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Use Breathwork To Heal Your Body with Andrew Sealy - E13
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We all know that breath brings oxygen into your body so that your whole body can function properly, and without it, we wouldn’t be alive. And when we are physically or emotionally stressed, it affects how we breathe. So it makes sense that our breath could also affect the way we feel in our day-to-day lives, and have an impact on our overall health. In this episode, we discuss how incorporating breathwork into your daily routine can realign your focus, elevate your well-being, and ultimately enhance your capacity to navigate daily challenges with clarity and intent.
Andrew Sealy is known as a connection catalyst, yoga artist and movement creator. With a passion for healing, yoga was a natural next step following his college education in microbiology. Andrew has intentionally and consistently pursued his path of health education, and has completed training as a yoga and Acroyoga teacher. Andrew's journey from competitive soccer in Barbados to becoming a yoga expert through an ankle injury underscores his commitment to mindfulness and presence. As an influential voice in the wellness industry, his methods and philosophies inspire many to embrace a balanced, vibrant lifestyle.
“The breath is really the key to being able to uplift your energy and also to modulate your energy so that you can really tune into different states of awareness.” - Andrew Sealy
In this episode you will learn:
- The specific morning and evening routines Andrew follows to maintain clarity and readiness for daily tasks.
- Andrew's dietary practices and how he structures his meals to optimize cognitive function and overall health.
- The role of breath in connecting the mind and body, and its impact on mindfulness, healing, and overall well-being.
- How Andrew integrates natural elements, minimal technology, and lifestyle habits to stay connected with nature and boost health.
- The significance of flexibility within structured routines to embrace spontaneity and foster social connections for a fulfilling life.
- Tips and essential items Andrew recommends for a vibrant, health-focused lifestyle, including his approach to supplements and wellness practices.
Resources
- Connect with Andrew on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrew7sealy
- Learn more about Andrew's offerings and retreats: https://www.andrew7sealy.com/
- Shop all the products Andrew mentions in the episode: https://alively.com/products/andrew-sealy
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Find the products, practices, and routines discussed on the Alively website:
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Transcript
Ankle Injury Sparks Transformation
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I had an ankle injury. I was put into a position where I had to recover. And a great friend of mine led me to my first ever yoga class. And that yoga class challenged me. It put me in a position where I was uncomfortable and I couldn't do things that people double my age were doing. And I was immediately humbled.
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My ego was kind of put in a place where I was like, okay, I'm a collegiate athlete, I'm at the best of, you know, my game, but at the same time, right now in my body, I'm not feeling that I'm really capable of doing the things that I, quote unquote, should be doing.
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This is the Home of Health spam podcast, where we profile health and wellness role models, sharing their stories and the tools, practices and routines they use to live a lively life.
Who is Andrew Seeley?
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Andrew Seeley, it is a pleasure to see you again, not just because your smile, your scenery always gives me energy and gets me going. But I just I love the vibe you share and and the wisdom you share. So thank you for being here today. today Thank you, Andrew. So excited to have this conversation, excited to have the opportunity to be here together and really to dive deep into wellness and what it means to be alive. Speaking of that, before we start, because you do so many things and you have done so many things. Before we start labeling you, how would you describe yourself? I would say that I'm a lively,
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my ability to be a connection catalyst and my real deep curiosity and constantly being a yoga learner, always moving my body, always doing my best to move through space with a deeper sense of power and grace. And I would say that I love, love, love just optimizing the body, mind and spirit. I feel that we are literally here to be the most sensitive while at the same time being the most creative beings that we can possibly be. And really tapping into our senses, really becoming more aware
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of the beauty that's around us and also the absolute splendor that is within is why we're here. And so that really continues to ah push my ability to become even more sensitive and um also just to become even more aware. That is absolutely beautiful. I see all the time, you know, it's This is our one shot. So whatever you think the purpose is, this is in this manifestation that we currently have is our one shot as this. Now, whatever you think after or before in this current manifestation is your one chance. So why wouldn't you make the most of it? And that's why it's so inspiring speaking with people like you. And the show has been a real blessing because of that, because I get to connect with people like you and hear your journey and in everything that you've learned along the way. So
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Speaking of that, in terms of when you think about living your best life for your entire life, what does that look like?
Living in the Present
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Not just today, but kind of looking forward for you.
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whoop That question is a deep question. I feel that it really starts with how you're living in this present moment. And every present moment is an opportunity to realign and to really polish your shine, to tap back into what helps you to become the most joyous,
00:03:37
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the most present and the most harmonious being that you can possibly be and i feel that there's practices that encompass that there are no specific means of ah really diving into movement that encompass that and. Ways of you know consuming what we put inside of our bodies what we put on our bodies and.
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those are really the the essence of really being able to optimize the longevity for the lifetime of your being. And it starts with the present moment right here, right now. That idea of presence, there's so many things worth unpacking in that. I mean, one of the best time to start was 10 years ago, 20 years ago, whatever. The second best time is right now in the present. So release whatever before, because you have right now and that's all you have is right now.
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And in the other piece on that presence is a recognition that it's not static. What you just described is a need and a desire to be in tune with what is required to optimize, to get that joy, to get that contentment at any given moment. And really you have to be present to be aware of that.
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So you're known for your movement. I mean, you see some of your stuff. It's amazing what but you're able to do with your body. What has your journey been like that in getting in terms of what you're able to do these
From Soccer to Yoga
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days?
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I would say that my journey really began with competitive soccer. I've played soccer since the time that I could walk. I'm originally from Barbados, so my family is just like full on, you know, soccer and cricket. Those are the main games in the West Indies.
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and It really brought me to a space where I was very in tune with my body in a certain way. I was very good at sprinting. I was very, you know, could run long distances and cut in five and, you know, basically score goals.
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And essentially from there, I had an ankle injury when I was studying microbiology at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. And essentially from that ankle injury, I was put into a position where I had to recover. I had to take the time to rest and to recover. And a great friend of mine who was an incredible tennis player led me to my first ever yoga class.
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And that yoga class challenged me. It put me in a position where I was uncomfortable. I was looking in front of a mirror where you know I couldn't keep my balance and I couldn't do things that people double my age were doing. And I was immediately humbled. My ego was kind of put in a place where I was like, okay, I'm a collegiate athlete. I'm at the best of you know my game. But at the same time, right now in my body, I'm not feeling at the best I'm not feeling that I'm really capable of doing the things that I quote unquote should be doing because I'm a collegiate athlete. I should be able to touch my toes. And it really dawned on me that the most important thing that I could do is really to take the time every single day to give myself the opportunity to dive back into what it feels to really be on point.
