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#4a- Tourganic Shorts: Saxophonist Johnny 'Bones" from The California Honeydrops- Drops Some Knowledge About his Vegan Diet, Living healthy on the Road and Staying "Aligned" with Mind, Body and Spirit on Tour
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My guest this week is saxophone player Johnny 'Bones'. Johnny has been touring with The California Honeydrops for close to decade and he displays some serious skills on the sax. His solos are memorable to anyone attending a Honeydrops show. Johnny's approach to touring, his diet and his focus on health of mind, body and soul are an inspiration.
In this conversation:
- Johnny's path and why/how he went plant-based and how that decision has affected his ability to thrive on the road, overall wellbeing and happiness.
- Thee crucial role that meditation, mindfulness and yoga have played in his life.
- When Johnny began to feel that classic 'run down' feeling after years on the road and how living a plant-based diet helped to turn that around.
- Connections between musicians and athletes as performance based mindsets where you must be at your highest level night after night and the discipline that it takes to maintain that consistency
- Books, Documentaries and other sources that have significantly changed Johnny's life and provided inspiration along the way
Please take a moment to rate and review the podcast in iTunes and visit www.tourganic.com for more info on this episode and living healthy on the road
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Transcript
Introduction to Torganic Shorts
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Welcome to Torganic Shorts, where I offer a small taste of the full interview with some select moments and quotes. Johnny Bones,
Meet Johnny Bones from California Honey Drops
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my guest from this week's episode, is the saxophone player from the San Francisco-based band, the California Honey Drops. Johnny has
How Does Johnny Maintain a Vegan Diet and Yoga Practice on Tour?
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a great deal of wisdom to offer about how he stays healthy with a busy touring life while maintaining a vegan diet and a disciplined yoga practice on the road.
Tackling Internal Challenges
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I'm not so much into how should we organize our society or telling anybody else what to do, but I'm very into
The Role of Trust and Meditation in Personal Growth
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kind of like what you're dealing with inside and how to kind of overcome what's holding you back. You know, practice is practice and you can kind of zero in on some work things you're doing. But when you're on a show, there's like so much that needs to happen. It'll just slow you down. If your mind somewhere else, you just got to be ready to respond.
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I think I wasn't very trusting when I was younger, so I wouldn't trust different saxophone teachers or trust this or that.
Johnny's Commitment to Self-Expression Through Practice
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And I think something happened where I was just kind of like, like I started just doing the meditations he said to do, just out of trusting, I started feeling better. And I said, okay, like, it's just being willing once you believe something, you just kind of turn yourself over to it. Different exercise in the horn, just like, okay, that makes sense, I'm just gonna do that.
Does Learning More Make You Freer?
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in different ways, whether it's your yoga practice, your health, practicing 16th notes at a fast tempo, practicing your triads, long tones, new chord voicings, new fingering techniques, all these little incremental goals, but they're all sort of part of that big umbrella of just trying to purely express yourself. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's almost like you need to learn all those things. It's like you're not like,
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Like you're not filling yourself up. You're actually like the more you know, like the more you're emptying, you know what I'm saying? Because then it's like it's all available to you. And so you're just kind of like more free.
Engagement and Invitation to Full Episode
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Please check out the full episode with Johnny Bones and let me know what you think by commenting and rating the show in iTunes. You can also find me in the show notes from the episode by visiting Torganic.com and come say hi on my Instagram page. Until next time, peace.