Which shoe do you put on first? How many times do you check your emails at work after 1pm? These are patterns, or habits that we have, but they are typically also patterns that we don’t really know the answer until we really think about it, or record it. So what? So awareness of breath...

What’s a “Fulcrum”?? So, this term came from one of my friends and mentors with the breathing work, Cole Clayton. Cole talks about how we can create a “fulcrum” with our breathing.. A fulcrum can be defined mechanically, in terms of a lever, or it can be defined as something that plays a central or...

Post 309. After a short time away and offline in the Blue Mountains, writing continues. 11 days have been missed during silent retreats so far. More will be missed in the future. Sometimes, for whatever reason, this happens. We miss. We miss a day of our new habit – making it to the gym, prepping...

Both Charles Duhigg and James Clear have written some great work on habit development and the power of habits. I believe there is another small super-power in the creation of habits. That is confidence or belief. I’ve often talked about the power of belief. When we are able to identify a habit that isn’t serving...

Yesterday I had the great pleasure of meeting and working with the crew at Hybrid Training in Hornsby. We worked through a Breath and Mind workshop*. In this one we went through some breath attention in a short movement practice, where we worked on using breath attention for pacing and also increased awareness of body...

The subconscious mind is observant. We don’t notice everything consciously, but we are imprinted at a deeper level almost continuously. This is essential as a survival mechanism as the subconscious mind continuously perceives and evaluates our surroundings (“neuroception”). What’s happening today though is an over-abundance of information inputs. Inputs which are incongruent with seasonal and...

When birds learn to fly, there is a point where they leave the nest. The risk is high. The reward is they survive the drop by flying. There have been a few times where I’ve been taught some skills in an unreasonably high risk way. When I first learned to paddle an ocean ski, which...

In the movement world, there are a huge number of different types of skillsets one could choose to pursue. Strength based movements, balance work, acrobatics, juggling. There is a concept called “maintenance mode.” In order to “achieve” the skill, often we need to “sprint” a little bit, which means we need to over-emphasise this skill...