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Facilitator · men's work, breathwork & embodiment 🌊
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Primal Water · Fri Oct 9 · Tel Aviv
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Primal Water 🌊 Friday, Oct 9 · 13:00–16:00 · @hormesisclub Tel Aviv

An afternoon embodiment experience for English speakers.

We’re all carrying so much. This is one afternoon to put it down, let the body exhale, and come back to feeling good, together.

🍫 Cacao to arrive and open
🌬️ Breathwork to move what the body has been holding
🌊 Primal water play in the sea: slow, soft, curious
🔥 Integration circle on the beach

No experience needed. Everything is optional.

130 ₪ · 200 ₪ for you + a friend · Limited space
DM me to reserve taken in Hormesis by @rep_clarence

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15 hours ago

Climbing a steep dirt slope in crampons with rock giving way left and right.

Stepping across an icy traverse at three in the morning under a sky full of stars.

Managing hydration, nutrition, heavy packs (50+ lbs on the approach), and pack organization on breaks measured in minutes (pro tip: pack an entire pizza, real food hits different out there).

My second attempt on Mount Rainier via the Emmons Glacier route was unsuccessful.

But I got to experience raw mountaineering on the largest glacier in the contiguous U.S. with incredible people who were willing to spend their time and money suffering 😂. Shout out to @jake_th3lord for the invite, and to our guide team @internationalmountainguides

Something we learned up there: the Disappointment Cleaver, the “normal route” most climbers take, is maintained every season. Ladders over crevasses, fixed lines, a boot track packed in for climbers. Emmons is pure mountaineering. Route finding is on the team, threading a path around crevasses that drop deeper than I want to think about.

Every step mattered, and not only for me. Being on a rope team with two others means constantly evaluating how much slack is in the line and adjusting accordingly. There is no room to think about anything except the next step.

We turned around at 12,100’, and not because of fitness. Late season melt out had broken the route down to the point where there was no viable path to the top. Or as one guide put it, “if we continue, there is a high probability of an unprotected catastrophic fall.”

Calling it was disappointing. It was also unanimous and correct. Knowing when to turn around is its own discipline, and one worth practicing in more places than the mountains.

Luckily, our guides used the extra time to set up an EPIC ice climbing rig in a crevasse near camp. I fell a**-backwards on the way into it, terrifying for me and hilarious for everyone else.

Big lesson: we went too late in the season (summit attempt on August 4). Early to mid July gives a better shot at stable snow bridges. Can’t wait to take another crack at Emmons!

(Btw, that layer of clouds below us was wildfire smoke.) taken in Mount Rainier National Park by @rep_clarence

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a month ago

Something unexpected that happened this year was being diagnosed with Lyme Disease.

The fatigue, anxiety, dullness, and exhasution is real. I didn’t want to accept it.

Through this challenging time, I’ve learned several embodiment practices that have made a profound difference for my nervous system.

Which leads me to an annoucement…

I will be facilitating an event called *primal water* here in Newburgh, NY at a private lake on Sept 13th from 1-4pm and I would love to see you there.

I’m being called to share not only these practices, but my presence as a facilitator in guiding your body towards a nourished, alive and vibrant state.

If this calls to you, join on this wavey journey 🌊

Sign up with the link in my bio taken in Newburgh, New York by @rep_clarence

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a month ago

May 17th. A confidential online gathering for families navigating mental health. If this is your story too, link in bio. 🌿 by @rep_clarence

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5 months ago

JANUARY 29th FOR FREE!
(RSVP IN BIO)

COME JOIN US TO RECLAIM YOUR FULL ALIVENESS BY WELCOMING EXILED PARTS OF YOUR HUMANITY, UNRAVELING CONDITIONED PATTERNS, AND REMEMBERING YOUR INNATE CONNECTION TO SELF, OTHERS, AND LIFE. taken in Kingston, New York by @rep_clarence

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8 months ago

A miracle happened. #NotAlone taken in Wappingers Falls, New York by @rep_clarence

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10 months ago

Salkantay Trek to Macchu Picchu:

This trek is less popular than the famous Inca Trail due to its brutal 10+ hour days of trekking along with high altitude exposure. However the significant change in altitude meant hiking through a wide range of climates from the high mountains to the jungle making it a breathtaking experience the entire time. Because the Inca trail was completely booked up, I signed up for the Salkatany with a group of 20 strangers from all over the world. Luckily because it’s not as popular it was a 1/3 the price as the Inca Trail :)

Stats and highlights from the trek (Part I):

+ Length: 5D/4N, glamping at night in dome like units along the trail
+ ~45 miles of hiking with 12K’ of elevation gain
+ Trailhead accessible 2 hours from Cusco by car
+ We began by ascending from 12K’ to 15K’ for epic views of Salkantay
+ I took Diamox (prescribed) to cope with the altitude as I have a history with altitude sickness
+ To help the group with the altitude our guide “Shakira” gave us dried coca leaves. Coca had a special significance for the Inca people, they held it in high regard and even grew it on MP (Macchu Picchu). Shakira taught us a special technique for rolling multiple leaves to place under the tongue for extended release of the herb. It helped both soothe headache and nausea while also giving a slight boost in energy. Additionally the plant helps with bringing extra oxygen to the bloodstream. Don’t try to bring any back with you!!
+ Some of the hikers in our group were struggling with the altitude so they hired horses to take them to the top of the pass.
+ Next we descended down into the high jungle bottoming out at 6K’ and passing through a coffee farm. We got to roast some beans over a fire, hand grind them and drink delicious coffee.
+ On the 3rd day we got a much needed rest in some hot springs followed by an impromptu street salsa fiesta 💃🏼
+ Part II in the comments… taken in Salkantay Trek Peru by @rep_clarence

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a year ago

I made an album with my friend Jack! Please consider donating to Frankie who helped us with our album release party but had an emergency surgery before the event and now some unplanned medical bills (peep my link tree in my bio for both the album and the gofundme).