00:06:58
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what it feels like to really breathe into my body what it feels like to really address those places of pain where my body had been screaming hey you know like you're squeezing your feet into these small little boots maybe you should do a little bit of an ankle massage or something you know or or like my hips just have been so tight and you know, sitting in chairs at the desk and then riding my bike from, you know, school to yoga and practice. And it was like a lot. And I hadn't taken the time to really assess what was going on in my body. And yoga was the first step for me really taking a big picture glance at how I could actually rest
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relax and recuperate to be able to come back on the field better than before. And I feel that was really the start of my wellness journey as a whole, because it brought me back to really being present with myself and seeing this body as my vessel for being able to you know ascend and to be a success in any area of life. Really, it starts with this physical being. And ultimately, when we take the time to take that step back and see the big picture, that's when the real things that are most important to our livelihood start to be addressed. And that's where I started with my
Listening to Body Signals
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wellness journey. If OK, I mean, I'd love to dig on to that more, because this is something I've been, I don't know if it's struggling with or navigating much more recently in that I was also a competitive athlete. I was a swimmer, a distance swimmer. And for so much of my life,
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It was teaching yourself not to listen to the signals of your body, right? You play through the pain, you swim through the pain, you train harder, it doesn't matter. And of course, you get injuries as a result. And and you may end up worse off in the long run. And it seems like some of the lessons, you see how much LeBron invests in his recovery routine and everything, because that's where you get that longevity.
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It's something I'm having to to relearn. And it's amazing. You did it in college. Fortunately, we actually had the squash coaches were big on yoga. And so they came to the swim team and did a session with us. And that they taught me how to touch my toes in that one session. Like I couldn't.
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for four years. And my senior year, they did it in that one session. I was like, whoa, I can touch my nose. All of a sudden, the game is how you breathe out, breathe out, and keep going. It was just, it was incredible. But I watch, you know, I have an eight-year-old daughter. And I watch kids. And I think back to how we coach kids. They fall, oh, no, that doesn't hurt. Oh, no, tough enough, right? Like trying to push them through. And it's kind of gaslighting. It's like, hey, don't listen to the signals in your body.
00:09:49
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And then they have to come to this point later in life and say, no, I have to relearn all these things I naturally knew because as a human, we come out of the box being able to understand the language her body speaks. It's only because society is gaslighting us and telling us, no, no, just ignore those signals that we lose it. How do you work with people today to help peel those layers back so they can get to that presence and and speak that language fluently that you now
Breath as a Healing Tool
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do?
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It's apparent that our society has, like you said, gaslit us in the sense of not feeling. And the number one thing that we have to do is feel to heal. That's the first step. And it comes back to the breath. The breath is our access point to feeling. It's really what brings us into a deeper sense of awareness of our parasympathetic nervous system.
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And when we're aware of our parasympathetic nervous system and how to tap deeper into that space of feeling, that's when we invite our awareness of our mind to our body for healing. And I really feel that when it comes to, you know, teaching private yoga clients or, you know, helping people who have anxiety or even just, you know, doing coaching and wellness consulting, it really comes back to the breath. Everything that I do is It starts with breath because breath is our connection it's our lifeline it's what brings us back to the awareness of our self our presence and most importantly our ability to heal ourselves within this incarnation and so i feel strongly that.
00:11:34
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any type of movement, it has to be brought together with a sense of breath. And when we do that, that's when we really do start to pinpoint the spaces that we can increase our efficiency, the spaces where we can actually dive into even more poignant action.
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And we can also take the time to, you know, really dust off some of that, what I would call space of inaction, space of stagnation or even a space of neglect that has led us to injury. And oftentimes I'm working with whether it be athletes or, um you know, really high profile singers, songwriters, whatever it is, like the number one thing that we do is we always start with breath. Can I ask on the breath?
00:12:23
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You know, James Nestor's book, I think is phenomenal on this and and there's several practices from that I incorporated into my life almost immediately. Is it the breathing itself or is it The mindfulness of our breath brings us to the present. It it forces us to not be mindless, right? Because you could go through movement mindlessly, and maybe you get hurt, maybe you're doing it right, but you don't really know. But if you're having to tie it
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to your breath. Is it doing something more than just getting your focus on right now? Is there something more to it? I feel that there is something more to it because ultimately, when we take the time to actually be cognizant of our breath,
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the mindful awareness of the breath not only brings us into the present moment, but also allows the body to drop into the presence of this moment as well. So your mind and your body are having that brain-heart symmetry that brings you into the coherence of being able to move into that action with even more awareness, even more precision. And I think that Even if your objective is finding a sense of clarity, or if your objective is perhaps even just doing the simplicity of sitting still, the breath is what guides you to that space. It's the it's the start point for all of
00:14:03
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what I would call our deeper states of presence. It really is the the guiding point for being able to lead us to the space where we can actually say, oh, now that I'm in this present moment, I can actually act from a sense of even more precision, sensitivity, and awareness. And that's, I think, the the real key component to optimizing anything that you're planning on doing is coming back to that still point of presence, and then moving from there into the action that you wish to achieve. And it's not always calming, right? So there's certain breath techniques that can help take you down to go to sleep or help lower your heart rate. But you think about Tony Robbins before he goes on stage has his own breathing to get amped and get going. priming Priming the body, priming the mind. Yes.
00:14:53
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Yeah, and there was somatic therapy, you know, i I did it once with a friend, and oh my God, just overwhelmed with love. I've never felt more love in my life, and just tears just streaming down. All this love that I'm pouring into the universe was in totally different, but all breath driven. It's a really dynamic, variable tool.
00:15:17
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Yes. and And that's one thing that I think is special about it because you can bring yourself into a space of being fully ready to get on the field and to literally take that penalty kick and knock it into the corner of the goal. Or you could literally take the breath to bring you into a space of stillness where you can feel how your skin is connected to the environment that is around you and the birds that are around you singing.
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and the depth of the waves crashing onto the seashore and then going back out into the water and really feeling the connectivity of how the breath is bringing the universe into you and how you are connected to the universe all throughout with your inhales and your exhales. And so the breath is really the key to being able to uplift your energy,
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And also to modulate your energy so that you can really tune into different states of awareness. And that could be bringing you into a super conscious state of precision and what I would call optimized energy.
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Or it could be bringing you into a very subconscious state of drifting into dream state, you know, into REM sleep, into even what they call hypnagogic states where you can actually suggest thinking and suggest thoughts into your mind to bring forth a deeper sense of awareness of things that you wish to achieve or perhaps even visualization of the way that you're going to wake up tomorrow morning and swim the best, you know, 50 meter, whatever, whatever date length it is. But, um you know, like it really can tap you into a deeper state of what I would just call creating that, which is your reality.
00:17:12
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And so knowing this, having learned these tools and taught others, what is your kind of daily practice with that? I mean, what what does it look like when you wake up or throughout the day before you go to bed? How do you navigate that?
Daily Routines for Mind-Body Alignment
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I'm an early riser. I love getting up before the sun. One of my great teachers said, time and time, the world is won by those who rise before the sun.
