I’ve been reading The Wedge by Scott Carney and like the last book of his I read, I find it inspiring. It makes me want to do more cold and heat therapy, experience floatation tanks again and generally be more physical.
The book has chapters on the therapeutic properties of cold and heat exposure, among other things. It made me think of a goal and made me feel more connected to it and feel like doing something about it more urgently.
The Vision
I want to create a place out in nature where people can experience the healing effects of cold and heat exposure, where there’s lots of movement and training, where there’s only healthy food and where people can be more connected to the present moment and the real world.
A place where you sit in groups and talk, rather than stare at screens all the time.
It’s simple. But this is all that’s needed for the core idea. A beautiful space in nature. Hot and cold. Movement. Good food.
If I can create that, it will be a place that changes lives. If I do nothing else there, it will already blow people’s minds and creates profound connections and deep transformation.
In the hours between therapy and training, we’ll talk about life and love, productivity and wealth and other important ideas. The place will be infused with a balancing act philosophy. And that will add to the experience as well.
But the important things are:
- Cold plunges in different temperatures.
- Sauna and steam room.
- Flotation tanks.
- Beautiful, natural surroundings, where people can be exposed to the weather.
- Super healthy food. An environment that makes healthy eating and intermittent fasting extremely easy.
- Lots of training space and training “toys”, so people can practice loads of movement skills and we can do intense, varied training sessions.
- Conversation pits - an environment that invites people to sit together, to sit around a fire, to talk and listen.
I want to build this. And maybe I need to build it sooner rather than later.