The Mindful Movement Podcast and Community

In this unique episode, Les Raymond, typically your host, steps into the spotlight as a guest on Podcast Gurus with Guillaume Jouvencel. Les shares the inspiring backstory of The Mindful Movement podcast and YouTube channel, offering insights into its creation and growth.

During this heartfelt conversation, Les discusses his personal journey, the vision behind The Mindful Movement, and his collaboration with Guillaume and Hussam from GHA Marketing, the team responsible for the podcast's seamless production.

Tune in to discover more about the origins of The Mindful Movement, the values driving its success, and the experiences that shaped Les’s path.

Key Takeaways:

1. The Birth of The Mindful Movement: The YouTube channel began as a simple tool to share Sarah Raymond's hypnosis meditations and grew into a global platform with over 860,000 subscribers.
2. The Role of Hypnosis in Personal Transformation: Les explains how hypnosis helped him overcome a 23-year dependency on alcohol by addressing deep-seated beliefs about self-worth and confidence.
3. Meditation and Journaling for Emotional Clarity: Les highlights how meditation creates space for thoughts to surface and journaling helps offload mental burdens, fostering deeper self-awareness.
4. Healing Trauma with Mindfulness and Hypnosis: Les shares how mindfulness practices and hypnosis can reframe past traumas, allowing individuals to nurture their younger selves and release lingering pain.
5. The Science Behind Hypnosis: Hypnosis works by relaxing the conscious mind, enabling access to deeper levels of consciousness where meaningful change can occur. It’s a practice rooted in intention and willingness.
6. Integrating Movement and Meditation: Les advises incorporating physical movement before meditation to create mental and physical space, enhancing focus and relaxation.
7. Psychedelics and Alternative Tools for Healing: Les discusses his experiences with microdosing psychedelics and their potential for personal growth, while emphasizing the importance of individual readiness and safe environments.
8. Podcasting as a Learning Tool: Les reflects on how podcasts have served as a source of education, connection, and personal growth, inspiring him to start his own show.
9. The Universal Goal of Health and Longevity: In both his gym work and personal growth practices, Les emphasizes the importance of cultivating strength, resilience, and movement competency to live a fulfilling life.
10. Practical Advice for Self-Improvement: Les encourages experimenting with tools like hypnosis, meditation, and breathwork to uncover deeper truths, reframe limiting beliefs, and foster personal transformation.

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Adopting an attitude of gratitude has a profound effect and the potential to completely change your state of being in just a moment's time.

Your body is a miracle and a gift, the vehicle through which you have the privilege of experiencing this beautiful world.

I challenge you to continue cultivating gratitude throughout your day. Perhaps you can even find something positive out of an experience that seems negative at first glance.

Pain is not typically a desirable sensation, especially when it becomes chronic. The resistance and upset can make the experience worse. Pain is a message from your body and if you ignore that message, it will continue to get louder and stronger. By simply focusing on, observing, and accepting the sensations as they are, this practice can be transforming and releasing. This meditation will help you focus your mind and energy on your experience with acceptance to provide physical and mental relaxation and pain relief.

While this meditation practice is not a substitute for medical treatment if needed, it can help to ease your suffering and experience a relaxed state.

Meditation written and read by Sara Raymond

1:1 Sessions

Episode Summary: In this enlightening episode, Les Raymond sits down with Michael Ruscio, a renowned functional medicine practitioner, to delve into the intricate relationship between thyroid health and gut function. They explore common misconceptions surrounding thyroid symptoms, the limitations of relying solely on blood tests, and the importance of a holistic approach to health. Michael shares insights from his research and clinical experiences, emphasizing the need to look beyond thyroid hormones to address underlying gut issues that may be affecting overall well-being.

Key Takeaways:

1. Body Temperature as a Thyroid Indicator:

• Les discusses the significance of body temperature as an indicator of thyroid health, while Michael emphasizes the limitations of this approach and the need for blood tests to accurately assess thyroid function.

1. Misdiagnosis and Overmedication:

• Michael highlights the prevalence of misdiagnosis in thyroid conditions and the potential harm of unnecessary thyroid hormone prescriptions. Many patients with thyroid-like symptoms may actually have underlying gut health issues.

1. Gut Health's Role in Thyroid Function:

• The conversation stresses the connection between gut health and thyroid function. Michael argues that improving gut health can alleviate symptoms that are often misattributed to thyroid dysfunction.

1. Symptoms vs. Blood Tests:

• Michael explains that symptoms of hypothyroidism are often nonspecific, making it essential to conduct comprehensive evaluations rather than relying solely on blood tests.

1. Holistic Treatment Approach:

• The episode advocates for a holistic approach to health, where diet, lifestyle, and gut health are prioritized alongside thyroid function testing, allowing for more effective treatment.

1. Understanding Hormonal Interplay:

• Les and Michael discuss the complexities of hormonal interactions, including the conversion of cholesterol into hormones and the implications for thyroid function.

1. Patient-Centered Care:

• Emphasis is placed on the need for healthcare providers to consider the entire patient picture, including history, symptoms, and gut health, before prescribing treatments.

1. The Need for Further Research:

• The episode concludes with a call for more research to better understand the connections between thyroid health, gut function, and overall wellness.
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