The Lucas Rockwood Show

By Lucas Rockwood

Education Self-Help Fitness & Nutrition

What's The Lucas Rockwood Show about?

Yoga students love this no-nonsense show featuring experts in yoga, nutrition, and alternative health. Each episode includes a deep dive into listeners' questions and concludes with cutting-edge nutritional advice on vegan nutrition, raw food, plant-based diets, nutritional supplements and everything else of interest to mind-body bio-hackers worldwide. Hosted by, Lucas Rockwood, founder of YogaBodyNaturals.com, YogaBody.es, and the creator of TheYogaTrapeze.com.

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459: Making sense of Food w...

04.14.2021

You step into your local health food store, and the confusion begins. Keto, Paleo, low fat, high fat. It’s all so overwhelming. One approach lowers your cholesterol but improves your blood sugar. Another diet is great for combating inflammation but ...

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04.14.2021 459: Making sense of Food with Robb Wolf You step into your local health food store, and the confusion begins. Keto, Paleo, low fat, high fat. It’s all so overwhelming. One approach lowers your cholesterol but improves your blood sugar. Another diet is great for combating inflammation but ...
04.07.2021 458: Tendencies, Habits & Change with Gretchen Rubin Every few months a new productivity book hits the shelves, and of course, I read it. I’m a sucker for personal growth hacks. Do I need to fix my morning routine? What about a gratitude journal? Should I drink lemon ...
03.30.2021 457: Hope is a Verb with Amy Downs Amy was buried under the rubble of the Oklahoma City Federal Building during the 1995 attack. Fully conscious but completely incapacitated, she waited nearly an hour before her rescue. In her own words, her life flashed before her eyes complete ...
03.24.2021 456: Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization with with Michael Rintala, D.C Have back pain? If you ask a yoga teacher, they will give you three stretches. If you go to a physiotherapist, they will give you three Bosu Ball exercises, and if you go to a personal trainer, they will give ...
03.17.2021 455: Healing Trauma, Sexuality & Boundaries with Kimberly Johnson Past traumas often haunt us emotionally and sometimes even manifest as physical pain or illnesses. Acute childhood trauma, for example, has been correlated with everything from premature births to obesity, debunking any delineation between mind and body. Your thoughts and ...
03.10.2021 454: Proactive Personal Health Care with Dr. Doug Pucci I went to the doctor to get routine blood work and was sent home with a prescription for benzodiazepines. I specifically said I didn’t want to take anything, but the doctor insisted that if I wasn’t sleeping well, and the ...
03.03.2021 453: Surviving the Mental Health Pandemic with Guy Winch Suicide ideation is rampant among youth, divorce rates are skyrocketing, and the state of mental health, on a global scale, has never been worse. There have always been times of uncertainty and loss, but what makes our current challenge different ...
02.24.2021 452: How to Find Your Purpose with Ashley Stahl For billions of people, the past year has completely changed our work lives. Many of us have to pivot or even completely reinvent our professional careers. That’s terrifying, and my guest on this week’s show is a career coach who ...
02.17.2021 451: Breakup Bootcamp with Amy Chan What is love? If you ask 100 people, you’ll get 100 different answers; and yet here we are, desperately needing love all the time. It shouldn’t be a big surprise, relationships don’t always work out. Everyone has a breakup story, ...
02.09.2021 450: 7 Steps to Self Confidence with David Nurse On this week’s show, you’ll meet a former pro basketball player-turned-coach whose clients need to be at the top of their game, literally, in order to stay employed. His 7-step approach breaks self confidence into manageable steps that can be ...
02.03.2021 449: Healthy Skin as You Age with Dr. Shadi Kourosh While we all have more meaningful things to worry about than our aging skin, I still do worry that I’ll be raisin-faced in my 70s. So let’s talk about it. This week, I’ll introduce you to Havard professor and dermatologist, ...
01.27.2021 448: Turn Adversity into Advantage with Doug Bopst “I took the deal… and the last thing I did was snort a few hundred milligrams of oxy,” says Doug. This was right before he started a 90-day stint in jail where he was forced to sober up in a ...
01.20.2021 447: Psychological Flexibility with Steven Hayes PhD The rate of change has accelerated 2-5x in the past year. The job change you were thinking about someday is now your top priority today. Your relationship doubt has flipped into a full blown crisis. Entire governments and industries have ...
01.13.2021 446: Thoughts on the End of Life with Charles Garfield Death and loss are inevitable, nobody was prepared for this. COVID-19 has taken the lives of millions of people around the world, mostly older people, the wisdom class. On a local level, we all feel it; but from a global ...
01.05.2021 445: Get to Know Your Testosterone with Dr. Tracy Gapin Testosterone levels in modern men are lower than any time in recorded history. This causes low libido, low energy, and a lack of lean muscle; but low T can also decrease your motivation, your concentration, and even your mental health. ...