00:17:35
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So I'm constantly up at, you know, whether it be five o'clock, sometimes around five 30. Uh, and the first thing that I do is I wake up, I make my bed, I get outside, get some fresh air and take some deep breaths.
00:17:53
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and really just take the opportunity to take in this beautiful nature that is all around me. I have the blessing of living in Costa Rica, so being here, there's you know birds that are out chirping in the morning, there's you know butterflies flying around, and just as the sun comes up over this mountain that's behind me, I sit down and I find a nice meditative seat, and I get into some breath work. I usually start with a little bit of ujjayi breath, um just to really find a depth of the length of my exhales to relax into my body. And then from that relaxation point, I do a body scan just to feel into, you know, perhaps yesterday I was doing a lot of a handstands and helping a client with their handstand alignment.
00:18:38
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So, you know, my trapezius muscles were pretty tight this morning and just feeling into the space that I need to attune to today. After that, I do a nice little mantra meditation and once my mantra meditation is complete, I do journaling.
00:18:56
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And gratitude and i love just tapping into things that i'm grateful for in the beginning of the day because it really kind of sets the tone for. The things that i actually need to do for the day so sometimes i'll say oh you know i'm grateful for my chocolate makers and how you know they've really taken the time to dive deeper into the packaging and then.
00:19:17
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For that day i may even tap into a little bit of to do so i need to follow up with my chocolate maker to make sure that they ordered the organic ah coconut sugar or whatever it is so i'm essentially from meditation and journaling leads into my to do list for the day and then from there.
00:19:35
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I jump into practice. I feel that writing out my to-do list first is like my kind of like cue for really getting into my body because it's like okay like I'm still feeling the physicality of my trapezius muscles being tight or you know maybe it's my hips today and then I can really address my body and myself first and then get into the things that I need to do for the rest of the world because I feel that A lot of us, or at least before I had a ah yoga practice and really was diving deep into this daily routine, we tend to address all of the worldly things first. you know A lot of people, the first thing that they do is look at their phone or you know they're looking at their emails or they're watching the news and it's this external approach towards living rather than an internal approach towards living.
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And I feel that the internal approach towards living really gives us the opportunity to address what is a priority because we have to see ourselves as priority. When we come first, then we realize how all of the rest of the universe, it is literally a ripple of how you treat yourself.
00:20:43
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The inner is a reflection of the outer and as within, so without, as above, so below, you know, it all works in harmony. When we really address ourselves first, that's why I take the time to do my yoga practice first because that's tending to myself so that I can show up for incredible interviews like this, with a clear mind, knowing that I already addressed those trapezius muscles, got my phone rolling in, got my tea in my body, you know got a little ginkgo biloba to get my mind on point, and you know I'm feeling alive, I'm feeling great, I'm feeling ready to thrive, and knock out the meetings that I have to do so that when I come to meet with you, I'm feeling ready to go.
00:21:25
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And so um I get into my flow. After my flow, I take a nice shower. After my shower, I have a nice Abhyanga practice. So I'm lotioning myself up. And so from that 5.30 time to around 7.30 or 8 is practice for myself, really giving myself the opportunity to read, write, and tune in and move so that I can feel at that tip top shape for the rest of the things that the day has to offer for me.
00:21:55
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I love everything about this. I mean, it's it's funny people start off their day stressed, overwhelmed, concerned. And if you drew the analogy of saying, hey, when I wake up, what am I going to do?
00:22:11
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is I'm going to open the front door to my house and just have a bunch of strangers coming in and roaming all over my house and trampling on everything, eating my refrigerator. People say, that's a terrible idea. like Why would I ever do that to start my day? And yet, if you go hop on social media, turn on the TV, all this, you're saying, my mental space, so not my physical house, but my mental house that I have to live in, even when I'm not in this home,
00:22:35
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I'm just letting everyone else invade, and then I have to try to find and pick up the pieces of what's left for me at the end of the day as opposed to saying, oh, here's the space I'm going to rent to them. I'm going to give to them today, and here are the terms, and here's how long. just ah yeah It's a tough thing. It's a default for people, and we wonder why people have more and more mental challenges and emotional challenges.
00:23:02
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Yeah. Yeah. I think that that's really the key is, is honoring yourself first. And, you know, if you want the whole day routine after that, I basically jump into meetings from around. ah My meetings usually start around eight or nine o'clock and then I'll take a hard stop at 12 of which I'll have a smoothie. And, um, that's like my first, uh,
00:23:25
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food of the day. ah The whole morning I like to drink tea. I like to stay as hydrated as possible, but I find that my brain functions a lot better without having any solid food or sugar before 12 o'clock.
00:23:37
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What do you put in that smoothie? I'm curious when you're breaking your fast, what goes into this? Oh man, I love fresh fruit. I'm like a fruit fanatic. ah So I've got organic date bananas um is usually my number one choice for the type of fruit that's going in with mangoes, love mangoes. And right now I have some really nice ripe paella and some passion fruit.
00:24:05
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So those are the four fruits that I put in my smoothie ah yesterday. I haven't made my smoothie yet today. It's 11.34 over here in Costa Rica. So after this meeting, it'll be smoothie time. And um sometimes I'll put in, if I'm feeling like like my muscles have been really exhausted from the day before, I use veg nutrition. A great friend of mine, Nimai Delgado, is the founder of veg nutrition and he's awesome.
00:24:29
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They make some of the best protein that I've ever had. ah Super on point as far as ah bioavailability and it's also completely plant-based. I'm fully plant-based. I've been plant-based since I was 20 years old. So 14 years going, still got all the protein that I need. Do handstands on rocks, on mountains, everywhere in the world. And uplift people with some macro yoga.
00:24:53
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So yeah, that's usually what goes inside my smoothie. Every now and then I'll scoop in like a scoop of, a I have these Anima Mundi apothecary goods. They have like happiness, which is like a coffee alternative that has like makuna and you know a bunch of different really great herbs for getting the body up in the morning, ginkgo biloba, all these kinds of things. So yeah, just whatever I'm feeling for the day.
00:25:17
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um you know, throw in some extra goodies. Maybe even like life cycle makes like a really nice lion's mane. So maybe I'll drip a little bit of life cycle in there. Yeah, just whatever I'm feeling.
00:25:28
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second Nice. Yeah. So it's, it's the only consistent thing would be fresh fruits going to be in there and kind of seeing what's in season, what looks good, and then kind of building around. Again, listening to your body, listening to your needs and eventss at that time to shape it from there. Okay. All right. Sorry to to go off track, but I'm just was curious. No worries. Yeah. I'm all about it. I mean, veg nutrition is probably like, you know, like every other day I'll, I'll.
00:25:53
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crack in some protein, because I have a pretty protein rich, just whole plant diet, like a around um two o'clock or three o'clock based upon meetings or so. I'll have my first meal of the day, which is usually consistent of, you know, lots of, I love quinoa.
