The Taylor Group Blog

The Taylor Group’s own champion paddler, Lori Jorgeson, is offering a Portland paddling clinic for people wanting uplevel their training, improve the efficiency of their technique, and successfully perform on the small boat! The workshop will be held on Sunday,...

  Humans have always had to make a living by the sweat of their brow. Our current conception of ‘Work’ is part of a continually emerging historical process, molded by available technology, social movements, and evolving ideas in economics. Depending...

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships -Michael Jordan   When you begin your journey with Outrigger or Dragon Boat paddling, you take your oneness with nature to the next level. You connect with every other paddler’s strengths...

Image: Scott Moody Photography @WhiteRiverRanch.com   Outrigger canoe paddling is an opportunity to blend with a group of people to perform your best, both in training and competition.  The sport is also a beautiful expression of various clubs and cultures,...

Writing is the Geometry of the Soul. – Plato   As we move forward on our individual journeys of Sustained Energy, sometimes the momentum crashes and we find ourselves back into old, unhealthy patterns. When the unexpected happens, instinctively we...

Image: Scott Moody Photography @WhiteRiverRanch.com   If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water. — Loren Eiseley   In today’s busy, chaotic world, we find ourselves disconnected from Mother Nature more than ever. Technology, family, work,...

Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease. – Hippocrates   For hundreds of years, physicians have committed to treating illnesses and supporting well-being, so humans can live a life full of sustained energy and continuous healing. Hippocrates,...

We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves. —Buddha   When it comes to well-being, exercising your body and exercising your brain are equally...

The world belongs to the energetic. – Ralph Waldo Emerson     “America loves energy, and we’ll do anything to stay vital and energetic. Just look at the amount of money we spend on coffee. Starbucks has capitalized on selling...

  During his unpopular, but successful defense of the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre, John Adams said that “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot...