Align Podcast

Alan Christianson is a New York Times Bestselling Author and a Phoenix, Arizona-based Naturopathic Medical Doctor (NMD) who specializes in natural endocrinology with a focus on thyroid disorders. He is the author of the Adrenal Reset Diet, the Complete Idiot’s Guide to Thyroid Disease, and Healing Hashimoto’s – a Savvy Patient’s Guide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carl Paoli is the author of the best-selling book, Free-Style, which breaks down the fundamentals of what it means to move well. Carl is an entrepreneur, speaker, world-renowned movement coach and one of the leading voices in the fitness industry. We get into the power of breath, the meaning of movement and a lot more. This was recored at his home in San Francisco, enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amy Baldwin is a Somatic Sex and Relationship Coach (trained in the Somatica® Method), Certified Sex Educator, sales trainer and educator for Uberlube, as well as co-owner of a mother-daughter owned pleasure boutique called Pure Pleasure Shop. Amy has a passion for promoting shame-free, pleasure-focused sexuality education while emphasizing the deep emotional and energetic forces behind great sex and intimate connection, offering everything from how-to workshops to erotic empowerment retreats. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian Mackenzie is a world-renowned breath coach, professional tinkerer, writer and founder of Power Speed Endurance. I'm grateful to call him a friend and am excited share this deep dive on all things mind, body and breath. “Breathing is the physiological intercept to our mental state. So, if things are going haywire, I can turn back to my breathing and control the physiological reactions that are happening in my mind. If I can take a step back and do that, I'm actually fixing the entire system.” – Brian Mackenzie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A biomechanist by training and a problem-solver at heart, Katy Bowman, M.S. is one of my favorite thinkers in the world of 'movement ecology'. She is the best-selling author of Move Your DNA and several other perspective-altering books. This conversation is a deep-dive into the subtleties of daily movement, how your environment forms your structure and how you can take control of your own body. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Pompa is a walking testimony of the body’s amazing aptitude for healing itself. Following the debilitating effects of a three-year battle against chronic fatigue syndrome, his deteriorating health manifested in anxiety, insomnia, brain fog, panic attacks, nervousness, auditory and chemical sensitivities, mood swings, irritability, irrational anger, severe gastro-intestinal disturbances, blisters, dizziness, unusual sounds and ringing in his ears, and twitching facial muscles. We dig into his journey toward self-repair and recorded a follow up conversation on his podcast, Cellular Healing T.V. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jill Miller is a pioneer in the world of self-care and physical embodiment. She's the writer of the best-selling book, The Roll Model, and co-founder of Yoga Tune Up. This conversation starts very light and then gets into the deep dorky bits about a 10 minutes in. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony Blauer is a pioneer in the world of self-defense and combat. He's been educating and studying the topic for over 40 years and has worked with the world's elite on cultivating a relationship with fear. The conversation was recorded in Tony's living room in southern California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Perlmutter is a Board-Certified Neurologist and four-time New York Times bestselling author. He serves on the Board of Directors and is a Fellow of the American College of Nutrition. His books have been published in 34 languages and include the #1 New York Times bestseller Grain Brain, The Surprising Truth About Wheat, Carbs and Sugar, with over 1 million copies in print. Other New York Times bestsellers include Brain Maker, The Grain Brain Cookbook, and The Grain Brain Whole Life Plan. He is the editor of the upcoming collection The Microbiome and the Brain that will be authored by top experts in the field and will be published in late 2019 by CRC Press. He has been interviewed on many nationally syndicated television programs including 20/20, Larry King Live, CNN, Fox News, Fox and Friends, The Today Show, Oprah, The Dr. Oz Show and The CBS Early Show. Grab a copy of Grain Brain, it's worth it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This conversation was recorded at Wim's Air BnB in Venice, CA. It was one of the more special conversations I've had with any podcast guest, excited to share it with you! Wim will be featured in the upcoming Align Method book coming in February of 2020 and parts of this conversation will be incorporated. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Robin Berzin, MD is the founder and CEO of Parsley Health. A Summa Cum Laude graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Robin completed medical school at Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons, and trained in Internal Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. She has also trained in functional medicine with the Institute for Functional medicine, where she is an advisor on digital technology. In 2011 she co-founded the physician communication app Cureatr and subsequently has advised numerous startups in the health IT space. Dr. Berzin is a certified yoga instructor and meditation teacher, writes for a number of leading health and wellness sites, and speaks regularly for organizations including Stanford Medicine X, Health 2.0, Rock Health, Summit Series, and Further Future, on how we can reinvent health care. Robin believes that we all deserve a functional, whole-body approach to our health and started Parsley Health in order to make this transformative medicine accessible to everyone through better services and smart technology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This conversation was recorded in Bryan's studio in Santa Monica, CA. Bryan Kest is an American yoga teacher. Recognized as a creator of Power Yoga, he is the founder of Santa Monica Power Yoga, based in Santa Monica, California. Kest has led yoga classes, retreats and workshops worldwide He is credited with pioneering the practice of donation-based yoga in the United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ari is the best-selling author of "The Art of Less Doing", and "The Replaceable Founder." He is a self-described Overwhelmologist whose insights into personal and professional productivity have earned him the title, "The Guru's Guru." He can be heard on the award-winning Less Doing Podcast, on international stages speaking to thought leaders and influencers, and for those who prefer the written word, Ari's blog posts on Medium offer immediate and actionable advice for entrepreneurs seeking replaceability. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emily is the CEO of the internationally acclaimed Institute for the Psychology of Eating – the ideal outlet for her passion for helping others heal and empower themselves around food, body and health. Her efforts and guidance have propelled the Institute into a global leader in online education. Emily oversees business development, marketing and public relations, social media strategies, student affairs, and operations. She’s also a popular senior teacher in Dynamic Eating Psychology and Mind Body Nutrition at the Institute. This was recorded at her home in Colorado, enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Neil Strauss is a seven-time New York Times best-selling author. His books, The Game and Rules Of The Game, for which he went undercover in a secret society of pickup artists for two years, made him an international celebrity and an accidental hero to men around the world. Both books topped The New York Times best-seller list and were #1 on Amazon, and the former has the dubious distinction of being the most stolen book at Barnes & Noble besides The Bible. In his follow-up book, The Truth: An Uncomfortable Book About Relationships, Strauss dives deep into the worlds of sex addiction, non-monogamy, infidelity, and intimacy, and explores the hidden forces that cause people to choose each other, stay together, and break up. This conversation was recorded in Neil's home in Malibu, enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sahara Rose is the best-selling author of Eat Feel Fresh: A Plant-Based Ayurvedic Cookbook and Idiot's Guide to Ayurveda. She has been called “a leading voice for the millennial generation into the new paradigm shift” by Deepak Chopra, who wrote the foreword of both her titles. Sahara hosts the Highest Self Podcast, ranked as the #1 top podcast in the spirituality category on iTunes. She is an Abundance Mindset Expert and guides people to pave their path to freedom, joy and purpose. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This conversation was recorded live in Sedona, AZ after a long weekend 'Men's Retreat' with some of the most inspiring group of guys I've had the honor of spending a weekend with. We get into the various masks we wear, masculinty in modern culture and more. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Kelly Starrett is a coach, physical therapist, author, speaker, and creator of Mobility WOD, which has revolutionized how athletes think about human movement and athletic performance. His 2013 release, Becoming a Supple Leopard has become a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller. Kelly and his work have been featured in Tim Ferris’ Four Hour Body, Competitor Magazine, Inside Triathlon, Outside Magazine, Details Magazine, Power Magazine, and the Crossfit Journal. Check out his recent book with Phil White, Waterman 2.0! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Drew Manning is a friend and incredibly inspiring man. This conversation is fun and insightful. Enjoy! Who is Drew Manning? Host of A&E Hit TV Show Fit to Fat to Fit, New York Times Best Selling Author,Celebrity Fitness Trainer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jaiya is a world-renowned expert on all things sexuality. We get into a wide variety sexological worm holes and recorded live from her bed (office) in Boulder, CO. Enjoy! Take Jaiya's Sexual Blue Print quiz to learn more... https://surveyanyplace.com/s/eroticblueprint%20 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Catherwood is a legendary radio and TV personality. He's co-hosted Kevin and Bean, Loveline and presently Swoll Patrol with Dr. Drew. This conversation goes into a variety of wormholes ranging from body image issues to personality tips. Tune into @Mikecatherwood on Instagram and give a listen to Swoll Patrol on iTunes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steven Kotler is a New York Times bestselling author, an award-winning journalist and the cofounder and director of research of the Flow Genome Project. He is one of the world’s leading experts on high performance. Alongside his wife, author Joy Nicholson, Kotler is also the co-founder of the Rancho de Chihuahua dog sanctuary. This conversation was recorded live in Boulder, CO at Flow Camp 2018. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeremy Black along with his brother and a friend built the company Sambazon from the ground up after taking a surf trip to Brazil and discovering acai bowls. This conversation goes into a variety of interesting wormholes in relation super foods, protecting the rain forest, the soul of money and travel. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Dan Engle is Board Certified in Psychiatry and Neurology, with a clinical practice that combines functional medicine, integrative psychiatry, neuro-cognitive restoration and peak performance methods. This was recorded beside Peal Street in Boulder, CO. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kino MacGregor, known on Instagram as @Kinoyoga, was one of the youngest certified instructors of Ashtanga style yoga and has had a tremendous journey since then. She has become a pioneer in the yoga community and I was grateful to sit down with her after a workshop held in San Francisco. We go into god, yoga and all things eastern philosophy. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Craig Ballantyne coaches high-performing entrepreneurs and executives to get more done, have massive impact, grow their influence, and finally have a personal life again. He's helped his clients grow $100 million businesses ... while fixing their relationships at the same time. Craig is the author of "The Perfect Day Formula" and "Turbulence Training," and has been a contributor to Men's Health magazine for over 17 years. His books, videos, and coaching programs have transformed the lives of over 7 million people—physically, financially, mentally, and emotionally—over the last two decades using the same 5 Pillars of Success that allowed Craig to overcome crippling anxiety attacks and transform his life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jamie Wheal, Executive Director of Flow Genome Project, is a leading expert on the neuro-physiology of human performance. His work ranges from Fortune 500 companies like Cisco, Google, and Nike, to the U.S. Naval War College and Red Bull. He combines a background in expeditionary leadership, wilderness medicine and surf rescue, with over a decade advising high-growth companies on strategy, execution and leadership. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vipassana is a 10-day silent meditation. This is an in depth, slightly nerdy conversation about my recent experience with vipassana with my good friend and neuroscience/brain health guru, Ryan Glatt. He handles the 'hard-science' and I explain the 'new-age granola version' Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr Demartini is considered one of the world's leading authorities on human behavior and personal development. He is the founder of the Demartini Institute, a private research and education organization with a curriculum of over 72 different courses covering multiple aspects of human development. His trademarked methodologies, the Demartini Method and the Demartini Value Determination, are the culmination of 44 years of cross-disciplinary research and study. His work has been incorporated into human development industries across the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sean Croxton has been a leading authority in the wellness world since the beginning of Youtube with his Under Ground Wellness channel. This conversation goes deep into our values, goals, beliefs and the science of the mind. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Suze Yalof Schwartz is the CEO and Founder of Unplug Meditation, the author of Unplug: A Simple Guide To Meditation for Busy Skeptics and Modern Soul Seekers, and the creator of the Unplug Meditation App. In 2012 Suze learned a three minute meditation that turned her world upside-down and changed her life forever. Prior to this she was a fashion editor and "makeover guru" working at Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire and Glamour Magazine with regular appearances on GMA, The Today Show, CBS Early Show and more. Once she got the meditation bug she was on a mission to keep doing it but found that it was not easy to find a place to learn and pop in and out and practice. Think "Dry Bar" for meditation, walk in icky walk out great in under 30 minutes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jim is a friend and legend in the world of cognitive development. He coaches the world's thought leaders and celebrities of all sorts to enhance their cognitive performance, memory and clarity of thought. This was truly one of my favorite conversations, it's FILLEd with actionable info. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jen Esquer, aka @docjenfit, is a doctor of physical therapy, founder of the Mobility Method and world-renowned movement badass. I greatly value her perspectives and am so excited to share, enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two-time Highland Games World Champion Matt Vincent (@ihviiimattvincent) shares how he combined training, diet and mental strength to make it to the top of his sport. Matt is a world-class athlete and thought leader in all things lifting and life design. Tune into the continuation of this conversation on the UMSO podcast... