Aaron Alexander on The Real Secret to a Healthy Mind and Body | Health Theory

 

Manual therapist and movement coach Aaron Alexander knows that better health is inseparable from deep healing. As a result, he helps people align their mind, body, environment, posture and movement, achieving incredible results. On this episode of Health Theory with Tom Bilyeu, Aaron Alexander details exactly how to change a multitude of small aspects of your life to become physically and mentally healthier. Along the way he tells his own family story of a father addicted to crack cocaine, advocates dancing and just hanging, and discusses how to deal with the stress that seems to overwhelm modern life.

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SHOW NOTES:

 

Aaron talks about how body language, posture and dance affect the brain [1:08]

Tom and Aaron discuss how music causes physical and emotional state change [3:26]

Aaron describes the focus of rolfing, and getting the body into alignment [5:17]

Aaron and Tom discuss how changing your facial expression changes your emotions [8:20]

Aaron has benefited from psychedelics and they have helped him deal with the ego [11:10]

Aaron practices compassion by going past surface level conversation and connecting [13:54]

Aaron advocates becoming more childlike in certain ways [16:03]

Aaron talks about some of the “diseases of affluence” like sitting too much [19:05]

Aaron strongly advocates spending some time each day hanging [23:17]

Aaron and Tom discuss “micro-opportunities” to live in a more pre-modern way [25:51]

Aaron shares the story of watching his father become addicted to crack [28:20]

You can’t teach what you know. You can only teach what you are. [31:20]

Aaron describes how he uses stillness and meditation [32:01]

Aaron and Tom discuss the importance of admitting what’s going wrong [36:24]

Aaron shares the one change he would have people make to improve their health [40:21]

 

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Om Podcasten

If you’re looking to thrive in uncertain times, achieve unprecedented goals, and improve the most meaningful aspects of your life, then Impact Theory is the show for you. Hosted by Tom Bilyeu, a voracious learner and hyper-successful entrepreneur, the show investigates and analyzes the most useful topics with the world’s most sought-after guests. Bilyeu attacks each episode with a clear desire to further evolve the holistic skillset that allowed him to co-found the billion dollar company Quest Nutrition, generate over half a billion organic views on his content, build a thriving marriage of over 20 years, and quantifiably improve the lives of over 10,000 people through his school, Impact Theory University. Bilyeu’s insatiable hunger for knowledge gives the show urgency, relevance, and depth while leaving listeners with the knowledge, tools, and empowerment to take control of their lives and develop true personal power.