"I'm pretty sure the oldest ladies here right now are me and Mallia, and we can cross the street all on our own, I assure you," she said with a gentle chuckle. "As to what I teach, all sorts of things in specifics. But overall it is called Mastery. Specifically Mastery of the self."
She started stretching lightly.
"When it comes to Mastery of the body... Most people unless they have done some physical training think their body is just their body and it does what they want. Until you ask them to turn a cartwheel. Mastery of the body is learning your body's limitations and how to make it do as you need it to do. Finding which limits you can slowly train outward. Making yourself stronger and more flexible. Faster. Some of it is combat training, some of it is stretching, some of it is stillness training, some of it is strengthening of muscles, heart, and lungs. It is working towards a Mastery where when you need to stand utterly still no itch or sneeze will betray you. So you can sleep when you chose to try, and wake up when you need to wake up."
She smiled and swapped to a different stretch. "Then there is Mastery of the mind. Math, science, the history I teach generally... well most of it does not apply here, but I am learning the history of this world. For anyone who cannot read, reading. Literacy is harder to teach in hubworlds due to their innate nature, but we manage. I usually teach art and music as well, but there are those here far better at both than I am, so unless they refuse to teach I shall leave the teaching of it to them. Then there are philosophy and ethics, which cross the boarder between mental and emotional."
"For emotional Mastery there is a lot that we can do. For some reason most people think that emotional Mastery is forcing yourself to not have emotions. It is not. It is about understanding and acknowledging your emotions but not letting them rule you or your choices. It isn't being unfeeling if someone attacks your friend, but being able to think when they do which way to help them will actually help the most. Because just charging in is rarely the best way to protect your friend."
"Mastery is realizing how complicated everything is, and figuring out when times are calm what would be best to do when times are not. And make it all second nature so that you never freeze up when it matters."
"And of course for those with the aptitude there is Mastery over powers. Magic if you prefer to call it that. Just like with the others, sharpening it into a tool for you to use, strengthen your power and your control, so that you Master your power rather than it Mastering you."
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She started stretching lightly.
"When it comes to Mastery of the body... Most people unless they have done some physical training think their body is just their body and it does what they want. Until you ask them to turn a cartwheel. Mastery of the body is learning your body's limitations and how to make it do as you need it to do. Finding which limits you can slowly train outward. Making yourself stronger and more flexible. Faster. Some of it is combat training, some of it is stretching, some of it is stillness training, some of it is strengthening of muscles, heart, and lungs. It is working towards a Mastery where when you need to stand utterly still no itch or sneeze will betray you. So you can sleep when you chose to try, and wake up when you need to wake up."
She smiled and swapped to a different stretch. "Then there is Mastery of the mind. Math, science, the history I teach generally... well most of it does not apply here, but I am learning the history of this world. For anyone who cannot read, reading. Literacy is harder to teach in hubworlds due to their innate nature, but we manage. I usually teach art and music as well, but there are those here far better at both than I am, so unless they refuse to teach I shall leave the teaching of it to them. Then there are philosophy and ethics, which cross the boarder between mental and emotional."
"For emotional Mastery there is a lot that we can do. For some reason most people think that emotional Mastery is forcing yourself to not have emotions. It is not. It is about understanding and acknowledging your emotions but not letting them rule you or your choices. It isn't being unfeeling if someone attacks your friend, but being able to think when they do which way to help them will actually help the most. Because just charging in is rarely the best way to protect your friend."
"Mastery is realizing how complicated everything is, and figuring out when times are calm what would be best to do when times are not. And make it all second nature so that you never freeze up when it matters."
"And of course for those with the aptitude there is Mastery over powers. Magic if you prefer to call it that. Just like with the others, sharpening it into a tool for you to use, strengthen your power and your control, so that you Master your power rather than it Mastering you."