Episode 13 - On Physical Wellness

Mitigating stress with physical wellness?  Rob shares his experience with qigong, yoga, movement, and running as some of the various ways he's dealt with stress over the years - as well as how his life went during the times that he did *not* engage in this practice.

Looking back, I realize that the most stressful times in life - the times with the most uncertainty were also the times when I chose to engage in healthy practice for stress relief.

I've not always been able to find balance with how I've chosen to deal with stress.  Frequently, when I've found myself deep in the throes of any given project in life - I've often times resorted to indulgence...or overindulgence to "satisfy" my needs.

• Food
• Alcohol
• Drugs (specifically nicotine, caffeine, cannabis)

Often times, as the project drew to a close - or I began to experience some kind of transition in my life, I've begun to repattern my life with more positive experiences...specifically those involving movement exercises such as qigong and yoga.

Specifically, one practice has over the last 10 years or so has been:

• Qigong for Stress Relief, Francisco Garripoli

Also, side note:  while searching for information on this and/or a short trailer to share with you, I found a blog post of something that I had written years ago about this very thing:

The content I once thought I had lost I literally just found this morning while assembling show notes.  If you're interested in learning more, you can find it here, but this isn't something I'm going to widely share...but wanted to share in the excitement with you.