In school, we are given assignments based on word count. A 3000 word essay, a 10,000 word report. In the fitness industry, it’s often an amount of weight: lose 5kg, lift another 20kg… These are both problematic in the same way. The word count has us focusing on the number of words. A variable which...

This isn’t an actual defined bias or true cognitive effect. It’s one that I made up. Understanding that at any one time our involvement with our social circles, our jobs, our friends is influencing our decisions, our fears and our actions can be powerful. Through spending time alone (“Dr. Quiet”), going on retreats, or shutting...

In my last solo/silent retreat on Kangaroo Island, there was a monk there who had been on retreat for 3 years (so far!). This means he hadn’t spoken or really seen anyone over this time and his stay was dedicated to meditation and deepening his practice. After I finished my own retreat, I talked to...

It’s not secret that I love skill development. Handstands, ring work etc.. So, why so much interest in the breath? Between breath and our approach to how we eat, we have two very powerful tools to bridge from the conscious to subconscious mind. ANY skill, movement, strength element, project all are impacted by our skill to observe...

There is the masculine energy – the giving, the speaking, the growth, the expansion, the doing. Then there is the feminine energy – the receiving, the rest, the listening, the contraction. Often, when we thing of creating something new – an idea, learning a movement, a business, we envisage whiteboards, brain-storming, researching, writing programs, practicing…...

We get “good” at the skill through being terrible at it. To only “begin” once we feel we are proficient, is really a form of resistance – it is really to never begin. This trap doesn’t just catch us in the physical realm (“I can’t do mobility work because I’m too tight…” “I don’t do...

In my last Breath and Mind Workshop at Jungle Brothers, I talked about “neuroception” – how we can alter our sub-conscious “perception” of our environment and our actions. When I have worked or trained alongside professional athletes, the one word that I keep coming back to is “composure.”  The professional does the easy task impeccable...

In distance running, how we run makes a huge impact on total time. Our posture and mechanics are far more important than aerobic fitness or VO2 max. Of course, this is the story in a lot of sports/athletic pursuits, but with distance running we have so many repetitions that the difference can be astounding. Most...