Performance Through Health

Gratitude is a powerful practice that can change your life.    

We can learn to appreciate everything we have by cultivating gratitude rather than missing the key ingredients to a happy and fulfilling life.    

You can use this meditation to help create the shift for you to start feeling and living a life of joy, bliss and happiness.  

In 2018, I embarked on a 21-day gratitude meditation challenge. 

I listened to a guided tape every day for 21 days, and it was indeed life-changing. It helped me remain in a job I was enjoying. I learned to appreciate others and recognise further appreciation towards me.  

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David Jackson is a Master Instructor with Oxygen Advantage, a former professional rugby player, accredited UKSCA Strength & Conditioning coach, NASM performance enhancement & corrective exercise specialist on a mission to make breathwork a normal part of our everyday lives.

Having retrained his breathing after a brain injury in 2013 forced him to retire from professional rugby. However, he became passionate about breathing as it improved the symptoms. Following Rugby, Jacko went on to form the School of Calisthenics with his business partner Tim Stevenson. Upon coming across the oxygen advantage book by Patrick McKeown, David's journey into breathing became a bit of an obsession, leading him to his next mission of making breathwork normal. He specialises in breathwork for sporting performance, and our conversation delved into his journey and the importance of nasal breathing.

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This NSDR protocol is based on Yoga Nidra.   

Yoga Nidra is a state in which the body is completely relaxed. You become systematically and increasingly aware of the inner world by following a set of verbal instructions. This state of consciousness is different from traditional meditation, in which concentration on a single focus is required. In Yoga Nidra, you will remain in a condition of light withdrawal of the 5 senses with four senses internalised, that is, withdrawn, and only hearing still connects to any instructions given.  

Scientifically proven to improve insomnia, anxiety, focus, and wellbeing, NSDR protocols are a great tool to implement into your life as strategic rest.  

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Dan is dedicated to changing the perception of human capability. An ex SAS member with 22 years in the military (18 in special ops), he is no stranger to colossal adversity. Dan is an extreme adventurer and an academic, with a bachelor of science, dual master’s degrees and a current PhD research project on eliciting peak performance within high threat, complex environments. Dan has achieved what many would consider impossible, taking his knowledge and research and applying it personally, from ultra marathons in the desert to a 750km trek across the frozen subarctic wilderness to the Crossfit masters, where he was named Top 80 Fittest in the World.

In this episode, we discuss:

00:00 Introduction

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Jason Donaldson has been a human performance coach for over 15-years. He helps individuals optimise their health, wellness, and fitness to live a high-performance life.  Jason’s coaching focuses on the opportunities presented by the challenges we face, embracing change and learning through doing the work. 

His expertise lies in using the tools you have available; exercise, breathwork, nutrition, mindset, sleep, and personal connection to reach optimal health and achieve your life goals.  

In this episode we discuss: 

 - What high performance means to you

Nick Heath, Ph.D., is the creator of The Breathing Diabetic.  He was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when he was 11.  At age 30, Nick began practicing simple breathing exercises that helped improve his blood sugars, improve his sleep, and increase his energy levels, all of which helped him better manage his diabetes.  With a background in scientific research, Nick wanted to understand how something as simple as breathing could be so beneficial for diabetes.  This put him on a mission to understand the science behind breathing and health and wellness, which he shares through The Breathing Diabetic.  Nick’s formal education is in atmospheric science, but he is also a certified Oxygen Advantage instructor and lifelong learner.  Nick lives on Florida’s east coast with his wife and daughter and dog.

In this episode we delve into Nicks diabetes journey and how he found sleep, breathing and maintaining a orderly lifestyle have significantly helped manage his T1DM. 

Faye Sheridan is a Women's Integrative Health Practioner and Menstrual Cycle Educator. Faye helps women get to the root cause of their PMS or menstrual cycle dysfunction. She educates women to connect with their cycle and tune in to the divine intelligence it holds.  I wanted to do this episode because I've noticed that many women are not aware of how their cycle can change them physically, emotionally, and physiologically. Faye was the perfect person to chat with, and boy did she impress.

We delved into the science of the menstrual cycle, some of the common issues related to dysfunction, what to look out for when coming off birth control, and much much more...  

Dr Orlena Kerek. Lives in Spain with her husband and 4 kids. She's a paediatric doctor turned weight loss and health coach.   

She helps ambitious mums overcome the frustration of not losing weight by teaching them to eat and be healthy, look after themselves and feel fit and fabulous.  She is also the 'Fit & Fabulous Podcast' host and offers both private and group coaching. You can find out more about Dr Orlena at https://www.drorlena.com.   

I wanted this episode to be for the busy families, mothers and fathers and discuss how to ensure healthy habits stick within the families. I hope you enjoyed the episode.   

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Kirill, Owner of Freedive Nusa has been freediving since 2011. Since January 2013, he became an SSI Freediving Instructor. From this point on, he organized and conducted many freediving courses and group trips for freedivers in Russia, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Turkey, and Egypt.  

Since 2016, he has been living and teaching diving on Nusa Penida and organizing adventures for freedivers around Indonesia. In April 2018, he became an SSI Freediving Instructor Trainer. In November 2019, he became an Instructor Trainer in the Molchanovs Freediving Educational System.  

Brian Mackenzie of Shift Adapt often says if you want to learn about breathing then go to freediver. So I did just that and all Kirill's experience in Freediving, Yoga, and Meditation took a deep dive into the skills necessary to become an advanced Freediver.  Unfortunately, I did not get to train for freediving with Kirill due to blowing my ear and not having enough time, however, I will head back to learn more. Many of these skills are transferable to everyday life and from having this conversation and spending a short time at Freedive Nusa doing Yoga and some breathwork, I have learnt techniques to add to my online programs. 

If you would like to learn how to freedive you can begin at any level. I highly recommend heading to Nusa Penida and learning from Kirill for what he has created on that beautiful island is an adventure everyone should get to experience.  

You can find out more information about Freedive Nusa and their training at https://freedivenusa.com/ 

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Thanks for watching or listening to the episode.

This year my focus word for the year was fearless, and what a trajectory change my life has taken. Check out this episode to find out why.

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