What Is Pine-Wave Energy?

Pine-Wave Energy is the English-sounding description of Shoto-Chi. Shoto-Chi is the art developed by founder Robert James Norton in 1990, an art that teaches the realistic approach to conflict resolution through the understanding of human behavior.

The art is uniquely dynamic and teaches how to resolve conflict through strategically developed techniques and philosophies. These techniques have been developed over many years of understanding human behavior within conflict, both physical and especially nonphysical. The art is extremely powerful by teaching the foundations of psychology in order to understand how to effectively read conflict, then manage a suitable resolution in the best interest of all involved parties.

Pine-Wave Energy is also a specifically developed program for focusing children with challenging behaviors. The program integrates the art of Shoto-Chi with additional means of focusing children. This helps to assist them in understanding how their perception of self and others is not getting them the desired results they are truly seeking. Appreciating the need for relaxation is also pivotal to reaching that calmer state.

You will find the relaxation video for Pine-Wave Energy available on YouTube. Here is written content of that video:

Let us begin by sitting in a comfortable position. Gently allow your eyes to close.

(Best not close your eyes if reading this. LOL!)

Take in a nice deep breath, allowing your stomach to rise. Now gently open your mouth and slowly breathe out.

As you begin to relax your breathing, start to take note of the muscles in your body doing the same. Allow yourself to release any tension. Allow your muscles to become soft and limp. Allow that tension to float away, leaving you with a sense of calmness and tranquility. Continue throughout the body bringing your entire being to the same relaxed state of calm. From your head to your toes you are now feeling relaxed. Your muscles are starting to feel heavier as they relax. Your mind is also starting to relax and calm down.

Now fully relaxed, join me on a little journey.

Imagine yourself walking along a trail surrounded by pine trees. While you're walking, you feel the fallen pines under your feet. You feel the gentle breeze of the morning air against your skin. You hear the whispering of the wind through the trees.

In the distance, you smell the ocean waves gently stroking the shore. You feel inspired to do great things and feel as one with the circulating life energy that surrounds you.

You are completely at peace.

As you continue walking, you come to an opening in the trees. The trail of pines has led you to the beach. You stand still for a moment. You take a nice deep breath in and smell the ocean waves. You remove your shoes and walk barefoot onto the beach. The warm sand under your feet helps you to relax a little more.

You are surrounded with beauty. You feel the life energy around you, and you are at peace with yourself. You feel love for all living things. You are truly inspired by the beauty of life.

Let us now lie down on that warm sand. The gentle breeze continues to brush against your skin. As I count from ten to one, you will slip into a deeper sense of relaxation. A deeper sense of peace. A little deeper with each descending number.

10-9: Your body starts to mould itself into the sand.

8-7: You release all tension from your brow.

6: You are becoming more relaxed.

5-4: The breeze becomes a little warmer as the sun continues to rise.

3, 2, and 1: You are now deeply relaxed and at peace.

9 10: You have completely returned; you are awake and aware.

A positive attitude works out of opportunity, not obligation. It looks for the best, not the worst, in circumstances. It is can-do, not must-do. It is hopeful, not pessimistic, and a positive attitude can create remarkable results. If you believe as I and many others do that the power of positive thought can change the world we live in, then with this message in your thoughts and heart—go forth and multiply!

Understanding Conflict

Conflict is simply described as a disagreement whereby the involved parties perceive a threat to what is important to them. This could be their needs, interests, or concerns. Within the described definition, there are several methods of understanding conflict. Although conflicts may come in different forms from minor self-choices to major international events, conflicts exist in almost every area of life.

Through many years of understanding and teaching conflict resolution, there has been one question I have always asked: "To whom do we have the largest form of conflict?" The answer that most do not usually initially arrive at yet is the most truthful is our own selves. Indeed, the largest form of conflict is that with our own selves. Every day we may wrestle with a choice. This may be as simple and easy as what to choose for dinner or as hard as whether to remain in an abusive relationship. Life is about making choices. These choices determine our future. These choices are an internal conflict, an internal disagreement.

Our emotions play a huge factor in these conflicts. It is usually our emotional state at the time that dictates if a conflict will even become so. We are emotional beings, and it is the control of these emotions that become an essential

So let us look at disagreements. Disagreements are a result of a different perspective; therefore, conflict becomes the result. There is a saying that there are usually three sides to every story—mine, yours, and what lies in the middle. The fact is that perception is what makes this statement true. Conflicts are a significant difference in opinion. What may seem like a trivial thing to one is a huge thing to another. Take a type A personality, for example. Most things to them are huge, and it gets them even more irritated when someone with a more laid-back personality doesn't see things in the same way. So is the conflict simply a personality thing or a simple misunderstanding?

It is hard to say as every conflict is different, such as in the subject matter, the people involved, and the environment. There are simply way too many variables to say either way. If those within the conflict can take the time to understand the true nature of the conflict, then there is a possibility to...