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...

When we are looking to create a shift, a change in behaviour, a change in a group or culture, they are hard. Slow, difficult, unfamiliar and with no apparent payoff any time soon, a change in habits can be a clunky thing. Often, this clunkiness is enough to stop many people ever changing. We fall...

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...

Last December, I began writing this blog.  One post per day. Something I notice, or “see” – usually in the “health” culture, often related to ways of thinking or approaching the concept of “high performance.” First and foremost, this was as an experiment for myself. To see if and how it altered how I “look”...

When training with gymnastics rings, I insist that the rings are exactly the same height. Many people get the rings “about” the right height and that’s OK. For me though, I feel the difference is huge. We send a message that the pattern we are practicing, or learning, is important. That we care. We can’t...