The Elite HRV Podcast: Heart Rate Variability, Biohacking Health & Performance, Quantified Self
Jason Moore: Systems Designer, Tinkerer, Health and Performance Consultant
63 episodes
9 months ago
In This Episode:
Jef sits down with Josh Holland, a movement specialist who loves to experiment with different biohacks to optimize his life and wellbeing. Josh loves to share the latest of his experiments with friends and family, and today has shared these with us as well. He takes us through his Pillars of Health and discusses choosing the "low hanging fruit" to make small changes that have great impact on your long term health.
Episode Guest: Josh Holland
Joshua J Holland is a wealth of experiential knowledge and wisdom. As a dedicated bio hacker, state of the art fitness trainer, holistic health coach and sports professional, he champions the philosophy of “awareness through experience,” and has subsequently spent years consulting with elite professionals with the goal of building a vast well in which to draw from when evoking alignment of body, mind and spirit for his clients.
Website(s): https://joshuajholland.com/main.html
https://www.simplywalkthetalk.com/
Show Notes:
00:30 - Intro to Josh
08:10 - Josh's health issues and concerns that led him to the biohacking sphere
17:55 - Cold packs, tin foil windows; a look into Josh's biohacking experiments
23:15 - Low hanging fruit - for someone looking to get into this stuff, what's the easiest way?
31:40 - Josh's Pillars of Health and building one upon another
43:40 - Cliffs notes for the remaining Pillars, starting with optimizing sleep and recovery
49:15 - Rest days - how much rest?
53:45 - Primal movement vs. advanced movements
59:30 - Wrapping up: health, technology, and analysis paralysis
1:08:45 - Where to find Josh
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In This Episode:
Jef sits down with Josh Holland, a movement specialist who loves to experiment with different biohacks to optimize his life and wellbeing. Josh loves to share the latest of his experiments with friends and family, and today has shared these with us as well. He takes us through his Pillars of Health and discusses choosing the "low hanging fruit" to make small changes that have great impact on your long term health.
Episode Guest: Josh Holland
Joshua J Holland is a wealth of experiential knowledge and wisdom. As a dedicated bio hacker, state of the art fitness trainer, holistic health coach and sports professional, he champions the philosophy of “awareness through experience,” and has subsequently spent years consulting with elite professionals with the goal of building a vast well in which to draw from when evoking alignment of body, mind and spirit for his clients.
Website(s): https://joshuajholland.com/main.html
https://www.simplywalkthetalk.com/
Show Notes:
00:30 - Intro to Josh
08:10 - Josh's health issues and concerns that led him to the biohacking sphere
17:55 - Cold packs, tin foil windows; a look into Josh's biohacking experiments
23:15 - Low hanging fruit - for someone looking to get into this stuff, what's the easiest way?
31:40 - Josh's Pillars of Health and building one upon another
43:40 - Cliffs notes for the remaining Pillars, starting with optimizing sleep and recovery
49:15 - Rest days - how much rest?
