Align Podcast

Let's talk about Black Lives Matter.

Some people believe protesting and posting on social media is the most effective way to bring about change in our country, although I believe the most effective way is to become better educated on exactly what is happening, as well as have open dialog and honest conversations to help better understand.

In this episode of the Align Podcast, I'm joined by Robert Fergusson who shares his experience growing up as an African American with the racism and injustice in our country. He also shares his approach to supporting the movement and his best advice for how we can make an actual change.

I cannot thank Robert enough for providing me with a new perspective on the movement. I hope you enjoy the conversation and find it as beneficial as much as I did.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Align Podcast, I chat with fitness influencer, Nimai Delgado, who shares his interesting journey through life from being an American raised in a Hindu community to becoming one of the most prominent vegan bodybuilders in the industry.

We begin our conversation discussing the foundations of Hinduism and Niami’s view on God. Niami explains what it was like growing up in Southern America as a Hindu and how he made a personal shift from, “sharing less to fit in more” to embracing his full self. We also dive into his journey from being a vegetarian, to actively deciding to never eat animal products again. Niami explains common mistakes vegan’s make, as well as his best advice for thriving on a plant-based diet.

After listening, you will not only be left with greater knowledge on a vegan diet, but you will also be left with a new perspective on embracing your difference in a world where you feel pressure to follow the norm.

Find more from Nimai:

Instagram: @nimaidelgado

Youtube: Nimai Delgado

Podcast: Generation V

Website: veganfitness.com

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this conversation with Lindsey Simcik, we dive into the simple practices Lindsey incorporates into her life for connecting deeper with her higher self. She gives a beautiful explanation for each practice and provides you with a clear guide on how to implement these practices into your daily life. We touch on the topics of overwhelm, releasing feelings, finding tranquility, and being authentic. As well as discusses the practices of shadow work, channeled writing, gratitude, and vision boards. If you’re looking to develop a new daily routine for connecting with your higher self, you will leave this conversation with countless ideas as to how to do so.

Overwhelm: 0:30 

Shadow Work: 8:30

Releasing feelings and finding tranquility 12:00

Channeled writing: 16:00

Finding a daily habit that connects you to your higher self: 19:30

Gratitude practice: 22:00

Vision boards: 27:00

Embodying how expansive you are 30:30

Communicating authentically: 37:00

Being 100% yourself in relationships 40:30

Podcast: almost30.com | @almost30podcast

Instagram: @lindseysimcik

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Align podcast, special guest Mike Wasilisin talks about the power of embracing pain. We chat about how everyone has the ability within them to achieve whatever it is they want to achieve and how everyone can live an unbelievable life that is free from pain. But in order to get there, we need to endure the pain, as it's a necessary part of growth, both physically and mentally. So instead of avoiding the pain, we need to steer towards it to live the life we want for ourselves.

Mike is the founder of MoveU, a step by step method for helping you develop positional presence, a state of whole-body symmetry where you’re constantly observing, and correcting your body’s position with your muscles to achieve balance and strength.

Prior to MoveU, Mike had a clinical practice that led him to work around the clock, with no room for a personal life. Realizing this isn’t the life he wanted for himself, he dedicated every free moment to building the life he truly wanted that allowed him to commit to his higher purpose: inspiring the world to transform pain into a powerful mind and body.

Find more from Mike: 

@moveU

moveu.com

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Align podcast, I chat with returning guest Dr. Christian Gonzalez on the happenings in the world right now. We discuss:

• Are the numbers screwed? And why are they screwed?

• Are face masks actually effective?

• Is quarantining the best solution flattening the curve?

• Is a vaccine the ultimate solution?

• Is over-sanitizing helping or hurting our immunity?

• What are alternative measures we can be taking to strengthen our immunity?

• Why is our free speech being taken away?

It’s important to note this is a conversation and not to be taken as hard facts. Now more than ever it is important for you to question everything you hear, do your own research, and take everything with a grain of salt. Although, I hope this conversation provides you with a new perspective and challenges you to rethink and question what is happening in the world today.

Dr. Gonzalez is a naturopathic doctor who earned his Bachelor of Science degree at Rutgers University and his Medical Doctorate at the University of Bridgeport's College of Naturopathic Medicine.

Dr. Gonzalez's previous episode on the podcast:

Find more from Dr. Gonzalez:

Instagram: @doctor.g_

Podcast: Heal Thy Self

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, I am joined by a good friend, Luke Storey, who shares his wisdom cultivated through overcoming his personal addiction and trauma and developing his higher self.

We begin the conversation discussing the topics of the current situation with tech senatorship, Luke’s outlook on pollution and why we pollute the earth, and the effects 5G and radiation have on our bodies.

We then dive into a deep and meaningful conversation on why we become addicts, how to break our cycles of addiction, the karmic effect of how we live our lives, and how it ties into our spiritual evolution.

Luke Storey is a motivational speaker, kundalini yoga and meditation teacher, world-class biohacker, host of The Life Stylist Podcast, and founder of the world's premier online fashion school for stylists, School of Style which he founded in 2008.

