Topics
- The three main bio-energies and their ***-ness.
- How to help them.
- Vie does not need help. Tim does.
- Mobility Training before, during and after the flight.
- The Spartan Squat Pose: https://youtu.be/AIfWysRGJ6k
- Nutrition before, during and after the flight.
- Habits before, during and after the flight.
- The Blue Blockers: https://amzn.to/2x34r75
- The worst thing you can do for air travel.
Resources
Global Ayurveda Conferences can be found at: https://www.globalayurvedaconferences.com/
Air Beautiful can be found at: http://airbeautiful.com/
Picasso’s Moon can be found at: https://www.instagram.com/picassosmoon/
100-hr Ayurveda for the Mind Course on the island of Aegina, Greece: https://spartanmindstrength.com/ayurveda-for-the-mind-aegina-greece-100-hr-immersion-training/
Global Ayurveda Conference on the Island of Aegina, Greece: https://www.globalayurvedaconferences.com/aegina-conference-page.html
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Audio Transcript
WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:08.960 --> 00:00:15.590 The Spartan Mind Strength podcast the podcast for mental grit and resilience 00:00:15.590 --> 00:00:27.210 hosted by Vie Binga and Tim Ganley -- Hello 00:00:29.450 --> 00:00:36.960 -- this is Vie -- and this is Tim -- and this is episode 6 of our Spartan mind strength 00:00:36.960 --> 00:00:42.420 podcast -- yes actually our episode came up yesterday 00:00:42.420 --> 00:00:48.960 we're now on Apple and all of those things -- exactly -- we started yesterday so today is 00:00:48.960 --> 00:00:55.769 actually October 1st -- yes happy October -- and tomorrow we're flying to Greece so 00:00:55.769 --> 00:01:02.210 this episode is mainly (there'll be some tangents -- of course -- and stuff like that) but mainly 00:01:02.210 --> 00:01:09.330 going to be about a raja ayurveda look at traveling -- stay tuned we'll be right 00:01:09.330 --> 00:01:12.260 back -- 00:01:17.170 --> 00:01:23.420 this first part is brought to you by global ayurveda conference's bringing 00:01:23.420 --> 00:01:28.970 Ayurveda all over the world -- we're going to be talking mainly about Raja Ayurveda 00:01:28.970 --> 00:01:38.590 and flying but even though flying wasn't around back when ayurveda was created unless you listen to 00:01:40.510 --> 00:01:52.460 astronaut theorists say there was flying -- ancient astronaut theorists says yes -- yes but for this talk -- let's assume -- let's assume that 00:01:52.460 --> 00:02:00.650 humans weren't flying so how do you bring in Ayurveda to something that 00:02:00.650 --> 00:02:07.940 didn't exist because you can't say that okay they wrote this in the books on how 00:02:07.940 --> 00:02:16.370 ayurveda for traveling exists -- it's the same thing as ayurveda's view on coffee and 00:02:16.370 --> 00:02:24.230 chocolate you use Ayurveda the way it was intended which is you use it as a 00:02:24.230 --> 00:02:31.640 framework to analyze different situations ayurveda gives us the frame 00:02:31.640 --> 00:02:38.180 the framework through the qualities the 20 qualities the five elements the three 00:02:38.180 --> 00:02:44.269 bio energies and -- bio energies are the other stuff we'll be talking about we'll 00:02:44.269 --> 00:02:49.310 be talking about all of this forever but quick synopsis of what is a bio energy 00:02:49.310 --> 00:02:54.590 because that's gonna be important for this right -- exactly very important so Ayurveda 00:02:54.590 --> 00:02:59.300 says that there are three bio energies first we'll name them and then 00:02:59.300 --> 00:03:09.070 we'll analyze them there is the Vata Pitta and kapha the vata bioenergy is 00:03:09.070 --> 00:03:15.769 the bioenergy of movement -- the bioenergy is not something you can see 00:03:15.769 --> 00:03:20.630 necessarily but you feel it so the vata bio-energy is all about 00:03:20.630 --> 00:03:25.600 movement think the air element has a lot of movement in it think the space 00:03:25.600 --> 00:03:33.490 element so travel for example has a lot of that vata bioenergy it's a lot about 00:03:33.490 --> 00:03:42.930 movement the pitta bioenergy is about transformation think fire think water it 00:03:42.930 --> 00:03:49.150 transforms things mainly fire a little bit less water and like it would be 00:03:49.150 --> 00:03:55.270 turbulent water and then the kapha bio-energy -- quick question on that so but 00:03:55.270 --> 00:04:00.370 does that fit into here being in st. Pete and then ending up in Greece is 00:04:00.370 --> 00:04:07.600 that what -- that has a lot of the movement in it and it has -- transform -- some of the 00:04:07.600 --> 00:04:14.890 transformation because it's it's the environment has shifted has changed 00:04:14.890 --> 00:04:21.160 there is a lot of transformation going on that's that's exactly correct I was 00:04:21.160 --> 00:04:28.540 trying to keep it a little bit simpler but and then kapha is the bio