HFP Conversations
37 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★ - 2 ratingsWelcome to HFP conversations, a podcast hosted by the founder of Human Flourishing Project Patrick Keating. This podcast features renowned practitioners in the fields of movement and physical culture, mindfulness and embodiment, philosophy and psychology, spirituality, and self development.Human Flourishing Project has an ambitious mission and believes that in order to create positive change in the world we have to create flourishing humans.We do this by empowering individuals to cultivate a state of human flourishing through holistic self development coaching services.These services utilise the HFP method. The HFP method creates human flourishing through laying out a clear process of mind and body practices and learning which enable people to overcome their limitations and flourish.To discover more and receive free resources check out our website and social media linked in the episode description.
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Episodes
DJ Murakami: Internal vs External Torque, Psychedelics, Neck and Jaw Training.
September 11, 2023 07:00 - 2 hours - 89.9 MBIn this fascinating episode DJ and I talk about: how he uses the lens of torque to understand the body and program for his clients, his experiences with his recent microdosing experiments, psychedelics in general, his training history, jaw training and neck training and how they effect the overall function of the rest of the body, how jaw training facilitates creating external and internal torque in movement, the term 'functional exercise' and how it is used and misused, his views on the 'mo...
Joey Bergles: The Leading Edge of Youth Athletic Development.
June 21, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 43.6 MBIn this conversation Joey and I talk about; the current state of sports science and youth training and where it could be improved, having a holistic and wide lens on your coaching practice, what he prioritises for youth when building their foundational movement capacities and strength, his thoughts on the future of sports science, how training kids is different to training adults, why it is safe and good for kids to do resistance training, how he explains the need for mobility to his youth a...
Anastasis Tzanis; Breathwork Deep Dive - Physiology, Psychology, and Practice.
June 06, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 66.8 MBIn this episode Anastasis and I talk about all things breathwork including; his work and teaching with Oxygen Advantage alongside Patrick Mckeown, how he became interested in different styles of training and ultimately breathwork, how posture effects breathing and your physiology, CO2 tolerance and how it effects exercise performance and general wellbeing, physiological misconceptions about breathwork, how to use breathwork to calm the mind, be present, and improve your physiological efficie...
Tom Merrick: The Bodyweight Warrior - A Candid Conversation About Training and Self Development
May 31, 2022 03:00 - 1 hour - 45.9 MBIn this candid and cheerful episode Tom and I talk about; what a day in the life of The Bodyweight Warrior looks like, learning to overcome fears when putting yourself out there on the internet, what Tom struggles most with in his training, training with Emmet Louis, what makes a good coach, his self development journey, and much much more. This episode was very conversational, we covered many more topics than described here, it was great to get to know Tom in a more intimate conversation. ...
James Fuller: Strong Man Archeology - Forgotten Methods for Building Uncommon Strength
May 18, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 79.4 MBIn this episode we talk about; olde time strong man training and the forgotten methods and gems to help us build uncommon strength, James' story and how he got into the old time strong man training, how his training has changed him as a person, the history of how modern sports science and olympic competition has fundamentally changed physical culture especially in terms of resistance training, lateral and rotational strength in the spine and simple protocols and lifts which address these cap...
Joe Worthington: Fight Lift Move + Travel, Growing Up, and Coaching.
February 21, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 70.4 MBIn this conversation we talk about; Joey's movement and training journey from childhood to now, the origin story of Jungle Brothers, what he was like as a kid, his passion for martial arts over his lifetime, his time working in the film industry, the biggest changes in his self- narrative over the last 5 years, what he learnt from training with people like Ido Portal, Emmet Louis, and many other teachers and disciplines, the Fight Lift Move methodology of his Jungle Brothers gym, why BJJ is ...
Thomas Emerson #2: What is Self Development and How Might we Approach it?
February 16, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBIn this episode Tom and I flesh out through topics such as: what is the self and how might we develop it, how do we balance striving and self-acceptance, how do we know that we aren't driven to improve from a sense of deficit or lack, what does it mean to develop, what is Human Flourishing, what are we aiming at in our self development, how do we know we are developing in the way we want and can we measure self development?, how to balance working to improve weaknesses and promote strengths,...
Tim Rowland: The ACL Guy
February 08, 2022 02:00 - 49 minutes - 34.3 MBIn this episode we go deep into all things related to ACL injuries and injure rehab + prevention. Tim's own story, what is the ACL and what visit's function, why ACL injury rates climbing, most effective ways to prevent ACL injury, commonly overlooked methods for ACL injury prevention, best exercises, the role of the hamstrings in protecting your knees, to surgically repair or not to surgically repair... that is the question, the research on operative and non-operative outcomes for ACL injur...
Richard Eve: The Journey From Mental Hardship to Building a Holistic Self-Development Community
October 28, 2021 02:00 - 58 minutes - 40.2 MBThis one is a banger. Richard and I talk about; what Human Flourishing means to him and what it would look like in his life, the parole between our brands, Alive and the bedrock of his work, how Richard overcame mental hardship and became passionate about holistic self-development, synergy in life and in his methods he uses with Alive, the 3 pillars, holistic approaches, limiting beliefs, Alive's 6 core beliefs, the importance of purpose, mindfulness and meditation, the most powerful step to...
John Marsh: Modern Marketing - Storytelling, Empathy, Copywriting, Social Media, Clarity
September 29, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 42.6 MBIn this episode we get into Storytelling, John's personal story from personal trainer to small business coach, limiting beliefs that hold people back from succeeding in a coaching business, how to develop clarity, how and why social media will help your brand grow and tips for success, copywriting and easy frameworks to improve your copywriting, how to write so that people take action, the role of empathy in effective marketing, what John learn't from starting his own gym and lessons from hi...
Rod Cooper: Movement, Self-Relationship, Responsibility, and Living Your Dream Life
September 09, 2021 02:00 - 1 hour - 71.2 MBIn this episode we talk about: what is human flourishing mean to Rod, parts work, his movement practice and self development journey, what movement practice mean to him, the TMC story, competing with the self and others and the effects that has on him, how he cultivates a sense of worthiness and works from a place of abundance, getting out of victimhood and taking complete responsibility, how he has overcome and what he has learned from injuries, structured training vs play, being hard on hi...
Leanne Gerich: A Candid Story of Pitfalls and Learnings Along the Wellness Path
May 27, 2021 03:00 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBLeanne and I dive into: Her personal journey, addiction, body image and negative triggers, positive relating to the body, yoga philosophy, holistic nutrition and common pitfalls to avoid, her journey with eating disorder, why should we eat organic, her perspective on diets, Traditional Chinese Medicine and how it differs from western approaches, what it is to be a teacher, mistakes she has made as a teacher, nature intelligence vs the mind, karma and karmic cycles, different types of breath ...
Antonio Torres: Kung Fu in the Chinese Mountains and the Ido Portal Method- Becoming a Real Life Avatar
April 20, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 63.1 MBIn this epic episode we chat about: teaching vs information transfer, what makes a good and bad student, Antonio's time practicing Kung Fu in the mountains of China, how Chinese and Western culture compare and contrast, Chinese physical culture, training with Ido portal, different types of meditation he uses and the types he practiced in the mountains during his Kung Fu practice, Not using motivation to drive your practice, what makes a good teacher, eastern vs western teaching styles, stoma...
Keagan Bizzell: From Sniper to Men's Coach- A Take on Modern Masculinity
April 09, 2021 02:00 - 1 hour - 81.2 MBIn this episode Keagan and I chat about: the current day problems with masculinity and males finding meaning, what drives him to help men relate to themselves, the most common struggles he sees males facing in the modern day, what it is to be a man, what practices he teaches as a mens coach, The Charge Movement, how being in the army effected his development and lead to a big realisation, what it is like starting and running your own gym, successes in building community and a clientele, Keag...
Jeni Steep: From Corporate Mining to Movement Teacher - A Journey to Self Belief
March 30, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 51.5 MBIn this raw and unique episode Jeni and I talk about: Jeni's movement story, what is it to be a teacher, dealing with confidence issues and overcoming them, Jeni's purpose, overcoming the fear to become someone different, The TMC origin story, how her practice has influenced her feelings of self worth and self belief, cultivating the self, learning to deal with body image issues through relating to the body differently, how to adjust your training around your period cycle, the workmen's work...
James Dooner (@tfc.australia): 'Complete Feet' Everything You Need to Know About Your Foot Function and Health
March 19, 2021 07:00 - 2 hours - 95.3 MBJames and I get into James' training history and how his practice and ideas have evolved, a WHOLE lot about the foot and its important part in the dynamic system of human movement, the origin story fo TFC Australia, what the future of TFC Australia looks like, his current work with football teams, what other training cultures can learn fro physio and what physio can learn from movement culture etc, WHY we should be focussing on our foot health and function, how the arch of the foot and the h...
James Dooner (@tfc.australia): 'Complete Feet' Everything You Need to Know About Your Foot Function and Health
March 19, 2021 07:00 - 2 hours - 95.3 MBJames and I get into James' training history and how his practice and ideas have evolved, a WHOLE lot about the foot and its important part in the dynamic system of human movement, the origin story fo TFC Australia, what the future of TFC Australia looks like, his current work with football teams, what other training cultures can learn fro physio and what physio can learn from movement culture etc, WHY we should be focussing on our foot health and function, how the arch of the foot and the h...
Monica Rottmann: Movement for Healing Trauma, Root Causes of Addiction
March 12, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 63.2 MBIn this unique episode with Monica we chat about: her story from corporate employee to Yoga and meditation teacher and business owner, permission to feel out entire emotional range, Monica's personal struggles and how meditation helped her through them, getting to the root causes of addiction, moving our way through trauma with Non-Linear Movement Therapy, Yoga as a teacher and a practitioner, why a quick fix and one size fits all approach doesn't work and why everyone wants it, discussions...
Will Grant: The Ghetto Movement Story
February 24, 2021 00:00 - 58 minutes - 40.3 MBWill and I cover topics such as: the evolution of ghetto movement, how he has overcome struggles along the way and what has kept him going through hard times, how his business took off after hiring a business coach, building a community, his biggest struggles with getting Ghetto Movement to where it is now, the future for Ghetto movement, his childhood and how growing up influenced his self-image, how training has changed his self-belief and his path forward, lifestyle living, the evolution ...
Will Grant: The Ghetto Movement Story
February 24, 2021 00:00 - 58 minutes - 40.3 MBWill and I cover topics such as: the evolution of ghetto movement, how he has overcome struggles along the way and what has kept him going through hard times, how his business took off after hiring a business coach, building a community, his biggest struggles with getting Ghetto Movement to where it is now, the future for Ghetto movement, his childhood and how growing up influenced his self-image, how training has changed his self-belief and his path forward, lifestyle living, the evolution ...
Oliver Crossley: Zen and the Art of Myth-Busting Movement Misconceptions
February 18, 2021 03:00 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBOliver and I go deep in this chat and get into: modern pain science and common misunderstandings about pain and pain management, spinal health and why we shouldn't treat the spine as fragile, what the movement practice can learn from physio and vice versa, his yoga practice and teaching, addressing hypermobility in people, myth busting physio's that are against yoga (especially "excessive" forward folding), myth busting in general in a movement context, his zen practice, his story with medi...
Ross Blake: Deepening Masculine Presence Through the Lens of Embodied Physicality
February 09, 2021 03:00 - 3 hours - 131 MBRosko has been wide and deep and is a real seeker. We get into almost everything in this episode, and I really mean everything. Rosko's history, what the "movement culture" is missing, his current practices and teachings, masculinity in relation to femininity, how can males manage their masculinity in the modern day, the intersection between sex and movement practice, ego in the movement practice, Charles Poloquin, males most common movement deficits and how to address them, developing pract...
Nil Teisner: Finding flow and Self Actualisation Through Expressive Practice
January 28, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 67.8 MBIn this episode Nil and I talk about; how a movement practice can provide us with meaning, self actualisation, self discovery and creation, motivation, joy and much more, his experiences in the worlds of skateboarding and CrossFit, working with Tom Weksler, living to LIVE instead of living to be healthy and protected from harm, overcoming fears in acrobatics and skateboarding, understanding how concepts from a generalised movement practice can be practically fit into our busy practice schedu...
Craig Mallett: Daoist Arts of the Da Xuan Tradition, Self Cultivation, Reality
January 20, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 73.9 MBThis is a must-listen episode. The insights Craig shared in this conversation are truly eye-opening for me and the clarity and structure around his thoughts ranging from the super esoteric and philosophical to the brutally pragmatic are invaluable. We get into topics such as; Internal and external alchemy, meditation and breath practices of his tradition, self cultivation, the structure of subjective reality, cycles (of time, of events etc), the REAL meaning of Fung Shui, his time and experi...
Jake Clapson: Natural Movement, Exposure to Complexity, and Cultivating Community
January 14, 2021 02:00 - 1 hour - 80.2 MBIn this unique episode Jake and I chat about: rewinding and ancestral living, natural movement and how nature can enrich our movement practice and lives, the complexity of natural movement environment and how that nourishes the mover and human, Jake's story with how he came into his current practices and teachings, his breathwork/meditation practices, Movenat, Jake's brand new book 'How To Thrive In The Modern World', the paleo diet, adaptability in our training, the importance of community ...
Hannah Sky: Women and Girls in Movement Practice, Intuitive Practice, Self Love
December 23, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 66.1 MBIn this episode Hannah and I discuss; Hannah's movement story, Yoga practice and teaching, connecting communities and cross-pollination of ideas, dogmatism, the resilience of the body, women and girls in movement, movement practice as a joy not an obligation, meditation and breath work, awareness, discipline as self-love, book recommendations, intuitive practice, having aspirations instead of goals, how to balance striving with acceptance and much much more! Mbody instragram: @Mbody___ Inst...
Hannah Sky: Women and Girls in Movement Practice, Intuitive Practice, Self Love
December 23, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 66.1 MBIn this episode Hannah and I discuss; Hannah's movement story, Yoga practice and teaching, connecting communities and cross-pollination of ideas, dogmatism, the resilience of the body, women and girls in movement, movement practice as a joy not an obligation, meditation and breath work, awareness, discipline as self-love, book recommendations, intuitive practice, having aspirations instead of goals, how to balance striving with acceptance and much much more! Mbody instragram: @Mbody___ Inst...
Phaon Phipat: A Passive Hang
December 11, 2020 02:00 - 1 hour - 66.4 MBIn this episode the role are reversed, Phaon Phipat the host of "The Passive Hang" podcast joins me today to talk about: Phaon's movement story, what "movement culture" means to him, experiences training by himself and with coaches, the heroes journey, accelerated learning, Phaon's current goals and practice, fitting in trining around life, the future of the passive hang and Phaon's teaching, social aspect of movement practice, goal defining and process design, Phaon's book recommendations,...
Lucas Aaron @rangeofstrength: Principles and Methods for Effective Mobility Training
December 09, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 78 MBIn this episode we get into: Lucas' training story, the most influential teachers on him (Emmet Louis and others), mobility specifics and his methods and approaches surround; front and middle splits, bridge, hanging and shoulder mobility, rotations in joints etc, we also get into the principles underlying his mobility methods and why they are so effective, his position in Real MVMT, knees over toes training and the myths surround it, speeding up mobility gains and common set backs and how to...
Jason Round: A Philosophy of Movement Practice
November 25, 2020 03:00 - 2 hours - 107 MBJason and I get into juicy topic such as: his story and how his conceptualisation of movement practice has evolved, what we are missing in our lower body training, his concept of proofing, intention in movement, providing open resources, his "Elements" program and his online coaching offerings, the concept of quality, developing a fundamental curiosity in your students as a teacher, the diaphragm and breath practices he teaches and practices, flood communication, how he has learned, movement...
Tom Langley: Deep Nutrition; Beyond Dogma and Details and Into Your Relationship With Food
November 18, 2020 03:00 - 2 hours - 87.5 MBIn the episode we dive into: Tom's story of ups and downs with his relationship to food and eating, diets like Keto, carnivore, veganism, low and high carb, fibre etc, low carb diets and resistance training, healthy eating hacks and tricks, cooking, supplements, how the food production system effects what we eat and the quality of the food, distracted and mindful eating, body image, food as information, fasting, his nutritional coaching, Tom's movement practice and teaching, meditation, advi...
Tom Langley: Deep Nutrition; Beyond Dogma and Details and Into Your Relationship With Food
November 18, 2020 03:00 - 2 hours - 87.5 MBIn the episode we dive into: Tom's story of ups and downs with his relationship to food and eating, diets like Keto, carnivore, veganism, low and high carb, fibre etc, low carb diets and resistance training, healthy eating hacks and tricks, cooking, supplements, how the food production system effects what we eat and the quality of the food, distracted and mindful eating, body image, food as information, fasting, his nutritional coaching, Tom's movement practice and teaching, meditation, advi...
Joseph Bartz: How To Live a Good Life In The Modern World
November 11, 2020 02:00 - 1 hour - 79.9 MBHow do we move beyond building capacity and start to develop ourselves as a human being?, how the environment and nature effects his practice and teaching, developing athleticism, what is "the good life"?, the mental practice Joseph practices and teaches, details about his workshops, crafting and working with the hands, teaching students at different levels, what makes a good teacher, practices for base line health, explorative walking, how much strength do we really need?, states of moving...
Aaron Griffiths: Tantric sex, Movement Practice, Breathwork, Meditation, Humility.
November 04, 2020 02:00 - 2 hours - 91.6 MBAaron and I cover topics such as: Aaron’s journey into movement and a conscious life, psychedelics, breath work, transcendental and other forms of meditation, tantric sex, ice baths, learning movement by yourself vs with a teacher, how to take yourself less seriously, his experiences with Ido Portal and his main take aways, managing the ego in practice, fitting in practice as a dad, Brazilian Ju Jitsu, movement resources, and much much more. Mbody instragram: @Mbody___ Instagram profile lin...
Joachim Hilderson: Mobility Deep Dive
October 23, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 74.5 MBEnd range strength, overcoming the stretch reflex with strength, overcoming isometrics, Emmet Louis, bodyflexx, FRC, increasing compression, protocols for addressing; ankle dorsiflexion, shoulder flexion, shoulder internal rotation, thoracic extension and others, the assessment movements Joachim uses, working with athletes, body building, his unique view on mobility training volume, anatomy vs functional anatomy, online coaching, travel, what Joachim is working on in his own practice, practi...
Wil Brown: Movement Practice and Exploring the Border Between Chaos and Order
October 23, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 77.1 MBWil's movement journey, London Movement Group, movement teaching, Tom weksler and Marcello Palozzo, climbing, meditation, Wil's Zero Point practice, balancing order and chaos in our practices, Wil's four stage model for movement practice, the future of the fitness culture, Wil's monthly reflection practice, plagiarism and giving credit for your teachers, how to create community, group regulation, Wil's top book recommendations and much more! Mbody instragram: @Mbody___ Instagram profile l...
Thomas Emerson: Praksis, Movement, and Self Transformation
October 23, 2020 05:00 - 2 hours - 102 MBMatching teaching styles to the student's level, linear vs non-linear movement practice, how our environments change us and how we can consciously construct them to change us, how to frame and approach describing movement to the lay person, chaos and order in movement practice, bottom up vs top down change, training qualities instead of movements, Simon Thakur and Ido Portal, efficiency as knowing when to relax embodiment, where Tom wants to take Praksis, trauma in the body, the mechanistic ...