 Boom, what's up everyone? Welcome to Simulation. I'm your host, Alan Sakyan. We are on site in Brooklyn, in New York. We are going to be talking about all things heart, all things unity, all things urban wellness, spirituality, mental health and well-being. I'm super excited and grateful and blessed to be sitting down with Alexi Eden. Hi Alan, thank you so much for having me. Thanks for coming on to our show. I really appreciate it. Very much looking forward to diving into all the things. Yes, there's lots of things. Very pumped, very pumped. Alexa is an urban wellness consultant and she's been working with multiple clients over multiple years on this and we're excited to even, you know, to bridge the subject of what this even is and also dive into the nuance of why it's so important and we're going to start by explaining this on like a big history level. So Okay, we find ourselves as stewards of earth after such a long period of evolution and we're hockey sticking up in terms of our population, in terms of exponential technology, in terms of so many people crammed into metropolises like Manhattan and like these Chinese cities, there's so many people crammed into these network effect metropolises. Slowing down to tie ourselves into the heart, into nature, into each other at a deeper level is so important. Tell us more about this whole idea of urban wellness consulting. Absolutely. So you say that it is important and that is very true, but more than it being important is how we do it. So that's where I come in and that's what I really stand behind is really educating people on how to tap into this power of our heart and our communication and connection with others. In these metropolis cities, the irony is that we live among so many people and yet we were desensitized to people. So how does that make sense? Where my work comes into play is recognizing that as human beings we have a responsibility to learn our human capabilities and in that process we give ourselves the abilities and the tools to use technology to our advantage. However, we're at risk because as technology advances and evolves, we're allowing it to control us. So a lot of the big conversation and the way that we're really moving this narrative is when you start to recognize that as human beings, we have autonomy and freedom to learn our capabilities, we start to break through this hold that technology has on us. So a lot of the conversation right now, and we've talked about this before, is that technology is impacting our well-being. Well-being is a really big umbrella statement. It's not really pointing to anything in specific. When you start to dissect well-being in the many different arenas, so that's mental well-being, spiritual well-being, physical well-being, social, emotional well-being, those are all really important components to us being well human beings. So I like to shine a spotlight on all those individual things and then kind of take it from there. I love how you're going to walk us through the importance of these subcategories of well-being, social, emotional, mental, spiritual, physical, all of these are so crucial to unpacking their nuance because breaking this down into the nuance is crucial because they're such deep to depth each one of these and to like you said have these have these as actionable things in this urban environment to be really well. Okay, okay, I also want to there's something about this conversation that may be slightly weird for people to potentially feel that, oh, okay, I'm desensitized. Why am I being part of this desensitized thing? Well, we are all becoming more desensitized because we are accidentally dehumanizing each other. We're accidentally not living in our hearts so much. It's just our collective learning over time and civilization has prioritized the intelligence of the mind and the intelligence of the math and the language and the science and the history and these sort of literatures, those are really important, but we weren't prioritizing the emotional well-being, this heart-centric well-being, so they go hand-in-hand. So we're really adding the heart-centric well-being back into the equation of civilization and technology at a deeper level which is going to help us deal with that hockey stick exponential technology and growth of population. And now more than ever because as technology is increasing at an accelerated rate in our lives, humanity needs to also be a player. So we need to learn these human capabilities so we can actually use the technology. We have to increase at the same speed at the same rate. So I feel that a lot of this heart stuff, up until recently, hasn't really been given that much leverage. But the one thing that is for sure is that AI, no matter how smart, will never have a heart like we really have it. Wizard of Oz comes up for me when we're just speaking. You'll never have a real heart. Humans have such an amazing capability and as we start to use technology to take over some of our simple tasks, we're giving over our freedoms in certain ways. So knowing where we can kind of take that back. I think it's important, especially when we live in urban cities, because technology is how we get around. A lot of what I see today, people complain because the first thing that they do in the morning, they wake up and they check their phone. And then they're constantly looking at screens. And what are they missing when they're looking at their screens? This whole world around them. Beauty of the whole world around them and also tuning deep into their own world inside of themselves. With the rapid access of, oh, I'm feeling like I'm slightly bored. Oh, I must tap into the interwebs. How about you tap into the trees and the cars and the buildings and the humans around you and your own emotional state of how you're actually feeling in that moment. Maybe you can gain some some awe and some bliss and some appreciation for all of the billions of humans that built these structures that you now use. I mean, I consider the amount of screen time we all spend. I don't even want to say the average amount of time. 150 uses per day plus it's because we spend our jobs also. I was just gonna say that's just our phones, but what about our computers? So it's over eight hours. Consuming. Eight hours consuming. And what happens if you keep stuffing things in your in your in your laundry? At some point it's not gonna work anymore. So we're sitting here for hours on end consuming and consuming and consuming with no outlet, with no process time, with no creation. So where does that leave us? It's like a really really important thing to be talking about when we talk about technology and how it's impacting us as humans. In a social and emotional way. So just taking one step backwards for one second when we talk about well-being and we make those distinctions. For a while athleisure came out and that was cool. And then wellness came out and that was Greensmithies. And so when you think of wellness, the wellness industry, it's like Greensmithies and yoga and I am I got my great athleisure on. And there is that actual yogi that comes from the east and is like what do you guys do? Yeah And we're just like So but now the next part is consciousness. Because now we understand that wellness is important, but what is more than that? Consciousness. Awakening. Awakening. And then after that it's human optimization because now once we have the awareness now we can optimize and what does that look like? And so now it's kind of this whole journey and process and then that's on an individual level. But the way that an individual who's now taken care of their well-being in all areas and is now tapping into the consciousness in their capabilities and and now is researching ways to be optimized as a human being. How do they show up in the world? How do they show up in their families? How do they show up as a leader? All these things are really really crucial But this is the conversation and it can't just be a conversation. It has to start going into education. And so Where are the companies? Where are the big brands? What do they have to say about this? It's really important. Yes. Yes, because the fact is is that YouTube controls the eyeballs, the perception of two billion human animals. Facebook controls the perception of two billion human animals. Tencent does as well in China. These are tremendous numbers. These are huge numbers and there's a lot of responsibility that comes with that much power and where is the where is the algorithm that sees me watching a guitar video and says Alan, Alexa is a mile nearby you She knows how to play guitar. Do you want to meet up with her? You're learning you're looking looking at physics videos right now. Do you want to go meet up with Eric who studied physics? He's half a mile away from you. I'm gonna go schedule a meeting with him walk over there We have so much more power in what this can actually do with tech human to human eye to eye and that we're missing out on There's a lot of that happens with the business plans and all this other kind of stuff, but You're so right and they need to be leaders We need to help them become leaders and we ourselves need to become leaders you mentioned this crucial Importance of the individual awakening and then helping the family and community awaken and then the earth awaken together So shall we break down? The process for one to all the different wellnesses and yeah, I mean I think even you know What does it look like? To take the reins. Yeah, let's do it of our time Of our well-being of our power of our heart So consider that our hearts are Extremely intelligent organs so much so that when you walk into a room and you feel something's off It's not because you think something's off. It's because you feel something is off So if if that has any pull that means that we have a responsibility To learn what this organ is teaching us. What is it saying? And so imagine if we start tapping into that power We now are having a universal conversation with the world I Could be anywhere and I could not speak the same language as someone, but if I'm tapped into my heart space Now we have a conversation now. We're connected So one of the things I'm working on right now Can I just quick quickly? Yes, I think there is something really interesting about the hearts role in the flesh vehicle that we live in in the physical world because We have yet to figure out exactly how much of this Consciousness how much of this love how much of this feeling of unity of transcendence How much of that comes from our heart? These are very difficult things to like scientifically hypothesize about and tap into but we are totally getting there And it's really exciting to see where we go with that and how much our gut has to do with it or guts a huge part of this too So it's all really exciting that we just thought it was so much of the brain But now we're really digging into the brain the heart the gut said you're figuring out this whole Intertwining of the whole biological mechanism that we live through Giving it a voice Giving it a voice And it takes Quiet to give it a voice So it means sliding off your screen going for a walk turning at taking out your headphones and Listening It's that simple. It really is that simple But it's scary Because we don't do that anymore So now you're talking to this new stranger that just so happens to be living in your heart And if we were in a conversation right now, I say this all the time if we were in a conversation right now And you weren't listening at a certain point. I'd be like I'm fed up. I'm not talking anymore That's our heart So now years and years and years of us being like we don't need emotions emotions are bad for us Let's use technology and now all of a sudden we're so distanced From this inner voice it actually has our best interest at heart. No pun intended So it's really it's really an interesting is an interesting Opportunity I think for us because it's at a young stage We're at an inflection point and we need the heart in order to make it to the next stages well to make it there well It's a muscle that needs to be trained the use of the heart when when you're when we're just reaching for the device when we're disconnected from empathy and emotional intelligence and love between humans outside of our immediate social circles of our families and whatnot that We have to then go back and we're trained because it we brought our experience our level or experience points are very low Our level is very low From the birth of a child we must start training that muscle and leveling up that character that experience point that that that Attribute of the heart strength leveling that up really quickly and then That will help lead us into Where we'd like to see things move Okay, shall we I just have to say one thing. Yeah What the whole night's been I just have to say just one thing um It's all great to sit in quiet and listen to our heartbeat and like love everyone and feel connection and unity It's great. I love it But how is it practical? Right? That's everyone's real question. How does this make sense in my life? Why is it worth my time? Why is it worth my energy? Why is it worth my investment? The point is is that we are humans on this planet and in order to make a difference in order to keep it roll Going around we have to strike a balance between accelerated technology and slow-living we're on this planet with a Oodles and oodles of technology and We still need to learn how to live in our most human way So living slowly being connected to an earth being connected to each other Turning off for a second finding that peace Living in the garden of life So striking a balance so that way we can actually be our opt to myself is important because I love the idea of sitting on a mountain Chilling and meditating all day meditation station, but how do I infuse it into the world? How do I bring the spirituality that I experience in my meditation and? Share it because it's not just for me spirituality is is for the world It's for all of us to learn and to connect with and to love So how do we bring that down? Luckily for me I've caught wind of this fairly early and I've been using and you too I've been using the tools of technology to share this spirituality this consciousness this education this wisdom and and and that's the beauty of it But there's this really delicate balance, and it's important for us to really start to recognize How can integrate this? Yeah, I want you to jump into how to integrate it you use strike a balance love that so much super fast-paced tech slow down connect to yourself connect to others connect to earth and Also, you ask what's the practicality the practicality is leaving a gorgeous positive wake and aura Everywhere you go. It's amazing the butterfly effect just goes Just start doing everywhere your smile your ground in this your love that you radiate goes everywhere Yeah, it's true Radiation in the best way possible Let's do the breakdown integrating yes, so to break down these five elements of well-being I First start with physical well-being. We need to be physically well In order to bring our light into the world. So what we know that as is exercise yoga stretching nutrition touch physical touch is really important and Then we talk more about mental well-being to give our mind a break To recharge it To slow things down To see things clearly. We don't give ourselves those opportunities But what does it look like when we do? When you have clarity When you're not pulled in a million directions in today's age We are constantly inundated with information. It doesn't stop dings and sounds and noises and notifications and vibrations and and billboards and lights and It's exhausting. So we talk about mental well-being There's a big difference between mount to well be mental well-being and mental illness as all things there is the consistent upkeep and Then there's when there's a problem. There's something to do Mental well-being is an opportunity for us to take care of these things That give us so much insight So so so important when we talk about wellness and well-being Next is spiritual So now we've taken care of our body our body is in a great space our head now We've taken care of it. We've given it quiet. We've recharged it We've cleared it out of all the noise and now spiritually we give ourselves the opportunity to connect with that deeper self to connect with that purpose to connect with each other in that type of way there's that There's that that universe that connects us that oneness And when we exist there There's a lot less disagreement Because it speaks the same language So now we're doing pretty good Feeling good. We're taking care of ourselves. And then what comes next? Emotional wellness emotional wellness is key because now I'm in touch with myself I've given myself that space to spiritually connect my purposes. What's my passion? What lights me up in the world? Those are all incredible things and now Emotionally I Get to connect with myself and I get to connect with others. I get to have empathy I Get to be there with people Unfortunately, what we're finding is that technology is putting up this barrier It's distracting ourselves from ourselves And because we don't know ourselves we can't know each other So when we start looking at how technology is impacting our emotional well-being It goes deeper than Look at her life. It's so nice Look at that vacation. It's great. I Don't have as many friends. I don't have followers. I'm not getting likes so much deeper than that and Those things are all happening It's important that we talk about that as well But when we really the next thing we need to start discussing and educating on is That our emotional well-being exists inside us How comfortable are we with ourselves to embrace the human emotions that occur? If I have my screen Up at all times. I don't have to feel any emotion I don't want to feel because I can watch that cat video and I can watch that scary movie and I can watch that sitcom and I anything I want to see It's right there for me. I can buy that thing. I can order this now. I can It's all there But when you silence that and you put that aside give yourself this opportunity to connect with that self Feel those emotions recognize them Understand what it's doing for you and when you see a friend in turmoil You're able to be with them in that Instead of just feeling glossed over With no emotions So that's emotional wellness Really important also See how we have all these different categories of wellness that up until now like are not really talked about So now we talk about social wellness and social wellness is really important as well We hear the buzzwords like community connection authenticity Great words powerful words if we know how to use them in our lives community isn't about Showing up at a place to be seen It's about allowing yourself to be yourself in a place with others who see you as that self Which is really powerful But the world wasn't built on its own. We need each other We need to be with each other. We need to understand each other and So community gives us that opportunity. So social wellness is Encouraged When we show up in these places when we connect with others when we when we learn about new cultures and new ideas and we Step out of ourselves and our worlds and how we see everything and We enter this world of connection and when we're in a world of connection Things are a lot more bright and beautiful and happy But if all I'm doing is Not paying attention to the social needs I'm just isolating myself And it's hard to do it's hard to live good healthy well life If you're doing that So five really important distinctions and I could talk about it forever And we'll leave that there and we can all let it settle You can tell it's so much deeper than that we've been giving it credit for Because up until now I'm telling you you hear wellness you think smoothie and yoga I'm not the only one people like I don't have time for wellness. I'm building a company I'm a CEO I'm a scientist. I'm researching. I don't have time for these things But we're human beings all of us are and When we take care of ourselves in the many different dimensions that we need to be taken care of We show up We show up alive We show up connected we show up with passion and That's what's going to change our world We need that I don't have to tell you that I know you know that Maybe I have to tell you guys that I'm I'm always a work in progress We're always a work in progress all of us We're enjoying the progress of being process. We're enjoying the process of being a work in progress all of us it's really important to do the breakdown and to really feel the breakdown sink in because It gives perspective on the dimensions that We may not be giving enough of our time to But you can't blame us right because Why would we take the time? When it's all Literally Why take the time I take the Because taking the time has a compounding effect on all of the You know, okay, you can do things a little bit differently you can engage with the technology you can engage with the business you can engage with humans in more advanced ways by Slowing down and tuning in we're working on the well-being. Okay. I got it. I got to test myself As as you know, I like to paraphrase to show that I've learned so let's see if I can do this all right Okay, so Physical wellness stretching yoga nutrition Taking breaks away from computer screens breaks away from hitting the phone up Okay mental mental well-being mental well-being is knowing our Thought processes our habits knowing our worldview being very tight tightly tied into our truth true understanding of that Looking at ourselves well in the mirror spiritual well-being Connecting to something greater than ourselves transcending ourselves Connecting to that divine spirit within ourselves and within all of us with our heart To that love and consciousness that's permeates everything that we can embody and unite with Okay, and then emotional well-being so the emotional well-being is that we Know our own feeling we give space for our own feeling we can tune into our own feeling and give space for the feeling of other people around us our friends our families our co-workers even people on the street that we can give space and see people and had be seen by people in our true authentic selves and Lastly social well-being Socially we want to we want to build really authentic and genuine Heart-centric relationships with our families with our co-workers and our friends and That social well-being is crucial for building our networks in terms of what we care about building What what we find most meaningful to surround ourselves with those people so? I'm gonna grade myself at 20% no that was complete. I'm a harsh critic on myself I'll give myself 20% I got work to do but But even having the breakdown of the five is so crucial. Yeah Totally yeah physical mental spiritual emotional social well-being having that breakdown in mind It's really crucial the only way we talk about this a lot the only way for us to make Progress towards these new ways of thinking these new Awarenesses is to create these breakdowns to create these neologisms these new words these new ways of thinking and breaking things down Which have likely already been developed by civilizations in the past and put into books and Put into practice and then forgotten We see a lot of that with some of the Tibetan Buddhist traditions and whatnot There's a lot of deep connection to one self that one practices throughout their life. So What's the Rebirthing and the resurfacing of these really crucial wisdoms in the technology age to strike that balance? I will say was it was that a question? It was me scoring myself 20% Phrasing way more than 20% you did great, and it's a process good teacher I Will say that it's not just about us forgetting But all of a sudden you have this new shiny toy that comes in it does everything And it's never over And I can just play with it all the time Why would I read this ancient book? Who cares? Why would I deal with the complex emotions inside of my own body and someone else's body? Yeah, why? Because I've got this shiny toy shiny new toy the endless Variable rewards they come. Yeah, it's a hijacking of the mind dopamine Yeah, so I want to talk about really quickly the practicality Of all this urban wellness stuff, okay, right? Because obviously we want to show up as our whole selves as we talk about and it's true What does it look like and how do we do it? so being able to integrate Practices into your daily life or your weekly life or your monthly life you yearly whatever it is Allows us the opportunity to Cater and nurture these elements of our life so Daily meditation practice is not always easy, but when you couple your meditation practice Something else that you like or something else that you do daily all of a sudden Now you're killing two words one stone. We all like to do that. We live in the city. We've got things to do So one of the things that I started doing for myself and what I recognized Was that the commuting time? On average Americans spend two hours commuting a day so that time Could be used really wisely instead of sitting there scrolling on Instagram or on Facebook or messaging podcasts are great What if we start sort of thinking about that time is our time to recharge? How could we show up at home if after a long stressful day at work you get to go home to your family you get to talk to your Roommates and you get to be present with them you get to leave work at home You get to leave work at work and show up at home but we're in this constant connectivity that we never get a break and That's exhausting So we've looked at it all day come home And what do we do? We watch Netflix Because what else would we do? So now we watch Netflix before we go to bed or just gonna check our email and then I go to bed because I'm thinking about all the things I have to do the next day Three years go by whoa, that's intense, but it's real So integrating small things into your life in a daily basis will be really helpful in making changes Making important significant changes. So I stopped wearing headphones Because for me that allows me to connect to my world I get to hear the birds chirping on the street. I get to hear different languages on the subway So give yourself the opportunity to tune into your world and the more you do that The more you start to feel connected And the more you start to recognize this world is actually really beautiful Even with the darkness and the sadness and the struggles and the changes. There's a lot going on But there's beauty too and we're missing that Practicality of applying urban wellness to our lives Goes taps into every single aspect of what we do It's super practical. It's super applicable and all of us want the best for ourselves and our families and our communities People around us everywhere even the ones walking across the street that we don't know Up until now, we don't know how We've we've may even be that we Really well practice this in more ancient times and that the shiny object the endless stream of Dopa mean Yeah, the shiny object takes us away from the the practices totally and we Shiny objects the shiny objects now I have a watch and I have a phone and I have a tablet and I have a computer And I've got the TV and I've got a Lex over there. She's amazing Alexa in the room just be dead. That's that's so funny Okay, let's transition to the war on tech Hold up before you even think about it technology has enabled us to do incredible things throughout our lives It's super cool that we can just call each other across the world and video chat amazing We also have to acknowledge the fact that during the Cold War we almost had mutually assured destruction Twice and then we dropped a Bomb to bombs on Hiroshima Nagasaki After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, but regardless This is some really there's been Technology can be used in so many different ways in surgical applications For extending people's lives giving them more time with their families and creative creative time The application of technology for all of the human flourishing is incredible and We do want that to be well-known like thank you. That is amazing Bless all the people that have made this technology electricity fridges the ubiquity and all the things we have. Thank you. Thank you Traveling across the world in just a couple hours via plane. Whoa but on the same Conversation point we must address the nuance of where technology has caused quite a bit of malevolence mental health issues addiction Take away. So it's a tool technology has always been a tool Whether it was a spear made out of a stone that was technology It was a tool. It had a purpose Today we have technology. It has a purpose But when we start to give our freedoms away to the tools That run our life We lose our sense and our power as humans So Thinking about it as like a war might be dramatic But it's important to recognize that we are at war with our technology every single second of the day We just strike the balance strike balance It's really really important. I recognize in my modern life how hard it is to actively choose to strike a balance day in and day out There's always something else pulling me and I'm conscious of this So imagine now you have no idea that there's even this issue going on and you wonder why you're tired Why you feel alone All these things It's because we're not aware of the impact it's making on us So use it Use it as a tool use it when you need it and if you're not sure what you need it for and why you're using it Turn it off You'll know why oh I haven't called my mom today. That's a good reason to use your phone. Totally call your mom if You're reaching for it because you don't want to talk to that person you don't want to make eye contact with that person you any number of reasons That is a red flag and So it is very valuable to turn off the phone and to see how How are you feeling? What's coming up and take note and we mentioned this earlier Hmm It's and we have some cool social experiments. We've been talking about this is totally a Responsibility of ourselves the grassroots this feeling from within ourselves and bring it out the well-being across all those dimensions simultaneously, it's a responsibility of the Massive technology companies that have now found themselves as the biggest Influencers on society even more so than took over the banks in the last ten years as the largest influencers of society Same goes in China and the other parts of the world and now it's their responsibility as well to help us with the Mental health and well-being spiritual actualization social actualization, etc in our lives. It's their responsibility simultaneously and It would be more powerful to see it come from within the corporations in my opinion than it would be to see it come from government regulations we want to see it come from within the hearts of the Executive leadership at these companies and from the grassroots leadership at these companies rather than Have a government regulation strike down to say that they have to behave this way. It's much better to come from within so It's two-sided it's from us from our own selves and it's as well as from the ones that are providing these technology services both I mean you talk about this all the time, but it's really what is the future of the planet look like? With such an increase in the population It's so many eyes on these apps and channels and platforms There is a need and an opportunity and a responsibility more than all of those things To recognize the impact that these tools are having and to do something about it It's great that the people who started all this technology Won't let their kids use it. That's awesome But what about the rest of the people on the planet? That doesn't matter those people don't matter So I agree with you there is a responsibility of leadership both within ourselves and With the corporations to make a difference to make an impact and we've been now Aligning some of the solutions We have this linked in the bio for you to check out Alexa has a great video called transformation transportation And it's very short just one minute And it's super powerful. Thank you Very very powerful. Thank you. I appreciate that. We're about to have meditation Cars trains airplanes These heart-centric environments for people to connect to themselves and others In these hours that we spend transiting Teach us about this So I'll tell you What really made me Conceptualize this movement. I was sitting on the subway car as normal and someone comes on to the train and they say Excuse me ladies and gentlemen. I'm sorry to interrupt but as of yesterday my house burned down My three girls my wife. We're out of everything. We have no furniture. We have no we have no clothes And if there's anyone who has anything to provide or share or give We would be really really appreciative and it was like my biggest fear had just happened in front of my eyes Because nobody on the train looked up. Not only did they not look up. They didn't even flinch They didn't even hear it So I'm like This is what I was hoping wouldn't happen. We're so Disconnected from each other We're so glazed over No one's saying that we had to hand over the shirt off our back But no one could even acknowledge his pain His struggle wish him luck Acknowledge him look at him So there's this awful feeling How broken we are broken it is So in that moment on that train, I'm looking at this Something has got to change So I noticed that if you're not sitting on the subway with your headphones in You would have at least heard it and you would have at least felt something and what happened to that feeling What do you do with that? And when you feel feelings You either Stuff it away Or you recognize this is a really powerful feeling. What is it telling me? What can I learn from it? Why am I feeling this way? Why am I feeling this way? There's so much going on in our hearts that we're not giving any attention so I decided to Redesign the commuter experience To use that time as a time to tap in to pay attention To listen to yourself to connect with the people around you and to use that time as a powerful and consistent Because you're commuting daily Time to practice presence To practice connecting with yourself connecting with others and being there for each other So transformation transportation was built and designed For humans to get their heart back and this is just the beginning Because the the way that we show up When we do that consistently the way it compounds in our lives and it makes a difference We show up to work happier We're able to deal with other people around us that usually challenge us differently we get to leave the drama at work or at home There and we get to show up at our new destination as a different person As as as that true person we want to be so we have power it starts here. It's a choice Then it's a practice Then it's a conversation and then it's a movement practicality is wise. It's quite as simple Roadmap the first thing is that conscious choice that conscious choice when we are there Basically in the train car Doing the transit in the car and the plane in the morning when we wake up before we grab the phone Check in with ourselves checking with how we're feeling checking with our environment look at the other humans around us Take some deep breaths close our eyes feel our bodies that conscious choice Leads to everything else pretty much going really well After that point But we have to keep practicing that conscious choice and we have to practice going into the zones of fear There was a really good sign in Manhattan on a big garage near the near the financial District that said acknowledge the fear and then Do it anyway do it anyway Yeah Yeah, it's such a good one and so we continue the practice of Consciously making the choice acknowledging that yep This might be uncomfortable, but I'm gonna go talk to the guy that literally just said that he's home burned down and We're gonna work that muscle with the heart work that muscle the emotional intelligence and well-being work that muscle connecting other humans and bonus Working that muscle will help you outpace the rate of automation Yes at least you will be at the very end of the Time period of automation taking over most of our work. So work out that heart-centric muscle. So there's a bonus All right, let's let's talk about this. Yes, okay, you just came back from Israel. How long ago? Probably Two weeks at this point. Okay. So Alexa was in Israel in January. Yes of 2019 and She experienced Shabbat she experienced a bunch of interesting things while you were there Just groundedness to such an ancient area with so much civilizational history teachers okay so it's hard to say and a Few short words, but what I will say and share is that to the depth that we give ourselves the opportunity to explore ourselves Is how we will connect with spirituality It's within us and it expands above us So it takes time It takes choice it takes practice and it takes presence so learning that There's this There's more going on than we realize That it's so easy to get caught up in our day-to-day One thing to the next That we we very rarely stop and take a step back and look around One of the things that I love and I hold on to so much is this concept of Shabbat Because God created the world in six days and Then on the seventh He took a step back and he looked at it He said it's in this place great and if he did that Why wouldn't we What makes us better? That we can't stop that we have to do more that we always have to be Because all artists need to take a step back and look And it's in those moments when you stop. It's the clarity the dust settles There's not so much noise But you get this incredible foresight into what our reality is offering us and then you go back to it with all this renewed energy Which is incredible Yeah, that's a huge lesson to take away from Judaism as well as other practices around the world work on things like fasting things like Prayer connecting to something that transcends you something divine. I would like to say God in in in many ways is so interesting seeing people talk about God from different religions, but then not want to Sort of talk to the other one about what their God is because this God that is thrown around so much Whether it be a six days and seventh day of rest and like oh wow, this is amazing Whether it just be all that is God being all that is everything everything that that Connects us all that that connects us all and I want to say Shabbat's very interesting because Shabbat is it's a rest or a cessation and And This is actually a major practice in Consciousness as well is when you're you know when you're done on on Friday evening with some of your hustle You're just like yo until Saturday night. I'm not going to touch my work stuff I'm gonna actually focus on these five dimensions of well-being and You actually follow through and you do that and then Saturday night comes around and you're like damn I'm hella refreshed. I'm super ready to get back at it And so the more that you set these goals for yourself and work on this Conscientious muscle as well with this well-being muscle you can set these goals and you actually achieve them The stronger you will become at everything you set your mind to it's so so crucial Goal setting and execution especially with resting It's It will help you a lot to want to tell your eight hours of sleep got to do it got to do it Exercising I got to do it meditating I got to do it and set these things up and go and do them bonding with some random person because you want to ask Some a question and become a little uncomfortable and test it out. You got to do you got to set these goals You got to try you got to do it. There's different colors on the color real people can have different lives They can choose what they want to do Also, just quitting a lot of the toxic habits that we have The the toxic habit of constantly needing to connect and check and all that stuff the constant habit of wanting to Distract ourselves with the next the next drug the next alcohol the next the next cannabis the next LSD or psilocybin or their DMT or The next dopamine hits they're they're just The Just like it feels good it is a drug and Sadgur is one of my favorite quotes about it. He's like He's like I never do drugs, but I'm always high That's right. That's right. That's right. That's how we do it my man. That's how we do it Because you can totally have he also says every breath is ecstasy And it's of course is much harder to have every breath be ecstasy when you don't have clean water and etc So that's why we're raising the baseline of living across the planet as soon as possible That is it so for me Shabbat has served as a tool a tool to Strike a balance between technology and slow living because it's in those moments of slow living I optimize myself to use technology in the physical space To optimize my reality So it's this incredible Dance that when you tap into your spiritual potential You have more clarity on how to use the technology You use it. It doesn't use you and you move forward. It's incredible The better you get at the strike of balance dance the more effectively you realize your fullest potential Into the world. Yes, it's fact. I agree. I agree with that been trying to preach it in non in the not Nuance descriptive way that you've been preaching it. I really like that that breakdowns really crucial I'm gonna start using it more often. I'm coming at you Coming at you coming at myself too. I'm working on this Okay, um last couple questions on the way out Let's start with What is your superpower? So I've been holding this Very near and dear to my heart. What's a very so interesting about the work I'm doing is that right now The name Alexa is the pinnacle of technology Everyone's got an Alexa That's technology Eden Just my middle name Like the Garden of Eden slowest most peaceful place and what's fine to me is that this duality exists in the essence of my name and I'm using technology To bring peace into the world To bring this peace of mind this Garden of Eden lifestyle to our modern world so It's this essence that I'm existing in and I want to say that my superpower is peace and I fairly good about that my superpower is peace That's so funny that your name is Is basically strike a balance between the pinnacle of tech and the calmest Yes, try cool place. I love that. That's so funny It's interesting and I live in Manhattan, which is like this so not the place of and you have Helped run a festival that goes out into the middle of nature and immersion and stuff. So again, you Yeah, yeah that contrast as well It's good that you picked peace as a superpower I love that and also I'm obsessed with world peace obsessed obsessed We're so going to get there Okay, next question What would you say is a core driving principle of your life? A core driving principle in my life fulfillment taking in an traditional entrepreneurial route has Taught me the value of fulfillment in ways that I wouldn't have otherwise experienced If I was caught up In all the other things I could be measuring my life in years numbers bank accounts a Whole number of things But throughout all of it what I've come to learn is that fulfillment is the most special Thing that you can have in a moment in a relationship in a project in a movement in a conversation Anything I think that that really drives me And If you could Rebuild civilization from scratch. How would you design it? lots of plants a Lot of plants delicious smells really good food Gotta have good food and creative expression. I think we're lacking that I think I think Technology can oftentimes get in the way of our creativity And I think it's a really important process for human beings So I would want there to be this Con this this setup for creativity where people could feel free to express themselves in any way they wanted Because coming from a world Before I knew what self-expression was I Thought I was expressing myself And then I learned All the things that I didn't say that I wanted to say that I could have said but I was afraid to say Because they didn't want to hurt that person because I didn't want to look that way I didn't want them to think that way of me That's a lot of not self-expression But then you learn to do it and you realize What if we could all do that? What if we could all express ourselves freely powerfully meaningfully Productively I would want to build a civilization built on that Absolutely That's like the pinnacle civilization is where all are being creatively expressed to their fullest I like that a lot How about we ask you Tell us about what you've connected to that's past this 3d reality I close my eyes because for me I Want to make sure that I am not distracted by my surroundings in my responses And I feel that every question has its own It's its own power and how it impacts me and my process and To reflect on a time where I connected to something Outside of this 3d reality. I would say I was in Jerusalem and I was meditating at my hotel and I felt this Really powerful vibration All up and down my back and I'd never felt that before and it was like I welcomed it. I Embraced it. It was a little bit overwhelming because I was like this is now and at the same time I Didn't feel afraid. I felt Securing connected. This is what we can feel when we Tap deeply into Ourselves and how we are connected to everything and it's a profound awareness shift how about Do you think this is a Simulation? I'm like this place right now where we are You late, but let me change the code quick. Yeah, change the code. I haven't given up much thought When I think about it, I choose not to Because I don't think that helps me For me, I don't think that it provides value Maybe it is and maybe it's not me. No soon enough All right, last question, okay What is the most beautiful thing in the world? I would say Looking into someone's eyes so deeply That you see them for all that they are When you are so present and so connected And you're really with someone The most beautiful thing. There's just It's a it's a palpable. It's it's a special moment and I Think it's the most beautiful The research is becoming more and more clear that by taking these really long periods of time to look at someone else's eyes Really intimately and try and see them for all that they are and they see you for all they are Holy cow the interconnectedness just just skyrockets. Really? Yeah, it's just You do oxytocin flow. There's no feeling of of I hate you Even if this is a maybe a conservative and a liberal or maybe someone from China and some from the US or whatever it may be So because you that is another part of the what's beyond the 3d is what's What's embodying the what spirits embodying the flesh vehicles right now? Tap into that better. Can we understand that better? Can we poke it with a scientific tool? hypothesize Holy cow This has been epic Seriously, I have a feeling it would be but this is super epic Yeah, yeah, it's you had a feeling and it ended up being a super epic. Yes. Yeah Oh, I said, thank you for joining us on the show. Thank you for having me. Thank you for having me Yeah, I feel like I should call you Eden now. It's like the tranquil like I would love that I'm transitioning to Eden. I love it. Yeah, it's delicious. Yeah. Yeah, thank you. Yeah, I Feel like I need to hug you instead of shake your hand on the way out Thank you Keep up the good work. Thank you. Keep up the good work miss Eden. Keep up the good work Thank you for creating this platform This platform is meant for people like you. Good job. Good job Everyone thank you so much for tuning in. We greatly appreciate it We'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments below. Give us your thoughts I'd love to start a conversation about these topics also Go and check out some of Alexa evens work with the links below go and check it out Also we would love to request everyone to Start having more conversations about these five breakdowns of well-being and This urban wellness Let's really start having these conversations amongst each other grassroots the movement up through ourselves as well as get Some of the tech powers to help as well strike a balance Strike a balance everyone much love Keep supporting epic people like Alexa epic people like us so we can continue doing cool things like coming on site To cool places like New York and doing interviews much love everyone Build the future manifest your destiny into the world to its fullest much love. We'll see you soon That was good we talked about a lot of things. Thank you Flows you're like you're just like flow and let's go You