Engineer Your Body To Improve Your Mind - Aaron Alexander - #414

Modern Wisdom

12/23/21

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72m

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Aaron Alexander is a manual therapist and movement coach, founder of the Align Method and an author.

Health & fitness has been broken down into a very compartmentalised, reductionist view. Muscles are trained in isolation, mindfulness practise doesn't occur in the gym, physicality isn't thought of when you sit down at your desk.

I wanted to speak to Aaron to explain how we can take a global, aligned, macro-view of our body's wellness to impact more than just how we look but how we feel, think, sit, sleep, have sex and everything else...

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro (01:21) Aaron’s Approach to Fitness (07:17) Common Problems in Training Plans (11:17) Physical Practices for Daily Life (20:21) Choosing the Right Workout (29:14) Building a Holistic Training Culture (35:50) The Role of Shame in Sex & Relationships (42:47) Aaron’s Plans for a Successful 2022 (54:18) The Power of Movement for Wellbeing (1:11:00) Where to Find Alex

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How To Use Mindfulness In Daily Life - Cory Allen - #413

December 20, 2021

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61m

Cory Allen is an audio engineer, meditation coach and author.

Mindfulness meditation is great. But it is supposed to be in service of a mindful life, rather than simply a way to spend 15 minutes of your day. I wanted to ask Cory about how he advises people to take their practise off the meditation cushion and into their daily life.

Expect to learn how to use touch to bring yourself back to the present moment, Cory's favourite cues for reinforcing daily mindfulness, why the clothes you're wearing offer endlessly interesting sensations to meditate on, how to recognise when you've become lost in thought, how to reframe unwanted emotions and much more...

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(00:00) Intro (01:33) Where to Begin with Mindfulness (08:03) Why Meditation is Important (13:32) Being Mindful of Our Interactions (18:45) Learning to Switch Off from the World (24:19) Pay Attention to Your Movements (41:27) Reminding Yourself That Thoughts Aren’t Things (45:55) How to Successfully Deal with Bad & Good Situations (56:50) Habits & Triggers for Mindfulness (1:00:36) Where to Find Cory

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JK Rowling, Trans Athletes & Blackfishing - Leo Kearse - #415

December 27, 2021

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66m

Leo Kearse is a comedian, writer and a YouTuber.

I brought Leo on to discuss the most important news stories of the last few weeks. Real hard hitting stuff today like why JK Rowling has been written out of the new Fantastic Beasts trailer, how Sainsbury's are signalling their virtue by telling shoppers that they're racist on Twitter, why Jessie from Little Mix has been accused of appropriating black culture because she has ginger curly hair, how Nicki Minaj is rehabilitating people's personal brands over Instagram Live, why Leo got involved in a debate about censorship in comedy which descended into the historic oppression of women's football and much more...

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(00:00) Intro (03:32) What’s Happened to J. K. Rowling? (09:04) Spending Time with Blaire White (15:21) The Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore Trailer (21:00) The Government’s Conversion Therapy Bill (27:51) Jesy Nelson’s Blackfishing Controversy (33:25) Leo’s Debate with Kate Smurthwaite (42:29) Trans Athletes in Women’s Sport (50:37) Why Wokeism is Harming the Black Community (1:03:24) What’s Next for Leo (1:05:29) Where to Find Leo

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