In Zen, the act of sitting down and doing nothing isn’t about idleness. It’s about allowing the mind to rest and reset. When you stop forcing progress, you invite understanding to emerge naturally. This stillness isn’t passive—it’s active receptivity.

In language learning, this means stepping back from constant effort to allow the language to settle into your subconscious. Play a podcast in your target language without trying to grasp every word. Let the rhythm of the language flow through you. Over time, your brain will pick up patterns and nuances effortlessly.

Research supports this approach: studies on the brain’s default mode network (DMN) show that periods of quiet reflection are crucial for consolidating memories and integrating information. In short, doing nothing allows your brain to do its most creative and productive work.


💃🏻111 Tips for Learning a Language 

Tip 56 - How the Zen principle of Sitting Down, Doing Nothing can help you 

"Looks matter," this is the most important lesson that I have learned during the past two years and this is why I started a beauty podcast. Our physical attractiveness affects aspects of our lives whether we admit it or not and the level of growth that I learned because of beauty is empowering. This podcast will be about skin care, supplements and the psychology of beauty.

"THE BEAUTY PODCAST."

"Looks really do matter."

Welcome to another pod for A1 and A2 learners. 

Learn to describe your daily routine in Swedish by listening and repeating key words.   

Lär dig att beskriva din dagliga rutin genom att lyssna och repetera viktiga ord.  

Just Started Learning Swedish/A1 Svenskan  

Min Dagsrutin/My Daily Routine 

*** Improve your Persian listening through short audio files in Persian  
**Develop your Persian vocabularies on different topics
*Feel free to send me a message if you need any help with the text
hope you enjoy listening

 خبرهای کوتاه جهان به فارسی   / Short World news in Persian

زیرسویه های امیکرون / Omicron Vaiants

Charities: good or bad?
The number of charities in the UK is enormous, with more than 600 registered cancer charities alone, and more than 200 charities for homeless people in London. Most of these charities depend on donations to raise money, and often on volunteers  to do the work. While the passion of so many people who want to help is wonderful, this situation is not ideal. More and more charities are now doing similar work and competing with each other for money. As a consequence, they are forced to spend more on marketing, rather than actually helping people. This means some people are losing confidence in charities and giving them Less money. What should society do about this?

English Mini Lessons

Charities

One of the questions that many of us have about exercise is "should it hurt?"

Some people agree with the old saying: "No pain, no gain," which means if it's not hurting, you're not improving.

But is that really true?

When it comes to weight training, some experts tell people that they should train "until failure" for best results.

This means they keep lifting or training until their body cannot physically do any more.

However, others say that this approach is not suitable for everyone.

"If somebody wants to increase muscle mass as much as they possibly can, then training to failure is something to consider," said Michael Zourdos, from Florida Atlantic University, who has done research into this subject.

He and his colleagues found that lifting weights "until failure" may build bigger muscles, but isn't needed to increase strength.

He said people who work out hard, but don't push themselves to exhaustion, will still likely improve their fitness.

For the average person just looking to increase their fitness levels, Zourdos said it's easier to get results.

He said that these people would benefit from a hard session that comes within five to 10 repetitions of failure, rather than training to complete exhaustion.

He also said "failure training" often makes people so sore that they miss their next session.

Overdoing it can sometimes be harmful — and people who are planning on doing strenuous exercise should see a doctor first.

James Fisher, a sport science expert in the UK, says that resting muscle groups is an important part of training.

But he agrees that if people want to build muscle, they need to push themselves.

"If you lift a weight you can easily lift 10 times or more, you never really work hard enough," he said.

Still, Fisher said that the best workout is "one that people will actually do," regardless of how hard they push themselves.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Does 'Training to Failure' Improve Strength, Fitness?

Buen lugar. Peligroso si andas descuidado, pero bello, colorido y hermoso. Aquí os cuento mi primer día en este maravilloso estado de México.
¿Te vienes?


La vida de Héctor (Spanish Podcast)

¡Chiapas! ¿El mejor estado de México?

元の記事/ Original Article↓
https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/612435

☆目次
0:00 オープニング
1:04 “Introduction”
2:06 “『話し方で損する人得する人』”
5:53 聞く姿勢
9:34 “”要約”はNG！”
12:55 相談
15:28 “やたらと質問してしまうと相手が疲れる”
17:13 質問
19:36 “質問っぽくなく質問する簡単テクニック”
21:03 会話について

☆語彙
前置（まえお）き
推測（すいそく）
勘違（かんちが）い
信頼（しんらい）
的外（まとはず）れ
好意（こうい）
忍耐強（にんたいづよ）く
特性（とくせい）
就活（しゅうかつ）
継続（けいぞく）

☆引用記事
五百田達成. “話し方で｢損する人得する人｣の意外と侮れない差”. 東洋経済ONLINE. 2022-08-26. https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/612435

"After 5" by Japanese Teacher

“The difference between a bad-talker and a good-talker”「話し方で｢損する人得する人｣の意外と侮れない差」

Traditional Chinese Medicine subject considers cold things will cause the body to get cold which influences Yang deficiency or blood stasis. When I was little, my mother always told me that don’t drink cold water, eat less ice cream, instead of that, drink hot water. 

But, if you want an iced drink, what can you do? It’s elementary, just say:  
我要冰的。 Wǒ yào bīng de – I want the cold one.’ ’冰’‘s meaning is ‘冰凉的（ice-cold）’。In the south of China, they use another word too, ‘冻(dòng)’.So, if you’re in Guangdong, you can also say such as’我要冻的- I want the cold one.’ or 冻啤酒(ice beer)’ and so on.