Two-Brain Radio: Meet the Dalai Lama, Open a CrossFit Gym—With Brandon Evans

Brandon Evans is the owner of Heart and Hustle Fitness in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, but that's not what he and Greg Strauch talk about on this episode of Two-Brain Radio. Rather, Brandon shares the strange and powerful journey that eventually led him to gym ownership.

You'll learn about the three months he spent milking cows in New Zealand. You'll hear about his experience trekking through the jungle to illegally cross the border into Burma, and the perspective he gained speaking with exiled orphans.

Brandon also shares some powerful lessons he learned while spending three days listening to the Dalai Lama teach in India—and how all those experiences came together to create the vision for Heart and Hustle Fitness.

Links:

http://heartandhustle.fit/

Contact:

http://heartandhustle.fit/contact/
Instagram: @heartandhustlefitness

Timeline:

2:50 – Deciding to travel the world at 23.

3:32 – Milking cows in New Zealand.

5:12 – Trekking through the jungle—barefoot—to illegally enter Burma.

5:58 – Learning gratitude from orphans in exile.

9:52 – Dheli, India: “Heaven and hell in the same place on earth.”

13:53 – Ramadan in Kashmir and the stone flour mill.

15:15 – Meeting the Dalai Lama.

16:41 – Lessons from the Dalai Lama: love, compassion, gratitude and being the best version of yourself.

21:15 – The kindness of strangers amidst true poverty.

23:02 – Hitchhiking across the Indian Ocean.

26:04 – Returning to Canada and finding true wealth in CrossFit.

27:49 – Deciding to open a CrossFit gym to better the lives of others.

30:45 – Positive thinking is just like CrossFit: Mechanics, consistency, intensity.

32:51 – The power of sitting in silence.