Dec 21, 2019
You may recall the amazing, eccentric, crazy cool Aaron
Alexander if you listened to my episode "Exogenous Ketones,
Deuterium-Depleted Water, Near Vs. Far Infrared, Scorpion Stings &
More! A Special Episode Recorded Live In Panama"...
...well today Aaron's back. I recorded live with him at his pad
in Southern California and after chilling in an ice bath, doing
nitty-gritty breathwork and getting up to all the other crazy
tom-foolery biohacks at Aaron's place, we recorded for you a nice
little podcast, and even discussed Aaron's new book "The Align Method: 5 Movement Principles for a
Stronger Body, Sharper Mind, and Stress-Proof Life", which
shows readers how posture and body alignment are powerful tools for
building strength, achieving peak performance, reducing pain, and
approaching the world with a new sense of confidence, and teaches
you how to optimize activities such as:
-Floor Sitting
-Hanging
-Hip-Hinging
-Walking
-Nose Breathing
-And much more...
Blending Eastern philosophy with Western mechanics, The Align
Method outlines the necessary tools to leverage the power of your
own senses and body language to feel more flexible and confident,
and details exactly how to reshape your environment for enhanced
creativity and longevity. So check out the book and...
In this discussion with Aaron, you'll discover...
-What makes green tea special...4:58
-Natural biohacks that can be implemented for low or no
cost...6:36
- Cold thermogenesis
- Activates the parasympathetic nervous system
- Nitric oxide release
- Humming/chanting increases nitric oxide production
- Activates the vagus nerve
- Inducing stress resilience prior to the stress of the cold
treatment
- Sunlight exposure
- Metabolic flexibility is increased w/ sunlight exposure
- Increased HRV and good vagal
nerve tone
- Vitamin D activation
- Cellular resistance
- When to choose tech over nature
- JOOVV lights can
provide adequate infrared light in 10 minutes vs. 2 hours of
sunlight
- PEMF tables can
shortcut what can be derived from nature
- Bottom line: Nature is preferable, but there’s nothing wrong
with choosing better living through science
-Ben Greenfield’s morning meditation
routine…15:37
-Hunting zen and interdependence with our fellow
man…21:43
- Innate instinct to provide, even with modern conveniences
around us
- Book: A Paradise Built in Hell
- Interdependence is oft neglected
- C.S. Lewis: We’re all spirits in human bodies w/ capability to
go one way or the other
- Skin to skin contact releases oxytocin; results in greater
success in war, athletics, etc.
- Don't sacrifice interdependence for self-dependence (self-made
man)
- Connections is the undying currency
-The two "mountains" in our lives...40:07
- Book: The Second Mountain: The Quest For a Moral
Life
- Mountain 1: career, business, shelter, etc.
- Circumstances bring us into the valley, and realize Mountain
2
- Mountain 2: we discover interdependence, community, connection,
etc.
- Mountain 1 is oftentimes a prerequisite to Mountain 2
- No regrets about the past; using experience to scale Mountain 2
when we arrive there
-Practices that build indomitable connectedness in your
family...46:00
- Eye-gazing:
- Zero judgment zone
- See different parts of the other each time
- Deep connection reduces shame, increases vulnerability
- Eye-gazing during sex increases intimacy w/ your partner
- "You're not raising your children, you're raising your
grandchildren"
- Traditions, practices at the dinner table, etc. are observed,
learned and passed on to the next generation
- Encourage children to participate in your exercise routine,
even if on a limited basis
- 55/38/7 principle of communication:
- 55% is based on body language
- 38% is vocal tonality
- 7% is the words we use
- Power of demonstration cannot be undervalued as a parent
-And much more...
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- Book: The Align Method by Aaron
Alexander
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