the Game

'A Rrre book that improves your life as you read it.'-Amory Lovins and Hunter Lovins, authors of Brittle Power

'Opens a whole new world of possibilities and potentials.'-Richard Lamm, Professor of Government, Dartmouth College

Contents

Foreword by John Denver
Introduction
One-The Challenge
1. The Extraordinary State
2. The Nature of Conflict
3. Conflict/Contest
Two-The Aiki Approach
4. Choose to Be Centered
5. Accept Your Connectedness
6. The Power of Discovery
7. Be Willing to Understand
8. Be Willing Change
9. Choose to Cocreate
Three-Fight, Flee, or Flow
10. Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
11. No Boundaries
Four-Taking it to the Streets
12. Putting It to Work
13. Masters of Aiki
Epilogue: Beyond the Gold
Notes