energy of 00:04:28.540 --> 00:04:37.200 stability think calm stable static water think earth -- where's that in flying -- 00:04:37.200 --> 00:04:42.160 there isn't exactly that's why you want to bring it in 00:04:42.160 --> 00:04:51.430 wow you're on today so the idea is ayurveda says okay look at the air travel 00:04:51.430 --> 00:04:55.979 what do you have a lot of you have a lot of movement and you have a lot of 00:04:55.979 --> 00:05:03.550 transformation and not necessarily good transformation because another part of 00:05:03.550 --> 00:05:12.720 the transformation is the inflammation like as in bacteria and viruses too so 00:05:12.720 --> 00:05:19.090 so what do you want to do you want to bring in a lot of the kapha a lot of the 00:05:19.090 --> 00:05:27.010 stability and the easiest way you're not gonna like me for this the easiest way 00:05:27.010 --> 00:05:34.450 to do that to bring in the stability during flying is to fall asleep 00:05:34.450 --> 00:05:41.360 while on the plane -- which I can't do at all -- and most people cannot do 00:05:41.360 --> 00:05:50.970 that's why we want to analyze everything else that you can do -- so Vie can sleep 00:05:50.970 --> 00:05:57.540 because of your parents - I am blessed -- your upbringing your mother was -- she worked for 00:05:57.540 --> 00:06:04.800 several airlines in Greece and we had free tickets everywhere and -- your father -- and 00:06:04.800 --> 00:06:11.790 my father was the head of the Civil Aviation Authority and we had access -- so you've lived at the 00:06:11.790 --> 00:06:14.940 airport -- exactly exactly I used to go to the 00:06:14.940 --> 00:06:24.360 cockpit during a lot of flights and hang out with the pilots -- nice -- what because 00:06:24.360 --> 00:06:29.670 tomorrow we leave we head for Greece we fly out we're flying Emirates so we head 00:06:29.670 --> 00:06:38.730 we leave from Tampa to Newark and we are stuck there for a while -- and then Athens -- and then Athens -- yes so we'll be in Athens like 00:06:38.730 --> 00:06:47.670 Wednesday afternoon local time -- we started preparing for this travel almost 00:06:47.670 --> 00:06:51.570 a couple weeks ago -- yeah a couple of weeks ago yes -- because you want to do 00:06:51.570 --> 00:06:57.990 certain things -- you want to prepare ahead of time you want to start adjusting you 00:06:57.990 --> 00:07:04.320 want to start start helping your bio energies and there are a lot of things 00:07:04.320 --> 00:07:12.410 you can do in terms of movement in terms of food and in terms of habits and 00:07:12.410 --> 00:07:21.870 that's what we'll start talking about -- do you like what you hear the Spartan mind strength 00:07:21.870 --> 00:07:26.370 podcast is available on Apple podcast and all other popular podcast 00:07:26.370 --> 00:07:31.800 destinations please subscribe today and consider leaving us a rating and review 00:07:31.800 --> 00:07:36.199 it helps us spread the word and help others find our content 00:07:36.199 --> 00:07:41.400 don't forget to leave a comment and any questions you may have Tim and Vie would 00:07:41.400 --> 00:07:46.949 love to hear from you 00:07:47.180 --> 00:07:53.820 and we're back the first thing is movement a lot of mobility -- mobility 00:07:53.820 --> 00:08:04.200 mobility mobility you want to be doing a lot of mobility training for a couple of 00:08:04.200 --> 00:08:09.800 weeks before you are going to fly -- Sun Salutations get-ups -- Sun Salutations 00:08:09.800 --> 00:08:20.700 Spartan get ups -- and wild table rock pose -- squats lunges -- the peanut butter jar 00:08:20.700 --> 00:08:28.910 thing -- the coconut manna jar -- so lots of different movements to keep us mobile 00:08:28.910 --> 00:08:35.910 -- exactly because what's going to happen is you may not have the chance to be 00:08:35.910 --> 00:08:43.440 able to get up and move around as much while on the airplane -- and then the one that both 00:08:43.440 --> 00:08:51.270 of us hate the most is the standing in the low low squat to help to -- yes you want 00:08:51.270 --> 00:08:57.450 to put a link on this episode for that -- sure sure -- yeah it's sitting 00:08:57.450 --> 00:09:02.580 in a low squat -- yeah but you call it something special isn't it the Spartan 00:09:02.580 --> 00:09:08.490 squat -- yes actually I do call it the Spartan squat because it is painful in 00:09:08.490 --> 00:09:11.580 every way -- yes and everyone at the studio hated 00:09:11.580 --> 00:09:16.440 that one -- yes -- so it's a great one to do -- and everybody can do it and they can do 00:09:16.440 --> 00:09:22.260 a modification of it -- that's before -- yes -- now we are at the airport -- so whatever your mobility 00:09:22.260 --> 00:09:28.800 training choice is just go ahead and do it -- but now we're at the airport we 00:09:28.800 --> 00:09:32.190 do something different -- while at the airport 00:09:32.190 --> 00:09:39.000 try not to just sit