#945 - Shaolin Master Shi Heng Yi - The Art Of Self Mastery

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Shi Heng Yi is a Shaolin master, headmaster of Shaolin Temple Europe, and teacher of Kung Fu and Chan Buddhism What can the Shaolin lifestyle teach us in a world full of distractions? In the rush of modern life, learning to pause, breathe, and reflect can be the difference between a good day and a bad one. So what other timeless principles can monks offer that still hold power today? Expect to learn what self mastery means and how to master yourself, the Shaolin monk approach to mental clarity and breath work, what to do if you feel like something is missing from your life, how people can better deal with regret, how you can be more present, the Shaolin training method to overcome modern distractions, how to build mental resilience and much more… Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get 60% off an annual plan of Incogni at https://incogni.com/modernwisdom Get 35% off your first subscription on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Where did the mustache go?
0:02.1	You grew a mustache for a while and it's been banished.
0:06.9	It is true.
0:08.1	I rarely had a mustache.
0:12.5	It's just that time when I appeared somewhere still having quite something on there.
0:17.4	I just felt like, okay, let nature do its course and see how it feels.
0:23.5	Okay.
0:24.6	Yeah, but I do feel like, like this is maybe at the moment is more proper.
0:30.2	Okay, okay.
0:31.4	What do you mean when you talk about self-mastery?
0:34.0	What are you referring to?
0:40.5	No, literally, let's talk about a little bit in the modern language, maybe.
0:45.9	We are getting into some type of position and then we are supposed to manage people.
0:55.7	But I do think in order to manage people, it makes sense to actually know how to manage yourself in the first place.
1:05.8	And this idea of, we talk about mastering kung fu, mastering any type of art, mastering any type of sport even.
1:15.8	But prior to that, I do think you carry yourself along throughout this lifetime since the
1:22.7	beginning. And there are so many areas about ourselves, let's say, body related or also mentally or emotionally related,
1:32.3	that I just feel like many people haven't gotten to the point yet to really understand that just like we train our muscles and go to the gym to achieve
1:47.4	something, there are also areas about us human beings, let's say, that also need to be trained.
1:54.8	And all of this taken together, I refer to as self-mastery because no matter you might change your job one day,
2:06.5	you might change the location where you are living, the surrounding is going to change,
2:11.2	the people that you are dealing with is going to change,
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