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Ido Portal

Ido, for his philosophy;

 "Movement is big. Bigger than any specific movement discipline and it contains within it HUGE 'worlds' like the world of fitness, dance, martial arts, strength, flexibility, circus and more. Specializing is great - but beyond our specialties - we are all HUMAN first, MOVERS second and only then SPECIALISTS."

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BIG admiration for Ido Portal and his approach.

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"Imperfect moments linked together to a less imperfect flow. Thats the nature of flow - it makes us a bit better." - Ido Portal

Dear Fellow Funny Shape Makers,

I am signing out for the rest of the summer. My body is telling me that I need to take a break...realign, recharge and refocus...literally from head to toe, but fear not, I won't shut down. I will be back in September full of stories, new inspirations and silly things.

In the mean time here are a few things that caught my attention this past week and on retreat this weekend...

1.  Everything is Connected by Peter Liversidge

2.Wise words...

3. Rising Mountain

4. Ido Portals Hanging challenge. This is good stuff!

5. next on my list of things to listen too...Jules Mitchell on The Science of Stretching.

6. And finally, since the sun has disappeared from this little island of late this quote from Anne Fadiman,

“It is a grave error to assume that ice cream consumption requires hot weather.”

I'm of to take a listen to the magic John Fahey makes with his guitar for the rest of the day now.
See you on the other side.
xx

"Many like to preach and quote simplicity and its truly an important aspiration, but when movement is concerned, we are who we are because of COMPLEXITY. 
So, paraphrasing Albert Einstein, I suggest this:
"Movement should be made as complex as human and then as simple as possible."

-- Ido Portal

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Ido's Squat Clinic

"My squat clinic routine. Squatting is a primal pattern. Basic and important. This routine concentrates on rehabing squatting related functions.
A complete approach covering various limiting factors." --Ido Portal

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"Live life dynamically. MOVE MORE."
Ido Portal: Movement Culture

This guy is interesting...check him out in interview here.