Amy is an expert in female hormonal health and training. She lives in Vancouver, Canada. In this conversation, Amy shares her journey through gymnastics, hockey, competitive olympic lifting, movement culture and beyond. 

We initially met through the APA program run by @johntmarsh - and Amy strikes me as someone who had a great ability to ask deep questions - both to herself and to others. Her own struggles with identity, training and energy has led her to develop her own unique approach to working with natural energy cycles - namely, the menstrual cycle. She now helps educate others on this topic via workshops and through her own Embodied Warrior Woman program. 

This episode is great for those wanting to find out more about female specific training and challenges - including periods, nutrition and my ongoing favourite - energy balance. As a male, this is extremely interesting to find out how life is really like “on the other side”, and has got me to reconsider how I manage my own energy. 

You can find her at @amykatebowe and at www.amykatebowe.com 

I share a chat with Jack White today, Jack is a surfer, crossfit teacher, movement teacher, yoga teacher, dog lover, all around great guy who takes us through his experience with the movement culture. He is based in Melbourne, Australia. Jack is someone who cuts through the BS - and he puts this to the test consistently on his instagram, @jackwhite - you can find endless videos of him expressing his viewpoint honestly and openly. He dives into physical disciplines where there are normally cultural barriers, using his own compass as a guide. 

We cover a wide array of topics including injury, inner exploration and how to find a teacher and how to be a student. All the good stuff. 

You can also find him at https://www.jackwhitemovement.com

Episode 02 - Dan Lucchini: Beyond the Physical  

Episode 2 is a sit down chat with Dan Lucchini @meraki_performance. Dan’s a coach working out of Sydney. I use coach because his work goes beyond the technical. Other than being an excellent athletic and strength and conditioning coach, he has a strong focus around using your physical practice to develop awareness and intent. You can find him most mornings, out at Maroubra beach before the sunrise, refining his craft, or sometimes stacking rocks.  

Dan generously shares his story, personal practice and his approach to coaching. 

You can find him at @meraki_performance. I highly recommend signing up to his blog. 

In 2017, in pain, I started to question.

What was I doing to my body? How was the training I was so identified with, serving me?

I started asking questions. Those questions lead me to the movement culture. It showed me that training could be so much more - beyond the physical, beyond just the superficial. 

This episode covers my story, my physical background, and introduction into movement culture.