HOW TO USE CHINESE HERBS TO UPGRADE YOUR YOGA, MEDITATION,

AND SPIRITUAL EXPANSION.And other Random cool things to make life more fun, enjoyable,

and interesting.

REAL QUICK

• To get your free stuff and a recording of todays talk go to: www.hyperionherbs.com/ps-yoga/Everything is gonna be recorded so you won’t miss anything.

• Just relax and have a good time. The more you relax, the more you will learn and soak in.

REAL QUICK

• This might be offensive and/or challenging.

• Might not be what you were expecting. Huh?

• It was designed to be entertaining, informative, and inspirational.

REAL QUICK• All based on my 10+ years in this genre/culture.

• Based on my experience working with clients.

• Based on what I’ve learned from my own practice as well as what I have learned from my teachers.

• Based on whatever comes to me or I make up in the moment.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN• The power of awareness

• We’ll watch some cool videos

• Why most people totally misunderstand karma

• How certain rare and mystical Chinese Herbs have been used for thousands of years by spiritual seekers to enhance and nurture spiritual awareness and expansion

• How to get more results from the herbs and supplements you already take

• Why most herbs and supplements available today are actually a rip off

• The real blockage to spiritual progress that no one talks about and how to overcome it

• How to enhance and deepen your current meditation practice

• Which herbs to take to support deep rejuvenation and longevity

• How to achieve more by doing less

WHAT YOU WON’T LEARN

• More complexity.

• More overstimulation.

• Ideology that sounds good, but doesn’t actually work in reality.

• Have to’s, shoulds, shouldn’ts, musts, etc.

MYTHS WE’LL MAKE FUN OF• Myth of The Adult

• Myth of The Independent Self

• Myth of Power and Control

• Myth of Spiritual Growth and Expansion

• Myth that I really know what I’m talking about

SUCCESS IS A REFINED STUDY OF THE OBVIOUS.

WHAT’S HARDEST OF ALL, IS OFTEN EASIEST OF ALL.

MYTH OF THE ADULT

• We are brought up with the implicit belief that at some point, you are an adult. A certain age, a certain accomplishment, money, degrees, family, etc.

• Who believes this?

MYTH OF THE ADULT• Who had a perfect childhood where both parents

met all of you needs?

• Who has perfectly harmonious relationships?

• Who has perfect health?

• Who is free from insecurity, self doubt, and self hatred?

MYTH OF THE ADULT• Reality: Most(all) of us are still children in some manner or another

emotionally and/or psychologically. This is the nature of being human.

• We all have traumas, imbalances, repression, suppression, and depression.

• The sooner we realize this, the sooner we can actually be present to ourselves and our surroundings.

• Acceptance, love, compassion, kindness, all start here, inside of ourselves.

• The more out of touch with this we are the more likely we are to latch onto bullshit in the external world and perpetuate more suffering and illusion.

MYTH OF THE ADULT• Heavy and unpleasant? A little…Joy, laughter, and

acceptance and lighten things up.

• Joy and satisfaction is really the counterbalancing and transformative element.

• Consider that you may be dealing with an irrational and wounded child, so be kind, gentle, and delicate.

SPIRITUAL GROWTH IS HARD WORK. THE MORE YOU DO, THE BETTER YOU

ARE AND THE MORE YOU’LL GET.

Maybe…Maybe Not…

EASY SKANKIN'• Growth, expansion, and evolution are totally natural processes that are happening all the

time. The issue is that our awareness and energy are usurped and dominated by mundane bullshit which makes hardly any difference.

• We don’t actually have to DO anything for this. YAY!

• Our work is more about doing less, getting back to NON DOING, and removing the blockages of the free flow of energy in our lives.

• Life might actually be on our side! We might actually already be whole! We might be making things more difficult and complex than they need to be! We might be so smart that we’re stupid!

• Think of water..Think of a hose…Think of an electrical system…All about smooth flow, get the foundation and the flow there and it all works.

THE POWER OF AWARENESSExperiencing Virtue and Wisdom

WTF DOES ALL THIS AWARENESS STUFF HAVE TO DO WITH HERBS AND YOGA?

• How do we know when we feel healthier or happier? We have the awareness.

• The herbs will shift our awareness and change who we are being. Thus being prepared, open, and receptive helps the herbs help us help ourselves.

• We are working with a holistic, energetic, and integrative model, not a reductionist, materialist, druggie based model.

WTF DOES ALL THIS AWARENESS STUFF HAVE TO DO WITH HERBS AND YOGA?

• What’s the number one thing that can destabilize the physical and spiritual integrity? The mind-emotional-psychological system, ie. the shen.

• Healing modalities work because they stabilize this which releases the stress and tension from the system to allow it to balance and heal itself.

• The body is way more intelligent than who we think we are. Who/what we actually are is far more intelligent than who we think we are.

