Calling Forth: Life Transition, Purpose, Fulfillment

Superhero Yoga: Evolving the Next Generation of Awesome

If you know you are here to be a real-life Superhero, and are looking for a yoga form designed to support your Superhero training, this post’s for you. With great joy and excitement, I introduce the world’s first official Superhero Yoga. For 12 years I have been engaged in intensive research into the place of physical yoga in modern society–how it can be a vehicle and technology for present day imbalances and near future achievements. I believe humans are collectively...

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Create your own Superhero Avatar–fun and free!

Superhero Avatar generator–thanks Marvel! My awesome friend and Superhero coaching companion Kendra, aka The Authenticator, just turned me on to this fun Superhero avatar creation webpage. It is brought to you by our friends at Marvel. Using a simple click-and-create interface, you can build your unique Superhero in just a few minutes. What I suggest though is taking this one step farther by taking time to envision and create an image that actually inspires you, and speaks to your purpose in life....

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Mr. Rogers–The unique philosophy of a real-Life Superhero

So, this is obviously a man that needs no introduction. Furthermore, this is a man that spoke more eloquently than I do; so I will save you from trying to give my own voice to his deep philosophy of love, acceptance, peace and justice, and let him speak for himself. The guiding philosophy of Mr. Rogers: • We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It’s easy to say “It’s not my child, not my community, not...

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Life hacking your destiny–the Avatar’s guide to ‘LifeBending’

I want to share with you one of my heroes. Someone that so powerfully embodies that amazing trifecta of humanness, innocence and enlightenment: Aang, the Avatar and Last Airbender. If you don’t know about Aang and his animated adventures, here’s the short ‘n sweet: Why am I focusing on Aang in this article? Aang is the archetype of the (Super)Hero’s Journey, showing us how to overcome great odds and hardship to become the person we truly desire to be–even though...

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The Science of the Psych-Up: on-call awesomeness

Imagine being able to trigger a boost, to activate an extra jolt of juice, in your exact moment of need…calling on hidden resource to overcome a major obstacle, or capitalize on a fleeting opportunity. Sounds good, right? Today is all about the psych-up: what it is, why it works, and how to do it. I promise you, there is a learnable science behind it. And you might be amazed at how many influential people in all areas of life use...

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Self-Sabotaging Supervillains–How to vanquish them for good

It’s inevitable. As we level-up our lives and don the mantle of the Superhero, we will attract the self-sabotaging attention of our Inner Supervillains. We activate courage, and they respond with whispers of self-doubt. We drop our shields and allow vulnerability, and fear of hurt rears its head. We claim a meaningful purpose, and visions of failure cloud our mind. Facing inner villains is an unavoidable part of the (Super)hero’s journey. What we can decide though, is how we will face...

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Your inevitable yoga ceiling, and how to shatter it

It’s Inevitable At a certain point in your yoga journey, you will reach this transition. For some sooner; for others later. But you will reach it. Let me give a context: Defined one way, yoga is the development of energy awareness and control for the purpose of realizing freedom, AND the resulting freedom itself. I will say again: yoga is the awareness and control of one’s energies for freedom. The most dense form of your energy is your physical body,...

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