Finding Balance In Training And Life With FLYNN DISNEY | EMP Podcast 142
Jun 20, 2024
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Flynn Disney, a parkour athlete and coach, discusses play, sensitive awareness, balance between hard work and rest. Topics include joy, self-cultivation, confidence practice, and the importance of rest in achieving optimal performance.
Balancing play and sensitive awareness for a healthy mind/body connection.
Emphasizing the importance of rest and the delicate balance between hard work and relaxation.
Nurturing existing capabilities and innate traits for optimal growth and reflex responses.
Deep dives
The Evolution of Practice and Personal Transformation
Flynn Disney's journey from delving deep into physical practice to viewing movement through the lens of personal transformation indicates a significant maturation as a thinker and teacher. His incorporation of adaptive psychological research into movement practice showcases a sophisticated approach to content creation that sets him apart in the parkour and movement practice realm.
Lessons from Personal Experiences with Dog Training
Flynn Disney's reflection on his experiences with dog training highlights how personal inadequacies and emotional gaps have motivated his exploration of physical and theoretical research. His realization that traditional behaviorist approaches were inadequate for complex dog behaviors led him to delve deeper into understanding human complexity and conflict resolution, emphasizing the importance of addressing emotional stability in teaching and learning processes.
The Impact of Play and Urban Environment on Childhood Development
The discussion shifts towards the impact of modern urban environments on children's play and development, contrasting the lack of play opportunities with the potential for desensitization and reduced sensitivity. The narrative delves into the challenges parents face in enabling outdoor play for children in a screen-dominated culture, highlighting the potential consequences of limited play in fostering social anxieties and inhibiting holistic growth.
Balancing Pursuit of Goals with Present Joy in Life
The conversation explores the delicate balance between forward movement towards goals and present joy in life, drawing parallels between pleasure-seeking behaviors and the erosion of intrinsic pleasures. Insights from personal growth experiences indicate the importance of allowing processes to unfold organically without excessive judgment, emphasizing the value of play, sensitivity, and learning from the environment in cultivating a meaningful and vital approach to life.
The Importance of Nurturing Existing Capabilities in Psychological Development
Psychological growth is viewed as a process of nurturing existing capabilities rather than introducing something new. Emphasizing the significance of allowing inherent traits to flourish, the analogy of nurturing dormant potential is highlighted. This approach involves attuning to natural psychological and physical states that support reflex functions and movements, leading to optimal development. By focusing on relaxation and relinquishing constant self-judgment and consciousness, individuals can enhance reflex responses and optimize growth.
Balancing Effort and Relaxation for Optimal Performance
Achieving optimal performance involves a balance of effort and relaxation, where overexertion can impede progress. The concept of self-control is explored through two forms, 'kratia' involving willpower and 'sophrosyne' centered on self-receiving experiences. Creating a practice that is self-reinforcing and aligns with individual goals is advocated. The necessity of cycles of attention and relaxation for effective energy application is emphasized, underscoring the value of relaxation in enhancing performance and refining movement capabilities.
Welcome back to the Evolve Move Play podcast!
In today’s conversation we are joined once again by Flynn Disney, a parkour athlete and coach who has spent the last several years integrating theory and practice within movement and psychology. Much like our work at EMP, he’s embarked upon a journey to establish an ecology of practices for himself and his students that works to understand the vast amount of scientific, somatic and philosophical information that has been compiled, and translate it into actionable practices that can bring people into deeper levels of knowledge, wisdom and meaning in life.
Throughout our chat we’ll touch on the importance of play as well as sensitive awareness for achieving a sound and healthy mind/body, the various approaches one might take upon the path of self cultivation, and the oftentimes difficult balance that must be obtained between hard work and rest.
If you enjoy the conversation, be sure to like, subscribe, and check out Flynn’s work at the links provided below.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Flynn’s Background, Dog Training, Conflict & Play
16:39 - Anxiety, Sensitivity & Awareness
39:06 - The Presence of Joy
56:42 - The Engineer & The Gardener
01:15:53 - The Necessity for Rest
01:23:37 - Work and Tension
01:35:27 - Confidence Practice and Flynn’s Events
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-Website: https://www.flynndisney.com/
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