by Clay Schmitz | Mar 5, 2024 | how to articles, tools
When I started experimenting with my diet and changing what I eat it seemed scary and risky. I was afraid I might make myself sick or cause some horrific damage to my body. Looking back I was bombarded with endless messaging about food without being aware, and I ate horribly in high school and survived so the fear seems irrational now. In this page I talk about the food I ate throughout my life and the outcome. Also my understanding of food and why I eat what I eat. In addition my experience with food labeling, and the meat and ranching industry.
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by Clay Schmitz | Feb 28, 2024 | how to articles, how to videos, tools
Obviously we all breath, usually happens without us thinking about it or even noticing. What happens if we focus on our breath, if we breath with intention and practice breathing in a way that can alter how we think and feel? When I do this I feel better, calmer, clear mind, my body feels lighter and more at ease.
Here is a previous page on Breathing.
In this page I talk more about breathing with tips and issues that came up for me.
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by Clay Schmitz | Feb 14, 2024 | how to articles, tools
Every winter my skin would feel dry and itchy, also I noticed my t shirts had yellowish stains around the arm pits. In my travels to Europe on the public trains I smelled an obvious difference in body odor. I daily used shampoo, soap, deodorant, cologne, because I was afraid I would smell bad and be unattractive to women. I was also afraid I would be considered dirty and shunned if I didn't use these harsh cleansers. I had heard plenty of talk growing up about how those people are gross. The dry winter skin become so uncomfortable I was willing to consider alternatives. This page is about my experience with putting products on my hair and skin and what I do now.
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by Clay Schmitz | Jan 30, 2024 | how to articles, how to videos, tools
I think of meditation as a ladder or vehicle that takes me to a wonderful blissful enjoyable place. On this page I talk about what meditation is, how I meditate, and why and when. Meditation is also a foundation tool or place to build from. Communication and relationships are easier.
Here is a previous post I wrote about Meditation. There are 6 videos in this tutorial.
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by Clay Schmitz | Jan 25, 2024 | how to articles, tools
I went from wearing raised heel thick boots to walking and running barefoot. On this page I explain what I did and why. I had been wearing padded high top sneakers and boots for decades, when I tried to walk in minimalist shoes I was in pain and couldn't get very far. I felt helpless and dependent on the shoe industry.
Here is a podcast episode about my journey from boots to barefoot.
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by Clay Schmitz | Sep 13, 2023 | how to articles, how to videos
Recently I heard we can survive 3 weeks without food, 3 days without water, and 3 minutes without air. Given this reality it seems breathing is a bigger priority than food or water. There is a lot of information out there about what to eat and where our food comes from, likewise the water bottle boom has been around for a while. To me it makes sense to put as much if not more time and attention on our breath, how to breath, and what’s in our air. I had been doing breathwork for years prior to 2020, and the recent phenomenon of demanding people wear something over their face and alter our natural breathing seemed beyond insane.
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