I’m just going to be blunt here: you can’t overpower and smash chronic tension out of your body. Doesn’t matter if you find the strongest, smartest, most skillful bodyworker on the planet. Why is that? You’re working against your biology in two key ways: (1) you and your nervous system have constructed that tension for a very solid set of reasons that smashing won’t eliminate, and (2) your fascia, the stuff that holds you together, is designed to provide you more stability & adaptability than human hands can change.

Pain, pain relief, Rolfing In AustinMike WilliamsJune 6, 2022rolfing for physical pain, body wisdom, RolfingComment

Building Blocks of Happiness

Last year I found my keys to an amazing year of productivity, energy, and ease, centered around the notion that people who are happy and feel good tend to perform at their best. So I dove into a new set of practices designed to up-level my happiness index, with the very happy side effects of an increase in productivity and overall work-life performance. Those practices? Gratitude, Exercise, Mindfulness, and Sleep.

personal development, Hakomi in AustinMike WilliamsApril 25, 2022self awareness, personal growth, happiness, mindfulnessComment

Stress Tests

The systems we’ve designed (both macro and micro) are all being strained - and in some cases are breaking - in response to challenges that are more complex than ever. Our focus on maximizing activity and productivity at the expense of rest, self care, and not-doing creates fragile systems that more-easily succumb to the pressures of new challenges. So how can we improve our adaptive capacity and learn to flex and respond to the stress tests we face?

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