Last night in the kitchen, my roommate Sean announced he was getting toe separators from his yoga teacher Steve. I asked him why. āI want to separate my toesā, he replied. Oh. Is that what toe separators are for? Separating toes? I had no idea š¤¦āāļø This is classic Sean. He likes to answer questions … Continue reading
5 years ago, I was assaulted. I was working on a website at the time. Changing colours (Lemon Glacier or Rocket Metallic?), adding elements (popups or no popups?) and generally just making it look siiiiiick. I was having a blast, working all day and also well into the night while pounding coffee and listening to … Continue reading
So says one of my teachers in the world of nervous system healing. In the Western world, weāre addicted to fast. Fast food. Fast cars. Fast results. If itās not fast, we donāt want it. If itās slow, we think somethingās wrong. That the thing is broken. That itās not for us. I used to … Continue reading
Here he comes! Kano. The regal, kingly dog. He sprints for the back door as I stand by it, ready to open it when he gets close. Thenā¦ BANG! Poor Kano š„² Instead of sprinting out the back door, he sprints INTO the back door. In slo-mo, I might add. Just like the movies. With … Continue reading
Just a quick one today to change things up. Hereās a quote from Peter Levine, best-selling author of Waking The Tiger, one of the classics in the world of nervous system healing: āTrue human enlightenment will only happen when each and every single person on the planet has learned how to regulate their very own … Continue reading
Bored. Listless. Depressed. Anxious. Unhappy and unfulfilled. UNEXCITED. Apathetic. Fed up with life. IS THIS IT?!? Jaded. Cynical. Empty. Tuckered out. Joyless. Despondent. Disenchanted and disillusioned. These are just some of the words that used to describe me. Donāt get me wrong – Rewind my life by 5 years and from the outside, it looked … Continue reading
Like smoking, it helps us to disconnect from our day. From the stress of replying to emails from Karen in Human Resources. From the pain of working a job or career we donāt enjoy to buy shit we donāt need (like that blue kayak in the garage that never gets used). From thoughts about how … Continue reading
Iāve been taking Ju Jitsu classes here in The Sacred Valley in Peru for the last 12 months. My teacher Chase lives around the corner from me. 2 mins from door-to-door. Pretty cool. Heās a black belt and one hell of a fighter. He also doesnāt teach āSport BJJā – the kind of BJJ you … Continue reading
A few weeks ago, I got the olā Boxer serviced: The mechanic did his thing for an hour while I gallivanted around Urabamba to get the groceries. I came back, paid the dude and then off I went. Everything was fine at first. The bike started with no issues. Plenty of power on the open … Continue reading
Iām in Peru these daysā¦ but Iāll never forget my 6+ years in Chiang Mai, Thailand. š„¤ Iced long blacks at Ristr8to in Chiang Mai with Reverend Rob š Ladyboy cabaret shows at the Night Bazaar by the Ping River šāāļø Massages for 6 bucks a pop (happy ending not included – that’s an optional upsell) šæ … Continue reading