walk around that's why it's also good to travel light 00:09:39.000 --> 00:09:44.610 because then it gives you the chance to walk around walk around walk around walk 00:09:44.610 --> 00:09:51.510 around stand just don't sit -- yeah we're going to Greece for six weeks to 00:09:51.510 --> 00:09:55.650 set up all these trainings pick the olives all of those things and we're 00:09:55.650 --> 00:10:01.730 bringing three carry-ons for both of us and that includes all the computer gear -- exactly and 00:10:01.730 --> 00:10:07.279 no checking no checking three carry-ons and that includes yes all of the 00:10:07.279 --> 00:10:14.480 electronics so you can do it -- it takes a while but it does work -- it may lead to 00:10:14.480 --> 00:10:23.750 some domestics but it's worth it -- on the plane -- on the plane um well I sleep 00:10:23.750 --> 00:10:35.600 so I am good -- you should get up and walk -- yeah you should get up and walk just get up and walk like 00:10:35.600 --> 00:10:41.810 every 20 minutes or every half hour just move around even while sitting see if 00:10:41.810 --> 00:10:47.199 you can sit like cross-legged just crossing one leg at a time just do 00:10:47.199 --> 00:10:52.819 something -- point and flex your feet if that's the only thing you can do while 00:10:52.819 --> 00:10:57.769 you are waiting -- exactly -- stretch like raise your arms overhead and stretch you know -- 00:10:57.769 --> 00:11:00.230 don't hit the people behind you in front of you or next to you -- 00:11:00.230 --> 00:11:04.519 yes stretch your obliques your sides 00:11:04.519 --> 00:11:14.180 just do something fidgeting even is is healthy just do that -- when we land -- 00:11:14.180 --> 00:11:21.850 -- and when we land again mobility mobility mobility as much as possible 00:11:21.850 --> 00:11:28.339 and the other thing we try to do we don't always succeed depends on the 00:11:28.339 --> 00:11:34.730 environment is go out at a park or something on the beach if you can and 00:11:34.730 --> 00:11:41.689 walk barefoot but that depends on your environment -- and that's the kaphaness -- and that -- kaphaness that's a word right -- the 00:11:41.689 --> 00:11:49.459 kaphaness oh my goodness I think I will remember that forever -- kaphaness -- that's that's raising 00:11:49.459 --> 00:11:57.589 the good kapha quality that is giving you grounding that's the best 00:11:57.589 --> 00:12:03.740 thing you can do and not just in terms of movement the walking but in terms of 00:12:03.740 --> 00:12:11.660 your mitochondria you are bringing in good gut bacteria but then again when we 00:12:11.660 --> 00:12:18.080 say walk barefoot use common sense please and only do it if the environment 00:12:18.080 --> 00:12:25.670 is conducive for that otheriwse your kaphaness will lead into 00:12:25.670 --> 00:12:32.960 bad pittaness because you are gonna pick up things you don't want to like 00:12:32.960 --> 00:12:39.470 bad bacteria and viruses -- movement is very important -- movement is very important if 00:12:39.470 --> 00:12:44.410 you haven't gotten the point by now movement is very important -- number two is 00:12:44.410 --> 00:12:50.510 nutrients what do we eat and not eat before during and after so let's go with 00:12:50.510 --> 00:12:58.040 before -- okay so there are two things that are going on here you want to bring as much 00:12:58.040 --> 00:13:06.860 good kapha as possible to keep the vata at bay so grounding and stability you 00:13:06.860 --> 00:13:13.450 wanna bring in and also you want to support your immune system against any 00:13:13.450 --> 00:13:22.900 negative pitta so you want hydration you want good fats 00:13:22.900 --> 00:13:32.390 -- oleation -- oleation and you want nutrients for your immune system okay hydration 00:13:32.390 --> 00:13:39.110 you want good electrolytes so don't just think water -- don't think Gatorade 00:13:39.110 --> 00:13:44.540 either -- yeah no my goodness don't think Gatorade yes thank you for that don't 00:13:44.540 --> 00:13:51.950 think soda so hydration is clean water filtered water and good electrolytes and 00:13:51.950 --> 00:13:59.960 when we say electrolytes we are talking Himalayan salt lime or lemon and a 00:13:59.960 --> 00:14:04.850 little bit of good sugar to assist with that which would be the raw 00:14:04.850 --> 00:14:09.920 unfiltered honey -- as long as you can eat honey -- as long as you can eat honey -- oh by 00:14:09.920 --> 00:14:16.340 the way attorney thing if -- yes yeah -- don't do anything you shouldn't do 00:14:16.340 --> 00:14:20.510 -- full disclaimer don't do anything you shouldn't be doing or anything a doctor 00:14:20.510 --> 00:14:25.389 a medical doctor has told you not to do and so 00:14:25.389 --> 00:14:32.500 good electrolytes and if you cannot do honey maple syrup organic raw maple 00:14:32.500 --> 00:14:39.550 syrup is the best in terms of good fats you want your extra virgin coconut oil 00:14:39.550 --> 00:14:45.399 your extra virgin olive oil careful when you buy olive oils a lot of times they 00:14:45.399 --> 00:14:55.120 have canola oil in them -- and canola oil that's a whole another podcast -- yes that would be a very long tangent we would have to go on 00:14:55.120 --> 00:15:04.180 so no and since we started no vegetable oils period and then good grass-fed 00:15:04.180 --> 00:15:13.180 butter good grass-fed ghee good lard if you can tallow all that and avocados 00:15:13.180 --> 00:15:22.300 if you can if they are in season and we said hydration we said fat and now the 00:15:22.300 --> 00:15:29.829 immune system to support your immune system the best thing you can do is have 00:15:29.829 --> 00:15:37.089 bone broth we make our own bone broth but you can always get good bone broth 00:15:37.089 --> 00:15:43.269 from the store as long as it is grass-fed -- grass finished -- and grass finished 00:15:43.269 --> 00:15:52.089 and you're usually gonna find it in the frozen section -- yes -- not in the what 00:15:52.089 --> 00:16:02.319 is the soup regular bad broth section so that's what you want to do before in 00:16:02.319 --> 00:16:10.839 terms of food -- on the plane ideally you -- real quick before we get on the 00:16:10.839 --> 00:16:15.519 plane is we cut out any any dry food like salads 00:16:15.519 --> 00:16:23.500 -- yep no raw perfect yes no raw food like salads nuts -- that all feeds the vata -- 00:16:23.500 --> 00:16:31.150 that all raises the vata and that's what you do not want to do and no cold 00:16:31.150 --> 00:16:37.780 no we cut all well we don't drink cold drinks but if you were to be drinking 00:16:37.780 --> 00:16:42.450 cold drinks you don't wanna have cold drinks -- no ice cream 00:16:42.450 --> 00:16:44.450 and yogurt today -- no 00:16:44.490 --> 00:16:54.370 no you can have it I am not it's not worth it so and then on the plane again 00:16:54.370 --> 00:17:00.700 we stay away from all the peanuts nuts pretzels they are dry they have 00:17:00.700 --> 00:17:06.370 vegetable oils in them they are just terrible -- we actually don't even eat anything -- we don't eat the airplane food 00:17:06.370 --> 00:17:15.130 we do not touch it we do we do time restricted eating it's not only that you 00:17:15.130 --> 00:17:20.459 stay away from any bad stuff that you would be putting in your body you also 00:17:20.459 --> 00:17:28.480 through the not eating assist your mitochondria who creates the energy of 00:17:28.480 --> 00:17:41.220 life and then when we land we go for great warm home-cooked style food again -- yeah 00:17:41.220 --> 00:17:46.270 when we went to Okinawa they took us to a great restaurant and we had -- it was the best 00:17:46.270 --> 00:17:55.210 thing ever -- it was pigs feet and some type of -- some type -- organ soup -- yeah organ soup it was 00:17:55.210 --> 00:18:02.500 warm and those noodles whatever they were buckwheat noodle -- yes yes yes -- oh my god it 00:18:02.500 --> 00:18:09.010 was like the best thing you can have after a long flight -- and that really kicks -- and that yeah we 00:18:09.010 --> 00:18:14.980 didn't feel anything we had even way more energy than before leaving -- we 00:18:14.980 --> 00:18:19.570 actually had more energy than some of the people that were taking us around -- oh 00:18:19.570 --> 00:18:26.350 of course yeah but yeah it was amazing so home-cooked meal lots of good fat 00:18:26.350 --> 00:18:32.710 lots of good oleation your good electrolytes and your are set -- that's food -- 00:18:32.710 --> 00:18:40.870 that's food -- we'll be right back with some more stuff -- yay -- 00:18:46.870 --> 00:18:48.870 -- and we are back -- 00:18:49.029 --> 00:18:55.700 this next section is brought to you by Snow Shimazu of air beautiful all about 00:18:55.700 --> 00:19:02.149 staying sane while traveling we'll have the link in the comment section of 00:19:02.149 --> 00:19:13.519 course -- of course -- so now we're getting into habits and the -- habits -- habits -- and we're 00:19:13.519 --> 00:19:18.860 going to talk about before during and after so what do we start doing before 00:19:18.860 --> 00:19:28.220 we start traveling -- time restricted eating and intermittent fasting what it is 00:19:28.220 --> 00:19:35.210 basically is you eat eat eat and then you don't eat for anywhere between 12 to 00:19:35.210 --> 00:19:40.460 24 hours no caloric intake -- and I want to jump in 00:19:40.460 --> 00:19:44.059 real quick because some people that are listening might say well that that's 00:19:44.059 --> 00:19:51.380 today's fad -- fad exactly -- and it's not a fad this actually this is what what is the ayurvedic term 00:19:51.380 --> 00:19:57.019 for this -- this is as ayurvedic as they come it is considered the most important 00:19:57.019 --> 00:20:04.610 practice to address any imbalance and the Sanskrit word for it is langhana 00:20:04.610 --> 00:20:12.440 and the reason it