00:26:14
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Tons of greens. I do like avocado sauces. I'll make like avocado with some cashews and some nutritional yeast and some, you know, scotch bonnet peppers and throw in a nice little space to it. And yeah, yeah, man, I love to throw down some good foods, lentils, mushrooms, you know, I love cooking. And every now and then I'll have like a a little bit of rice or something and top it off with a you know, like a little side of maybe like some plantains. I love baked plantains. So that's kind of like my two o'clock, three o'clock meal. And then towards the evening around six o'clock, I'll have another meal.
00:26:57
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once all my meetings are done. And then I usually get into bed around 10 o'clock. So usually in between that six o'clock, like I like to get a little bit of movement in and just kind of assess my body for time before I get into my night mode, which is ending with I turn off all my lights at seven o'clock. So it's either candle lit reading or meditation. And That's really the best way for me to stay on point. And every now and then, you know, I'll go out and I'll have dinner with friends or I'll go to the beach or, you know, I'll go to the waterfall for the day or, you know, there's definitely some differentiation of my routine, but I like to keep it pretty consistent. I feel that consistency, especially Monday through Friday brings me a lot more, ah what I would call just like sense of
00:27:49
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just knowing what comes next and also a deeper sense of accomplishment at the end of the week for like actually staying with the things that I needed to get done. And it just helps me become more productive and
Evening Rituals and Nature Connection
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progressive. so The end of day movement, how does that vary from the morning? So the morning you you did that body check-in as you were doing your breath work to inform what the morning routine looked like. And then you go about the day and things happen and yeah you're working with certain clients and and different stuff. What is that nighttime movement? Is that another reassessment? What is happening in that? Nighttime movement is
00:28:26
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Definitely like I love sunset meditation. I love just staying with the circadian rhythm of life. Like when the sun rises, I'm up. Hopefully before the sun rises, most days, yes, sometimes on the weekends. No, I do like to go out and get my dance on. ah But then in the evenings, my number one goal is sunset meditation and taking the time to foam roll. I am like,
00:28:54
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all about the fascial system. And I feel that reconstructing the fascial system through breath and foam rolling and like really taking the time to get into those little nooks and crannies of the body is so imperative for being able to live your best life because the fascial system is literally the system that encompasses all of your muscles and connects your muscles to the bones through the ligaments and the tendons and We forget about the fossil system and how imperative it is to keep a healthy body. And so I love foam rolling. I use rad rollers like they're the best. They're absolutely next level. And I'm just going to, I'm going to kind of like take you on a little tour. Cause no, here we go. some true Yeah. Some of the things that I can speak to. So this is a.
00:29:45
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my wonderful little tea area. I love tea in the morning, as I was saying, and this morning I put a little bit of the happiness, the Anima Mundi happiness in there. And this is my hydration. So I've got a hibiscus tea, and then I also have a Geistema tea there. And yeah I'm a Tefanak, like I love tea to the point where you can see that's my tea shelf. Wow. Types of teas from all around the world.
00:30:12
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most of which are from the secret tea garden in San Luis Obispo, super awesome space. And then, you know, we've got some haringa over here, we've got some sun milk, golden milk, and this is my fruit bowl. This is where I've got all the ripe fruits here that I throw in, so I have my smoothie, keeping it simple. So sorry, the the ones right behind the bananas, you showed me those last time and I hadn't heard of them.
00:30:36
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but What are they? gonna be So they're teens. You got to realize that the mangosteen is the Jewish uncle of the mango.
00:30:48
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so bangoine It's an easy way to remember it.
00:30:53
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those are the bad And then, you know, Vitamix is over here. Water filtration is key anywhere that you are. Fresh water, like water is what we are. So it's so important to keep the body hydrated. And what filtration system do you use? I use the Aqua true. Aqua true is incredible. This is Like by far, I would say one of the, it's highly recommended by doctors and just, you know, people who know about science. And what it does is it not only does the reverse osmosis, but it also remineralizes the water. Oh, wow. Okay. Cause I know that's a big deal. Yep. You got to get your minerals in. And I particularly am all about
00:31:38
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like really getting minerals from plants and all that kind of stuff. But at the same time, you got to realize that if you're stripping your water of the minerals, then you're putting water in your body that doesn't have like the the essence of the water. And if it were up to me, I would be drinking water from the spring that is down the way every single day. But that would be, you know, hauling up big five gallon jugs every single day and all that jazz. So I use Aqua true. This is my foam rolling corner. So I got my, this is the rumble roller here. This thing is absolutely incredible. And then I use a rad roller so that you make some of the most incredible.
00:32:27
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This is literally like next level. I travel with this because the Hilux is epic. I put it right on the occiput of my neck and just do some foam rolling on the occiput of my neck and then get all the way down my spine and I'll get like literally, you know, five to 10 really nice cracks and pops through. Exactly. It's incredible. And so.
00:32:53
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That's kind of like my my little daily routine. And this is where I practice. I love practicing outdoors, getting fresh air. It's pretty hot today, so I'm doing the interview from inside, but this is where I practice every single morning, catching some sunrise.
00:33:11
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catching some sunsets and this is what it's all about is being fully encompassed in nature and I feel that when we have the opportunity to be in nature it reconnects us to really what matters most and that is that we are nature we are part of this beautiful incredible majesty that is mother earth and the more that we have the opportunity to tap into that space the more that we really tune into our own self-worth and how we can show up for each other as symbiotic, symbiotic beings of this universe. And we're here to work together. And I'm so excited to have the opportunity to to share this because I feel that, you know, a lot of us have forgotten about the simplicity of getting out and, you know, putting your feet in the grass and like really feeling what it is to be connected to nature. And so back to my evening practice.
00:34:05
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Lights are off. I'm foam rolling. I'm relaxing. I'm making sure that my body is hydrated. I really do my best to eat around six or seven so I have at least four to five hours before I go to sleep so that my body is fully digested so that like really like my sleeps are really restful and really relaxing. Do you do anything to track your sleep or you just again you just listen to your body? So it's actually really funny because I have a really good friend of mine who's all about you know all the the whoop app and you know exactly you know like like always tracking and I don't wear any wearables. Easiest way to put it is I love technology but
00:34:52
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I don't know how good it is to have you know Bluetooth and Wi-Fi in my pocket or on my body at all times. And I don't even use you know any headphones or any Bluetooth headphones. like My phone is always on airplane mode unless I'm actually using it.
