Our Methodology

Wellness is at the center of an interconnected relationship between your spiritual, physical, emotional, psychological, emotional, and social spheres that determine your current readiness for life.

Optimal wellness is realized when each of those spheres is aligned and balanced through routine exercise and periodical challenge to maintain their functionality and harmony.

Existential Wellness is established on three statements of truth:

1. There exists at least one path to wellness that is realistic and true to everyone.
2. Building a successful path requires specific and careful description of four factors: Reflection, Nourishment, Movement, and Recovery.
3. To travel that path, we must:

• Explore every opportunity without prejudice
• Commit to a way forward
• Assess our actions routinely
• Decide if those actions are carving the right path for us

If we decide that the path our actions have created isn't right for us, we simply restart the process. That doesn't mean we need to restart from zero, but it does mean that we aren't going to stay on a path that doesn't provide us with purpose.

This is everything from meditation and prayer to critical thinking exercises and after action reviews. The goal is mindfulness and understanding. Reflection becomes critical during your assessment. We need time and process for determining how to progress forward.

Our bodies are machines that require fuel to operate. Basically, the body runs on water and the three macronutrients: lipids (fat), proteins, carbohydrates. Additionally, the body requires various micronutrients (vitamins and minerals) that are consumed as part of your diet. Increase in purity of your fuel correlates to an increase in performance of the machine. Do you need to eat like a machine? No. NO! You need to eat like a HUMAN. Real FOOD. Your diet (little d) doesn't need to be radical or trendy. It's going back to basics: Minimize processing, minimize additives, and live on a diet of immediately identifiable foods (IIF) and beverages.

All exercise and exercise methods have something to offer. The most important thing to remember  is that the body is built to move everyday. Some may enjoy spin classes, others Olympic weighting, and some may go for a swim or a hike. No matter what you decide to do, do it every day for at least 30 minutes. The most important thing to remember about movement is that no amount of it will compensate for a lack of proper nourishment or recovery. In close second, you are your best advocate when it comes to preventing injury. Trust your instinct, listen to your body, and drop the ego.

The most underrated factor in wellness. Recovery is comprised of sleep and rest, as well as active and passive recovery. Sleep is the most critical aspect of your wellness and is the foundation upon which the you build the proverbial "Wellness Home". Rest is separate from sleep. This would include activities such as meditation, deliberate breathing, and napping. Active (light movement) and passive (no movement) recovery describes ways we recover during exercise. We must provide the body time and space to repair and restore.