is so it is the most important health practice is 00:20:12.440 --> 00:20:21.230 because it helps your ahara rasa which is considered the input to your rasa 00:20:21.230 --> 00:20:31.730 dhatu in other words it helps clean up what goes into your body that will feed 00:20:31.730 --> 00:20:40.070 the tissues -- and what that means is -- just do it -- because because this is thousands 00:20:40.070 --> 00:20:45.080 of years old and it's not a today's fad -- no it's not -- eating every two to three hours 00:20:45.080 --> 00:20:51.200 is a today's fad because that's only ten years old twenty years old -- yeah -- it 00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:55.660 doesn't fit -- yeah -- the way that ayurveda the way 00:20:55.660 --> 00:21:02.200 that Greek medicine had talked about in the scriptures -- and this is one of the 00:21:02.200 --> 00:21:07.420 things that both systems of medicine both ayurveda and ancient Greek medicine 00:21:07.420 --> 00:21:13.780 were saying it is the most important thing you can do for your body is stop 00:21:13.780 --> 00:21:21.370 feeding it all the time -- and we'll get into fasting a lot because that's one of 00:21:21.370 --> 00:21:27.690 the main things that we like to do so let's jump though to travel -- so basically what 00:21:27.690 --> 00:21:32.740 exactly so before traveling a couple of weeks before traveling what you wanna do 00:21:32.740 --> 00:21:40.750 is have your last meal or your last caloric intake say your glass of wine by 00:21:40.750 --> 00:21:50.140 8 o clock in the evening and then do not put any calories in your body for at 00:21:50.140 --> 00:21:56.140 least 12 hours which means 8 o clock the next day that would be 12 hours if you 00:21:56.140 --> 00:22:00.820 want to do 14 hours it would be 10 o clock so it is really easy to do so 00:22:00.820 --> 00:22:08.560 that's what we do a lot well we do it all the time -- all the time but we make sure that we follow it -- 00:22:08.560 --> 00:22:13.120 exactly -- two weeks before -- and that's why we mentioned when we are on the plane 00:22:13.120 --> 00:22:19.840 which all together it can be more than twelve hours we just don't eat and and 00:22:19.840 --> 00:22:25.600 then once we arrive there after the first couple of days we do it again this 00:22:25.600 --> 00:22:30.550 way you allow your body to cleanse and rejuvenate 00:22:30.550 --> 00:22:37.420 no caloric intake means you can have black coffee you can have your tea with 00:22:37.420 --> 00:22:40.540 as long -- but I wouldn't be drinking black coffee on the plane -- 00:22:40.540 --> 00:22:45.370 no no no no no no we do not put anything in our body that comes from the 00:22:45.370 --> 00:22:53.020 plane except -- sparkling water -- sparkling water which comes out of a sealed bottle because even the water the 00:22:53.020 --> 00:22:59.230 regular water bottles -- can be -- can be -- refilled -- yes -- a lot of the planes 00:22:59.230 --> 00:23:03.430 actually refill the water bottles -- exactly -- and then bring them and that refilling is coming 00:23:03.430 --> 00:23:06.310 from the tanks which you don't know the last 00:23:06.310 --> 00:23:16.990 time -- exactly -- that was cleaned -- and you may be putting bad pittaness in your body doing that -- see I created a whole new slang -- yes so that's 00:23:16.990 --> 00:23:21.010 about the time restricted eating and intermittent fasting -- supplements -- 00:23:21.010 --> 00:23:30.220 supplements we like to take activated coconut charcoal which is again an 00:23:30.220 --> 00:23:36.040 extremely old practice because charcoal was being used to help people 00:23:36.040 --> 00:23:41.890 get rid of -- poisons -- and -- with that though you don't want to eat activated charcoal 00:23:41.890 --> 00:23:46.510 with good food -- no because then you're missing out on everything -- because it's sucking all the 00:23:46.510 --> 00:23:50.650 goodness out of what you just put in your body we take the activated charcoal 00:23:50.650 --> 00:23:55.600 because we're on the plane breathing in a whole bunch of stuff -- exactly that's why we 00:23:55.600 --> 00:24:01.900 take it and we take it like on an empty stomach and -- or if we did eat bad -- or if we did 00:24:01.900 --> 00:24:11.650 eat bad because of whatever -- so that's and then krill oil -- krill oil -- we like to take some extra 00:24:11.650 --> 00:24:22.060 krill oil because the omega-3s is exactly what you need to to pretty much to 00:24:22.060 --> 00:24:28.180 prevent any inflammation omega-3s are really important because a lot of what 00:24:28.180 --> 00:24:35.560 you're you may be breathing in or eating or whatever has too many omega sixes and 00:24:35.560 --> 00:24:41.740 again we do wait 12 hours before we put the krill oil because that is fat -- exactly the 00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:45.820 krill oil is fat and it is considered calories and you