Luke’s spent the past twenty-three years developing and refining the ultimate wellness lifestyle, based on the most transformative principles of primal health and ancient spiritual practices, while at the same time embracing the most cutting-edge natural healing and consciousness-expanding technologies. He has tenaciously applied the results of his field research and used them to not only completely transform his own life but also the lives of thousands of fans and followers through his various media channels and speaking engagements.

What we discuss:

Tech censorship 2:00

Polluting the earth 6:00

5G and radiation 11:00

Addiction and trauma 23:00

Karma and our spiritual evolution 55:00

Find more from Luke:

@lukestorey

lukestorey.com

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Align podcast, Jim Kwik and I have a conversation on the three senses: sound, touch, and sight. We discuss how you are born with these powerful tools but the majority of us never get trained on how to use and develop them effectively. We also discuss how these powers relate not only to our overall wellbeing but also to our cognitive performance and physiology. This episode will give you a clear guide on how to tap into the power of sound, sight, and touch, to change the way you interact in the world and more importantly, the way you interact with yourself.  

Check out Jim's new book: Limitless

Follow Jim on Instagram: @jimkwik

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Align Podcast, I chat with my dear friend, Byron Katie, who shares invaluable insight into living in the present moment. Through this conversation, you will have a deeper understanding of how our unhappiness, stress, and anxiety all stem from our lack of living in our now. And through simply shifting our perspective to the moment we are living in, we are able to experience our life to the fullest.

We also dive into how to come to terms with our death, un-trapping ourselves from the story we are living in, and many more mindfulness nuggets you don’t want to miss. 

About Byron Katie: 

In 1986, at the bottom of a ten-year spiral into depression, rage, and self-loathing, Byron Katie woke up one morning to a state of constant joy that has never left her. She realized that when she believed her stressful thoughts, she suffered, but that when she questioned them, she didn’t suffer, and that this is true for every human being. Her simple yet powerful process of inquiry is called The Work.

The Work consists of four questions and the turnarounds, which are a way of experiencing the opposite of what you believe. When you question a thought, you see around it to the choices beyond suffering.

Katie has been bringing The Work to millions of people for more than thirty years. Her public events, weekend workshops, five-day intensives, nine-day School for The Work, and 28-day residential Turnaround House have brought freedom to people all over the world.

Byron Katie’s books include the bestselling Loving What Is, I Need Your Love—Is That True?, A Thousand Names for Joy, and A Mind at Home with Itself. For more information, visit thework.com.

What we discuss:

Why we are so serious. 1:30

Duality vs. Unicity 2:30

Katie’s 10-year depression 5:00

Having a timeless state of mind 8:30

Being trapped in our story 14:00

Steps for coming to terms with our own death 25:00

Addiction 38:00

Trauma 42:45

Find more from Byron Katie: 

thework.com

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How often do you think about why you do what you do, why you see the world a certain way, and why you’re unable to create change within yourself? In this episode of the Align podcast, Kyle Thiermann and I have a deep conversation that will change your viewpoint on how you approach multiple aspects of your life.

We answer the questions...

• Why do we hold ourselves back from success? And why do others of us go after success at any cost?
• How can we meet our enemy where they are? And why is it important to befriend your enemy? 
• How can we have more empathy for others? And why don’t we have empathy in the first place?
• What is the best way to create change in the world and in other people? 

Kyle is a Patagonia Surf Ambassador, producer, freelance journalist, and host of the podcast, The Kyle Thiermann Show. Kyle is also the co-creator and producer of The Motherf*cker Awards, a satirical awards show that aims to create corporate accountability through comedy. 

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Did you know up until the age of five, the interaction between our movement and gravity is subconscious? After the age of five, we begin to "learn" how to use our muscles, which is an incredible disruption to our relationship with nature. 

In this episode of the Align podcast, I chat with well-known movement expert, Dr. Nicholas Romanov, on the biomechanics of movement and why it's essential we realign with gravity to prevent injury and move optimally. We go further than just movement, and also dive into how our emotions, perception, and vibrations all correlate to the way we move. 

Dr. Nicholas Romanov is a two-time Olympic coach and creator of the Pose Method, an essential guide for all runners seeking to go faster and farther without injury.

What we discuss:

• The General Movement Theory (00:00)
• How we disrupt our natural movement (4:00)
• How to unlearn how we have been taught to move (8:00)
• Actionable steps to come into relationship with gravity (9:00)
• The POSE method (12:15)
• The benefits of learning to run on ice (13:00)
• Heal striking (15:45)
• Why cushioning your heals when running increases injury (18:00)
• What natural actually means (19:00)
• How to align with gravity (20:00)
• The definition of emotion (25:00)
• How postural patterns affect how a person thinks and feels (29:00)
• Dr. Romanov upbringing in the Soviet Union (32:00)
• How Dr. Romanov became an elite athlete (36:00)
• The evolution of fitness (38:30)
• The dangers of micromanaging your nutrition and health (40:00)
• The Central Governor Theory (46:30)
• Perception in relation to your body (50:00)
• Our emotional vibrations (55:00)

Find more from Dr. Nicholas Romanov:

posemethod.com

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices