Mauricio Diaz: Adventure Running, Breaking the Bond & Creating Family

On episode 68 I speak with Maurizio Diaz, co-founder of Aire Libre, an inspiring company that explores the world through running. We dive into the beginning of Aire Libre, how it's evolved and the family that's been created around the world and some of the stories of growth that can happen on these experiences. Mau shares his journey into running, how it helped him grow personally while learning and exploring cities around the world. We also get into a powerful story from Mau's youth that proved powerful for this growth and independence as a you man.

Podcast, Mindfulness, MovementRyan WillmsMarch 12, 2022Podcast, Ryan Willms

Rio Lakeshore: Mojave Awakening, Above the 10 & Mindful Running

On the latest episode I speak with Rio Lakeshore, LA-based runner, writer, artist, father and man. It's hard to encapsulate Rio in a sentence so I suggest listening to the episode, but we dive into his growing up in Los Angeles, how moving to the Mojave Desert changed his life, perspective and began his relationship with running. We explore what mindful running really is and how it can be artful like music and dance, and what can be invited through this ancient movement practice. Rio speaks on learning from injury, transitioning from the road to the trails and his vision for running in community and helping more underprivileged youth get out of the city and into the trails.

Podcast, Mindfulness, MovementRyan WillmsFebruary 18, 2022Podcast, Ryan Willms

Reigning Champ by Ryan Willms: Run and Become

The latest collection from Reigning Champ by Ryan Willms, Run and Become, Find Your Bliss. The range is made for the mountains and trails, with focuses on meaningful movement in the outdoors. Custom-dyed active tops and performance layers, functional headwear, and a trail-bound runner provide a modular system to embrace the elements, featuring lessons and teachings from Sri Chinmoy and Joseph Campbell.

Movement, Editorial, MindfulnessRyan WillmsFebruary 9, 2022Ryan Willms, Photography

Sanjay Rawal: Run and Become, Slow Discipline & Gather

On episode 66 of the podcast I have Sanjay Rawal back on, disciple of Sri Chinmoy, runner and film maker. We dive into Sri's concept of 'Run and Become' which coincides with my new Reigning Champ collection using the same name, and how running can be an invitation for personal growth and self-transcendence and an unlimited amount of joy and lessons to learn. Sanjay also shares a recent DNP experience at a marathon PR attempt and what he's been learning from this potent race turned lesson, and how it's tested his internal world. Finally we speak about his latest film, Gather, "intimate portrait of the growing movement amongst Native Americans to reclaim their spiritual, political and cultural identities through food sovereignty, while battling the trauma of centuries of genocide." It's a beautiful and inspiring film, like Sanjay's other work and it was a joy to speak to him again and feel the light and energy he brings to the world.

Podcast, Mindfulness, MovementRyan WillmsFebruary 9, 2022Podcast, Ryan Willms

Solo Series: How I Got Here, Curiously Being & Left vs Right (Brain)

On the final episode of my solo series and of the year, I wrap up by sharing an overview of my own inner journey over these past years since 2017 and the different people, modalities, and teachers I've worked with. Reflecting back on all of the time, energy, resources I've put into this healing, development and growth has been interesting with a big recent shift and realization that I'm only just starting to tap into my right brain and heart. So how did I get here? I speak about my latest DMT ceremony and the work of Michael Singer, IFS by Richard Schartz, inner child work and the challenges with expression and truly expressing myself. It's been a scary journey as well as rich, beautiful and fruitful and the deeper I go the more unknown and scary things can be but I feel so fortunate to have landed on this path and discovered all of these deep experiences and teachers that have helped me along the way.

Podcast, Mindfulness, EmotionRyan WillmsJanuary 3, 2022Podcast, Ryan Willms, Solo Episode

Solo Series: Can We Trust Our-Self, Vaccine Choice & Navigating Overwhelm

In this long overdue solo episode, I start off a series of three episodes to finish 2021 where I dive into some of the biggest issues in my life and that I’ve been working through. In the first part, I talk about my relationship with food and disordered eating and how the spiral of shame can trigger a pattern of over eating. I touch on the importance of personal values and how the lack of values as a society have led us down a misguided path, and that ultimately a revolution of personal responsibility is the way forward. In order to do this we have to stay connected to our hearts, and recently I’ve drifted away from that connection myself, which takes work and is a practice of remembering.

