Monday, February 9, 2009
Location: Santa Fe

So as you can imagine living in a van isn't always the healthiest in terms of lifestyle. When I was up North and had Forbes Campbell with me as an assistant he used to always drag me to recreation centers to work out. These days Forbes would be proud as I've been building a strict workout regime for the duration of my time in Santa Fe. I guess I've also been inspired by Liz up in Colorado who has been reporting how good she's feeling after her regular Pilates sessions. So now I hit the gym every two days and have been swimming, and lifting weights. I follow this with a huge breakfast loaded with protein at a local cafe where I also get wireless.

That's where I am now, sitting here stuffed after a three egg omelet packed with cheese, avocado and bacon, with a big bowl of black beans as a side. Whoa... I definitely have ingested the building blocks for healthy muscles. I feel good!

There's certainly a lot to be said for the mind body connection and the notion of pushing the body to relax the mind. I tend to suffer from anxiety, which can sometimes be quite severe. Way back when I first started experiencing these mind body bouts of breakdown my doctor recommended anxiety medication. Although I was in hell, I refused, and instead quit my job, turned my life upside down and moved into a van to make a feature film. Haha.. call me crazy but I'm much better now than I've ever been. I still get anxiety but I've found it's mostly a process of channeling and/or grounding the energy that is taking over my body and this my friends is where a gym, swimming pool, yoga or martial arts practice comes in handy.

Get out of the mind and get into the body. I think this is one of the most important life lessons out there.

Today we live in a world of comfort and complacency where we SIT and drive, then SIT and work, then SIT and watch TV, then SIT and talk... all the while being encouraged to swil back coffee en mass. No wonder we're all going crazy.

Interviews keep lining up and rolling in.. and I'm grateful for all the people I'm meeting, all the knowledge I'm gaining, and for a film that I feel these days, is destined to be beautiful.

peace,d