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Why Science is Not a “Belief System”

I believe in science. Unfortunately, the catch-phrase “I believe in science” is often used to leverage the reputation of “science” in general to give authority to one 'specific' scientific claim in particular, shielding it from questioning or skepticism. In my recent experience, many people who say "I believe in the science", don't actually follow or look at the "science". In which case that statement carries the risk of becoming an excuse to avoid critical thinking and investigation. What's really being expressed is more like: "I believe the news headlines". I've certainly been guilty of this myself. Science is not a "thing"... it's a process; it's a systematic study of the natural world / universe through experiments and observation. Yet sometimes it seems that science is becoming distorted into a religion or dogma of the mainstream consensus, rather than a process of investigation and testing hypotheses. Science should be directed at [...]

Olga H2022-01-22T12:34:17-05:00

Guided Meditation – Lose Your Mind & Come to Your Senses

Many people (especially in our Western Culture) choose to live mostly in their 'heads', thinking primarily of the future and "what's next" or remembering the past. Somehow our mind seems to convince us that the "next moment" must be better than the one we're in now. While there's nothing inherently wrong with thinking, it's important to be able to be aware of our thoughts and be intentional about what we think. There's a saying I like: "The mind is a wonderful servant but a terrible master." When we become lost in distracting thoughts or daydreams it takes our attention away from this present moment. However, if we bring our awareness into our body it helps to bring us back into the Here and Now. Exploring our body sensations can also improve our mind-body connection and body awareness, and support relaxation, recovery and healing. To support this process I've created this [...]

Josh Hewett2020-06-03T11:43:50-04:00

How to Increase Mind-Muscle Connection

There’s a lot that competes for your attention in today’s society. For example, work never seems to give us a break, thanks to technology. Many of us are glued to our mobile phones, constantly checking emails or getting texts. This is also the case when it comes to our health and fitness: there are many distractions that may take our focus away from the exercises we are performing and can interfere with the quality of our workouts. If you’re watching television, checking your phone, daydreaming about your “to-do” list, or listening to podcasts while you train, this might reduce your concentration on the weight that you’re lifting. This graphic explains how to reduce these distractions and increase your mind-muscle connection: […]

Josh Hewett2020-08-06T12:01:57-04:00

How to Get Motivated to Workout – 5 Tips

After returning from my meditation retreat and then shortly after that from a week long family camping trip, I found it tough to get back into training and pushing myself with challenging workouts. From experience I know that often my clients also go through phases where they need motivation to stay on top of their fitness routine. So here are 5 tips that will help you get motivated to workout: […]

Josh Hewett2020-08-06T10:14:39-04:00

How to Meditate – The Many Benefits of Mindfulness Meditation

There’s a common misunderstanding among most people that the main “goal” of life is to avoid pain and pursue pleasure (or at least to try to get comfortable). A lot of effort and attention is put on getting somewhere ‘better’, achieving something ‘different’, changing or improving ourselves, and getting more stuff so that we can feel better or be happy later. A much more rewarding, kind, and adventurous approach to life is to develop an attitude of alert curiosity and awareness, regardless of whether our experience is seen as positive or negative. When we overcome prejudice and pettiness and the need for everything to happen the way we want, we open ourselves to a more full, joyful, passionate experience of life and as we endure both pain and pleasure we learn a lot about ourselves and life in general. We can also discover that we are already enough, and we already [...]

Josh Hewett2020-06-06T17:12:59-04:00

My Breakthrough DMT Experience – 1st Trip Report

In this post I want to share something a little unusual… something quite different from the “health and fitness” content that I normally share. I wanted to talk about my first experience with the compound called DMT, with this article to accompany the video I recorded immediately after the “trip”. To be honest, at first I wasn’t sure if I wanted to make this public at all, but after posting the video on my other (lesser known) channel and blog, I was pleasantly surprised to see how well received it was. It seems that this is a topic that many people are interested in, so I decided to put myself out there and post it all here on my main blog as well. I hope you find it interesting… enjoy with a curious open mind. First of all, let me say that this experience took place in a country and situation which [...]

Josh Hewett2020-06-08T17:02:07-04:00

The Problem with the Fitness Industry

What the Hell is Wrong with the Weight Loss Industry? I recently watched an excellent video created by Mike Howard of Lean Minded, where he basically throws the entire fitness industry under the bus. The thing is, he makes some important observations, his critique is well-founded, and he provides some great suggestions about what to do about it. His opinion on this topic is very similar to my own, and his advice is right in line with what I’ve been saying for a while now (on my blog, YouTube, and other social media). I shared the video below in this article, and I encourage you to take a few minutes to check it out. He touches on several problems in the fitness industry at present: People seem to believe that everything causes weight gain… except excess calories. People are chasing a quick fix to get short term results for a [...]

Josh Hewett2020-06-14T19:53:47-04:00

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