#027 The Sauna Life with Sebastian Mierau

02/10/17 • 75 min

Staying healthy in a toxic world can be one of the most difficult aspects of this health journey, and that’s why we need some heavy hitting practices on our side to get in deep and keep our organs and tissue healthy. I’ve been doing infrared saunas since I was 16 years old, not knowing at that point just how fortunate I was to have integrated into my life one of the most ancient, time-tested and effective methods of detoxification and rejuvenation into my life. But this isn’t your every day chat about saunas... Sebastian Mierau is one of my best mates. We met in 2011 at David Wolfe talk when we were both a couple of health nerds diving deep into the lifestyle and researching deeply. Since then, after many adventures around the world, Sebastian has become the distributor of (what we knew all along to be the best saunas in the world) Clearlight Saunas in Australia and Europe. He took this on so that all us multidimensional health freaks could get easy access to this incredibly healing tool. As a leader and innovator in the infrared sauna industry for the last 18 years, Clearlight Infrared by Sauna Works has been manufacturing infrared saunas that are both luxurious and effective. While their cabins are exceptional quality, they have spent the last 18 years researching and studying infrared therapy to bring you the most effective infrared sauna available; and they’re doing saunas like nobody else, including (much to my cell’s pleasure) being the leader in offering EMF and ELF free saunas. Sebastian has become extremely well versed in the benefits and dynamics of infrared saunas benefits and therapy and this interview we dive into:

The history of saunas and their evolution
The difference between traditional and infrared saunas
How the infrared sauna wavelengths help eliminate stress and deeply relax the tissue
The mind blowing ability this technology has to detox the body of insidious, disease-causing toxicity
Surprising ways sauna restores your body’s ability to lose weight
Why saunas give you the best skin ever
The research behind sauna increasing life-span, toning the heart and thwarting morbidity
Ways to say goodbye to chronic pain
How you can restore and boost metabolism and overall immunity by getting your sweat on
Ceramic v carbon heaters and why you must consider which your sauna uses
The specific healing wavelengths utilised in these epic saunas
The resonance frequency of infrared and how it interacts with the water in your calls
How low EMG (mG) and ELF (Vm) saunas are now possible and how saunas that don’t can damage you

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The history of saunas and their evolution
The difference between traditional and infrared saunas
How the infrared sauna wavelengths help eliminate stress and deeply relax the tissue
The mind blowing ability this technology has to detox the body of insidious, disease-causing toxicity
Surprising ways sauna restores your body’s ability to lose weight
Why saunas give you the best skin ever
The research behind sauna increasing life-span, toning the heart and thwarting morbidity
Ways to say goodbye to chronic pain
How you can restore and boost metabolism and overall immunity by getting your sweat on
Ceramic v carbon heaters and why you must consider which your sauna uses
The specific healing wavelengths utilised in these epic saunas
The resonance frequency of infrared and how it interacts with the water in your calls
How low EMG (mG) and ELF (Vm) saunas are now possible and how saunas that don’t can damage you

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#026 Part 2 Pregnancy Prep and Our Childbearing Year with Tahnee McCrossin

The mammoth episode many of you have been waiting for. This is part 2 of our childbearing series, and the one where Tahnee and myself dive deep into the practices, philosophy, diet, herbalism and more that went in to creating the year in which Tahnee was childbearing little Aiya. This podcast was recorded during the first week of the bubba's life, so the sharing experience of the birth is fresh; something Tahnee was wishing to be able to infuse into this intimate sharing of how she chose to approach nourishing her body during pregnancy. Here’s briefly what we cover in the episode plus some more extensive notes than usual from Tahnee for those who are on their own pregnancy journey:

Pregnancy + Home Birth Plans
Our Pregnancy diet
Best supplements during pregnancy
The best tonic herbs and medicinal mushrooms during pregnancy
Best herbs during pregnancy
Symptoms of pregnancy
Pregnancy cravings / changes
Exercise during pregnancy
Lots of additional pregnancy tips
Home birth prep and planning
Pregnancy book resources

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#028 Deeper Into Physical Practice with Benny Fergusson

Had to have one of my favourite humans on the show for a second time. As I move deeper into my personal work with Benny Ferguson I wanted him to dive deeper into the unique and potent movement principles that he teaches. Through his teachings people all over the world move beyond movement fads and find a system that gives them access to releasing tension, increasing mobility, embodying strength and cultivating flexibility; all in a way that works uniquely with their body. With a focus on understanding gravity and how it flows through the body Benny and I go deep into the physiology and intention evolutions that come with developing a personal practice that leads to a body that is tension free and ready to engage with life in a dynamic and personalised fashion. Strap yourselves in and be ready to take your movement practice to another level as we chat and laugh our way through a beautiful discussion about movement and the human body.

NOTE: If you wish to skip my ranting intro talking about the media and pro-vaccine mob we had come down on us during the tour... skip to 30mins in.

In this interview we dive into:

Our past gobsmacked stance on fascia and how we’ve integrated it into our lives since the first interview.
How to reclaim natural human qualities that have been lost.
Understanding the capacity of the nervous system to communicate information and how to enhance this.
How the body works as an electromagnetic pump, and how the tone its core function.
The way your physical structure and posture communicates with your outside world, children, family, friends and peers.
The way we adopt physical structures and postural imbalances from our parents.
Holding the intention to make your last breath a graceful one.
The nature of uniting body and mind and what becomes possible when you begin this process.
Tapping into just how much information the body/mind can take in in any given moment and how to become more proficient at being present to this.
The connection between posture and disease and beginning to read the signs so we can make choices about the direction we take with our body and health.
How to set multidimensional boundaries for your body, mind and spirit.
Merging intention with physical practice.
The many ways to relate to discipline.
Discipline being the vehicle to c.
Benny’s 3 word intention process.
Overcoming/working with the self-critic.
Movement amidst stillness and stillness amidst movement.
Earning the right to move freely.
Standing meditation and developing the ability to perceive and release tension.
Releasing the tissue to gravity to restore tissue flow, strengthen joints and develop springiness.
Fortifying tissue and joints now so that you may reduce injury in the future.
Opening and closing the joins.
Embodying animal like movement into human physiology without buying into the current animal movement trend.
Create superior balance by standing still.
Yep we covered HEAPS, and there’s more.