12.30.2020 444: In Search of Mastery with Michael Gervais What does it mean to self actualize? To become your personal best at whatever it is you do? For most of us, these questions conjure up images such as a finish line, a retirement, an award, or a specific bank ...
12.22.2020 443: Get To Know Your Genes with Dr Yael Joffe Have you done a DNA test to discover your true ancestry? Tens of millions of people give up their genetic information in exchange for a fun pie graph that attempts to detail their ethnicity. It’s not too expensive, and it’s ...
12.15.2020 442: Fantastic Fungi with Eugenia Bone It’s mushroom season in Cataluña, so the markets are filled with orange, white, and even jet black “setas” that are almost all wild harvested. They´re delicious and packed with a unique micronutrient profile that is great for your immune system. ...
12.09.2020 441: Happy Pessimist with Mattias Lundberg Has your life been turned upside down in 2020? How are you feeling? Positive thinking and optimism are often considered one and the same, but you can be simultaneously positive and pessimistic - and it might be the smartest way ...
12.02.2020 440: Overcome Fear with Kristen Ulmer Extreme skiing is defined by an ever-present risk of death. It’s a sport that demands a deep relationship and acceptance of fear. An avalanche can bury you, a deadly fall down a sheer rock wall is just one wrong turn ...
11.25.2020 439: Mindfulness Addiction with Dr. Jud Brewer If we define addiction as continued behavior despite adverse consequences, we all have cause for concern. Perhaps you’re up so late watching Netflix that you make a mistake at work that costs you your job; maybe your pornography compulsion blocks ...
11.17.2020 438: Respiratory Therapy with Joe Lewis If you’re interested in pranayama and breathwork, there is so much more to discover than simply “oxygenation.” As a student of yoga breathing for over a decade, there continues to be a lack of real scientific teaching, so on this ...
11.12.2020 437: CBD for Pain & Sleep with Mary Clifton Marijuana is quickly becoming legal or at least decriminalized in most states. Billions of dollars of previously criminal revenue is suddenly on-the-books and taxable, and hundreds of products are flooding the market including everything from skincare to nutritional supplements.
11.04.2020 436: Reflexology & Energy Balance with Helen Chin Lui Even for a diehard skeptic like myself, energy medicine practices like reflexology should not be ignored, particularly for issues like chronic pain, mental health, and inflammation. Whether it’s the placebo effect or the genius of ancient medicine at play, who ...
10.28.2020 435: The Power of Pessimism - COVID-19 Survival What if this COVID-19 crisis lasts another six months? Or another two years? Our work and lifestyles are being radically redefined, and most people are taking a “wait and see’ approach, doubling down on Netflix, and waiting for big pharma ...
10.21.2020 434: Understanding Your Bloodwork with Todd Strong Allopathic medicine is exceptional at treating illness and disease but not great for preventative care. For health-seekers, this means you need to take ownership of your health, ask questions, and request the tests and analysis you need to understand your ...
10.14.2020 433: Reverse Aging with Lifelong “Play” with Stephen Jepson Aging starts with the loss of lean muscle and mobility. Next, you notice you’re not sharp as you used to be, and then things accelerate as you become less active, less engaged in the world, and one step closer to ...
10.07.2020 432: Sex Robots & Vegan Meat with Jenny Kleeman In the next decade, technology won’t just disrupt industries, it will disrupt the moral fabric of society. How do we navigate the complexity of artificial wombs, lab-grown meat, sex robots, and euthanasia? Do you have a firm moral stance on ...
09.30.2020 431: How to Succeed with Yoga & Fitness At Home with Lucas Rockwood This week’s podcast is a solo show where I’ll share five tips for success with an at-home yoga or fitness regime based on my 17 years experience.
09.23.2020 430: Is Personality Permanent with Benjamin Hardy The guest psychologist on this week’s show dispels the myth that personality is fixed and unchangeable, and suggests strategies for creating a new future for who you are, personality-wise, that is not bound by the past.
09.16.2020 429: Fast, Feast, Repeat with Gin Stephens Enter: time-restricted eating (aka intermittent fasting). The simple practice increasing the break time between your last meal today and your first meal tomorrow can have exciting effects on your hormones, blood sugar, body fat, and overall weight. For most people ...
09.08.2020 428: But What if Your Workplace is Toxic? with Robert Glazer Life is too short to hate your job, and yet most of us do. With telecommuting at an all-time high, some jobs have become more tolerable, but do you truly feel meaning and purpose at work? Do you feel like ...
09.02.2020 427: 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back with Esther Gokhale Office chairs were always bad news for spinal health, but now most people are working hunched over a laptop on their coach - and many of their kids are doing the same! In 2019, we spent too much time on ...