Podcast, Mindfulness, EmotionRyan WillmsDecember 17, 2021Podcast, Ryan Willms, Solo Episode

Solo Series: Disordered Eating, Core Values & Revolution of Responsibility

In this long overdue solo episode, I start off a series of three episodes to finish 2021 where I dive into some of the biggest issues in my life and that I’ve been working through. In the first part, I talk about my relationship with food and disordered eating and how the spiral of shame can trigger a pattern of over eating. I touch on the importance of personal values and how the lack of values as a society have led us down a misguided path, and that ultimately a revolution of personal responsibility is the way forward. In order to do this we have to stay connected to our hearts, and recently I’ve drifted away from that connection myself, which takes work and is a practice of remembering.

Podcast, Mindfulness, EmotionRyan WillmsNovember 22, 2021Podcast, Ryan Willms, Solo Episode

Saehee Cho: Meaningful Cooking, Soon Minimart & Cultural Responsibility

On episode 60 I speak to Saehee Cho, a creative writer, cook, food stylist and founder of Soon Minimart. We dive into all things food, connection to the earth and the process of growing a plant, the masculine and feminine balance in the industry of food and the lessons that plants can provide. Saehee shares her own journey from home cooking with her grandmother into the launch of Soon Minimart, a really interesting online platform that Saehee started to work with small local farms to get healthy, fresh, organic food to the homes of people in Los Angeles. She shares about her Korean culture, connection to it and the intersection of her passions; writing and food, as she heads to Mexico to explore a unique culture of food history.

Podcast, Mindfulness, NutritionRyan WillmsNovember 12, 2021Podcast, Ryan Willms

Johnny Oduya: In-Hale, Breath Performance & Diving Deep

On episode 59 I speak to Johnny Oduya, NHL Stanley Cup champion as we dive into his career as a professional hockey player, some of the elements that made his Chicago Blackhawks team successful and his more recent transition into mindfulness, breathwork and the launch of Hale. What started as a pursuit to play at his best later in his career, Johnny found certain biohacking tips helpful which then lead to experiences in improving nutrition, dabbling in meditation and finding breathwork.

Podcast, Emotion, MindfulnessRyan WillmsNovember 3, 2021Podcast, Ryan Willms

George MacPherson: Evolution of PR, Sustainable Education & The Truth of Sound

On episode 58 I speak with George William MacPherson, a PR consultant, sound healer and overall inspiring man. We connected through the fashion and sport world and one of his clients but immediately I felt a unique connection to George. As I’ve got to know him and learn more about his journey of mental health alongside the evolution of his career, I wanted to dive in with him on the podcast. In this episode we speak about his childhood and growing up in nature, the journey from London to New York in the fashion PR world and his more recent parallel exploration of healing, the unconscious and the powerful medicine of sound and music.

Podcast, Emotion, MindfulnessRyan WillmsNovember 3, 2021Podcast, Ryan Willms

Tete Bero: Remembering who we are, Heart Music & THE Medicine Sessions

On episode 57 of Into the Well, I speak with Tete Bero who I’ve connected with in Los Angeles over the last few years. He’s a musician, healer, wise man and one of my mentors – more recently we’ve dove into the plant medicine realms together and really connected on a deep level. I’m excited to share a piece of his story here as he shares about living in New York, traveling the world and creating a unique mix of musical cultures around the world and expressing himself through drums for a long time. After doing the score for DMT: The Spirit Molecule, he coincidently was connected with ayahuasca and it sent him on a long journey ever since. Recently Tete has been sharing music inspired by his teachings and what is really true for him, entitled The Medicine Sessions, you can listen to his work on Spotify. We dive into the current culture, appropriation, real safety and remember who we truly are.

Podcast, Emotion, MindfulnessRyan WillmsOctober 4, 2021Podcast, Ryan Willms

Manoj Dias: Staying Open, Still Together & The Evolution of Practice

On the latest episode of Into the Well, I reconnect with Manoj Dias after we first met in early 2020. We've been through a lot but hadn't connected over this wild year of ups and downs until now, so it was great to dive into the challenges as Manoj shares his journey of moving to Los Angeles, joining and launching Open, a breathwork and mindfulness app that also uses movement and music to deep and innovate practices. Manoj also released his first book, Still Together: Connection through Meditation and is coming out the other end of a breakup. We speak about the journey and some of the tools that can help, about being kind to ourselves and how Manoj's own practice has evolved and become more fluid in the last year, diving more deeply into the breath.

Podcast, Emotion, MindfulnessRyan WillmsSeptember 20, 2021Podcast, Ryan Willms

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