Robert Sapolsky’s amazing talk on the uniqueness of humans makes perfect sense from an integral, conscious evolution or even big history perspective: we are expressions of life’s patterns that came before.
While basic patterns of individuality and relationship, identity and mind exist throughout the animal world, the form, magnitude, intensity and novelty of those expressions are heightened [...]
Continue Evolving →A recent TED talk by Lewis Pugh dramatically affected my emotions and mental state. He demonstrates a rare breed of courage, vision, and action.
I help people take control of their health and vitality through conscious movement. This small but important part of each of our lives allows us to cultivate and regenerate the energy [...]
Continue Evolving →Empirical science is always around the corner. Researchers have looked at how the brain reorganizes itself and what new complexities remain after time. Now you know why you never forget how to ride a bike.
Movement specialists know that movement patterns become embodied. That’s why some skills become so engrained we can hardly [...]
Continue Evolving →From my experience, I think more people meditate that we realize, especially people in C-level positions as well as other leadership roles. Fortune Magazine’s article outlines the prominence of meditation as a source of creativity, listening, and connection for C-level executives. Read the original article.
Whether it be a retreat, a course, [...]
Continue Evolving →Start With Fitness, End with You (Yoga) View more presentations from Alex Iglecia.
Brian Swimme thoughtfully says,
This is the greatest discovery of the scientific enterprise: You take hydrogen gas, and [...]
Continue Evolving →I want to see The Cove. Yet I don’t. But we’re going. Friday at Menlo Park. Join us, or let me know your thoughts if you’ve seen it already. The team I learned freediving with was a significant factor in this film. Go PFI!
Have you read the paper?
Yes, the paper my wife Beth and I wrote regarding how mind openings (values, beliefs and worldviews) go with body openings.
Continue Evolving →CNN shared a bit of news on mindfulness. Here’s my favorite line:
“The one thing I came away with was the ability to put myself in a place where I could gain perspective on everything I was doing at the moment,” she said.
This statement epitomizes one of the benefits of paying [...]
Continue Evolving →What is Exercise?
To exercise actually means to bring into action. When we exercise, we bring into action our ancestral memories. Our bodies remember that we lived in trees and forests. We need to crawl and climb and run if we are to develop our intellectual, emotional and spiritual capacities. We did not emerge from [...]
Continue Evolving →Are you doing your part? Are you living your life fully? If every moment is contribution, then what are you contributing? A recent petition posted at care2.com included these points as vital opportunities. I contribute in the areas of a) thinking and b) moving, both of which find expression in each of [...]
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