#94 - Phil Greenfield: Surrender Without Collapse!

In the 94th episode of The Strength Connection Podcast, Mike and our special guest, Bodywork Therapist, Martial artist, Author, and Educator, Phil Greenfield, will talk about Phil’s curiosity about people’s suffering, Phil’s road-to-Damascus-moment, experiencing existential angst, and organizing body.

Join us in this insightful and captivating talk! 

In this chapter, you will discover:

(0:55) Introducing our special guest, Bodywork Therapist, Martial artist, Author, and Educator, Phil Greenfield, @philgreenfield

(1:00) Shout out to Maria Moran Facebook: maria.moran.359126

(1:20) Unraveling by Phil Greenfield @philgreenfield

https://www.amazon.com/Unravelling-Letting-Go-Getting-Well/dp/0956137512 

(1:50) Phil’s curiosity about people’s suffering

(2:30) Working in the food industry as a Microbiologist

(2:40) Getting into martial arts

(3:25) Expiration of body and balance

(4:10) Phil’s road-to-Damascus-moment

(4:30) Studying chiropractic

(5:05) What got Phil into chiropractic?

(5:55) Experiencing existential angst

(7:20) “If you take care of your body, and you feel good in your body, it is going to navigate into the other areas of life.” - Michael Kurkowski @mike_strength_connection

(8:05) “If the structure of the body could be organized, and the mind could be organized, the rest of it will kind of look after itself.” - Phil Greenfield @philgreenfield

(9:25) Explanation of organizing the body

(10:15) Standing practices

(11:35) Getting interested in Kettlebells

(12:25) “I've always thought that therapy is much more about education than it is about treatment.” - Phil Greenfield @philgreenfield

(13:30) The Mind Boxing Program by Sifu Singh @sifusingh

(14:20) “Gravity is our friend.” - Phil Greenfield @philgreenfield

(14:25) Surrender without collapse

(14:45) More about standing practice

(15:50) “You can't tell where's the middle, you can only tell where's your perception of the middle.” - Phil Greenfield @philgreenfield

(16:40) “Kettlebell is accelerated standing practice.” - Phil Greenfield @philgreenfield

(18:25) Skeleton, the unsung hero of our bodies

(20:45) The fundamental practice

(21:20) Time frame for standing practice

(22:15) “Wherever you can relax is the middle.” - Phil Greenfield @philgreenfield

(23:05) Pain, a complex beast

(24:20) Positional relaxation

(24:40) Functional laziness

(28:45) Relaxation, a rabbit hole

(29:05) Movement & Stillness

(30:20) Contrast experience

(32:35) Phil’s experience with strength training

(34:55) Phil as a child

(36:40) The vertical line

(38:10) Fall prevention in the elderly

(39:15) What does Phil love about kettlebell swing?

(39:50) Shout out to Karen Smith @_coach_karen_

(40:20) The miracle of the human body

(41:45) A stillness-averse world

(43:20) Stillness Is The Key by Ryan Holiday @ryanholiday

https://www.amazon.com/Stillness-Key-Ryan-Holiday/dp/0525538585 

(43:40) The Ying-Yang symbol

(45:10) Motivation behind writing Unraveling

https://www.amazon.com/Unravelling-Letting-Go-Getting-Well/dp/0956137512 

(52:20) Let it be!

(56:15) Where to find Phil Greenfield? @philgreenfield

www.theunravellingbook.com