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Hello there, and welcome back to my series on bringing presence to strength training. One of my big ambitions has been to bring Yoga into strength training, and to bring strength back to westernized Yoga. My dream has been to find a balance between the two. You see, they’re better together. Last week, I offered …
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It turns out, breathing is good for you. Who would have thought it to be true!? In a study done at Trinity College Dublin, researchers found that breath-work enhances concentration, focus, and can even lead to growth of new connections in the brain. Take a breath. Inhale for one-one-thousand, two-one-thousand, three-one-thousand, four-one-thousand. Hold for one-one-thousand, …
One of my big ambitions has been to bring Yoga into strength training, and to bring strength back to westernized Yoga. What is it that I mean by that? Let’s start with Yoga. The word itself means union. I can take you on a whole adventure about what that union refers to, but for now we’ll …
GET LIT: Water is great, but plants don’t grow without SUNLIGHT. Neither do you. Our bodies run on the natural light cycle, we call this our circadian rhythm. This rhythm is based on zeitgebers (time-givers) that tell your body when to begin and end processes. When you get light within 30 minutes of waking, your …
Hello there! There is no better time to take charge of your health than NOW. When you shower next morning, turn that water COLD for the final 10 seconds. Feeling like a pro? Go longer. 2-3 minutes is optimal. Longer than that? Go for it! Stop if you begin to shiver. When you first get …
Hello there! Looking to learn a bit more? Here's what I've been up to lately: Recording a podcast about Yoga and Breathwork with the crew over at Inside Out, which you can listen to here. Recording a podcast for Exercise is Health about SOMA Breath with the crew at Muscle Activation Techniques - Schaumburg. You …
Are you tired of falling back into your predictable life, failing at your New Year's resolutions, when you're only a few weeks in? I have thoughts on this. Step one is having a clear vision of what your ONE DREAM or your ULTIMATE OBJECTIVE is. It's also important that you focus on what YOU want. …
It’s that season again, and you’ve been asking, “Rob, do you get sick?” Kidding…of course I get sick. But, I get sick much less frequently than I used to. First, I ensure that I’m getting adequate sleep. If I try to get away with a few consecutive nights of under sleeping, I start feeling run-down. …
It might not seem like it, but I get SAD in the winter months. All I want to do is sleep, drink coffee, and eat sweets. I feel tired, I can’t think — and don’t really want to; hell, I don’t even want to go work out. Almost anything that I do feels like a …
The Next Experience is Saturday, 10/26 at 12:30pm Register now If you've been following my path, then you might know that I've been on a meditation, pranayama, and yoga trajectory as of late. After much inner struggle and self-doubt, I've stepped across the threshold. We held our first SOMA Breathwork workshop on Saturday, September …
Our backs are super cool. The spine houses our information superhighway. Our back protects the spine, absorbs impact, flexes, extends, bends, and twists. At least, it should. We don't think about it until it stops doing one of those things, or worse, it begins to hurt. In this video, you'll find two mobilizations for restoring …
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