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Is sports the yoga of the West? Are the altered states of consciousness experienced while engaging in extreme sports similar to those achieved through meditation or psychedelics? How does the intense focus engendered by the immediate possibility of death factor in?
In this excerpt from the AXIA Elite performance workshop, free solo highlining world record holder Friedi Kühne shares his experiences as an extreme balance athelete and discusses related aspects of consciousness with Dr Rupert Sheldrake. Reproduced with permission from, and thanks to, Axia Futures and Alex Haywood.
Watch the full workshop here:
youtu.be/ijlj8pX2IK4
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Dr Rupert Sheldrake, PhD, is a biologist and author best known for his hypothesis of morphic resonance. At Cambridge University he worked in developmental biology as a Fellow of Clare College. He was Principal Plant Physiologist at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics and From 2005 to 2010 was Director of the Perrott-Warrick project, Cambridge.
Rupert's latest book:
Ways to Go Beyond And Why They Work
sheldrake.org/books-by-rupert-sheldrake/ways-to-go-beyond-and-why-they-work?yt=Friedi
Cover photo by Serge Shakuto
Is sports the yoga of the West? Are the altered states of consciousness experienced while engaging in extreme sports similar to those achieved through meditation or psychedelics? How does the intense focus engendered by the immediate possibility of death factor in?
In this excerpt from the AXIA Elite performance workshop, free solo highlining world record holder Friedi Kühne shares his experiences as an extreme balance athelete and discusses related aspects of consciousness with Dr Rupert Sheldrake. Reproduced with permission from, and thanks to, Axia Futures and Alex Haywood.
Watch the full workshop here:
youtu.be/ijlj8pX2IK4
Axia Futures engages in Developing World Class Traders Globally.
Follow them at: AxiaFutures.com
Facebook: facebook.com/AxiaFutures
Twitter: twitter.com/AxiaFutures
Instagram: instagram.com/AxiaFutures
Dr Rupert Sheldrake, PhD, is a biologist and author best known for his hypothesis of morphic resonance. At Cambridge University he worked in developmental biology as a Fellow of Clare College. He was Principal Plant Physiologist at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics and From 2005 to 2010 was Director of the Perrott-Warrick project, Cambridge.
Rupert's latest book:
Ways to Go Beyond And Why They Work
sheldrake.org/books-by-rupert-sheldrake/ways-to-go-beyond-and-why-they-work?yt=Friedi
Cover photo by Serge Shakuto
