003: Making Fitness Who You Are, Not What You Do with Aaron Alexander

Today, I’m talking with Aaron Alexander, who believes that if you want to change the quality of your life, you first need to change the way you move through your life. To do that, you need to align your mind, body, and movement.

Aaron is a manual therapist, movement coach, founder of The Align Method, author of the Align Method book, and host of the Align Podcast, which has ranked #1 in Nutrition on iTunes.

He has over 16 years of experience and has worked with thousands of clients, helping them to relieve pain while creating greater strength, flexibility, and ease in their mind and body.

In this episode, we’re talking about some of Aaron’s foundational principles for improving your mind, body, and movement, so you can live a better life.

We discuss daily movement habits, the importance of PLAY, and the correlation between our physical health and our psychological well-being. That and a whole lot more!

Key Takeaways with Aaron Alexander

• What is the Align Method and what role does movement play when it comes to your overall health?
• The impact that the modern world has had on our bodies' alignment.
• Why sitting on the floor is good for you.
• Aaron’s journey from jacked and tan to strong, flexible, and pain-free.
• The benefit of lacking structure in exercise.
• Movement for your forgotten tissues.
• Are Adults that PLAY Healthier?
• Improve your life by listening to what your body is telling you.
• The connection between physical and emotional trauma.
• Building strength by being vulnerable.
• Balancing your masculine and feminine energy.

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