It was the spring of 1951 when Jake Veit’s father, an avid outdoorsman, decided he wanted to learn to bowhunt. As Jake picked up his father’s enthusiasm for archery, he began shooting in tournaments and bowhunting small game, and ultimately helped his father found an archery club. While intertwining his entertaining personal experiences while growing up in Ohio and beyond with insight into the ancient sport of archery and accompanying images, Veit provides a fascinating glimpse into all the ways involvement in archery can positively effect its participants. As he leads others through his experiences and the history of a sport that has helped man survive over time, Veit details his tournament experiences, the mental and physical control that he and others had to refine to be successful, how to properly execute a shot sequence and other techniques, and much more. Throughout his presentation, Veit reminds us that archery is a life sport that provides exercise and fun while demonstrating that no one has to win to feel accomplished. Modern Archery for Life shares personal experiences, insight, and images that shine an intriguing light onto an ancient sport that can be enjoyed by all ages.

Jake's involvement in Archery parallel's changes in rules and equipment to today. His life membership in the NFAA & USAA since 1984 helped his involvement as a competitor, instructor and judge in National and World Archery. People compete for awards but Archery offers so much more as a diversion to everyday life. The author, who began his foray into archery as a ten-year-old in 1951, shares photos to help you hone your effort. He also details his wide array of experiences with the National Field Archery Association, the US Archery Association, the International Field Archery Association, the US Archery Association and the World Archery Association. Plus involvement with three State Archery Association; Ohio Archers, Idaho Field Archery Association and the Georgia Bowhunter & Archery Association.

"A bent stick and a string- for 20,000 years there has come from it a fascination that remains to this day. Archery in it's original form, with a simple device, without special features, has been finding more and more participants for some years and the art of bow building has also been rediscovered."--Front insert.

Stress, anxiety, and depression are running rampant in the twenty-first century. We're imploding, our internal systems are crashing. We need rescuing, self-caring, self-nurturing, self-healing, and self-transcendence. We need to discover mindsets and methods that will allow us to continue on with poise and purpose. Wisdom from the past and human sciences from the present combine in these pages to pass along teachings for wiser living. Affirmations, visualizations, words of wisdom, growth-mindset prompts, natural breath awareness reminders, and breathwork techniques are all aimed at taking us beyond the limited confines of our busy worrying minds and into the realm of purer Awareness. This volume contains more than a thousand brief stand-alone entries, well-suited to the needs of today's reader. Just open the book somewhere and dive in for one, two, or three minutes. You will come away enriched. Sometimes we're meant to spend awhile with a particular book. That's how it will be for this volume and its readers. There's wisdom here of which we all need to be reminded.