53:45 - Primal movement vs. advanced movements
59:30 - Wrapping up: health, technology, and analysis paralysis
1:08:45 - Where to find Josh
Enhancing HRV Biofeedback with Mindfulness Training with Dr. Inna Khazan
The Elite HRV Podcast: Heart Rate Variability, Biohacking Health & Performance, Quantified Self
1 hour 4 minutes 23 seconds
4 years ago
Enhancing HRV Biofeedback with Mindfulness Training with Dr. Inna Khazan
Enhancing HRV Biofeedback with Mindfulness Training with Dr. Inna Khazan
Show Notes
- 01:45 - Introduction to new co-host and Research Director at Elite HRV: Jef Fry
- 03:00 - What Mindfulness-based biofeedback is and how Dr. Khazan became interested in it
- 05:15 - How HRV Biofeedback can be like tuning the strings of an instrument
- 09:30 - Examples of mindfulness
- 13:45 - How often we should practice mindfulness
- 17:00 - What the research says about mindfulness
- 19:15 - How mindfulness can make your brain bigger
- 24:00 - What a patient of Dr. Khazan can expect when coming in for treatment
- 29:30 - Some of Dr. Khazan's best patient success stories
- 36:30 - How HRV Biofeedback is about regulating HRV - not about learning how to relax
- 41:30 - The mechanics of HRV Biofeedback
- 44:00 - How to breath when doing HRV biofeedback
- 51:15 - Ways in which you can incorporate mindfulness into your daily activities
- 55:15 - Most common complaints about mindfulness that Dr. Khazan sees in her practice
- 58:30 - Pros and Cons to monitoring HRV during an HRV Biofeedback training session
### Show Links
-(http://www.innakhazan.com/)
-(http://www.bostonhealthpsychology.com/)
- Biofeedback and Mindfulness in Everyday Life Book-(https://www.amazon.com/Biofeedback-Mindfulness-Everyday-Life-Performance/dp/0393712931)
- Biofeedback and Mindfulness in Everyday Life Blog-(https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/biofeedback-and-mindfulness-in-everyday-life)
Guest Bio
Inna Khazan, PhD, BCB is a faculty member at Harvard Medical School, where she teaches and supervises trainees. She is clinical psychologist specializing in health psychology and performance excellence training using biofeedback and mindfulness-based approaches. Dr. Khazan is the founder of Boston Center for Health Psychology and Biofeedback, working with clients on optimizing their health and performance.
Recognized as a pioneer in mindfulness-based biofeedback, Dr. Khazan is a popular speaker at national and international conferences on the topics of biofeedback and mindfulness. She has conducted biofeedback and mindfulness trainings for notable institutions in the US and abroad, including the US Navy Special Warfare, US Army Special Forces, and the Stuttgart Opera and Ballet Company.
Dr. Khazan serves as president of the board of directors for Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy (IMP), board member for the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback (AAPB), and Biofeedback Certification International Alliance (BCIA), where she is currently chair elect.
Dr. Khazan writes for Psychology today, is the author of numerous journal articles and two books: the highly-regarded *Clinical Handbook of Biofeedback: A Step-by-Step Guide to Training and Practice with Mindfulness*, and the popular *Biofeedback and Mindfulness in Everyday Life: Practical Solutions for Improving Your Health and Performance*.
The Elite HRV Podcast: Heart Rate Variability, Biohacking Health & Performance, Quantified Self
In This Episode:
Jef sits down with Josh Holland, a movement specialist who loves to experiment with different biohacks to optimize his life and wellbeing. Josh loves to share the latest of his experiments with friends and family, and today has shared these with us as well. He takes us through his Pillars of Health and discusses choosing the "low hanging fruit" to make small changes that have great impact on your long term health.
Episode Guest: Josh Holland
Joshua J Holland is a wealth of experiential knowledge and wisdom. As a dedicated bio hacker, state of the art fitness trainer, holistic health coach and sports professional, he champions the philosophy of “awareness through experience,” and has subsequently spent years consulting with elite professionals with the goal of building a vast well in which to draw from when evoking alignment of body, mind and spirit for his clients.
Website(s): https://joshuajholland.com/main.html
https://www.simplywalkthetalk.com/
Show Notes:
00:30 - Intro to Josh
08:10 - Josh's health issues and concerns that led him to the biohacking sphere
17:55 - Cold packs, tin foil windows; a look into Josh's biohacking experiments
23:15 - Low hanging fruit - for someone looking to get into this stuff, what's the easiest way?
31:40 - Josh's Pillars of Health and building one upon another
43:40 - Cliffs notes for the remaining Pillars, starting with optimizing sleep and recovery
49:15 - Rest days - how much rest?
53:45 - Primal movement vs. advanced movements
59:30 - Wrapping up: health, technology, and analysis paralysis
1:08:45 - Where to find Josh