00:35:11
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i'm very particular when it comes to, you know, outside waveforms, because I also live here in nature and I want to do my best to honor nature. And I know that a lot of the reasons that, you know, birds have not been migrating the way that they have is because of all the waveforms that we're putting into these different environments. And I want to be respectful of the environment that I am in and just do my best to stay in harmony with the spaces that I'm in. And I'm oftentimes in nature. And so, you know, I'm aware of my
00:35:43
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ah little ah my promise from the l lama dorji and my meditation sangha and then I have this little my intent which is to shine light forever bright wherever I am and that's you know my mala, my meditation beads and that's about it. you know I really feel that the the blessing of life is just ah using technology to leverage it and to measure when it's needed to be measured. like I do get a checkup um every now and then with Smartwell. Smartwell is a really incredible next level technology. They do like everything from bio resonance tuning to VO2 max. you know like ah They're really tapping into how the body is working and functioning on
00:36:34
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the optimal levels and I go and get tested. I'm going back to Malibu to get a nice little overview of where I'm at right now before I go to Bakti Fest and teach ah later on this month. So long story short, like I do, I have the scientist in me, like I love being able to track and measure, but at the same time, um I feel like not at the expense of having a Bluetooth signal or Wi-Fi signal, you know, going through my body. she I mean, on that front,
00:37:05
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We're all living an experiment. you know And it's kind of this inverted order of we talk about getting back into nature versus how much time do we actually want to spend in the totally artificial environment of not in nature? for We think humans have been around for a quarter million years, 250,000 years, and this idea of inside, even 5,000 of that, like it's this whole new idea of inside. And so instead of saying, hey, we need to take this time to get out of nature, would it be the other way? You know, virtual, I think, now sleeps outside every day. He he did it with his son on the roof and he was like, wait a minute, this is just better. And so he sleeps outside. And it that is our natural human because we are in nature, as you said. That is our default that we are now making the exception. and in
00:37:59
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You seem to have have dialed it in, but here's the thing. I go back and forth on um all all these things of, well, it seems fine. Everybody's doing it. Like, yeah, but we're all living this experiment. We actually have no idea what the long-term effects are. and So I just, I really admire your, your courage to, to just embrace hate note. This is, this is how I want my life to be. And so I'm going to shape it around what I want, not what everyone else's default is. Yeah.
00:38:29
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Yeah, I think that it's it's really key to tune in, especially now, just to see what works best for your body.
Natural Health and Technology
00:38:37
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You know, everyone has a unique body. And the beauty of our existence is that we've had the opportunity of getting an idea as to what works best for the human body. And I really think that number one, fresh air, number two, clean water, number three,
00:38:57
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Actually, number one is sunlight. I would say- That's the role of energy in the planet comes from, right? Definitely, right? If the plants soak it in, the animals eat the plants, we'd go through. It's all from the sun. Yeah. Yeah. And so just like tapping back into the simplicity of how we can dive back into what it means to be an in-tune human. And humans are not that far from, you know, bonobos, which are our closest relatives. And we just have to tune back into the simplicity of what it is to be in harmony with nature. On that you you reference with smart well, like VO2 max sets, ah tests and things. And so I'm curious with your your movement practice, your your fitness,
00:39:46
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Is it all yoga related or do you do anything around cardio? Do you run? Do you bike? Do you swim? Do you do other things? I just saw a beautiful pool. Yeah, yeah. I i swim for fun.
00:39:59
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um I go out in the ocean, I catch waves, I go surfing every now and then, I go bodyboarding is the way, really. I love you know getting out into the ocean. I really enjoy hiking. I do trail running. I'm a nature boy. like i'm not like you know in a you know like I used to ride my road bike every now and then, and I used to commute to and from work on my road bike.
00:40:27
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But now you know I live on the mountain in Costa Rica and my number one means of what I would call exercise is yoga. And it's not just you know my own practice, but it's also literally physically lifting up my clients and decompressing their spines and moving them through movements to help to open up their bodies and to really just bring them into a deeper sense of awareness of their breath.
00:40:54
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And also to decompress their spine. And so that in itself requires a lot of strength and is also very taxing on my body. And so I'm doing weightlifting, but with real people, yeah yeah I would say that the majority of my.
00:41:13
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physical exertion is through that. But, you know, this past weekend I went on a trail run at my cacao farm. I have a wonderful cacao farm here in Costa Rica and I just felt like running through the forest and like really getting some fresh oxygen and and I wear vibromes and I get my five fingers open and I'm just out there jamming through spider webs, you know, flying by and I'm just, I love that. Like I feel like It's incredible and you know every now and then you come upon to scarlet mccloughs just hanging out in a guanacaste tree and you're just you know you take ah a second and you take a deep breath and
00:41:52
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You're just in nature. And I feel like that feeling is, you can't get it anywhere else. You gotta really tap into those moments of coming back to the primal energy of what it feels like to run through the forest, what it feels like to be like full blast. Ah, it feels great. And that that for me is feeling alive. That for me is being alive. And that's what I want more of. And that's what I wish to share with more people on a day-to-day basis. and so That's really a lot of the reasons why I chose to be here in Costa Rica because back in the day when I was living in Venice Beach, you know I had a cool apartment near the beach. I could walk to the beach, but I'm still inside of a box, you know inside of a place that you know has cars driving by every single minute of the day. And my sleep is being interrupted by wild people yelling or you know the ambulance riding by or the police chase or the helicopter. And it's just like,
00:42:49
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That to me is not really the lifestyle that I wish to live. And for me, really being in harmony with nature and really finding that sense of the essence of what it is to be fully engrossed in trees and the fresh oxygen and the connection to the sloth that is in my tree outside or the birds that are flying by, you know, it's like that to me is is the real magic of living.
00:43:19
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And for those that might not have been able to see the the environment rate, if you're just listening, I mean, Andrew's surrounded by floor to ceiling glass. It's looking out for this amazing canopy.
00:43:30
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of trees in Costa Rica. So he is living in this incredible kind of tree house environment, really one with nature, which is inspiring. In terms of you talked about trying to get moisture minerals from food, but obviously you want the water to be as natural. So there's re mineralization happening there that so you're supplementing back in the minerals there. There's the ve protein you sometimes add are there any other supplements, you you mentioned a few, but any others you take, do you need to add in magnesium or vitamin D or anything? Or are you like, look, I'm out of the nature of it. I don't do a magnesium um just because I feel like adding specific vitamins to the system is kind of like ah The easiest way to put it is it's almost like discarding the body's ability to absorb the nutrients from the foods that you eat. You know, let food be thy medicine. Truly
00:44:31
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a quote that I live by and my goal is really to find all of the biodiversity of what I'm eating to be the fullness of what I'm receiving all of the minerals and vitamins of that's going to make me my optimal self. so I don't supplement any specific vitamins. I don't take vitamin C, I don't take vitamin D, I don't take B12 or any of that kind of stuff. Like even, you know, though I'm a vegan and they say vegan slack, B12, I eat mushrooms and I eat organic veggies that have dirt on them and I just chop them up and I'm like, bam, you know, there goes the beat inside the salad. wo That's how I get my B12, you know? And when it comes to ah specific herbs,
00:45:13
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Herbs are incredible. Plants are the medicine. So every now and then I'll take this is a cerebrum. This is from Anima Mundi. It's got.