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sue Hitzmann, MS, CST, NMT Sue is the creator of the MELT Method®, a simple self-treatment technique that helps people get out and stay out of chronic pain. A nationally recognized educator, manual therapist, exercise physiologist, and founding member of the Fascia Research Society, Sue is the author of the New York Times bestselling book The MELT Method, which has been translated into eight languages and helped over 200,000 people lead a healthy, pain-free life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Perlmutter is a Board-Certified Neurologist and four-time New York Times bestselling author. He serves on the Board of Directors and is a Fellow of the American College of Nutrition. His books have been published in 28 languages and include Grain Brain, The Surprising Truth About Wheat, Carbs and Sugar, with over 1 million copies in print. Other New York Times bestsellers include Brain Maker, The Grain Brain Cookbook, and The Grain Brain Whole Life Plan. He is the editor of the upcoming collection The Microbiome and the Brain that will be authored by top experts in the field and will be published in late 2018 by CRC Press. He has been interviewed on many nationally syndicated television programs including 20/20, Larry King Live, CNN, Fox News, Fox and Friends, The Today Show, Oprah, The Dr. Oz Show andThe CBS Early Show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is your true purpose in life? What do women really want? What makes a good lover? If you’re a man reading this, you’ve undoubtedly asked yourself these questions—but you may not have had much luck answering them. Until now. In The Way of the Superior Man, David Deida explores the most important issues in men’s lives, from career and family to women and intimacy to love and spirituality, to offer a practical guidebook for living a masculine life of integrity, authenticity, and freedom. Join this bestselling author and internationally renowned expert on sexual spirituality for straightforward advice, empowering skills, body practices, and more to help you realize a life of fulfillment, immediately and without compromise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Ekman is best known for his work studying facial expressions and emotion. In 2009, Dr. Ekman was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by TIME Magazine. In 2014, Dr. Ekman ranked fifteenth among the most influential psychologists of the 21st century. Dr. Ekman has written more than 14 books and 170 published articles. He also holds several honorary doctoral degrees. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Living Libations was created by Nadine Artemis, beauty philosopher, aromacologist, and botanical muse, shaping plant-intelligence into palpable consecrations to blush senses and muse imaginations. Living Libations is a line of serums, elixirs, and essentials oil that nurture beauty, enhance the immune, and promote healthy good oral care. Nadine is the author of Holistic Dental Care: the Complete Guide to Healthy Teeth and Gums. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sebastian Junger is the #1 New York Times Bestselling author of THE PERFECT STORM, FIRE, A DEATH IN BELMONT, WAR and TRIBE. As an award-winning journalist, a contributing editor to Vanity Fair and a special correspondent at ABC News, he has covered major international news stories around the world, and has received both a National Magazine Award and a Peabody Award. Junger is also a documentary filmmaker whose debut film "Restrepo", a feature-length documentary (co-directed with Tim Hetherington), was nominated for an Academy Award and won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Jonny Bowden, also known as The Nutrition Myth Buster, is a nationally known expert on weight loss and health, and has been seen on Dr. Oz, the Doctors, and every major television network. He is the best-selling author of 15 books, including Living Low Carb, The Great Cholesterol Myth, and his latest, Smart Fat: Eat More Fat Lose More Weight Get Healthy Now! Dr. Jonny—a former professional pianist and conductor—earned six certifications in personal training and fitness, has a Masters degree in psychology, a PhD in holistic nutrition, and is board certified by the American College of Nutrition. He has written, contributed to or consulted on hundreds of articles in publications as diverse as the New York Times, People, Us, O the Oprah Magazine, In Style, Vanity Fair Online, People, GQ, Forbes Online, Clean Eating, the Huffington Post and countless others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paul Chek is an internationally-renowned expert in the fields of corrective and high-performance exercise kinesiology. He's the founder of the C.H.E.K (Corrective Holistic Exercise Kinesiology) Institute, based in California, USA and the P~P~S Success Mastery Coaching Program. This conversation was recorded live at his space in Southern California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

