Ignition:
Men's Health Mastermind
Transform Your Health by Following Natural Rhythms
What is Ignition? More on that below…
First, I have to tell you: not everyone is a good fit for Ignition.
But...
If you’re dedicated to your growth, value your health, enjoy your early-morning yoga practice, honour natural wisdom, and you’re open to change, read on.
If you’re the kind of person, like K.H., who wishes “to develop better routines and habits to feel better and be more productive,” keep going.
If you’re a yoga enthusiast (like C.W.) who’s curious to learn more about the yoga lifestyle off the mat and beyond the poses, then this letter is definitely for you.
In their own words:
If you see, or could see, yourself in the words of Benjamin Franklin: “early to bed, early to rise, makes one happy, healthy and wise”, then you may be an ideal candidate for Ignition.
If you’re up for taking on your health challenges once and for all… whether you’ve let your health slide for years (maybe even decades…) OR you’re looking to sharpen your edges … you may be in the right place.
Let’s talk about what Ignition is NOT.
If you’re tired of…
- “New Year, New You”
- “30 Day Challenges” and
- “7 Day Detoxes”
…from the latest glossy magazines, or airbrushed and filtered social media “influencers”, then Ignition may just be what you’re looking for.
Good health isn’t magic. It’s a habit.
You’re probably already aware of what’s in the way.
As one of my members, A.T., confesses:
“If more information were the answer, then we’d all be billionaires with six-pack abs.”
So, what is good health?
While there are many factors outside of our control, three of the biggest levers are:
Diet
Exercise
Sleep
No mystery there, right?
But hold on...
It’s time to learn the importance of WHEN to eat, move & sleep (and just as important: when NOT to eat, move & sleep)
What to eat
What NOT to eat
The latest exercise routine, or...
The latest elixirs, supplements and superfoods...
There’s not much emphasis placed on when you should, or perhaps more importantly when NOT to eat, move and sleep.
Also, what works for your best friend, who’s been raving about keto, may not work for you..
This leads us to…
What a 5000 year-old tradition can teach you about healthy living, even today in the modern age...
According to Ayurveda, the world’s oldest health system (and “sister science” to yoga,) there is an optimal time for each of these daily activities. While our approach varies slightly with each season and according to an individual’s body-mind type, how we work with the consistent cycle found in every day is the main key to aligned health.
Moreover, recent scientific discoveries in the field of chronobiology are validating these millenia-old traditions and practices, that arose when humans first began to live in urban environments and started to fall out of sync with natural rhythms.
While we’ve probably all heard of circadian rhythms—those biological processes associated with jet lag, or chronotypes like night owls or early birds, few of us know just how these affect our health and optimal functioning.
As Dr. Suhas Kshrisagar — a noted Ayurvedic physician and author — writes in his book, Change Your Schedule, Change Your Life, our “clock genes” powerfully influence our physiology.
Tiny changes can make the difference between living at odds with our bodies and effortlessly managing markers of health, like:
- weight
- sleep
- stress
- inflammation
Another expert in health and wellness outside the Ayurvedic tradition, Dr. Rhonda Patrick, PhD, and cofounder of FoundMyFitness.com, shares this relevant scientific research finding:
“The exact same meal, consumed at different times of day, affects the body differently.”
What a 5000 year-old tradition can teach you about healthy living, even today in the modern age...
According to Ayurveda, the world’s oldest health system (and “sister science” to yoga,) there is an optimal time for each of these daily activities. While our approach varies slightly with each session and according to an individual’s body-mind type, how we work with the consistent cycle found in every day is the main key to aligned health.
Moreover, recent scientific discoveries in the field of chronobiology are validating these millenia-old traditions and practices, that arose when humans first began to live in urban environments and started to fall out of sync with natural rhythms.
While we’ve probably all heard of circadian rhythms—those biological processes associated with jet lag, or chronotypes like night owls or early birds, few of us know just how these affect our health and optimal functioning.
As Dr. Suhas Kshrisagar — a noted Ayurvedic physician and author — writes in his book, Change Your Schedule, Change Your Life, our “clock genes” powerfully influence our physiology.
