Energy and Flow: In this episode, we discuss energy directly for the first time–when and how Jerry teaches it, the connection between it and the breath, and why we use the word "energy" instead of words like chi, prana or kundalini. We talk some about how we can begin to put energy to use in …
Monthly Archives: October 2019
Episode 15: Awakening
Awakening: This episode will be the first of several in a row in which we speak directly about vital energy. In this episode, we talk about Benjamin’s shift from being skeptical (to say the least) about the idea of energy to awakening to it as a genuine, verifiable aspect of reality. This awakening unfolded through …
Episode 14: Navigating Intensity (RPE, Part 4)
Navigating intensity: I’m going to be honest with you: I’m very proud of this episode. In this episode, we bring together the strands we’ve introduced over the past several weeks. We take rating our perceived experience, as we’ve talked about for the past three episodes, and tie that concept in to our discussion of the …
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Episode 13: Rating Your Perceived Experience–Putting It Into Practice
Rating Your Perceived Experience–Putting It Into Practice: In this episode, we discuss how to really put RPE into practice. We give a detailed exploration of how RPE will shift through a weight-training set, in order to point out the level of presence RPE practice can offer us. We explore how cardio RPE might differ when …
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