1365: Is the Way You Stand & Move Making You Sick? (Featuring Aaron Alexander)
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge
4.8 • 11.8K Ratings
🗓️ 24 August 2020
⏱️ 133 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Sal, Adam & Justin speak with Aaron Alexander, author of The Align Method, about the importance of posture, mobility, and movement on health and longevity.
- The interesting dance with your ego. (3:53)
- The detriments of leading with your imposter versus authentic self. (6:09)
- The perception of safety. (10:12)
- How humans are extremely complex. (12:55)
- The stigma around cannabis. (15:08)
- The practiced skill of thinking slowly. (16:52)
- Disorganization can lead to parasites. (18:33)
- The skill of reading body language. (21:11)
- Always question the things you feel most passionate about. (23:05)
- How your thoughts and moods affect your movements. (27:12)
- How there is a lot of wisdom in spiritual practices. (30:42)
- Do people store emotions in their bodies? (33:34)
- How we are a product of our childhood. (40:30)
- The fine line of not letting your insecurities consume you. (45:23)
- How your perception of yourself impacts the way that you carry your movement. (48:57)
- Best practices to be a happier person. (59:14)
- The importance of disrupting your day to day life. (1:05:17)
- Be more honest with your biology. (1:08:45)
- Consistent movement matters. (1:14:47)
- Leveraging leverage. (1:27:18)
- Best practices to incorporate hip hinging into your daily life. (1:29:36)
- The Western Medicine bottle. (1:32:43)
- The power of proper nasal breathing. (1:35:15)
- Are we heading towards being plugged in? (1:42:34)
- Our perceived happiness over possessions rather than people. (1:45:20)
- How LA is like an oven. (1:54:05)
- Are you consumed by the game or a witness? (1:55:51)
- Ancient wisdom and science have polarities. (2:01:22)
- The unintended consequences of capturing rather than viewing. (2:06:26)
Featured Guest/People Mentioned
- Aaron Alexander (@alignpodcast) Instagram
- Website
- Bishop Robert Barron (@bishopbarron) Instagram
- Amy Cuddy, PhD (@amycuddy) Instagram
- Joan Vernikos
- Andrew Huberman, Ph.D. (@hubermanlab) Instagram
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- August Promotion: MAPS Performance ½ off!! **Promo code “GREEN50” at checkout**
- Visit ChiliPad for an exclusive offer for Mind Pump listeners!
- The Align Method: 5 Movement Principles for a Stronger Body, Sharper Mind, and Stress-Proof Life – Book by Aaron Alexander
- Thinking, Fast and Slow – Book by Daniel Kahneman
- Mind Pump #1165: Bishop Robert Barron On Physical Fitness, Satan, Evolution, Psychedelics & Much More
- Amy Cuddy: Your body language may shape who you are | TED Talk
- Your face and moves seem happier when I smile: Facial action influences the perception of emotional faces and biological motion stimuli.
- Paul Ekman: Detecting Lies, Facial Expressions, Body Language | Ep. 175
- A Simple Test Assessing Ability To Sit Up From The Floor Predicts Mortality Risk
- Hand Grip Strength Associated With All-Cause Mortality, Other Adverse Outcomes
- Astronauts Showed Us How Sitting Ages Us
- Amazon.com: Joan Vernikos
- 3 Tips for Better Muscle Growth – Mind Pump Blog
- Home on Apple TV+
- Idiocracy (2006) - IMDb
- HOW THE PIRAHÃ PEOPLE BECAME THE HAPPIEST TRIBE IN THE WORLD?
- Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction – Book by Derek Thompson
- Joe Rogan Experience #1513 - Andrew Huberman
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | If you want to pump your body and expand your mind, there's only one place to go. |
| 0:06.0 | MIND, MIND, MIND, MIND, MIND, MIND, with your hosts. |
| 0:09.0 | Salda Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews. |
| 0:13.0 | In this episode of Mind Pumped the World's Top Fitness Health and Entertainment Podcast, |
| 0:18.0 | we interview our good friend Aaron Alexander. |
| 0:21.0 | He's a movement specialist and the author of the Align Method. |
| 0:26.0 | Now, in this episode, we have some really, really good conversations and discussions around movement and posture and how the way you move, |
| 0:35.0 | the way you stand, the facial expressions you make, actually give your brain feedback and tell you how you can actually feel or how to feel. |
| 0:44.0 | Believe it or not, how you stand affects your mood and there's a lot of evidence to support this. |
| 0:50.0 | So we dive real deep in that subject and we talk about a few other things. |
| 0:54.0 | Aaron is a great conversationalist. He has a podcast himself. |
| 0:59.0 | So we always have a good time when we get him on our show. |
| 1:02.0 | You can find his book, The Align Method, five movement principles for a stronger body, sharper mind, and stress-proof life at his website, AlignPodcast.com. |
| 1:16.0 | His podcast, of course, is called AlignPodcast. |
| 1:20.0 | Now, this episode is brought to you by our sponsor, Chili Pad. |
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