Why Am I Kind to Others But Horrible to Myself?
As my wife Amy and I walk through the woods on a crystal cold winter’s day, we talk about the end and the beginning. The woods are easily navigable in the winter, the sun warming to the skin even though it’s only just above freezing. It’s a wonderful feeling, a bit like coming into cold […]
What If It Can Be Easy?
How many times do we find ourselves overworked and exhausted? How many things go unnoticed because we are doing something that takes our attention? I remember my first lesson of economics, a subject I was introduced to at the ripe young age of 13. I failed my exams hopelessly, but I do still recall the […]
Insights from Above
One night, about 8 years ago, I woke up at 4 am, scared. I felt small, confused and uncertain about my place in the world. I was in recovery from a serious illness yet watching my Breathwork practice grow so fast that it unnerved me. I was becoming a leader in my local town in […]
Commitment and Change
“The moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred… Unforeseen incidents, meetings, and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way.” ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe What is commitment? My son refers to it as […]
The Fine Balance of Leadership
The Pride and the Fall I saw a sad documentary last night about Bikram Choudry, the founder of Bikram Yoga. Today, teachers of his work are changing the name of their studios to dissociate themselves from him. A self proclaimed hero of a yoga movement of millions, he has now been branded the villain, accused […]
Beware of the Dark Narcissist!
I love my work because I get to see so many who are willing to reach in for a better version of themselves. It is ever inspiring, and sometimes – in darker moments – a reminder that there is always possibility for change. But the dark moments come back, and sometimes they can be […]
Breathing to Let Go
Many of us find ourselves still ruminating over things that have happened in the past—painful situations, events, interaction with people—unable to let them go, or thinking we’ve already let them go, only to watch them pop up again out of nowhere when we least expect it. We get frustrated, we blame ourselves, and the cycle […]
Spirituality, Loneliness and Leadership
That we accept that we are on a spiritual path is a precarious assumption. It implies that this is a step by step process as we make our way from A to Z. But since when has spiritual awareness come in a linear fashion? It may be a human need to measure accomplishment as […]
How to Make the Most of Your Breathwork Practice
Whether you’re new to breathwork or a seasoned practitioner, here are five ways to make the most of your breathwork practice. Practicing breathwork is as simple as showing up, bringing conscious awareness to the breath, and letting it guide us. But when you’re practicing unguided and alone at home, it can sometimes feel like you […]
When the heart is a victim to thought
As human beings, we are very used to our heart hurting or feeling pain. In fact, that is perhaps the most common feeling that we notice, so we tend to forget the tremendous resource it is for us, not just as the engine for our survival, pulsing life force through us in every moment, but […]
The Body Archive
Every life experience we have had is recorded in our cellular structure. This is what I call the Body Archive. Many of these experiences were traumatic, and remain lodged, blocked in our system. But there is much, much more than our own lifetime recorded in our Body Archive. When you consider that what doesn’t get worked […]
Why do we Hide from the Intimacy we seek?
Why do we Hide from the Intimacy we seek? This week in our Breathe The World session I asked two questions: The first was: In which part of your life do you want more intimacy? The second: As the creator of your own possibility, what’s the next best step to do something […]