don't want to take 00:24:45.820 --> 00:24:50.770 krill oil together with coconut charcoal because then you are missing out on all of the benefits -- you just 00:24:50.770 --> 00:25:00.550 spent a whole bunch of money on nothing -- exactly and -- glasses -- glasses blue blockers or 00:25:00.550 --> 00:25:08.920 blue light blockers this is something we wear a lot when we are inside you know 00:25:08.920 --> 00:25:13.480 bad lighting which is pretty much everywhere and we don't wear them all 00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:17.659 the time though but on the plane on the airplane and the 00:25:17.659 --> 00:25:26.840 airports you just have way too many bad rays hitting you and that's why we like 00:25:26.840 --> 00:25:33.440 to wear the blue blockers and there are several out there now we have just a 00:25:33.440 --> 00:25:39.169 couple of favorite ones and we'll put the link in the comment section and they 00:25:39.169 --> 00:25:44.779 I believe also they look really cool so to me -- if you've ever seen her 00:25:44.779 --> 00:25:48.409 YouTube videos you will know that she wears them pretty much all the time -- yes -- 00:25:48.409 --> 00:25:55.210 next is the socks -- yeah compression socks and air beautiful has great 00:25:55.210 --> 00:25:59.600 compression socks they are actually -- in fact those are the ones we use -- those are the 00:25:59.600 --> 00:26:06.139 ones we use and I didn't know how great they were until I actually used 00:26:06.139 --> 00:26:11.840 them and we wear them like pretty much from the moment we leave our place to 00:26:11.840 --> 00:26:19.519 the moment we land -- yep -- and they help they really do help a lot if you have to just 00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:27.590 sit a lot they they just they just work -- and then we bring layerings -- layering is 00:26:27.590 --> 00:26:34.009 the most important thing at least for me in terms of clothing because the 00:26:34.009 --> 00:26:39.710 temperature changes the airport maybe depending on where you are depending on 00:26:39.710 --> 00:26:46.009 which say lounge you are at -- like right now it's 98 degrees outside -- yeah -- when we 00:26:46.009 --> 00:26:50.389 hit the airport it'll be 50 degrees -- so depending on where you are and then on 00:26:50.389 --> 00:26:55.820 the airplane also the temperature changes so again you want to minimize as 00:26:55.820 --> 00:27:01.490 much of the vataness the movement the change in temperature you want to 00:27:01.490 --> 00:27:06.559 minimize it you want to help your body yes when you are 00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:13.970 healthy your body will thermoregulate on its own but why add an extra stressor 00:27:13.970 --> 00:27:20.210 to your body so layers work great this way you don't have to carry around 00:27:20.210 --> 00:27:27.139 really thick stuff bulky stuff like sweaters and things like that so layers 00:27:27.139 --> 00:27:32.179 work great -- we get we're using patagonia -- 00:27:32.179 --> 00:27:38.389 yeah Patagonia's jackets and shirts -- because they pack up really small so it's very 00:27:38.389 --> 00:27:45.950 easy to carry the rain gear and their jackets we take it everywhere -- and they look really cool 00:27:45.950 --> 00:27:56.029 they match my sunglasses and then lounges -- yes spend the money on being 00:27:56.029 --> 00:28:01.419 able to get into a lounge because when you're doing like a six hour layover 00:28:01.419 --> 00:28:09.379 man it's nice to be in the lounge instead of in sitting on a hard -- exactly yes in 00:28:09.379 --> 00:28:16.399 the main area it is it is great it is worth it so -- in fact sometimes we 00:28:16.399 --> 00:28:20.090 actually even try to get the lay over so we can go spend the time in the lounge 00:28:20.090 --> 00:28:24.200 -- yeah some of those lounges are pretty impressive the lounge in athens 00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:30.590 has one of the best dishes of lamb and potatoes I've ever had -- and that's going 00:28:30.590 --> 00:28:37.360 from that's going from Athens to -- to London -- to London yes oh my goodness -- excellent 00:28:37.360 --> 00:28:39.080 one of the best lunges I've ever been in 00:28:39.080 --> 00:28:45.139 China's lounge was nice too -- oh yeah it was it was really good -- we were in China for what we had a layover 00:28:45.139 --> 00:28:51.559 14 or 15 hours -- yes -- and so we had to leave because it was overnight so we had 00:28:51.559 --> 00:28:56.480 to leave the International Airport and go outside and then we got to come back 00:28:56.480 --> 00:29:02.740 in right when it opened in the morning -- fresh food and everything -- we hit that and their food was excellent 00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:08.330 -- their service -- the people there was beyond wonderful -- yeah they spent forty five minutes 00:29:08.330 --> 