HASU Zen, Derby (2026)

31/12/2025

New Year resolutions?
Let’s talk about timing.

In Zen, practice follows nature’s rhythm
and winter is not a season for action.

It’s a season for listening, restoring, and preparing.

High performers are conditioned to push harder, add more, and judge themselves relentlessly.
I did that for years — until the battery drained.

This winter, try removing pressure instead of adding goals.
Create space.
Let clarity emerge.

A simple practice:
• Pause
• Acknowledge how far you’ve come, appreciate it
• Set one gentle intention
• Practise gratitude — even in advance
In Japan, this is called Yoshuku.

It’s not spiritual fluff. It’s nervous system regulation.

Gratitude releases dopamine and serotonin, helping regulate the nervous system, lower stress hormones, reduce inflammation, and restore calm, focus, and clarity.

Winter doesn’t ask you to push harder.
It asks you to prepare.

Spring will come 🌱

Happy New Year to you all!
May 2026 bring a little more Zen to all of us 🪷

30/12/2025

Meet Toby 🐾 Our newest family member — and an unexpected Zen teacher.

Animals have a rare gift: they live entirely in the present moment. No rumination. No anticipation. No self-judgement.

Humans? We replay the past. We worry about the future. And under pressure, that mental noise costs us clarity, composure, and performance.

At HASU — High Performance Zen, our work begins with awareness: noticing where our attention is — and learning how to bring it back.

Mindfulness and meditation aren’t spiritual extras. They are brain training. Practices that strengthen focus, decision-making, and emotional regulation when it matters most.

Next time your mind wanders, try this: choose one sense (sight, sound, touch, smell or taste) and rest your attention there — fully, deliberately. For a few moments, just be here.

Scrolling numbs the noise. Presence trains the skill.

If you want to sharpen focus and perform with peace — in leadership, sport, and life — follow along or DM me to join the HASU mailing list.

15/12/2025

Meditation Myths Mini-Series

Myth1 - “You need to empty your mind.” One of the biggest myths holding high performers back from Zen practice.

Your brain produces tens of thousands of thoughts every day. It’s not designed to be blank — it’s designed to process.

Zen meditation isn’t about emptying or escaping. It’s about seeing clearly. Recognising thoughts as thoughts. Training your attention so your mind becomes a servant… not your master.

When high performers learn this, everything shifts: Clarity rises. Reactivity falls. Focus sharpens. Pressure becomes navigable.

If you want Zen that strengthens your leadership, stabilises your performance and fits the reality of high-demand lives — you’re in the right place.

⬇️ Follow along for the next myth in the series and DM Mind to be the first to know about the next programmes.

13/12/2025

Here’s a Zen teaching: “If the body is mastered, the mind is mastered.” (Majjhima Nikāya 36)
Most high performers train the body for strength or speed… but almost none train the awareness that powers clarity, calm and precision under pressure.
Your nervous system is scanning the world 24/7. If you can’t read its cues, it will run your decisions, your reactions and your outcomes.

When you learn to bring your attention back into your body — in real time — you unlock choice.

Choice in the heat of pressure. Choice in your emotional state. Choice in how you respond instead of react.

In Zen, this is called mindfulness of sensations and mindfulness of the body. In high performance, this is called competitive advantage.

If you want to build the presence that steadies teams, wins podiums and leads without reactivity… start with your body.
This is where it all begins.

⬇️ For more training in calm, clarity and embodied leadership, follow along

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