Dr. Pedram Shojai on Embracing Nature and Waking Up To Your Full Potential

Today I have a very different kind a podcast interview to share with you.

As many of you know I live in Park city Utah which is a little ski town about 30 minutes from Salt Lake City.

I love skiing and I try to get outside as much as possible to enjoy the outdoors.

So for this weeks podcast my friend and colleague Dr. Pedram Shojai was visiting and we decided to do the podcast interview on the ski chairlift.

Pedram has been on my podcast before and the Glowing Skin Summit.

Dr. Pedram is a man with many titles.

He is the founder of Well.Org, has 2 podcasts, a film producer and director and the author of several books, including his new book The Urban Monk which is already a NYTimes bestseller.

He is also a taoist priest, a doctor of Oriental medicine, and a Qi Gong Master.

He’s here today to share how you can embrace the natural world and wake up to your full potential.

I'm really curious to hear what you thought of this format. Please post your comments below the podcast interview on my website or send me a message on social media. Would you like for me to do more interviews on the go outdoors or do you like the more traditional approach?

Some of what you’ll learn in this episode:

• Why most people have the wrong idea about the purpose of meditation
• How to be an “urban monk”
• Breathing with the mountain vs drinking Red Bull and listening to ACDC…
• How to apply mindfulness to everything you do for better results
• Skiing as a spiritual incubator
• Is it necessary to leave the world and become a monk to become spiritually fulfilled…?
• How Dr. Pedram goes in and fixes entire companies’ health
• How your brain literally detoxifies itself at night (this is a bit gross…)
• Why the saying “I can rest when I’m dead” is DEAD wrong!
• Why we NEED to have fun
• Why your digestive track (your gut) is at the front line of your health
• Simple meditation techniques you can do anywhere
• Why multitasking is total BS...

...and much more!

[su_quote]Some of the best stuff happens when we shut down. - Dr. Pedram Shojai[/su_quote]

Items mentioned on the show

• The Urban Monk - Pedram’s NYT best-selling book
• Pedram’s podcast
• Well.org - Pedram’s site
• Pedram’s films
• The Pomodoro Technique

Additional Links to Check Out

• The dangers of sitting - Dr. Pedram makes no bones about how harmful sitting is. Turns out there’s plenty of research to back up his assertion…
• Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation

Key Takeaways

1. At any given moment ask yourself: “what am I doing right now?” Whatever it is, stop doing it and relax.
2. If you get fit you then have access to more energy and that energy feeds your life it feeds your brain, it feeds your dreams.
3. Watch your breath and center yourself in your breathing
4. Take frequent breaks and keep your muscles engaged
5. Sleep, play, eat well!