00:29:13.850 trying to help me set up the internet connection and they didn't complain at 00:29:13.850 --> 00:29:19.610 all -- no -- so if you get into the lounge it is very simple and it costs us because 00:29:19.610 --> 00:29:33.529 you are you are a - american express priority pass -- priority pass so you're free and I'm sometimes a free pass and sometimes not -- and you are a companion -- I'm a companion 00:29:33.529 --> 00:29:36.780 so the lounge is by far one of the biggest things that 00:29:36.780 --> 00:29:42.500 makes traveling simple -- yes it adds a lot 00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:50.310 and next is grounding right like -- do things that ground you -- do things 00:29:50.310 --> 00:29:56.790 that ground you so when you get there when you arrive to your destination go 00:29:56.790 --> 00:30:03.510 outside find a clean place and walk around barefoot if possible otherwise 00:30:03.510 --> 00:30:08.310 just walk around and observe your surroundings just for a little bit -- and 00:30:08.310 --> 00:30:12.420 if you can't even with that because sometimes the layovers we can't but 00:30:12.420 --> 00:30:19.410 grounding poses such as one-legged stuff tree -- one legged balancing poses yes -- 00:30:19.410 --> 00:30:25.410 are extremely grounding and you don't even have to do the whole pose so people 00:30:25.410 --> 00:30:30.540 look at you weird -- yes -- if you want to you can but just taking one foot off the ground 00:30:30.540 --> 00:30:36.330 will start getting your body back into being grounded -- exactly so if you can get 00:30:36.330 --> 00:30:41.790 outside and walk around and observe your surroundings please do that just for a 00:30:41.790 --> 00:30:50.850 couple of minutes and if not then just the one-legged balancing poses even in 00:30:50.850 --> 00:30:57.090 your tiny hotel room will do wonders they are more powerful than you think 00:30:57.090 --> 00:31:02.610 you may think oh that's too easy too simple simple doesn't mean that it 00:31:02.610 --> 00:31:06.810 doesn't work actually simple is the most powerful and one of the other things 00:31:06.810 --> 00:31:11.700 that we didn't mention but we start doing right about what two weeks 00:31:11.700 --> 00:31:19.140 out is no inversions -- oh yes no inversions no -- before during and after 00:31:19.140 --> 00:31:26.670 -- yes because inversions are the worst thing you can do for your vata and pitta 00:31:26.670 --> 00:31:33.780 bioenergies it will aggravate the heck out of them so that means no head stands no 00:31:33.780 --> 00:31:41.580 arm balancing inversions not holding down dogs not holding standing forward 00:31:41.580 --> 00:31:45.060 folds none of that anything that brings the 00:31:45.060 --> 00:31:51.410 head below the heart is considered an inversion and it's the worst thing you can 00:31:51.410 --> 00:31:56.990 do for your vata and pitta bioenergies and you won't know it until 00:31:56.990 --> 00:32:03.800 it is way too late -- yeah because it's a very subtle -- it is a very very subtle energy 00:32:03.800 --> 00:32:09.800 that it brings in so the imbalance is going to take a while to manifest in a 00:32:09.800 --> 00:32:15.590 way that you can realize it because what happens is we do not realize how screwed 00:32:15.590 --> 00:32:20.770 up we are while we are screwing ourselves up -- very good 00:32:20.770 --> 00:32:26.720 so snow actually talks about two other things that I want to hit real quick - yes -- and 00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:30.620 you might have a couple things too but two things that I really want to talk 00:32:30.620 --> 00:32:39.110 about is she brings throwaway shoes -- yes -- so when you take your shoes off on the 00:32:39.110 --> 00:32:43.430 plane you slide them in so you're not picking up all that junk on the ground 00:32:43.430 --> 00:32:47.690 while you're walking around while you're walking to the bathroom so she brings 00:32:47.690 --> 00:32:58.460 extra like slippers throwaway slippers -- or thick socks -- no throwaway slippers she does not bring extra socks because 00:32:58.460 --> 00:33:03.980 that's going over top of your socks you are wearing then the other thing she brings 00:33:03.980 --> 00:33:12.560 she mentions is to when you flush the toilet -- make sure the lid is down the lid 00:33:12.560 --> 00:33:18.020 that covers the toilet make sure it is down so all of those bacteria 00:33:18.020 --> 00:33:22.790 really nasty bacteria are not flying around in the air while you are in there 00:33:22.790 --> 00:33:27.470 breathing them in and she actually created a course I believe on things 00:33:27.470 --> 00:33:34.960 that you can do on the plane -- yes yes yes yes and all that will be on her website -- yes -- and 00:33:34.960 --> 00:33:40.820 the other thing is that it's a good practice unless it gets you into trouble 00:33:40.820 --> 00:33:47.450 with your neighbors is to