00:45:25
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Lion's Mane, Brahmi, which is a really incredible Ayurvedic herb, Ginkgo biloba, which is you know known by Chinese and the the ancient Chinese. like they This is like one of the best herbs. Gota Cola, and incredible for the brain. It looks like a brain. And then Holy Basil and Rosemary. So this is a tincture. you know It's got really great plants that are helping for brain tonic and increased cognitive performance. And Rishi in the evening, this is my jam life cycle, great friend of mine, Julian.
00:46:01
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He's an awesome Aussie, really great dude, lives in between Australia and New Zealand. But yeah, this is Rishi with ah the fruiting body and also the mycelium. And they also put a really incredible plum, just called a kakutum plum. And this right here, Rishi is incredible, like really, really good for deep meditations, especially in the evening. Rishi mushroom is one of my favorite mushrooms.
00:46:30
Speaker
like for relaxation and like deep, deep relaxation. I get into some epic meditations after taking this and just sitting down in the evening after my foam roll. And then better aromatherapy, terpenes. People may not know, but terpenes are the building blocks of all the things that we smell.
00:46:50
Speaker
They are the molecules that enable us to be able to break the blood-brain barrier, to be able to bring terpenes directly into the body to help with things like anxiety, to help with things like really bringing back a sense of balance between your parasympathetic and your nervous system. This is incredible. This is a a nasal inhaler, and I use this Anytime that I'm feeling a little anxious, anytime like I feel like I need to take a deep breath, maybe I had ah a pretty heated discussion, or maybe I have a really epic call um with an investor, whatever it is like this is, this is my go-to. I also carry it in my pocket when I'm on the plane, so you know if you get on the plane and you kind of smell that musty smell and you need to take a deep breath, these are terpenes, and these terpenes literally help you not only to, it's ah it's a,
00:47:43
Speaker
bronchial dilator, so it literally dilates your whole entire system of respiration to be able to bring more oxygen into your bloodstream.
00:47:54
Speaker
so I'm all about it. My great friend, she's the founder of it. Her name's Danny and she's literally the terpene queen. It comes from the cannabis industry, but this has no THC, no CBD in it. This is just straight up terpenes and it's brilliant because it gives people the opportunity to experience what aromatherapy really is, which is the terpenes, which are the building block molecules of the different types of plants that you smell, whether it's lavender or, you know, frankincense or whatever it is. Those are terpenes that you're smelling um that make that scent.
00:48:32
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I think as soon as we get off, I'm going to have to order some. It's, you know, Andy Galpin, Dr. Andy Galpin talks about, you know, there's HRV, there are other measures of recovery, um but one is the respiratory rate. And he's like, hey, it really should be around 12, once you start getting 13 and everything, I'm concerned. And mine, despite being a distance swimmer, all this rate in pretty good shape, it's high 15s to 16 times.
00:48:55
Speaker
way, way outside the range. so It was like very, very concerning. And then doing the research, apparently it's a problem with swimmers, because especially at my age, we grew up in these chlorinated indoor pools, and it caused a lot of lung damage.
00:49:09
Speaker
Exploring is no joke. And and honestly, the this has been proven, these terpene blends have actually been tested with not only people who have had cancer, people who have had tumors, people who have had lung collapse, but it's been tested and proven to increase vasodilation and also the actual bronchial function.
00:49:32
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so like this, it works. So I'm so excited to get you some ASAP because it works. And see, and this is where some, having some of the data, cause I can do it before and after, right? So I can track, Hey, here's what it looked like for the three months before I started doing this nightly. And and I'm really curious cause like this, this Apollo neuro, this isn't a tracker. It's, it's a, it's a simulator. So it can, it can take you down at night. It can take you up for socialization and it evolves through the day. And since I started it,
00:50:03
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My HRV, my recovery heart rate variability, has gone up by 15%. And my resting heart rate has gone down by 7% since I started this. So I really like trying things. say Hey, here's a new thing I'm going to try. And then what is it impacting? And so i'm I'm really excited to try.
00:50:20
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I'm into it, I mean like, if you test it and you say that it's great, then I'll try it out. I'm always open to try and to experiment and I feel like that's what we're here for. This whole entire lifetime as a human in this body, in this existence, living in this time of technology is an experiment. And the number one thing that you can experiment on is your own body so that you can figure out what actually works for you. And I am totally, you know, I'm an aquarium, I'm all about literally being on the cutting edge of technology. And so always happy to try out new things. So just want to say thank you for that advice. Yeah, it's I mean, I'm just running an end of one test, right? Like, that's, that's what life is. How does this work for my body?
00:51:03
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So you mentioned when you lived in Venice Beach, right? There are all these noises, there there' are all these interruptions to your sleep. Now, I mean, with being good about turning the lights off at seven and and going and candlelight and doing the meditation, really taking it down. Do you have anything that you use or do, like you're you're in a very natural environment. So maybe a sleep mask isn't that useful because you get up before the sun anyway. So there's there's nothing bothering you. But like I have my sleep mask, I have my wax earplugs, I have like trying to create my environment. Are there any tools that you use on your sleep side? No, I would just say the better I'm a therapy, they have a chill. And like if I really am feeling like I i can't get to sleep,
00:51:47
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I mean, between the Rishi and the chill, like I sleep like a baby. I honestly don't have any trouble sleeping.
The Art of Social Interaction
00:51:56
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One thing that I would say that I definitely do as well as I put the AC on, of the air conditioning at nighttime to make it colder, because if it is hot in the room, it definitely is a lot more difficult for me to get to sleep.
00:52:10
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So I just want to you know say that hands down, you know if you have a a cooling blanket or you know if you have some nice ah ah yes ambient air, if you can sleep on your rooftop and it's really nice and cool and chill outside, why not? But ah those would be the things that I would say really help me for getting to sleep.
00:52:31
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is the chill from better aromatherapy, the Rishi from life cycle, and just a little bit of AC. And every now and then some evening tea, you know, like maybe and a nice warm drink. And I really think that making yourself feel comfortable. I always shower before I go to sleep and I always shower after I yoga practice two showers a day.
00:52:52
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I highly recommend it. I really feel that water on your body is like one of those signals to help you to either relax. In the evening, I take a warm shower so that I can really get into like that very relaxed mood. and the In the morning, I take a cold shower. So I'm like, let's go. you know And so that that works for me.
00:53:12
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Most of what we've touched on is really internal looking. Like what what are we putting into our mind, on our mindset, in the breath, what we consume, how we move our body. But one other thing you touched on is the weekends, you like to get your dance on. you know You have your routine, but it's not shackles. It's, hey, this is a structure. And then when I need to go out with friends or want to go out with friends and and really benefit that. So we know social connection and purpose. We are
00:53:45
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social animals, right? We would have never survived. If you think about how weak and slow and hairless our species is, if we weren't working together, we would have never made it. We are meant to be social animals. And so how do you proactively incorporate that into this lively life you've built?