Tiny changes can make the difference between living at odds with our bodies and effortlessly managing markers of health, like:
- weight
- sleep
- stress
- inflammation
Another expert in health and wellness outside the Ayurvedic tradition, Dr. Rhonda Patrick, PhD, and cofounder of FoundMyFitness.com, shares this relevant scientific research finding:
“The exact same meal, consumed at different times of day, affects the body differently.”
Yes, Timing Matters.
On one hand, this seems like common sense, yet how many of us make an effort to simply observe nature’s cues?
Modern living is at odds with these natural rhythms.
You may even already know this, yet still struggle implementing healthy habits, as everyone who’s broken a New Year’s resolution knows.
(Indeed, as a Forbes article reports, “virtually every study tells us that around 80% of New Year’s resolutions will get abandoned” only one month in.)
So… at this point maybe you’re wondering how to overcome the obstacles and demands of modern life that get in the way of adopting healthy habits.
Introducing Ignition: Men's Health Mastermind...
Ignition is my Men's Health Coaching Membership.
Hold on for just a second…
Ah, you’re probably thinking:
“Who’s this Geoff fellow and why should you listen to anything he says?”
Because this is usually the part where I (reluctantly) have to uncomfortably brag about myself and my accomplishments so you keep reading.
I’ll let others do it instead…
Here are some of the benefits students have reported…
Ready to start your journey back to yourself?
Book your Insights Session today.
I’ll be brief
I’ve quietly dedicated 20+ years to learning and teaching yoga. I empower my students to take responsibility for their own daily practice.
I own and operate First Light Yoga, an early-morning assisted self-practice program I founded in 2015. It is modeled after the principles of the Ashtanga Vinyasa lineage taught by my mentors from Mysore, India.
My mission is to empower yoga self-practice and foster a love for the early morning: First Light!
With Ignition, I will guide you through the implementation of Ten Core Daily Habits: simple, effective practices grounded in the ancient Ayurvedic principle of dinacharya, or “daily routine.”
The Core Daily Ayurveda Habits model has proven itself over and over in the past six years, generating positive change for hundreds of people.
Course originator, author and wellness expert – and my mentor – Cate Stillman, describes the year-long evolution as follows:
Ignition: Session 1
Get It
(Learn the habits and method)
Ignition: Session 2
Work It
(Lean in to make massive progress)
Ignition: Session 3
Live It
(Deepen your momentum)
Ignition: Session 4
Be It
(Awaken to flow)
Ignition: Session 5
Mentor
(Support and be supported, in our dynamic mastermind group)
Ignition: Session 6
Lead
(Where’ you excelled, lead the rest of us)
Ignition Members invest ONE YEAR together learning, practicing and adapting the habits leading to profound health transformations.
Members go through the Core Daily Habits not once or twice, but SIX times — dividing the year into six eight-week sessions.
By marrying modern behavioural science with these ancient practices, using a step-by-step approach, they become an automatic feature of our daily lives.
Though we’ll talk more about the science later, automating these Core Daily Habits aligns us to optimal health.
If you're looking for:
- Less Stress
- Better Immune Function
- Stronger Digestion
- More Energy
- Peace of Mind
- Greater Resilience
- Higher Quality Relationships
- Deeper Nourishment
- True Rest
- Clarity of Purpose
- Easeful Living
- …and more
You’re in the right place.
So you're probably wondering...
What Are The Core Daily Habits?
Here are some of the foundational habits that make up the Ignition curriculum:
Eat with the Sun
As we already covered — circadian rhythms, the science of chronobiology and “clock genes” — timing is important.
An easy rule of thumb is to consume most of your calories while the sun is up and leave plenty of space between your meals.
Wake Up, Tune In, Reset
The inspiration behind the name Ignition: those sweet daybreak hours of the day come around only once; and they hold infinite potential for shaping our lives for the better: body, mind and soul.
Clear the Channels
Just like the body and digestion needs rest, so too do the senses. Light is a powerful signal for the circadian rhythms, but so is darkness. Taking the time to put mentally stimulating electronics away to wind down the mind is vital. Matching the environment for the time of day or night is essential for optimal health.
Eat Your Ecosystem
Surprisingly, this is NOT about becoming vegetarian or observing any particular diet.
