Craig Constantine
From the archives: Sebastián Ruiz Jiménez
Sebastián Ruiz Jiménez explores how exploring one’s center and asking questions influences personal growth and understanding through Art du Déplacement. Asking the right questions transforms challenges into opportunities for growth. Finding creativity and inspiration means exposing yourself to unfamiliar experiences—reading something new, seeing what you don’t usually see, doing what you don’t usually do. The… more →
From the archives: Amos Rendao
Amos Rendao explores balancing creative passion, personal growth, and professional responsibility while navigating life’s unpredictable journey. He reflects on music’s meaning, flowing versus planning, and journaling’s importance in developing self-relationship. The conversation covers success, Aikido, and information activism. Amos shares insights on diet and nutrition, his injury recovery journey, and managing self talk. Journaling emerges… more →
From the archives: Hayley Chilvers
Hayley Chilvers discusses using movement and embodied practice for personal growth, connection, and creativity. She explores the balance between creating for oneself versus creating for others, and how context changes what gets created. The conversation examines personal authenticity versus audience engagement, with Hayley emphasizing that sustainable ventures require authenticity—building something as an extension of yourself.… more →
Upward spiral
Discovery, reflection, and efficacy form a gentle upward spiral. Finding something that bothers you leads to wondering about improvements, then making a change. Sometimes the change doesn’t actually improve things, which is why the loop matters—the next discovery phase offers another chance to choose a different action. This might sound academic, but the real question… more →
From the archives: Frank Mejia
Frank Mejia discusses transforming parkour passion into a coaching career, exploring PK Move, Urban Evolution, and World Chase Tag. He reflects on becoming a coach, the game’s intricacies, travel’s role in his journey, and competition. Teaching, he notes, is a privilege—bringing people up and showing them what they didn’t think they could do. more →
Lie flat
Many people can’t actually lie flat on the floor because their bodies have adapted to sitting—tight hips and rounded upper backs. These postural changes aren’t permanent but aren’t immediately adjustable, like semi-permanent hair coloring requiring regular washings. After iterative changes toward firmer sleeping surfaces, including a tatami mat with futon, flat hard surfaces combined with… more →
Quadrupédie in L’Art du Déplacement
To engage with « quadrupédie » is to engage with the heart of the practice. We craft our spiritual strength through physical exercise, and our physical hardiness through mental practice (mens sana in corpore sano—sound mind in a strong body.) ~ Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way p139 Stany Foucher recently wrote a book, Art du… more →
Curiosity with David Wilson
How can older adults reclaim movement as a joyful, empowering part of life despite pervasive cultural narratives about aging? Letting go of perfectionism opens the door to playfulness and self-compassion. “If I can be more compassionate toward myself, I can let go of this addiction to competence and just let myself try, and suck. So… more →
Language itself can be motivating
Changing your words changes how you think. One training group banned saying “can’t”—saying it cost five pushups. Instead of “I can’t do that wall run,” practitioners had to dig deeper: “I need stronger tendons” or “I need to practice that technique.” This shift from negativity to specificity reveals exactly what to work on. Changing language… more →
Empowering with Nina Ballantyne
What makes parkour jam spaces unique, and how do they shape the experience of movement, community, and accessibility? A church, a jam space, and a parkour gym—what do they have in common, and why does it matter? “The empowerment, and the kind of liberation to not care what other people think, does have a limit… more →
Insight with Cristina Latici
What makes a great movement coach, and how do they balance structure, intuition, and individual learning styles to help students progress? Teaching movement is as much about reading people as it is about teaching physical skills. “You have to wait— you just have to wait and see. It’s not always the right time to give… more →
MiST with Iron Gump
How can mindfulness and meditation be integrated into physical training to enhance strength, mobility, and self-awareness? Iron Gump joins Craig Constantine to share how meditative strength training bridges the gap between physical exertion and mindful awareness. “This is what you were talking about earlier. The meditative aspect. What I call it is meditative strength training… more →