Hi there! I’m Damon Givehand, your dedicated Yoga & Health Mindset Coach.
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"I’m here to help you TRANSFORM into your healthiest self because I know that the foundation of your BEST LIFE is your HEALTH, and I want you to LIVE YOUR BEST LIFE. Without your health, every other aspect of your life will suffer in some way to some degree, and we just can’t have that!"
SO, WHERE DO WE START?
Well, first you should read MY FAT STORY, and after that we can get down to business. Then, if you’re fat, we start with getting UNFAT (the healthy way, which isn't the same as "losing weight" — weight-loss is NOT the point). If you’re physically ill, we start with getting UNSICK. If you’re lacking energy, we start with getting UN-SLUGGISH (which means maximizing your ENERGY!). If you’re any combination of two or all three of these, we start with developing the opposite of a fat, sick, and tired body so that you may come alive and thrive, rather than just survive! And you'll be happy to know that this is not complicated -- what we do for one of these we do for all of these. There ARE certain things we can do, and if we do them well, we will get unfat, unsick, and un-sluggish, along with a gazillion other beneficial things anyone would be happy with. |
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You may notice that each of these areas (being fat, sick, or un-energetic) deals with you on the physical level, and this is because it’s the most obvious level (how you look and feel physically), especially when compared to the mental and emotional levels. In truth, the physical, mental, and emotional levels are all connected, so when one is impacted, so are the others; however, we focus on what we can see, which is physical, and when we SEE and experience desired results on this level, it favorably impacts our minds and emotions. So, we start with the most visibly obvious and observable factors that are preventing you from living your BEST life, because these factors are also the foundation of how you are able to show up and interact in the world. Fortunately, these are where you’ll SEE the quickest results, which boosts your confidence tremendously in what you are doing to get such amazing results; and authentic CONFIDENCE from real experience is going to be the thing that allows you to permanently make the transition into your healthiest self so that you can live your best life into perpetuity. This is not even to mention the favorable effect "seeing these results" will have on you mentally and emotionally. We'll eventually get into the invisible mental and emotional factors that impact the quality of your life, but for now this is where we begin, with what we can visibly observe and see with our own eyes.
IF YOU'RE FAT, YOU'RE ACTUALLY LUCKY IN A WEIRD WAY IF YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT.
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Please know that I'm never criticizing or picking fun at "fat people" because I used to be a fat guy. I might not have been as fat as the sketch you see here, but I used to weigh around 240 lbs and now have consistently weighed in around 165-170 lbs since at least 2009, so I completely understand the plight of being fat and am sensitive to it, having lived on both sides of it. [You can read MY FAT STORY here.]
That said, I now teach, guide, and coach with the advantage of experience and hindsight, and attest that one of the best parts about being fat is that it is visible and obvious. Once again, it’s an area where you can see incredible results really fast that everyone else will notice too. Trust me, when the extra pounds MELT away, it’s OBVIOUS! Not only will you look fantastic, you’ll FEEL amazing(!) and this feeling is WHERE LIVING YOUR BEST LIFE BEGINS! And make no mistake about it, the amazing feeling you experience will NOT be due to vanity and how you look in the mirror (although that will feel good too, let's be honest); the "amazing" feeling will be due to the obstacles you remove that will allow your natural vitality to burst forth and flow. Your energy will go through the roof! So, you're probably wondering what to do with it. Well, for starters, take lots of photos to show your journey and transformation (this is something I didn't know 15 years ago, before the explosion of the smart phone selfie era). Also, journal a lot, and document what you are going through (emotionally, spiritually, what you learn, etc). If you work with me, I can share more, but these two are musts that will position you to write your own book and coach others looking to go on a healthy weight-loss journey if you choose to. |
Are you ready to lose those extra pounds and reclaim your birthright, which is a slim, trim physique and an energized, disease-free body? If so, scroll down, keep reading, and let’s do this!”
What’s going to allow you to LOSE THAT FAT, get unsick, and uplevel your energy for good and LIVE YOUR BEST LIFE sooner? A well-informed and properly directed mind, which is GREAT NEWS(!) because we actually have at our fingertips the practical philosophy of Patañjali Yoga which supplies us with the right information to develop such minds in a text called the Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali. In a nutshell, Patañjali's wisdom informs us on getting UNDISTRACTED. In this text, everything we need to know about how to develop properly direct-able and directed minds is spelled out succinctly by the ancients (our greatest grandparents), so that we may SET our MINDS in the right direction, become our best, and experience the best of what life has to offer. HAVING THE RIGHT MINDSET IS THE NAME OF THE GAME! And Patañjali's Yoga Sūtras are the basis of my therapeutic approach to yoga for healing and wellness.
Before we go further though, let’s be clear… there is no other purpose for our existence than to be our best and experience the best of what life has to offer! We are not here to suffer forever. Sure, we suffer for however long we must suffer, until we figure IT out (whatever IT happens to be), but suffering isn’t something we're meant to experience from cradle to grave. Suffering is actually Nature’s way of helping us learn which way to go in Life. We ARE supposed to GO IN THE DIRECTION OF GRACE and GROW OLD GRACEFULLY, but this can only happen if WITH AGE ACTUALLY COMES WISDOM, which is no guarantee, especially if our MIND isn't properly directed and SET in the right direction. So a priority of ours, if we aim to live the highest quality life possible, is to properly ATTUNE OUR MINDSET.
What’s going to allow you to LOSE THAT FAT, get unsick, and uplevel your energy for good and LIVE YOUR BEST LIFE sooner? A well-informed and properly directed mind, which is GREAT NEWS(!) because we actually have at our fingertips the practical philosophy of Patañjali Yoga which supplies us with the right information to develop such minds in a text called the Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali. In a nutshell, Patañjali's wisdom informs us on getting UNDISTRACTED. In this text, everything we need to know about how to develop properly direct-able and directed minds is spelled out succinctly by the ancients (our greatest grandparents), so that we may SET our MINDS in the right direction, become our best, and experience the best of what life has to offer. HAVING THE RIGHT MINDSET IS THE NAME OF THE GAME! And Patañjali's Yoga Sūtras are the basis of my therapeutic approach to yoga for healing and wellness.
Before we go further though, let’s be clear… there is no other purpose for our existence than to be our best and experience the best of what life has to offer! We are not here to suffer forever. Sure, we suffer for however long we must suffer, until we figure IT out (whatever IT happens to be), but suffering isn’t something we're meant to experience from cradle to grave. Suffering is actually Nature’s way of helping us learn which way to go in Life. We ARE supposed to GO IN THE DIRECTION OF GRACE and GROW OLD GRACEFULLY, but this can only happen if WITH AGE ACTUALLY COMES WISDOM, which is no guarantee, especially if our MIND isn't properly directed and SET in the right direction. So a priority of ours, if we aim to live the highest quality life possible, is to properly ATTUNE OUR MINDSET.
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(KJV) 1 Corinthians 3:16
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God... Helping you transform into your healthiest self means I'm helping you LIVE IN ALIGNMENT WITH “OPTIMUM” HEALTH, and I do this by sharing strategies and information designed to SHIFT YOUR MINDSET toward treating your house like the TEMPLE it is meant to be! Think about it, what do you put in trash or garbage cans? You put trash and garbage in them. Well, our bodies are not trash cans, so why would we put garbage in them? When we begin to express on a higher, healthy level, we start to see our bodies as temples; and temples get treated like temples, not junk yards.
An ALL IMPORTANT QUESTION is: Are you living in alignment with physical health or out of alignment with it? If not in alignment with physical health, this is where I'm most effective in helping you! |
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EXAMPLES OF ALIGNMENT WITH HEALTH
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EXAMPLES OF MISALIGNMENT WITH HEALTH
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Life improves by leaps and bounds when you are aligned with health, which means your mind is oriented properly, the information you get is reliable, and the actions you take serve your highest good.
So, THIS is what our work together involves:
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Our work together obviously involves taking the RIGHT ACTION. There are lots of effective programs out there that say exactly what action to take, and many of those programs achieve what they promise, which is often “weight-loss” (not health). At least they work for a time; however, the results of those programs rarely stick, and people eventually end up fat again (and sick), like they were before they did the program. WHY don’t those programs have long-lasting results? Because they only focus on effective actions to take to lose weight, or reverse cancer, or something like that. They DON’T help people shift the way their minds are set, and they don’t focus on HEALTH. My specialty is helping those I work with SHIFT THEIR MINDSET and ALIGN WITH HEALTH so they may transform and transition into wellness more permanently.
Ok, I think I’ve said enough. As you might be able to tell, I can go on and on about this from many angles, because the Truth is the Truth no matter from what perspective you are observing it. But I’ll stop here for now. You ready to do this? Click here if your answer is YES and you want to schedule a FREE 30 minute consultation (this free consultation is required to make sure we are a good fit for each other; in the COACHING REQUEST/COMMENT BOX start with "FREE 30 MIN CONSULTATION").
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Here are a few of my YOGA & Health Mindset offerings to choose from, if you decide YOU ARE READY:
HEALTH MINDSET COACHING PACKAGE* (coming soon) YOGA EMPOWERMENT PACKAGES FREE: 8-DAY YAGS CHALLENGE (coming soon) |
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"If you correct your mind, the rest of your life will fall into place." -Lao Tzu (6c BCE)
Please know this:
I LOVE YOU. YOU ARE FAMILY. I AM YOUR BROTHER. WE ARE THE KIND OF FAMILY THAT SUPPORTS ONE ANOTHER. WE ARE STRONGER TOGETHER THAN APART. WE ARE STRONGER WHEN WE ARE HEALTHY. HEALTH IS THE HIGHEST EXPRESSION OF SELF-LOVE. HEALTH IS TRUE WEALTH. That said, I am patient, and will be here whenever you are ready, because you may not be ready right now (mentally, emotionally, or spiritually). With age comes wisdom, which takes time; and patience is a virtue. Shalom, Shanti, Peace, Hotep, Namaste... ~Damon |
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