cover the shades -- yep -- to shut the shutters on the 00:33:47.450 --> 00:33:54.680 airplane windows so you don't have all that form of radiation coming in but 00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:58.710 only do that if it doesn't cause any trouble -- yep -- 00:33:58.710 --> 00:34:03.270 you don't want things like that on the plane -- so we are heading to Greece 00:34:03.270 --> 00:34:08.879 tomorrow -- oh and then the other thing is please be nice to the people working on 00:34:08.879 --> 00:34:14.159 the airplane it is they have a very very hard job they have an extremely vata 00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:20.970 and pitta deranging job and you wanna you wanna show that you respect what 00:34:20.970 --> 00:34:29.460 they do so please be nice to them -- give them a tip even -- yeah -- so thank them -- we 00:34:29.460 --> 00:34:35.369 leave tomorrow -- yes -- we fly out we're heading into Greece we're going to 00:34:35.369 --> 00:34:37.649 be hitting the ground moving very quickly 00:34:37.649 --> 00:34:43.050 we go to we have to deal with some paperwork right when we get there and 00:34:43.050 --> 00:34:47.849 then we're heading to South Greece to pick olives -- to start picking olives -- from there 00:34:47.849 --> 00:34:54.659 we have to not have to we get to go to the island of -- Aegina and prepare -- we're setting 00:34:54.659 --> 00:34:58.470 up three different trainings yes the first one is going to be with Deborah 00:34:58.470 --> 00:35:06.240 -- Deborah Lamber of Picasso's moon -- and she's creating a this is very cool she's 00:35:06.240 --> 00:35:10.099 bringing a group of people and I don't know she might actually already be full 00:35:10.099 --> 00:35:18.920 but she's bringing at over 20 people -- yes -- to the island to teach knitting and 00:35:18.920 --> 00:35:25.950 meditation and it's it's even more than that she's given them -- it is using 00:35:25.950 --> 00:35:33.210 fiber and it is a very very traditional form of knitting what she's 00:35:33.210 --> 00:35:38.760 doing and you can figure it all out through her Instagram account -- yes -- and 00:35:38.760 --> 00:35:43.710 that's Picasso's moon -- Picasso's moon yes -- next is right after we get done with 00:35:43.710 --> 00:35:50.490 that group we're then going to do a hundred hour -- a 100 hour Ayurveda for the 00:35:50.490 --> 00:35:57.180 mind course which is it's actually a hundred hour course that involves online 00:35:57.180 --> 00:36:02.599 preparatory training in-person training on the island of Aegina and then post 00:36:02.599 --> 00:36:07.290 practicum that's actually the most important part on how you can use 00:36:07.290 --> 00:36:15.640 everything you learn for your own and with your clients --and then after that is a 00:36:15.640 --> 00:36:23.390 three to five day conference with AAPNA -- yep global ayurveda conference co-hosted 00:36:23.390 --> 00:36:29.390 with AAPNA the association of Ayurvedic professionals of North America and we 00:36:29.390 --> 00:36:36.710 are going to have Ayurvedic doctors from all over the world -- we know already that India Canada 00:36:36.710 --> 00:36:45.980 US -- UK -- UK possibly Holland -- Pakistan -- Pakistan so we're gonna have this awesome awesome 00:36:45.980 --> 00:36:50.990 group of individuals that they specialize in ayurveda giving a 00:36:50.990 --> 00:36:55.910 conference on that island -- yes -- and what's cool about that island is in Greek 00:36:55.910 --> 00:37:04.240 Apollo is the one who brought medicine to the world today -- yes -- so and there's this 00:37:04.240 --> 00:37:11.030 one of the oldest -- the temple one of the oldest temples -- is right there on the 00:37:11.030 --> 00:37:17.210 island and we can look at it while the conference is going -- yes so talk about 00:37:17.210 --> 00:37:24.410 talk about an amazing place for such a conference and if you 00:37:24.410 --> 00:37:31.910 decide you ever want to travel or if you do travel Aegina Greece is one of the greatest -- Aegina is the best one of the 00:37:31.910 --> 00:37:41.840 best islands you haven't heard of yet -- yes okay anything else -- that's it -- so -- next time -- 00:37:41.840 --> 00:37:49.040 we will be either doing this in Greece we might be doing this in -- Newark 00:37:49.040 --> 00:37:54.980 Newark -- it depends -- but will be on the road thank you so much -- much much love from 00:37:54.980 --> 00:38:01.540 both of us namaste kala may we all be well 00:38:02.890 --> 00:38:08.900 if you found today's show helpful please give us a rating a review or both and 00:38:08.900 --> 00:38:12.020 subscribe to the podcast and never miss an episode 00:38:12.020 --> 00:38:21.020 as always namaste Kalaa which in greek means may we all be well this program 00:38:21.020 --> 00:38:26.079 copyright true fitness incorporated all rights reserved
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