Ep 107 - Intent, Flow State, and the Hard Problem of Consciousness

Join a community of people diving deeper into a biomechanics, functional fitness training, nutrition, online entrepreneurship, and self mastery with Anthony in THE FORGE; weekly calls and access to a library of comprehensive high-ticket grade courses: https://www.skool.com/throughtheforge/about We (Dr. Will and Anthony Manuele) have done 109 episodes of The Art of Move Podcast- a show that sought to seek the 'grand unified theory' of human movement and biomechanics. It explored ideas about functional fitness, fascia, feet, and fun stuff that others weren't having in depth conversations about, from the angles that we wanted to hear people talking about, but didn't find anywhere else. We attempted to bridge the gap of the 'in-fighting' in the alternative/progressive functional fitness space, tried to bring the innovative methods of coaches and systems to bigger audiences, and debated, digested, and discussed every angle we could find about the subject. Over the few years we ran the show, we met some incredible people, interviewed industry leaders, and learned a LOT about the human body ourselves. Our movement practices and physicality morphed and evolved as our perspectives did. We're both incredibly grateful for everything that we experienced, for all the connections we made, for all the ways the show helped us personally upgrade, and of course, all the beautiful messages from the audience who were taking the journey with us. As we wrap up this chapter of our personal journeys, we hope you enjoy this final 'wrap up' episode where we discuss what's next for us personally, what projects we're going to be working on, and how you can keep joining us for future conversations about movement and biomech. This isn't the last we'll be collaborating on shows; Anthony will continue to produce longform on the Peak Players Podcast, and Will is livestreaming on many subjects around movement, rehab, biomech and more. We'll be doing collaborative shows together regularly. Thank you dearly to everyone who supported the show, sent us feedback, connected with us personally, gave us suggestions for guests... we love you, and will forever be grateful for the community that grew around this show! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-art-of-move/message

Join a community of people diving deeper into a biomechanics, functional fitness training, nutrition, online entrepreneurship, and self mastery with Anthony in THE FORGE; weekly calls and access to a library of comprehensive high-ticket grade courses: https://www.skool.com/throughtheforge/about We were joined by one of our most HIGHLY requested guests, Joel Smith of JustFly Performance, and host of the JustFly Performance Podcast. Our conversation delved deep into the mechanical nuances of movement, and the strategies/philosophies of how to train them therein. With an impressive resume of training professional athletes, and a passion for the biomechanical details of the human body, Joel delighted us with a passionate discussion that went deep in many places. Elasticity? Progressive overload for functional movement? Body awareness, fascia, and shaking it out? The role of weightlifting and whether or not it can ACTUALLY screw up your movement? It's all in there. By the end of this episode, we hope that you're able to walk away with some practical gold nuggets of information that you can inject directly into YOUR training and movement practice. For more information on Joel's work, check him out on instagram: www.instagram.com/justflysports And follow Anthony and Will here: www.instagram.com/anthony.manuele www.instagram.com/theartofmove --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-art-of-move/message

Join a community of people diving deeper into a biomechanics, functional fitness training, nutrition, online entrepreneurship, and self mastery with Anthony in THE FORGE; weekly calls and access to a library of comprehensive high-ticket grade courses: https://www.skool.com/throughtheforge/about In this episode of The Art of Move, Anthony Manuele and Dr. William Rajbar discuss the nature of the mind, of the self, what it means to truly be authentic, and much, much more. Does intent implicate being? Does one's image and ego equate to one's character? And beyond that... what does all this have to do with movement? (Hint: everything and nothing) Other topics involve persuasion, coaching, metacognition, and how social structures impact our sense of self. Are you enjoying these types of conversation? Let us know in the comments, and connect with us personally on IG: www.instagram.com/anthony.manuele www.instagram.com/theartofmove --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-art-of-move/message

Join a community of people diving deeper into a biomechanics, functional fitness training, nutrition, online entrepreneurship, and self mastery with Anthony in THE FORGE; weekly calls and access to a library of comprehensive high-ticket grade courses: https://www.skool.com/throughtheforge/about In this episode, Will and I discuss the idea of intent as it pertains to being a driver of movement, then follow-up with a whole tirade of questions about where the origin of intent/consciousness actually arises. We explore materialism (the brain being a physical system in which consciousness arises) as well as more abstract ideas like the physicality of our system being more of a 'radio receiver' to a larger field of unified consciousness or source. This is far from a technical episode - more of a philosophical pontification - but we'd love to know your thoughts and where you think our ideas could be more refined by better information (hence why our ideas are 'In-Formation') Hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did... www.instagram.com/anthony.manuele www.instagram.com/theartofmove --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-art-of-move/message

Join a community of people diving deeper into a biomechanics, functional fitness training, nutrition, online entrepreneurship, and self mastery with Anthony in THE FORGE; weekly calls and access to a library of comprehensive high-ticket grade courses: https://www.skool.com/throughtheforge/about Ann Hoang is a movement and parkour coach who is passionate about helping people feel safe and confident in their bodies so they are ready for their next adventure. Ann uses breathing, strength training, movement coaching, and parkour to teach clients and students about their bodies and teach strategies to achieve freedom of movement. We talk with Ann about the different systems she's implemented into her own training, as well as the training she's done with her clients; systems like GOATA, One of a Kind Fitness, Postural Restoration Institute. We also dive into the different between strength training and skill work, and how athletes can feel safe progressing to new and challenging skills in a parkour setting. For more info, follow Ann on IG: www.instagram.com/newfangledaxes www.instagram.com/anthony.manuele www.instagram.com/theartofmove --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-art-of-move/message

Join a community of people diving deeper into a biomechanics, functional fitness training, nutrition, online entrepreneurship, and self mastery with Anthony in THE FORGE; weekly calls and access to a library of comprehensive high-ticket grade courses: https://www.skool.com/throughtheforge/about In this mind-bending episode of The Art of Move, we dive into the incredible world of quantum and circadian biology with the brilliant Carrie B (@carriebwellness ) As a college athlete, supposedly at the pinnacle of health, Carrie began suffering chronic joint issues and insomnia. After her first child was born, she developed debilitating stomach pain, adrenal fatigue, and brain fog. Armed with a BS in Biology, an MS in Nutrition, and certifications as a personal trainer, massage therapist, and breathing coach, she still couldn't find the root of her issues. That's when she found quantum biology. Now, as an online educator, clinician, and faculty member of the Quantum Biology Collective and Kalamazoo College, Carrie's mission is to teach her clients how to create a healing environment by applying quantum health strategies around light, water, electrons, and mitochondrial support. Given these tools, clients who have spent years trying to improve their health—just as Carrie did—finally experience powerful healing and lasting benefits. To find Carrie's work: Website: https://www.carriebwellness.com/ Online Courses: https://www.carriebwellness.com/store Online Community: https://www.carriebwellness.com/commu... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carriebwell... YouTube Channel:    / @carriebwellness   Quantum Biology Certification Course for Practitioners: https://www.circadiancertified.com/co... Let us know what you thought of this episode, and how you plan to apply the information to your own life! Catch us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/anthony.manuele https://www.instagram.com/theartofmove --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-art-of-move/message

Join a community of people diving deeper into a biomechanics, functional fitness training, nutrition, online entrepreneurship, and self mastery with Anthony in THE FORGE; weekly calls and access to a library of comprehensive high-ticket grade courses: https://www.skool.com/throughtheforge/about David Weck, founder of the Weckmethod RMT training system, inventor of the BOSU Ball, RMT Club, ProPulsars, RopeFlow, and many more innovations, joins us again for an epic and wild conversation about everything ranging from Chinese Medicine and the meridian system (and how it influenced his understanding of biomechanics), the importance of bone/skeletal structure for the piezoelectric effects, discussing his NEW invention, the ProPulse Power Vest, and otherwise just geeking out on movement with us. Let us know what you think! Follow us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/theartofmove www.instagram.com/anthony.manuele www.instagram.com/thedavidweck --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-art-of-move/message

Join a community of people diving deeper into a biomechanics, functional fitness training, nutrition, online entrepreneurship, and self mastery with Anthony in THE FORGE; weekly calls and access to a library of comprehensive high-ticket grade courses: https://www.skool.com/throughtheforge/about In this episode, we continue our 'definitions of the fitness industry' series, and attempt to define two commonly thrown around terms that are interrelated: FLEXIBILITY and TENSEGRITY. As always, we fully anticipate some GREAT contributions to the discussion that we already had; where were our definitions lacking? What perspectives did we miss? Leave a comment, or DM us on Instagram:www.instagram.com/anthony.manuele www.instagram.com/theartofmove --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-art-of-move/message

Join a community of people diving deeper into a biomechanics, functional fitness training, nutrition, online entrepreneurship, and self mastery with Anthony in THE FORGE; weekly calls and access to a library of comprehensive high-ticket grade courses:https://www.skool.com/throughtheforge/about In this episode, Dr. Will and I attempt to define fundamental terms that pop up in the fitness industry - we had a laundry list of jargon that we wanted to tackle, however, some of the definitions became so philosophically complex, and the tangents so juicy, that we had to pare it down to three very commonly used terms: -STRENGTH -CONDITIONING -STABILITY These three words are common parlance amongst coaches and figureheads of the S&C world, but very seldom to people take the time to actually define what they MEAN when they say them. For the sake of clarity, in this new series, we attempt to create cohesive, clear definitions of what WE mean by them, contrasted against how the fitness industry might use them, and how the public might perceive them without any prior education. What terms would you like to hear us cover next? Let us know :) Follow on IG: www.instagram.com/anthony.manuele www.instagram.com/theartofmove --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-art-of-move/message

Join a community of people diving deeper into a biomechanics, functional fitness training, nutrition, online entrepreneurship, and self mastery with Anthony in THE FORGE; weekly calls and access to a library of comprehensive high-ticket grade courses: https://www.skool.com/throughtheforge/about It's with great honor and excitement to bring you episode 100 of the Art of Move Podcast with none other than the legendary Tom Myers; Thomas Myers studied with Drs. Ida Rolf, Moshe Feldenkrais, and Buckminster Fuller, and with a variety of movement and manual therapy pioneers. His work is influenced by cranial, visceral, and intrinsic movement studies he made with European schools of osteopathy. An inveterate traveler, Tom has practiced integrative manual therapy for close to 50 years in a variety of clinical and cultural settings. Tom is the author of Anatomy Trains (2020, 4th ed), co-author of Fascial Release for Structural Balance (North Atlantic, 2010, 2017), co-author of Anatomy Trains in Motion Study Guide (2019), author of Body3, The Anatomist’s Corner, Structural Integration: Collected Articles, and BodyReading: Visual Assessment and The Anatomy Trains, and has also written extensively for Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies (Elsevier). He has also produced over 20 online learning courses with Anatomy Trains, and others in collaboration with various body-oriented professional groups. Tom lives and sails on the coast of Maine in the USA. Tom and his team conduct professional development courses and certification in Structural Integration worldwide. Additional resources: https://www.anatomytrains.com/about-us/about-tom-myers/ Anatomy Trains Resources: https://www.anatomytrains.com/about-us/resources/ Special Events with Tom Myers: https://www.anatomytrains.com/courses-trainings/special-events/ Anatomy Trains Dissection programs: https://www.anatomytrains.com/courses-trainings/fascial-dissection/ Anatomy Trains Summer courses https://www.anatomytrains.com/courses-trainings/summer/ Follow us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/anthony.manuele www.instagram.com/theartofmove --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-art-of-move/message