Movers Mindset

After weeks of movement events with every minute scheduled, sitting for meditation was sublime—ten to twenty minutes of simply sitting and breathing. The constant activity was exhausting; stillness became recharging. What was missing from recent travels was equanimity. Often described as producing stillness, equanimity is actually a mobility of mind—a countercultural refashioning of self-definition, disarming…

Amina Shareef Ali explores the relationship between identity, values, and parkour as both personal journey and social phenomenon. The conversation ranges from punk rock to social movements, intertwined values, and parkour’s role in personal transformation. She emphasizes that transformative conceptual frameworks haven’t displaced each other in her life. For meaningful transformation beyond spiritual bypassing, they…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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.

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…

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…