Gordon’s Axe – A journey into mindset and rehabilitation

Gordon’s Axe – A journey into mindset and rehabilitation

Limits – we all have them – what can we work through, what shuts us down. Really, we all build this into our physiology through our beliefs and experiences: what we think is safe, what we think is dangerous, what we might need to protect ourselves from, what we feel...
Carrying a heart attack

Carrying a heart attack

One of the main reasons I started the journey that ended up with Be Activated was to help reduce the physical pain in my body. I have written another story telling the longer version of how BA ended up changing my life, but this story is focusing on...

My breathing blinded me

You dont know what you dont know! That phrase has become one of those I try to live my life by. I have had a period of my life where I thought I was getting depressed, insane or worse. No matter what I did, it was just like I could not be happy, at least not all the...
Transitions

Transitions

Yoga student Elaine wanted to work on crow pose/jump back transition. It’s a complex transition, requiring  strength, power, balance, agility, flexibility, timing and good breath control; narrative is also a huge factor. Elaine has had a very tough year personally, on...

Keeping It Simple

Never underestimate the power of simplicity. Knowing the outcome of this story I am about to share also just underscores how important the foundation of the 1,2,3 is and that is to get the breathing down and not to progress further until they do, as Doug has always...
Rabbit holes and enlightenment

Rabbit holes and enlightenment

I attended L1 & 2 in London in February 2020 just before our worlds tilted and went expecting to add a skill set to my practice and left four days later tumbling down a rabbit hole that has had a profound impact on my life. I have spoken about the startling...