Hi, Friends - Dr. Rob here. Welcome to October Owl'ing. Our owl neighbor (image h/t Rob Williams). October in Vermont's Mad River Valley flows from Autumn's spectacular "peak foliage" glory to Stick Season's solemn stillness as dying leaves, bright and vibrant just a few weeks before, slowly seep into our forest floors in anticipation of the frozen Winter ahead. Most of our songbirds are long gone, but our owls are moving in, their late night calls resonating through ou

Hi, Friends - Dr. Rob here. Welcome to September's sweetness. Autumn in Vermont's Mad River Valley sweeps in slowly - the disappearance of the hermit thrush's haunting liminal calls by mid month, the hoppers' melodious grassy churring come evenings, the sumac ripening reddish orange, glowing in the crispness of each misty dawn managing to give way to sun - all remind us here that High Summer is passing Nature's beautiful baton on to Autumn, in all of its spectacular glory.

Green Mountain greetings, friends! Dr. Rob Williams here. Trust August finds you healthy, happy, and in flow. Here in Vermont's Mad River Valley, our fields and forests, streams and rivers are teeming with high summer energy and life. Inspiring! Exciting news to share - I'll be teaching a new four week online breath training course this September, combining interests I've been pursuing for many years. Entitled 12 Breaths: A User's Guide, our online course will featur

= LISTEN AND WATCH DR. ROB ON BREATH TRAINING & COLD PLUNGING VIA VARIOUS PODCASTS: Cold plunging is often framed as a recovery tool—something used after hard training or intense effort. But when practiced consistently and with intention, cold exposure offers benefits that extend far beyond physical recovery. Cold plunging supports the nervous system, encourages presence, and helps build resilience that carries into everyday life. Rather than pushing the body to extremes, it

We humans breathe on average 25,000 times during a 24 hour day, explains journalist James Nestor in his beautiful best-selling book Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art, and yet, 90% of us are breathing poorly.

The New Science of Spirituality and Our Quest For An Inspired Life.

Breathwork coach and author Dr. Belisa Vranich’s 2020 book Breathing For Warriors is an under-appreciated gem, chock full of practical “hands on” insights about how Team Human’s super power – breathing – can be deployed to optimize human potential, especially in the realm of sport and fitness.

Ireland’s Patrick McKeown is perhaps the world’s foremost authority on breathwork, and his 2015 book The Oxygen Advantage and 2021 book The Breathing Cure are two of the most important books written on how to adopt “simple, scientifically proven breathing techniques” to (as one of these books’ subtitle states) help maximize fitness and heighten athletic performance; improve sleep, focus, and concentration; eliminate asthma symptoms; and maintain weight loss. Sound too good to

Imagine if you could learn to use your mind and body to strengthen your immune system, control your autonomic nervous system, and cultivate more happiness, strength and health?

A century ago, author Peter Kelder’s chance encounter with a mysterious “Colonel Bradford” (not his real name) led to an ongoing conversation between the two, and ultimately, to “Bradford” teaching the “5 Tibetans” to Kelder and now, the world through Kelder’s book (first published in 1939).