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Day 7 (Air: 23°F / H2O: 32°) Welcoming Opposites I shift/step out of reactivity and allow myself to accept and feel what is in my body. I embrace what is present. I am unchanging loving awareness in which the ever-changing flow of life arises. I am at peace with myself as I am, and the world as it is.

Day 6 (H2O – 35°F) Resistance/Daily/Do It Here I am. Now, I am here. That which we welcome cannot bind us. I always have the right response to every situation. I am unchanging, loving awareness in which the ever-changing flow of life arises.

Moving from Judging and Labeling to Feeling and Being Coming to My Senses Sitting in the Seat of Centered Awareness Using the Thinking Mind to Direct Attention and Energy Physical Changes Connected to Ice Bath

Day 4: Breathing in, I calm myself; breathing out, I smile. I shift out of reactivity and allow myself to accept and feel what is in my body; I embrace what is present. Disidentify from changing phenomena. Rest in centered, calm awareness.

Day 3 Themes: That which we welcome cannot bind us. Welcoming presence. Using neutral positioning to calm the nervous system. Enacting the will. Developing resiliency. Fostering curiosity.

Day 2: Today was a really emotional soak for me. Connecting to the lessons learned coming through almost 8 years of post-concussion syndrome. Feeling so thankful for my teachers and family and these practices. Themes: Relax and release. That which we welcome cannot bind us. Life is only unbearable when we demand it change. We have the right response to every situation. Notice the second arrow of s...

Experimenting with ice cold soaking. Watching how the body reacts and learning how to stay conscious and neutral while experiencing passing discomfort. I’m discovering that there is a stage that feels similar to the burn of lactic acid when cycling/running/exercising. If you stop too early, you miss the stage after the burn when you get to a new level of growth and development. Post-ice bath, I am...

Mountain weather. Few things have helped me more than mountain weather to find my way through the myriad seasons of life. Why? Mountain weather viscerally reminds me of who and what I truly am: unchanging awareness in which the ever-changing flow of life arises…and falls away…and arises…and falls away. Dark clouds. Sunlight. Fog. Mist. Rain. Wind. Calm. All in a 5-minute span. Th...

A practice called Integrative Restoration (also known as iRest) saved and transformed my life. I recorded this off-the-cuff almost a year ago for a group of friends, leaders, businessmen, athletes, and family who were interested in the practice. It is my deeply personal and highly practical account of rehabilitating from brain damage, a process that continues to this day. If you are in rehab, stru...

I don’t like tight spaces. Never have. As a kid on the playground, I was one of those children who would absolutely, completely lose it if I was on the bottom of a dogpile. I’d access craziness in a way that would have landed me a leading role in Mad Max. I still stop breathing every time I see a dogpile. In fact, a friend was recently asking me about going rafting. No thanks. I’...