Align Podcast show

Align Podcast

Summary: Aaron Alexander interviews world renowned health care thinkers and lifestyle enhancing experts including Ben Greenfield, Robb Wolf, Shawn Stevenson, Abel James, Mark Sisson, Jon Lee Dumas, Jonathan Bailor and Kelly Starrett on their perspectives on optimal living, bio-hacking, fitness, endurance, strength, diet, flexibility, lifestyle, sex, style and more!

Podcasts:

 Aubrey Marcus: Overcoming Sexual Shame and Stigma to Enhance Your Experience | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 54:36

In this episode of the Align podcast, I chat with Aubrey Marcus on all the shame and stigma that surrounds sex. Why do we feel shame? Why do we think we are doing something wrong? Why do we allow it to change the way we feel about ourselves? Aubrey shares his personal experiences with sex, as well as lessons he has learned and the wisdom he has cultivated through these experiences. Aubrey’s insight helps us break through our own sexual barriers, allowing us to enhance our personal experience. 

 3 Meditation Mistakes You're Probably Making | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 14:52

Countless people come to me saying “meditating is impossible.” I understand that it is a difficult practice, but I believe people make it much more difficult than it actually needs to be. In the episode of the Align podcast, I breakdown three common mistakes you’re probably making when meditating that are preventing you from growing your practice. I truly believe when these mistakes are addressed, meditation will not only become more tolerable, it will actually become extremely enjoyable. 

 The Mindset of an Olympian with Tony Jeffries | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:08:01

In this episode, I chat with Olympic boxer Tony Jeffries. Tony is the kindest, most open-hearted human, and know you’re going to enjoy our authentic conversation on what it’s like to have an Olympic mindset. Tony gets vulnerable, sharing the mental struggles he faced, the mental shifts he needed to make, and the affect his mentality has on his life now. Tony believes mental preparation needs to come before all else, and claims the game completely changed once he made it his number one priority.

 Reducing and Managing Stress Holistically | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 16:51

Apparently there is a perception that I don’t have a ton of stress in my life. And to be honest, that is ridiculous! I experience stress almost every day. Although I have a handful of practices I prioritize that have helped lessen the impact stress has on me. When practiced, it gives me the opportunity to release built-up stress, and prevent more from building up within me. In this episode, I share my best tips for managing and reducing stress in your life.

 Eliminating Your Ego, Returning to Your Center, and Acting with Purpose with Michael Trainer | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:11:22

In this episode, Micheal Trainer helps you recognize the different ways in which you are living now and how they are pulling you out of alignment of who you are at your core. Plus, he gives you clear guidance on how to make the necessary shifts for aligning with your authentic self, as well as his formula on how to experience true success and contentment in your life. 

 My Strategy for Having Better Conversation and the Podcast Equipment I Use | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 16:17

In this episode of the Align podcast, I give you a step-by-step guide on how I prepare for every single one of my podcast interviews. Plus, I give you a full breakdown of all the equipment I use for recording. No matter what kind of interview you are conducting, or conversation you are having, using these tactics will improve your communication skills and ensure you get the most out of the person you are speaking with. 

 Plant-Based vs. Animal-Based Diets with Dr. Joel Kahn | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 51:11

In this episode of the Align podcast, I have a less than typical conversation with Dr. Joel Kahn on plant-based nutrition. He educates us on plant-based vs. animal-based nutrition in a refreshingly non-biased light. At his core, Dr. Joel Kahn believes that plant-based nutrition is the most powerful source of preventative medicine on the planet. Although, the two of us dive into the precautions vegans need to take when eliminating animal products from their diet long-term. 

 My Diet and Outlook on Nutrition | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 17:41

In this episode of the Align podcast, I break down what my daily diet looks like, the beliefs I hold around nutrition, and my best advice for deciding what diet and nutrition practices are right fro you. This is a subject I typically stay away from, as I feel dietary dogmas are just like religious dogmas, and prefer to respect people's decision on what to put inside their bodies. But, enough listeners and followers have asked for an episode on what my diet looks like, so here it is! 

 Rituals for Connecting Deeper with Yourself and Your Partner with Natalie MacNeil | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 55:06

In this episode of the Align podcast, Natalie MacNeil and I have a real, raw, and completely uncensored conversation based on her newest book, The Rituals. Natalie brings a compilation of rituals for experiencing more joy, activating our highest selves, releasing our emotional blocks, and cultivating wellbeing. Natalie discusses how the integration of these practices will allow us to experience a deeper connection with ourselves and true intimacy with our partners. 

 Benefits of Sitting on the Floor and How to Do It Properly | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 13:30

If you’re someone who is striving to be proactive with their health, tune into this episode of the Align Podcast to learn more about floor sitting – one of the simplest things you can do to increase your vitality and longevity. Learn how floor sitting improves your overall health, how to include more into your day-to-day life and how to do it properly.

 Dr. Perlmutter: Detoxing Your Mind for Better Decision Making, Lasting Happiness and Weight Loss | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 53:16

Our high exposure to technology, social media, and toxic foods pose serious risks to our physical and mental health, relationships, and even our ability to control our own thoughts. In the latest episode of the Align Podcast, Dr. David Perlmutter, board-certified neurologist, shares simple lifestyle shifts you can make for combatting your exposure to detox your mind, reduce your stress, and enhance your decision making and happiness.

 Reduce Driving and Travel Stress with Therapeutic Movement | File Type: audio/mp4 | Duration: 15:37

Do you become a crockpot of stress when stuck when driving or traveling? In this episode of the Align podcast, I break down my bullet proof principles for ameliorating these situations. You’ll learn how to align your travel to become healthier and more optimized when sitting in a car, airplane, bus, or train. I know when you apply these principles, you will successfully turn commute and travel into opportunities rather than a way of martyring yourself to get form place to place.

 JP Sears: Drastically Change the Way You Live through Breath, Posture and Playfulness | File Type: audio/mp4 | Duration: 01:12:33

Society and culture has caused us to live with such seriousness. Rarely do we move our bodies naturally and rarely do we allow ourselves to just be silly. It’s this seriousness and lack of natural movement that robs us of our health and happiness, and decreases the quality of our lives. In this episode of the Align Podcast, JP Spears and I have a conversation about how making simple changes like correcting our posture, being more playful and paying attention to our breath is the secret to our healing.

 Dr. Ann Louise Gittleman: Mastering Metabolism, Parasites & Immunity | 257 | File Type: audio/mp4 | Duration: 45:35

Dr. Ann Louise Gittleman: Mastering Metabolism, Parasites & Immunity | 257

 Ben Greenfield: Boosting Libido, Breathing Better, Power of Love | Ep. 256 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:00:01

Ben Greenfield: Boosting Libido, Breathing Better, Power of Love | Ep. 256

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