The merchants make money by selling us stuff. That's cool - we all have to eat. The question is, are the merchants selling you freedom or dependence?
Will that Weight Loss 3-meal a day delivery plan give you freedom from disease, or just dependence on an unhealthy regimen that makes it slightly easier to reduce your caloric intake?
Will that huge hunk of gym equipment in your basement allow you to exercise anywhere and anytime, or will it tie you to a lonely, dull regimented workout that leaves your body imbalanced and fundamentally unequipped to deal with real life?
Do you habitually gear down through recreational drugs, or TV; or do you know how to breathe and think to find inner balance under whatever circumstances life throws at you?
Once you take a single step toward freedom, you start seeing additional steps in every direction.
Here's a video that blew my mind a little bit. I'm no water-skier, so I see it as a metaphor for finding freedom by letting go of external crutches. See what you think. Oh, the guy in the video is a new friend, Lane "Dawg" Bowers, and he swears he can teach this to anyone. I haven't taken him up on his offer yet, but if you'd like to give his method a free test-drive, click here.
Enjoy!
Two months ago, I chronicled my daughter Yael's first encounter with a unicycle. Yesterday, in balmy NC December sunshine, we took some more video. You'll notice in this 10-second clip that the posture is improved and the balance much more fluid. I predict a breaththrough within the next 4 hours of attentive practice.
On Tuesday morning, I brought home my old (and I mean old) Schwinn unicycle, thinking, maybe someday I'll learn how to ride the darn thing. It has spent the last several years in a basement in Lawrenceville, New Jersey.
No sooner was it in the house than Yael became interested. On went her helmet, and chaos ensued… Keep Reading…
Here's a video demo of a blender smoothie with fruit that even my son Elan will enjoy (I just tell him it's a frozen dessert)!
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I'm a fitness snob, I know that. I regard mainstream gyms as inferior places to get a workout: machines, neon, TVs, magazines, iPods. People focus on how they look rather than how functional and healthy they can get.
And of course, the big enemy is the treadmill. We use electrical energy, which contributes to pollution, global warming, and habitat destruction; we zone out and go nowhere indoors, when the beautiful world is waiting for us to explore her and reconnect with what's real; and we typically jog for long, boring stretches and don't build our capacity or burn fat effectively.
Or so I thought. But today my eyes were opened, thanks to an email from Good Experience.com's Mark Hurst. He pointed me to a video showing the right way to use a treadmill.
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A blender smoothie with vegetables and fruit that tastes a heck of a lot better than it looks. Peter and Howie provide plenty of back and forth that some would even call "comedic." Keep Reading…
Our own version of "House Gymnastics" - Try this at home!
Check out the House Gymnastics website for a good time!