08.26.2020 426: The Importance of Friendship with Lydia Denworth What is a true friend? And how does that change from your teen years into adulthood, middle age and beyond? From an adaptive perspective, why is it that strong friendships are correlated with longevity and overall healthspan? On this week’s ...
08.19.2020 425: The Science of Sin with Dr. Jack Lewis The seven deadly sins are: pride, greed, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony, and sloth. Religious or not, most of us would like to avoid these behaviors, but modern technology has made the temptation almost irresistible. How do you not overeat with ...
08.12.2020 424: The Joy of Movement with Kelly McGonigal Feeling good doesn't fix all the other challenges in your life, but it always helps. On this week’s podcast, you’ll meet the author of a new book, The Joy of Movement, an exploration into the biochemical, neurological, and emotional health ...
08.05.2020 423: The Meritocracy Trap: How the Myth Feeds Inequality with Daniel Markovits Meritocracy, like any ideology, sounds amazing on paper, but falls flat in the real world. It’s as mythical as a unicorn. Catch me if you can. On this week’s show, you’ll meet researcher and writer, Daniel Morkovits, who shares his ...
07.29.2020 422: The Strength Therapist with Sam Spinelli On this week’s show, you’ll meet a physical therapist and strength coach who will help to reduce the fear and friction around lifting heavy things. Listen & Learn: The essential movements: squat, push, pull, hinge, carry How squats can actually ...
07.22.2020 421: How to Change Your Mind with Jon Venus There are the alt right xenophobes, the extreme left terrorists, the all-meat eaters, the fruitarians, the violent vegans, and the QAnon followers all trying to convince you they possess the real truth. So who holds the real answers? Nobody. True ...
07.15.2020 420: Neurodharma with Rick Hanson Meditation can reduce cortisol, increase telomere length, improve concentration, and foster feelings of unity. But it’s also very, very hard to practice consistently. Stillness is a serious challenge. Despite the plethora of books and apps and mindfulness training programs, most ...
07.08.2020 419: The Story of a Mouth Breather with James Nestor What do snoring, crooked teeth, and mouth breathing have in common? All these conditions can indicate or even predict a whole series of chronic health problems down the road. James Nestor began his study into breathwork in the extreme world ...
06.30.2020 418: The Power of Ritual with Casper Ter Kuile After just five swipes of your newsfeed, and you’ll immediately see ideology and groupthink dominate just about every conversation. As the world becomes more and more digital, we’re simultaneously becoming more tribal. The negative fallout is obvious, but what about ...
06.23.2020 417: Time Off with John Fitch “You can have anything you want in life, but you can’t have everything.” Most of our biggest dreams are totally unsustainable, but they come with a price. Want six-pack abs? Are you willing to skip carbs and spend 2 hours ...
06.17.2020 416: The Children of the Future Jay Belsky, PhD We’re cavemen pretending to be academic, political, cerebral, and romantic when really we’re mostly motivated by survival and procreation. This is simultaneously depressing and relieving since it explains away some of our most ridiculous actions. On this week’s podcast, Professor ...
06.10.2020 415: Detox Your Thoughts with Andrea Bonior The COVID-19 pandemic has dominated the news for months as a quiet crisis, one of mental health, has spread even faster and further. Depression, anxiety, and loneliness are at all-time highs. And what happens when you take away work, school, ...
06.03.2020 414: How to Control Your Attention with Nir Eyal Distraction was endemic before the pandemic and will continue long after. Our neural wiring makes us highly-prone to shiny object syndrome where every phone notification and salacious news story glimmers like a fleck of gold. Oh, what’s that? 10 minutes ...
05.27.2020 413: Understanding Madness with Susannah Cahalan We often think of mind and body as two separate systems, acting independently - but this is flawed thinking. Thoughts chains of amino acids, physical movements impact your neurotransmitters, and this distinction between mind and body quickly becomes irrelevant. The ...
05.20.2020 412: Men with Meaning & Purpose with Connor Beaton What do you call a man who cannot perform, provide, and protect? Many people would call him a loser. It’s true that men have it easier in some areas with greater access to income and opportunities, but that often comes ...
05.13.2020 411: Heart Rate Variability Simplified Marco Altini “I know my body!” is something I hear from yoga students constantly. Sometimes they want to keep practicing and shouldn’t (due to injury or illness) maybe they want to stop practicing and shouldn’t (because the breakthrough is a few poses ...
05.07.2020 410: Water, Whiskey, Coffee - Yoga Breathing Made Simple With Lucas Rockwood Yoga breathing is one of the most powerful nervous system modulated practices available - and yet it continues to be misunderstood and neglected in most health circles. The benefits are immediate, and even a beginner can impact their nervous system ...

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