About three years ago I wrote a piece around nutrition, including a clear preference for a high fat, high-ish protein diet. My current stance on food is quite different. Without going into depth too much (it varies for each person), here are a few thoughts. With nutrition, as with breath and training, the main focus...
“So, how do I “lose weight” If I shouldn’t do fasting, keto, or low-carb?… Plus you say don’t do endurance sports or HIIT.. What do I do?” Great questions. The first thing to consider is that we must come from abundance. We know that our muscle mass, when at rest, prefers fat for fuel. We...
We can do exactly what we want when we are alone. If everything goes to plan, the project, workout or meal we are making will come out just as we like it. Often though, this isn’t how the magic happens. Although external influences have the potential to derail us from what we had pictured in...
The simplest filter. In a world pivoting on social media, comparison, “growth” and “hustle,” we often find ourselves feeling conflicted. We consciously and subconsciously place ever increasing demands on our physical and emotional selves. We do this while also decreasing resources, such as food quantity and quality, sleep and rest. So, knowing that we too...
Reducing excess body fat is a common goal with exercisers. It turns out that down-regulation of stress hormones is the highest priority when looking to reduce excess body fat, in particular when it is around the belly. Cortisol is a stress hormone, that, when chronically elevated contributes to the storage of body fat (in particular,...
In 1960, research began at the University of California, Berkely, by Mark Rosenzweig on rats. He compared single rats in normal cages, with other rats that were raised with toys, ladders, tunnels and running wheels and also in groups. Rosenszweig found that growing up in enriched environments helped neurodevelopment, cerebral cortex thickness and greater synapse...
People generally know a couple of things things: They don’t like to feel stressed (physically, or in a “stressed” state of mind) They are aware of some level of mind-body connection There’s some sort of connection in how we live our life and how we generally feel So, to go a bit further, here are...
Just one note on our second big event for the year. I recently confirmed that I’ll be running a second unplugged Meditation and Movement retreat in 2018. We’ll be heading away at the start of August, for 5 days of practice, exploration and immersive learning. These retreats are unique and I’m excited to go deeper...
