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Follow Arrows: Using Archery for Bio-Feedback
- NFTF,Performance
- May 15, 2024
When I was 25 or so, I was given a dream job caretaking a ranch along the Roaring Fork River. In the apartment over the barn stalls, the previous tenants left a simple wooden sign with white painted letters that read “Follow Arrows” over the door. The phrase lived with me for years without clear …
Value You
- NFTF,Stress Resiliency
- April 30, 2024
Issue# 43 How we practice and train today can provide a deeper understanding of where much of our frustration or joy comes from. Be aware of what you value most because if there is any confusion, it will present itself in the outcomes. How I feel about myself is the real question, and if I …
Take a Hit of This: Reducing Stress is a Lost Cause
- NFTF,Stress Resiliency
- April 4, 2024
Issue# 42 When you feel overwhelmed, anxious, depressed or lost, do you think about your life and start wondering, “How can I reduce my stress?” My work centers around stress, but not in helping people mitigate it. I help people flip the story and consider that reducing stress is a lost cause until we deal …
The Breathing Gear System™
- Breathwork,Performance
- March 21, 2024
When we think about the respiratory muscles, it is easy to overlook the complexity and nuance of their training. SH//FT’s Breathing Gear System was developed to encourage people to consider the training of our primary respiratory muscles through learning more about differential control of respiration rate (RR) and Tidal Volume/depth (VT), which is the volume …
A Breath Practice to Access Your Full Performance Potential
- Breathwork,Performance
- March 13, 2024
In order to access 100% of your performance potential, you need to have a good breathing practice. We typically only become conscious of our breathing when we are breathing hard or can’t breathe at all. But adding in a breath practice before, during and after competition and training can help performance and recovery. It can …
Athletic Breathing Patterns for Different Situations
- Breathwork,Performance
- March 6, 2024
Athletically speaking, in almost all sports, the pulmonary muscles will be prioritized over all other muscles. This phenomenon is known as the respiratory metaboreflex. The weaker the primary breathing muscles are, the sooner blood is diverted from the loco motor muscles to these muscles. These concepts are important for understanding and adopting athletic breathing patterns. …
Mapping and Mastering Your Senses with Yoga Nidra
- Yoga Nidra
- February 27, 2024
The “Little Man” in Your Brain Your brain has a map of your body that may look very different from the reflection you see in the mirror. The 19th Century idea of “The Homunculous” which means “Little Man” in Latin, is that if your brain could draw your body based on the amount of tissue …
Tips to Manage your Breath While Running
- Breathwork,Performance
- February 19, 2024
Running presents one of the most significant obstacles in addressing breathing pattern disorders. While my work over the last 25 years has been around running and running-related mechanical issues, it is not a shock that almost 50% of those who are active, and even in the endurance category, have some breathing pattern issues. Running makes …
How and Why NOT to Fall Asleep During Yoga Nidra
- Yoga Nidra
- February 12, 2024
If you’ve been to a group guided Yoga Nidra class, you’ve likely been jarred out of the blissful state by someone snoring nearby. Maybe you use Nidra downloads to fall asleep yourself. Any sleep seems welcome if you suffer from insomnia, however, the more you nod off during practice the more you train yourself to …
The Difference Between Mouth and Nose Breathing
- Breathwork
- January 31, 2024
The respiratory system was designed with the nose in mind and the mouth as a secondary option. The mouth was designed with the digestive system and our communication (vocal cords) in mind. While we could get incredibly granular on the efficacy of these statements and the crossover of many of these statements. Let’s look at …