The Quality of Effort

Integrity in Sport and Life for Student-Athletes, Parents and Coaches

Transformation Beyond Sport

Posted on July 11, 2014 by Reggie Marra

In keeping with The Quality of Effort’s focus on sport as one among many healthy vehicles for ongoing human development and transformation (which Ryan Leech and I explored in our interview–see post below), in this show, which aired in June on CTV-21 in Connecticut, Lindsay Kelkres and I explore the transformative potentials of poetry, art in general, and Integral Coaching®.

ProVisions Interview with Ryan Leech

Posted on June 10, 2014 by Reggie Marra

I was fortunate enough to spend some time with Ryan Leech as part of his ProVisions interview series. Ryan is a fellow Integral Master Coach™, gifted yoga instructor, Professional Mountain Biker and good friend. His stewardship during the interview allowed us to move into some surprising, and I think essential, territory.

Our conversation began with The Quality of Effort and our respective experiences with sport, and evolved into a wonderful exploration of sport as metaphor for life: success, loss, culture, development, practice, intention, authenticity, resistance, self-doubt, compassion, fear, the illusion of control, presence, embodiment, death and love. Even poetry showed up toward the end.

Check out the interview and let me know what you think. Check out Ryan’s work on YouTube and at www.ryanleech.com.

You can access the interview here (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/prov-4-reggie-marra/id730223835?i=169547640&mt=2)