3 simple points I personally gathered from reading and listening to this translation of the Bhagavad Gita. Grab a FREE audio version at Audibletrial.com/align Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Cheng earned his Masters and Doctorate (Ph.D.) degrees in Chinese medicine and acupuncture, as well as his California State acupuncture license (L.Ac.), allowing him to practice professionally. He also taught Tui-Na (Chinese manual therapeutics) for two of the strongest Chinese medicine colleges in the Los Angeles area. Not content to rest on the strength of his coursework, Dr. Cheng also made regular efforts to study with the top Chinese-style manual therapists, Western physical therapists, and strength training experts to gain a wider understanding of the human body and the safest, most efficient ways of helping it perform at a higher level with less pain and dysfunction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Experimental episode digging into the highlights I've gathered from Paul Arden's book, 'Whatever You Think, Think The Opposite' We go into 4 KEY takeaways for you to ponder on this week... Purchase Book on Amazon The bestselling author of "It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want To Be" Paul Arden turns logic and common sense on its head in "Whatever You Think, Think the Opposite "and gives you the confidence to take bigger risks and enjoy your work more than you can imagine. Have you ever considered the extraordinary power of making bad decisions, being unreasonable, and taking dangerous, unadvisable risks? Has it ever occurred to you that nothing is more dangerous than playing it safe, or that the straight and narrow path may lead you right off a cliff? Paul Arden has become a global business guru on the strength of such radical insights. His first book, "It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want to Be", became a word of mouth classic, selling more than half a million copies. Instead of the usual boring advice, he offered daring quips, aphorisms, and paradoxes - all seeking to revise what we habitually hold as our 'common sense'. "Whatever You Think, Think the Opposite" is an even more daring attack on the way we look at our work and our world. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kyle Kingsbury is a retired American UFC fighter. He's now the chief biohacking guinea pig at Onnit and is an absolute wealth of knowledge and humor. A professional competitor from 2006-2014, Kingsbury also formerly competed for King of the Cage and was a cast member of Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir. He's also one of my dearest friends on this globe, enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As creator and host of the YouTube series, Surfing for Change, Kyle combines surfing imagery and current global issues to highlight the power of individuals in creating a better world through everyday decisions. Kyle speaks at Universities across the country and has been featured in Outside Magazine, Surfer Magazine and on the Discovery Channel. Kyle lives in Santa Cruz where he recently built a backyard half-pipe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

KATIE’S STORY Byron Katie, founder of The Work, has one job: to teach people how to end their own suffering. As she guides people through the powerful process of inquiry she calls The Work, they find that their stressful beliefs—about life, other people, or themselves—radically shift and their lives are changed forever. Based on Byron Katie's direct experience of how suffering is created and ended, The Work is an astonishingly simple process, accessible to people of all ages and backgrounds, and requires nothing more than a pen, paper, and an open mind. Through this process, anyone can learn to trace unhappiness to its source and deal with it there. Katie (as everyone calls her) not only shows us that all the problems in the world originate in our thinking: she gives us the tool to open our minds and set ourselves free. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bedros Keuilian is a best-selling author, speaker and business consultant. He’s the founder and CEO of Fit Body Boot Camp, one of the nation’s fastest growing franchises and an investor in over a dozen companies ranging from subscription software platforms, digital ad agencies as well as mastermind and coaching services. He’s known as the hidden genius that entrepreneurs, best-selling authors and thought leaders turn to when they want to create high level mastermind and coaching programs, quickly scale their businesses and solve their most pressing bottlenecks so that they can making the quantum leap to massive success. His sales, marketing, mindset and business systems are the secret weapon used by thousands of successful digital marketers and entrepreneurs who want to reach more high paying clients and customers without the use of unpredictable or sleazy marketing tactics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is one of my favorite conversations to date and is a perfect follow up to the last episode with Aubrey, we go deep into a variety of worm holes that will surely leave most people with some great ideas to ponder on. Dr. Dan Engle, MD is a practicing psychiatrist, board certified in psychiatry and neurology. He graduated medical school at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center in San Antonio, and finished his residency in psychiatry at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. After residency he completed a fellowship in child psychiatry at the Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland, OR. His current practice combines functional medicine with integrative psychiatry to enhance the foundations of regenerative health and peak performance training. Before completing his medical degree he was a collegiate soccer player for St. Edwards University in Austin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices