It appears that MovNat recently received an official endorsement from Sesame Street! Elmo himself will attend the MovNat Expansion Course next summer. I am honored.
More seriously, MovNat is not only about teaching efficient technique in the 12 natural movement capacities, tough training in the wild and developing a fighting spirit, but also about play and feeling like a kid again. So go out and playfully explore your true nature, but keep it safe!
You have probably noted that movnat.com does not host advertisement banners, especially commercial ones.
But I feel so passionately about the work of Survival International which has helped endangered tribes around the world for over 40 years that I have decided to host their banner. I strongly urge you to learn more about them, and hopefully support them as I do:
“Survival is an international human rights organization, helping tribal peoples around the world defend their lives, protect their lands and determine their own futures.
We work for tribal peoples’ rights in three complementary ways: education, advocacy and campaigns. We also offer tribal people themselves a platform to address the world. We work closely with local indigenous organizations, and focus on tribal peoples who have the most to lose, usually those most recently in contact with the outside world.
We believe that public opinion is the most effective force for change. Its power will make it harder, and eventually impossible, for governments and companies to oppress tribal peoples.”
While Survival International protects the rights of tribal people, more importantly they protect the lives, the lands and the cultures of the remaining tribal groups, especially the most remote, the least in touch with the modern world.
Without overly romanticizing the lifestyle or living conditions of these tribal groups, I believe the more “civilized” we become, the more we can learn from these people who embody the meaning of being connected to their true nature.
However, the constant and increasing pressure from the modern world continues to threaten these populations who only wish to maintain their ancestral way of life and to remain strong, healthy, happy and free.
By helping them, we contribute to protecting the natural areas which they inhabit, the natural sanctuaries they live among, respect and attempt to protect against many forms of exploitation and destruction. By protecting tribal people, we protect both human diversity and natural diversity.
Through this banner, I hope to contribute even if in some small way, to increasing awareness about the many threats these populations are facing, threats that all come from our civilized world, as well as the awareness about the people and organizations that fight for them and with them.
Thanks for you for listening. I hope if you agree we with me, you will consider supporting Survival International.
I’m back from the heart of the Mayan jungle where I held two courses by a crystal clear blue lagoon in Bacalar, Mexico. Now I’m taking a few days to relax and practice MovNat on the beach before I head to NYC to do a round of international media and to talk with a couple of publishers who are interested in producing a MovNat book.
Wow! What a fun time we had here in Mexico, despite the minimalism we practiced and the omnipresence of mosquitoes!
All participants said they learned a lot about natural movement, and where able to see the tremendous progress they made in the before and after videos we took of them. But the real changes where not just seen, but could also be felt. Everyone who left said they felt the difference of connecting to their true nature.
A Mayan warrior? Nope, this is John Durant himself!
Among the participants was John Durant a Harvard graduate who lives in NYC. I truly believe John embodies the MovNat philosophy of what it means to be strong, healthy, happy and free. John demonstrated a real passion for the evolutionary lifestyle and his intelligence of the movement was only superseded by his spirit. I look forward to continuing to help John develop his skills in the 12 natural movement capacities.
Read New York Times article “The New Age Cavemen and the City” here.
On February 3rd John did a fantastic job at spreading the word about the evolutionary lifestyle movement, including the Paleodiet and MovNat, when he got interviewed during the Colbert Report! If you miss it you can watch it below. A “primal rockstar” is born? (:D John I am messing up with you ).
John has just launched his website at www.hunter-gatherer.com, there is no content yet, but make sure to bookmark it so you can follow up with him in the near future.
By the way, there are only 4 spots left for the MovNat workshop-retreat in Itacare, Brazil if you want an exotic adventure where you can learn a lot about the primal in you and experience your true nature, click here: Brazil event.
Last, when I return to the States from Brazil I will begin work on an instructional DVD which I hope to be released before the summer so many more people can learn and experience MovNat!!!
Exotic location, great food, and 6 days of awesome training with Erwan!
Practice on a MovNat designed course a combined training of walking, running, jumping, balancing, moving on all fours, climbing, lifting, carrying, throwing, catching, swimming and defending
Develop mental qualities for action and dramatically enhance the perception of your body, the environment and the situation
Practice opportunist training at exotic Mayan Ruins
Think you’re not in good enough shape? Too old, injured, or overweight? So did Don Harris a MovNat Workshop alumni, read about his experience in his own words:
“My name is Don Harris. I am a photographer in Tulsa Oklahoma. I have never liked to exercise… I could rarely motivate myself to go to a gym to “work out”. I am 38 and for the past 23 years have lived with chronic, sometimes excruciating back pain for which no cause or cure had been found for me after many trips to “specialists”… the pain would be so severe in my legs and back that I would be non-functioning the following day.
Don 3 month ago
I was intrigued with Erwan’s philosophy and the obvious results he had achieved in his own life. When Erwan announced his first seminars I realized I could go to another back specialist and possibly have to have surgery, or at least get another round of pain pills. Or… I could… live in the woods for a week and see if there was anything to the MovNat thing. I was not encouraged by anyone to go. Friends, family, doctor friends, all expressed high levels of doubt to me. Yet I went anyway.
The first two days were the most difficult days I had ever experienced. Yet Erwan was so encouraging, so gracious, and so real. He did not make any claims or give me pie in the sky stories. Erwan scaled the class to each of our abilities. He gently pushed us, but did not force us. There was no sense that this was another fitness fad…Yet after day two, I did not see how I could go on…I am used to dealing with intense pain and I am not sure of the exact moment I realized it, but that evening I became aware that I had NO pain in my body. I thought it must have been a fluke or that it would return. But it did not. The next day, I experienced a huge energy burst. I had not realized that the pain I was in was robbing me of tremendous amounts of energy. I was able to do things I would not have attempted… for the first time in years, able to be myself. The transformation that started there for me continues to this day. I am still pain free.
I continue MovNat as my only “work out”. The experience I had at that seminar was one of those life changing moments you look back on as one of the best times of your life. If you are looking for a NO BS approach to LIFE, not just exercise, please do not hesitate to come to a seminar. Everyone in my group left excited and feeling like our money, time, and energy was well spent. Erwan is for real. MovNat is for real. And the results you will see and feel in your own body are real too.”
Don now, 3 months later...and it is only the beginning of his transformation!
Don’t allow excuses to keep you from having the time of your life and transforming your life! The workshops are suited for every level; weather you are an elite athlete or suffering from chronic pain, you will be amazed at the drastic improvements you will make in such a short time.
This is a great opportunity to train first-hand with me and take your training to new heights!
This initiation courses will introduce you to the philosophy and practice of natural movement. You will discover all the fundamentals** that will allow you to get started with your own MovNat natural movement training.
Space is limited to 12 participants per clinic. Book now to secure the remining spot!
*The MovNat Natural Movement Coaching System® enables people to make faster, safer and broader progress in natural movement. The practice of MovNat is fully scalable and suits any individual regardless of experience, condition, or gender.
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Many people have emailed me asking to see more of my training in nature, so here’s a newly edited video, using elements that were filmed on the island of Corsica just a year ago (thanks Tim Kahn for his great filming and editing talent).
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