It’s about being in relationship to our locale and the seasons via our relationship with plants.
Also, you’ll learn about the healing and harmonizing properties of the different plant parts we eat: root, stem, leaf, flower, seed, etc.
Healing Hands
Soothing touch helps many important body functions including:
- improving circulation
- maintaining joint health
- stimulating lymph
- strengthening the immune system.
It can also help promote sleep and relaxation through increased parasympathetic tone — the “rest and digest” part of the nervous system we want to be in most of the time.
Meet Your Mind
As the Buddha once said,
“Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought.”
Calm mind, calm life.
Calm breath, calm mind.
We’re in the middle of a mindfulness revolution. You know it’s good for you, but maybe you’ve yet to get it to stick.
With Ignition, you’ll learn how with cutting-edge habit science. More on that later.
Breathe, Move, Strengthen, Release
In the world of survival training, there’s a simple Rule of Threes. Humans can typically go:
- 3 weeks without food
- 3 days without water
- 3 hours without shelter
- 3 minutes without air.
So, how important IS breathing?
If you’re at all familiar with yoga, then you’ve probably heard of Pranayama, or yogic breathwork — a whole component of yoga is dedicated to it.
We nail down the how, when and how much, of breathing and movement practices.
Retire Early
The importance of sleep cannot be overstated. We spend one third of our life asleep. As Shakespeare waxed poetic, sleep is “chief nourisher in life’s feast.” He wasn’t wrong, even if science was in its infancy back then. Here are some sleep stats:
- 36.5% of U.S. workers receive less than the recommended seven hours of sleep. *
- An extra 60 to 90 minutes of sleep per night can make you happier and healthier. *
- People who get 5 to 6 hours of sleep are 4.2 times more likely to get sick over people who sleep 7 hours or more. *
- People with consistent sleep schedules are 1.5 times more likely to feel well-rested during the day. *
Be At Ease
This is the culmination of all the other habits.
How much disease is chronic stress related?
According to one source, The American Institute of Stress:
- 77 percent of people experience stress that affects their physical health
- 73 percent of people have stress that impacts their mental health
- 48 percent of people have trouble sleeping because of stress
Stress is part of life. Having a creative, generative relationship with stress is everything.
Being grounded in healthy, habitual routines is essential for dealing with stress positively.
You’ll also learn the habits in a sequence that makes complete sense; and the importance of “Keystone” Habits — a concept borrowed from The Power Of Habit, written by Pulitzer-prize winner and New York Times bestselling author, Charles Duhigg.
I’ll share even more on the science of habit formation that went into Ignition in just a moment.
And while each of these habits alone could change your life and be their own course…
Ignition covers TEN of the most distilled, highest leverage, 80/20 selection of practices from Ayurveda adapted to the challenges of modern living.
Mark Hyman, MD — medical director of the Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Functional Medicine — has this to say about the Core Daily Habits model that’s at the heart of Ignition:
“This is the next frontier of Ayurveda.”
Now, while information is great and I hope you’ve learned something new, it’s virtually useless unless applied and integrated into your lifestyle.
Above all, Ignition is about PRACTICE and RESULTS in your LIFE.
Real, lasting change takes time and is not to be rushed. Easy come, easy go.
In the words of some of my students:
We all know how the race between the Tortoise and the Hare went.
Simplicity and consistency are the keys that, over time, unlock massive progress.
Finally…
Modern Habit Science Meets Ancient Wisdom
While we’ve talked about the WHAT, it’s the HOW that sets Ignition apart from other books or courses on Ayurveda.
You’ll learn about — and apply — the work of researcher and habit expert BJ Fogg, PhD — founder of Stanford’s Behavior Design Lab and bestselling author of Tiny Habits — that features prominently in the core design of Ignition.
You’ll learn the three things and their relationship that determine whether or not you’ll follow through on any habit. (HINT: If you think discipline has anything to do with it, you may be surprised to find out the answer.)
Again, there are two other features that set Ignition apart.
First,
It is a 12-month journey — we repeat the Core Daily Habits six times — once per session.
After all, in the words of personal growth legend Tony Robbins: “repetition is the mother of skill.”
Second,
We take the journey together, in a peer group.
Why a peer group?
As the African saying goes:
“If you want to go fast, go alone.
If you want to go far, go together.”
Apart from folk wisdom, there is real science to support that group coaching is more effective than individual coaching.*
Benefits of Ignition dynamic group coaching include:
- Group wisdom: if two heads are better than one, how about a dozen, twenty, fifty?
- Like-minded and supportive community with shared health goals.
- Access to LIVE weekly group calls (…and recordings if you can’t make it or need to review)
- Access to abundant course materials, workbooks, reference sources and more.
The process stays fresh as new members join each session and become more dynamic as we progress through the year.
In the words of some of my students:
Together,
we support one another through the challenges and changes we experience while evolving our daily lives, and we connect more clearly to our authentic selves and to the world we live in.
Together,
we use the kaizen approach, or “change for the better”: small steps in the right direction over time.
And together,
Here’s What’s Inside Ignition
When you join the Ignition Men's Health Coaching Membership, this is what’s included:
You’ll get access to the entire Core Daily Habits: Evolution Course
- The Ignition Workbook to help you practice the Habits.
- Better Habits Guide to help you evolve your identity.
- Master Your Habits E-Book
- Body Thrive Recipe Book to transform your diet.
- And much, much more…
Plus… at the core of it…a 90-minute Live Virtual Workshop:
- Delivered EACH week (like a semester’s worth of college over an entire year — on the most important topic: YOU & YOUR HEALTH, according to Ayurveda)
- LIVE Online via Zoom… (so you can access it anywhere, at your convenience)
- Recorded and Archived… (for those that either can’t make it live or want to review the call)
Bonuses
While that’s plenty of value already, in the spirit of abundance and service, you’ll also receive:
Monthly 1-1 Coaching:
Time for personalized attention, guidance, and troubleshooting on your unique, individual challenges.
“Office Hours” Calls:
Group Coaching on any of each session’s Workshops
Private Member Forum:
Accessible online to stay connected and be supported with community
What's Next?
Ignition isn’t for everyone.
Not everyone is ready to change.
I also physically can’t help everyone, or even just anyone.
There are only 24 hours in the day. Time is limited.
However, if you’re:
- serious about your health
- willing to invest in yourself
- curious about the circadian rhythm and rewilding
- open to change
- looking for like-minded community
- committed to your growth
I am willing to meet you where you’re at.
Your Special Invitation
I would like to offer you a FREE 30 minute Insights Session to discover if Ignition is a good fit for you and answer any questions.
Book a call with me below to talk about your health goals, challenges and Ignition.
Remember, Ignition only accepts a limited number of new members each season to preserve the integrity of the community, so book your call now to avoid missing the enrolment window.
No one should care more about your health than you.
“When health is absent, wisdom cannot reveal itself, art cannot manifest, strength cannot fight, wealth becomes useless, and intelligence cannot be applied.”
-Herophilus
Given your current lifestyle habits, where will your health be in a year? In five? In a decade?
If you don’t like the answer to that question, this is your opportunity for change.
Will you just be one year older, or will you dedicate this one year to heading towards a healthier direction?
“No matter how far you have gone on the wrong road, turn back.”
-Turkish proverb
And while nothing is guaranteed and we’re all mortal, how do you wish to spend your remaining and very finite time in your one and only body?
Your Special Invitation
I would like to offer you a FREE 30 minute Insights Session to discover if Ignition is a good fit for you and answer any questions.
Book a call with me below to talk about your health goals, challenges and Ignition.
Remember, Ignition only accepts a limited number of new members each session to preserve the integrity of the community, so book your call now to avoid missing the enrolment window.
No one should care more about your health than you.
“When health is absent, wisdom cannot reveal itself, art cannot manifest, strength cannot fight, wealth becomes useless, and intelligence cannot be applied.”
-Herophilus
Given your current lifestyle habits, where will your health be in a year? In five? In a decade?
If you don’t like the answer to that question, this is your opportunity for change.
Will you just be one year older, or will you dedicate this one year to heading towards a healthier direction?
“No matter how far you have gone on the wrong road, turn back.”
-Turkish proverb
And while nothing is guaranteed and we’re all mortal, how do you wish to spend your remaining and very finite time in your one and only body?
