The art of relaxation – “Relaxare” – to “release.” Not just to band-aid the problem, but to let go. We know that when we move beyond tension, when we let go into relaxation, we recover faster, learn better, remember and connect more. But what if we can’t do it? What happens if we try, but...

The launch, the take-off. When we start off and hit the ground running, but just a little too much of a sprint. The crash and burn happens on any number of time-frames. It typically gets us when we are pretty good at what we do, from an early point. When our progress is accelerated in...

There are gyms, personal trainers and gym owners, and then there are guys like Vik. Vik and his wife Sarah own and run an amazing gym in Sydney’s Northern Suburbs.  We were fortunate to spend some time with them recently on our second unplugged Expedition Retreat. The energy they brought was amazing.  Vik is not only...

The entropy, or disorder, of any system always increases when in isolation. Things fall apart. Chaos. To be in “balance” then is really a false idea To be in balance is really to be aware enough to be able to “respond” and then adjust. Usually, we react. But a set reaction won’t work, as each...

Recently we had a new sink unit put in at the gym. There were 5 or 6 tradesmen there to do the job. Most were watching while two worked. When they left, there were foot prints and dust everywhere. There had been a small effort to tidy up, but the clean up process after they finished...

We are bombarded with images of people levitating. People doing amazing achievements: marathon running, big wave surfing, handstands, starting amazing businesses, trekking for hundreds of miles. So we too set off on the journey. We buy a surfboard, enter the race. The human body and mind is capable of supernatural feats. Of rising above gravity....

The conversations we have. The comments, debates, discussions. typically, we are amongst friends, colleagues, or people we seek out. We rarely find ourselves next to the opposite. Or even next to the someone in the middle, or on neutral ground. Language is the left hemisphere – the logical mind. We need to understand that often...

Well, we are always starting out, we never get anywhere. But still, a few things to consider in terms of the “health and fitness” journey: – We constantly are getting brainwashed/conditioned/confused by media, education, society. The right foods, the right exercise, the right job… This brainwashing is a given – We can’t know what to do...