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Where some find joy in a structured garden, others find it in the wild mess. Weeds to some, flowers to others. In the end, on this planet, Mother Nature trains all.

Today I don't think structure is for me. Though I find those who keep it admirable.

Discipline is freedom. Flexibility is freedom: rising early, sleeping enough, eating well, exercising regularly (or at least keeping active) and meditating daily. Sounds as clear as water being essential for life!

Some people might do otherwise and lead great and happy lifes, but the following guidelines are a good starting point.

Some people will benefit, some will not.
This is our world. Nothing constant, constant change; yet amongst all these waves a few regularities do arise.

Dying is easy.
How to live without suffering is the hard part.

Quoting Mark Twain-

I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.

I usually think of the word "training" as that consistent effort of being present where one's past habituated inclinations of the ego or our identity commonly oppose being so.

I like what he says at the beginning of the video...

"A mind that is not well trained, suffering will follow
A mind that is well trained, happiness and peace will follow"

~Nick Keomahavong~

A simple truth...

@Jeroen said:

My experience has been different, I’ve found that training is the death of real intelligence. Training is the instilling of certain habits and automatisms, which leads to functioning at a lower level of awareness. In order to be more aware, more in the moment, one should learn to disregard the automatisms that society trains into one.

It's all about the middle way @Jeroen and not taking things to the extremes ...

From what I gather, a well trained mind just means a more skillful one ... one which is more aware/sharp/alert/attentive to the moment...

I see practicing the Dharma as a form of mind training/sharpening ones skills( or if you like real intelligence) so to speak ...nothing more ...nothing less....

According to Osho, dying is not such a big affair, we make it something more than it needs to be. Instead, living is more important — celebrating, being creative, loving.