When we go to start a business, learn the handstand, reach a certain level of strength, there are a number of ways we can set out. We can just start. That seems to be the fastest. It’s surely the shortest distance between point A and B. Or we can pause for a second. We can...

Breathing practices, morning routines, certain foods – tools to consciously increase vitality or our awareness. I call these our allies (or tools) What and who we surround ourselves with consciously or more often, subconsciously, during the day (and night!) is our environment.  Sometimes you’re in the shower and notice a song in your head –...

The addition method – creating a new task, starting a new program, developing a new habit. The subtraction method – reviewing which 10-20% of the tasks you are doing, or ways your are living which aren’t serving you and simply stopping. Yes we may need to “overwrite” the bad habit with something else. Yes it might...

When you go down the path of movement, whatever that might look like for you, it’s kind of like falling in love. There is the rush at the beginning when you start and then the inevitable times of difficulty or frustration. In a relationship, often, these challenges allow us to grow While we wouldn’t walk...

“Stronger and Harder to Kill” – I see this every once in a while on a fitness T-shirt. Adaptability and resilience are interesting areas. While physical strength, mobility and of course lean muscle mass do seem to have significant benefits for longevity, we also have aspects such as CO2 tolerance and tone of the parasympathetic...

If you decide you want to get from Sydney to Melbourne, to a point, any car will really do.  In a 1985 Toyota corolla, a bus, or a Ford ranger 4×4, as long as you have fuel, you’ll make it. You have defined the nature of the journey (to get from Sydney to Melbourne) In...

This one is a matter of opinion. People are afraid of being alone and don’t spend enough time observing alone-ness. There are one-million-and-one methods of distraction, of interaction, of ways to reinforce a false belief that we are not alone. When you see someone who seems alone at the time, now, they are not alone....

Just a quick note today – I am running a workshop in Sydney on August 25th at Jungle Brothers Strength and Movement, at 1pm. We’ll be diving into strategies for down-regulating for recovery, health and performance. This includes: – Introduction to meditation and basic breath exercises – Group/partner exercises – Discussion on exercise “intent” If...