00:54:05
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I feel that your routine is just a structure. It's like you know the guidelines. It's not to say that you can't you know avert and decide to go out to a beautiful party and hang out with some friends and get your dance on.
00:54:20
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and you know partake in some magical mushrooms. like you know like These are all things that I feel bring the spice to life and it's important for us to experience the spice of life because the spice of life is what we're here for. you know The more that we tune into the intuition of our heart and what brings us to different places, who knows? You might meet the love of your life at that dance party or you might meet um you know your next business partner at the morning sober rave daybreaker.
00:54:50
Speaker
But you know, it's like you gotta choose to step outside of your comfort zone and stepping outside of your comfort zone is what leads you to the creativity zone. And I feel that so many of us really get into this regiment thinking that it has to be this way without having the flux and the ah what I would call fluidity of living in creativity. And I feel that it's very important to be a creative social animal as ah that is what helps us to really find the joy in life.
00:55:20
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Are there any tools you use for it? or Or is it like you can kind of sense when you're complete and say, you know, I really need a night out to dance? Or is it, hey, there's just this great event and I know there's this great event, so I'm going to go schedule and go do it. How how do you incorporate it?
00:55:36
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either reactively or proactively, just to maybe if I gave my own example. So I was very internally focused on like, hey, here for fitness, here's how much time I have, right? I know what my schedule is. When I go to the gym, headphones in, don't interrupt me. I'm just doing this. When I go swim, it's in the ocean. It's by myself because I can do it around my schedule, et cetera.
00:55:55
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And only more recently did I understand how important the social connection side was. And even like going to bed, hey, I don't want to be the the social jet lag on the weekend. I need to stick to my schedule, etc, etc.
00:56:08
Speaker
And as I learned the health benefits and psychological benefits in saying, hey, look, this is on par with your exercise. This is on par with your nutrition. You need the macro nutrients of social connection. I've stopped wearing headphones in the gym to enrich my relationships there. I've stopped swimming by myself every time. Like yesterday, I landed at the airport, drove straight to the pool because my friends were swimming right then, and jumped in and got to train with my friends to to go do that um on the plane.
00:56:37
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just started chatting with me. I just went to Greece. The guy sitting next to me on my flight to Athens said, where are you going? I'm going to Idra. Tiny island, no cars, just goats. And he's like, this is where I'm from. You go to my brother's restaurant. Second best view in the entire world. He shows me a picture of his brother with Jeff Bezos. Bezos has got out. I go there. They give me this book that the dad had written and all like it. And then I got invited to their niece's wedding that's next year because she was their flight. Like,
00:57:03
Speaker
That never happens if we shut ourselves off to it. But it had to be for me, hey, this is a proactive practice that I have my earplugs, but you know what? I'm going to wear them a lot less because they're taking me out of society and putting me inside my head. And so I guess I'm asking that of like.
00:57:21
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you're You're very deliberate on, hey, here's what my routine is, here's what I do. But how do you make sure that doesn't become overwhelming? And and you have those opportunities for the serendipity, for the going out and dancing, knowing, hey, it seems important, but so is going out and dancing. On that same trip to Greece, I did not sleep well. I was i was out dancing every single night, and it was amazing. That's the way. That's the way I feel that it really comes down to,
00:57:49
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choosing at least two days in your week of your seven days to allow yourself to have free flow.
Embracing Spontaneity
00:57:57
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And free flow means that you can utilize the structure of your routine to allow you to have your routine. But if someone or something or a feeling invites itself to say, let me step outside of that routine.
00:58:14
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Do it, do it, do it, do it. Like you said, like you know you took off your headphones and next thing you know, you're talking to this dude that knows a lot of the people of the place that you're going to and can give you this experience. I feel like that's the beauty of life is really allowing yourself to be enriched by the experience and it comes back to presence. If your headphones are always in, then you're not present to the world around you.
00:58:37
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If you're only doing the regimen that includes yourself, then you're not present to the beings around you. This is a social experience. The reason that we have each other is to connect. The reason that people call me a connection catalyst is because I'm constantly bringing people over my house and saying, oh, you don't know this person. You should get to know each other.
00:58:57
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Let's let's have dinner together. Let's, you know, hang out. Let's do a yoga class. Let's go to the beach. Let's do some acro yoga. Like I really feel strongly that we're living in the most pivotal time in history.
00:59:10
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the sixth largest extinction of all species. And humans are the most intelligent of all these species. Let's get together and find solutions. Let's get together and really create a positive impact on not only ourselves, but our friends around us, our neighbors.
00:59:28
Speaker
Do you know your neighbors? When was the last time that you brought your neighbor a nice mangosteen or you know just like said, hi, you know, like let's do these things that really bring us back to the beauty of life, the beauty of living, which I think is living in community. And that's, that's literally why I live here in Costa Rica. That's a lot of why I travel the world and continuously touch these different communities because I see the value in really uplifting people around me.
00:59:58
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And I know that in doing so, it's only going to keep that ripple of inspiration, of creativity, of stepping outside of the comfort zone open for others to do the same. It is an amplifying and multiplying effect. And so it's it's beautiful to have people like you in the world doing that.
01:00:19
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We're in it together. Absolutely. I mean, that is the mission. That's why I'm here. We talked about so many different things, right? You've built this amazing life with structure, but inspiration and improvisation overlaid and enjoying it. If you had just five things, you're saying, hey, if I could just get these five, what would be your five must-haves? I'm saying.
01:00:44
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Are we talking like, just like, is this like the end of the world situation or is this just like? Desserted Island. You can bring five things with you. Kind of, you know, i maybe your water purifier or whatever, like, Hey, here here's kind of my, my baseline, the things that I, I would want to have my lively life kind of intact. Okay. So, uh, I w I would say first is probably going to be my better. I'm a therapy. Like I carry this in my pocket everywhere. It's incredible.
01:01:14
Speaker
I love just being able to take a deep breath. Like I don't know if on this island ah there's going to be wonderful flowers and beautiful things, but hopefully there is. Uh, but if not, I got my better roman therapy. Um, I would say second, my Vitamix.
01:01:32
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I love making smoothies. I would hope that there's, you know, some fresh veggies and fruits over there that I can throw inside and make some beautiful smoothies and epic sauces. Yeah, I guess third would probably be the Aqua true. I got to make sure that I have some nice ah filtered water. Actually, third would be this book. Fourth would be Aqua true. The Yoga sutras of Patanjali. This book has like It's incredible. There's so much depth in that book. And I love reading. I really appreciate the wisdom of the sages and Swami Satchitananda's brilliant beyond belief. And then I would say that my fifth thing would probably be a book as well. And that book would be light on yoga, which I have in my room. So I'm not going to run and go grab it.
