What up family, it's episode 215 of the Genius Life, welcome aboard.

What's going on everybody, welcome back to another episode of the Genius Life.

I'm your host Max Lugovira, filmmaker, health and science journalist and author of the New York Times

bestselling book Genius Foods and The Genius Life. I've dedicated my life to unraveling the

science behind our choices, including what we eat and how we live, affect our cognitive

and physical performance, how we feel and our health span and risk for disease. This podcast is

all about how to live in that optimal state, which I call living like a genius. Today I am sitting

down with the one and only Aaron Alexander. Aaron is a functional movement coach with over 16 years

of professional experience in the functional movement world. He's the host of the Align podcast.

And he's also the author of the Align method, five movement principles for a stronger body,

sharper mind and stress-proof life. It's a great book. Highly recommend it.

Today, Aaron and I discuss how your morning routine actually starts at night. We discuss the

importance of setting anchor points throughout your day, where you check in with your mind and body,

super important stuff. We chat about the impact that your posture has on your mood and thoughts. Aaron

is my go-to guy for all things posture. So this is definitely going to be a fascinating part of the

conversation. Aaron explains why micro movements are more powerful than solely focusing all of your

efforts on one period of intense exercise. I know I can relate to that. I spend a lot of my time

actually, especially when I'm writing books, sedentary, save for the hour or hour and a half that I

am able to work out at a gym. So incorporating more movement into my day, always something that I'm

interested in doing. And then finally, it wouldn't be a conversation with Aaron. If we didn't discuss

ways of optimizing your environment with maybe steps, small hacks. He's great. I love having Aaron as

a friend, but I really love having him on the podcast. Sharing your friends wisdom with others is

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