The album art was created by my wonderfully talented sister @hanawayys

guitar ep is a sonic journey about change, loneliness, uncertainty, community, and collaboration.

We made it over the course of a year when we had both moved to new cities across the country in the wake of the pandemic.

We met on Zoom every week to make a new song. I would bring a recording of something that I made on the guitar or heard out in the world and he would chop it up and throw some wild drum break sample on it. It was a fun, wild and emotional process. We went back and forth until we had enough songs for an album.

I thought that I needed to be a Musician, Artist and Creative person to make an album and I never considered myself one of those. Turns out I just needed to show up each week and have a buddy with the same vision as me. It helped that he’s talented and magical producer too.

A simple but dedicated process of meeting each week to hang out, create something new and collaborate resulted in a landscape of sound. The album represents a time in my life when I felt alone and uncertain in a new place and learned how to find myself when everything and everyone is new.

This summer @functioncoffeelabs hosted us for an album release party in Philly thanks to @sean_snyder. They were generous enough to host us for free. We hand a blast Djing back to back and then playing the album.

Unfortunately one of their baristas, Frankie, had an emergency surgery and now has some unplanned medical bills. In my Linktree there is a link to donate to Frankie if you feel inclined.

Happy listening! by @rep_clarence

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2 years ago

KEEP GOING PIII: The journey from Basecamp to the Summit of Aconcagua. After two weeks of living in remote high altitude Argentina, we are given a window to summit the highest mountain in the Americas, Aconcagua, "The Stone Sentinel". We wake up at 3am, put our headlamps on, step out into the frigid air at 20k' and go up. Unfortunately not all of us make it...

big ups to @garrettrbird for being bold enough to invite me to join him on this epic adventure.
big ups to @cwpetty for dealing with my snails pace all the way to the summit.
big ups to @redhead_nels and @davidbeaudway for being awesome
big up to @meaghan__alice for being an
incredible editor and spending countless nights reviewing footage of grown men whining on a mountain for 2 weeks

The series is complete! by @rep_clarence

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2 years ago

Keep going part II is out now!

In this installment, we travel from Mendoza, Argentina to the basecamp of Aconcagua on the “Normal Route”.

The trek to Basecamp is long, dry and dusty. It’s also gorgeous. Right away we get a direct view of Aconcagua with snow visibly whipping off its face. There are towering formations of rock that billow over us in every direction. I got the sense that something big was happening.

Basecamp on the normal route is also called “Plaza de Mulas” due to the mass amount of mules carrying climber equipment and weeks worth of food up (including ours) to make the trek barely bearable.

Additionally we took a detour to see the south face of Aconcagua in all its majesty as well to acclimatize our bodies to the altitude.

The trek begins at Horcones, the park entrance which is roughly 9700’ in elevation and takes 3 days and ~30 miles to reach basecamp at 14,400’.

The final installment will be released May 1st, until then enjoy this dusty account of trekking to Basecamp!

Shout out to our awesome editor @meaghan__alice for her creativity and dedication to the project.

Edit: the new release date for part iii is now May 13 due to needing to comb through copius amounts of footage of men laying in a tent on a mountain bored, dehydrated and with altitude headaches. taken in Plaza De Mulas, Aconcagua Base Camp 4.200 MSNM by @rep_clarence

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3 years ago

“Keep Going Part I: Preparation and Overwhelm”

Finally on IG! Had some issues uploading abroad and now I’m back. Update: My sister got married!

This first section (out of 3) of the doc covers my experience planning and preparing for climbing Aconcagua, the highest mountain outside of the Himalayas.

I had several altitude illness challenges to overcome dating back to my youth. I wore altitude masks, took special medication, went to Colorado to train in the mountains and did other “unreasonable” things to prepare my body for what I was about to put it through. Additionally as I ramped up my training it seemed I was developing a new injury every week. I had no idea what I was doing and every day was a new breakdown…

Shout out to the talented and creative editor: @meaghan__alice

Stay tuned for Part II coming April 1!

#aconcagua #overwhelm #mountaineering #hiking #documentary #inexperienced #altitude taken in Beacon, New York by @rep_clarence

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3 years ago

“Keep Going: Part 1 - Preparation and Overwhelm” is being released this Wednesday Feb 21. This is the first of a three part series my team is creating about our experience climbing Mt. Aconcagua.

#aconcagua #mountaineering #climbing #preparation #trailer #hiking #overwhelmed taken in Trailer by @rep_clarence

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