01:02:22
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but ah it's by BKS Iyengar and it also has a lot of different tips on different yoga postures. And they're not only how to get into those postures, but how to sequence them and then how to feel their effects or kind of like the effects that could be felt. It's really just a ah beautiful guideline for diving deeper into the body. So yeah, because I feel like we have a lot of the resources to be able to affect the body. It's just a matter of knowing how. And so these postures are literally ancient techniques that have been utilized for millennia to help people get into a deeper sense of awareness. And I use them on a daily basis and I find the benefits of them. So I would definitely ah dive deeper while I'm on this island all by myself.
01:03:13
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Now, your life is kind of like an advanced graduate course on healthspan and living an unlikely life. For someone who's just getting started, you know wherever they are in their life, they're saying, you know this is something I'm ready to commit to, i'm I'm ready to get started with. Without being overwhelming, where's the one place, the one thing that you would suggest they start with to to build that confidence, that momentum to start
Wellness Resources and Personal Indulgences
01:03:38
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their journey?
01:03:38
Speaker
I would have them check out, um, I have an app called certified and it gives you the opportunity to tap into different certifications, everything from breath work to, um, there's even, you know, rumble, which is like a boxing gym. They've got their, you know, deep dive on there and like.
01:03:59
Speaker
yoga, I've got a whole entire 200 hour yoga teacher training on there. So lots of incredible resources to dive into your own wellness journey. And I really feel that right now more than ever, it's important to take the first step. And one of the, I think the most important first steps to take is to just find a resource that is easy to use. And there's nothing more easy to use than that wonderful phone that is sitting in your pocket or that you're watching this on right now. So, yeah, an app that really gives people the opportunity to dive into their own wellness journey, whatever way they wish to take it. Could be yoga, could be breath work, could be golf, could be, you know, a number of different things and it's all on the certified app. Amazing. Now, no we've talked a lot about healthy routines, habits, practices, products.
01:04:51
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Do you have any top, guilty, or maybe it's totally guilt-free because you do everything else right. um Pleasure that you say, hey, this wouldn't fall in the health category, but you know what makes my life and so I do it.
01:05:04
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I mean, my guilty pleasure is chocolate. I love chocolate. I have a whole entire, ah literally like a whole entire shelf in my fridge that is all chocolate. I've fallen in love even more with chocolate being here in Costa Rica and I've actually started making my own chocolate.
01:05:22
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And ah very soon I will have a quantum cacao bar sent your way. So really excited to have the opportunity to share that with you and all the viewers once it's fully ready. But it's a really next level. um I'm using different herbs to bring ah different feelings in each bar.
01:05:42
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And so, yeah, really excited to have the opportunity to share a quantum bar with you sooner than later. But yeah, chocolate is definitely my guilty pleasure and I'll show you just because it's it's that enticing. um But I have been working with some chocolate makers here in Costa Rica to bring the best chocolates from all of Costa Rica.
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to the market, to the world. So we've literally been going to different farms and tasting their chocolates and then making um actual tasting their cacao beans and then making chocolate with their cacao beans. A lot of people don't know, but chocolate comes from a really wonderful fruit that grows in the tropics. And my number one guilty pleasure I'm going to have to go with this is this chocolate spread and it's chocolate with macadamia nuts.
01:06:34
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by my really good friends ah here in Costa Rica. They're called Pachamai. They also make a coconut butter. And so this coconut butter has Moringa in it. And that's why it's green. This one has turmeric in it. That's why it's orange. So long story short, this one, macadamia nuts and chocolate from my farm. This is, I haven't taken my smoothie yet, but I'm gonna i'm gonna do a spoonful just because it got me started.
01:07:02
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Yeah, macadamia nuts are my favorite. So this this is like Nutella, but instead of hazelnuts, you're getting macadamia. So this sounds just like heaven. No no other ingredients. Macadamia nuts and cacao. Cacao. Incredible. Wow. Sounds absolutely amazing.
01:07:19
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Yeah, so once the the quantum bar is ready and everything, we'll make sure to get that in updated show notes. Make sure it's on your lively page because I know everybody's going to want to try that. ah Andrew, this has been phenomenal. that like the The field trips, the tour, the getting to see the energy you bring to everything you do, the light that you share with all those that get to interact with you.
01:07:44
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It is a pleasure and a privilege and I really can't thank you enough for today. Before we sign off, are there any other health span role models do you think we should be talking to for our listeners to share their stories? Definitely. I have got to check out my good friend Andre Dukum.
01:08:06
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He's a epic a meditator. He has a podcast called ah Know Thyself. He is probably one of the most tapped in young men that I know, period. Awesome. Nimai Delgado, incredible plant-based fitness Genius literally like he knows he's done so talks at Google He's a trained, you know athletes like Lewis Hamilton like he's super super dialed in he's like been on Netflix ah for the twins ah This whole like twins thing. Yeah long story short. He's awesome. Nima Delgado gotta get him ah my great friend Jonah Kest Jonah Kest is a wonderful yoga teacher incredible
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down to earth, super, super, super, super sweet human being, Danny Fontaine, the woman who founded better aromatherapy. She's literally a genius. Terpene Queen is what I call her. She's ah got so much wisdom. Adriana Aialis. She's the founder of Anima Mundi. She's a genius herbalist, super, super down to earth, really just vibrant,
01:09:24
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And last person, Steven Brooks. Steven Brooks is my great friend who has inspired my desire to create a beautiful wellness community here in Costa Rica. And he is ah the fruit man.
01:09:41
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He knows all these different fruits, has grown so many different fruits. He's growing fruit forest here in Costa Rica, where you can come and live and have you know mango and jackfruit and moringa and all these different types of fruits just growing on the trees outside your yard. He is awesome. um You should check him out. He's on the... wonderful Zac Efron show called down to earth and ah The Costa Rica episode you should definitely watch it. Yeah, and I once once your Physical locations ready. I mean I'd love to organize a lively event down there finally meet in person and yeah Yeah, do some movement together. Yes, we got to do that and one more person Daniel Smochenberger. He's the founder of qualia, which is an incredible mind supplement. He is
01:10:29
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Genius, absolutely genius. Daniel Smatcherberger. And like when I say genius, like I would say he's the number one person that I would like to have with me if I were developing you know the the community of the future. Andrew, this has been such a pleasure. Thank you, not just for today, but for all your work, all you do. I just i absolutely adored your time together.
01:10:57
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Thank you so much. From one Andrew to another, live light, shine bright into all the beautiful, lively friends, family, community out there. Thank you all so much for tuning in. It is my absolute honor and my absolute pleasure to have this conversation today. And may we all continue to uplift this world with wellness.
01:11:19
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Thank you for joining us on today's episode of the Home of Health Fan podcast. Remember, you can always find the products, practices, and routines mentioned by today's guests, as well as many other health fan role models on the lively.com. Enjoy day.