WTF DOES ALL THIS AWARENESS STUFF HAVE TO DO WITH HERBS AND YOGA?

• Wouldn’t we rather it be easier?

• Wouldn’t we want to work smarter not harder?

• Isn’t it easier to flow with than swim against?

WHAT DO WE MEAN?

EXAMPLE1

A person can have all the certificates, degrees, positions of authority, and wealth but still be energetically and symbolically illiterate. People get caught up in "doing the thing" and forget to monitor how one feels, and that the thing is actually kind of irrelevant. Thus missing the content for the process.

This is important because energetic and symbolic literacy brings us closer to the foundations of this reality and thus more empowerment. These are the things that actually matter if we want to have any influence.

1. This reality is basically energetic in its nature.

2. The mind is profoundly more influenced by symbolism than it is words and affirmations.

3. The map is not the territory.

EXAMPLE 2We are taught that muscle is the source of strength and that force and effort is the source of power/control. Both are literally superficial in their understanding and execution. Both are actually a source of burden, exhaustion, and the dissipation of vitality. Likewise the opposite is there, that softness is weakness and letting go is the loss of power and control.

Alternatively, it could be true that in the body, real power comes from integration, absence of tension, and the fascial/connective tissues. Maybe there is a metaphor or something to be learned from this physical thing that we can all easily observe.

Which is easier to maintain for longer, tension or relaxation?

Which is more fun, control or freedom?

I think we can all agree that the greatest moments in life are those when we feel the least self consciousness and feel the most magic or flow.

Hence, we all know the answers.

Show and illustrate some physical examples dood.

DOING MORE BY DOING LESSWe are taught that more is better, do more, work harder, and you’ll get more. The more responsibility you have, the more of an adult you are.

DOING LESS, GETTING OUT OF OUR OWN WAY

• On the surface, letting go and giving up seems like weakness. Yet, this is actually the way to allow more to happen and get done because we are no longer wasting time or energy on the tension which we know is a waste.

• It seems scary because we have been taught to live our lives based on division and slavitude, not joy, satisfaction, or common sense. Slavitude to: ideologies of all shapes and sizes, what we have to prove, who we have to impress, who we should be, getting the most from life…Variations on the themes of: proving, controlling, and converting ourselves and others.

• It is these agendas which are at the root of most disease, discomfort, conflict, all of which hinder free flow and expansion.

10,000 AGENDAS

• Where we find an agenda, we find stress and tension. Next time you feel nervous or anxious, pay attention and you will probably see that it is only because you have an agenda that you are afraid may not happen in the way in which you imagine.

• Pay attention in your interaction with others, notice your real agenda and intention. Real knowledge is self knowledge. Real honesty is self honesty. You can’t give what you don’t have. The less you deceive yourself, the less you will be deceived. The less you compete, the less you will be competed with. Lao Tzu would be so proud.

• What’s left when we become aware of the agenda and/or we drop it? Maybe a step closer to reality? When you remove the false, whats true will remain. What’s correct will stick, what isn’t, doesn't.

BUT WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?What will I get? Why would I want to do that?

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL GET

• More energy. More peace. More calm. Less bullshit.

• Deeper awareness. More intuition. Better health. More Joy.

• Getting in touch with the substance and energy behind things and no longer be blinded or fooled by appearances(as much.)

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL GET(MAYBE)

• Te(virtue:)Hidden power. Subtle influence.

• Magical Knowing: Intuition. Flash of in-sight.

• Wisdom: To act or not. To move or not.

• Hilaritas: Good humor.

• Other stuff: Anger, frustration, isolation, lack of acceptance.

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL GET(MAYBE)

• So basically all of the “quote” spiritual stuff that you need to navigate your reality more efficiently and effectively.

DOGMA OF KARMAWhat’s a conversation about yoga with out talking about karma?

WHAT I THINK OF THESE DEFINITIONS

• Probably based on a mistranslation by an old white christian man since it reminded him a lot of the same judgmental, mechanical, hierarchical, and authoritarian worldview he was familiar with. As is the case with the VAST MAJORITY of most eastern or asian philosophies. Things taken out of context, cherry picked, and/or not understood. Square peg, round hole.

• Lame. Yawn. Boring.

• Usually used as an ultra simplistic and lazy way of looking at the world by disembodied hippies. Kind of like the bullshit of positive thinking and law of attraction. good = good, bad = bad, in absolutes as determined by some person because, yeah, one human definitely understands the complexity of existence in all time and places to adequately decide what is absolutely one thing or another….uh huh….

• Even been in a car accident? What about people who randomly experience trauma? What about abused or neglected children?

HERE’S ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT IT

PLAY THE VIDEO!

A CLOSER LOOK

• Maybe it’s more about a doing or a living process that we are participating in but maybe are not really even aware of it.

• Once we have some awareness of it, then we have some ability to do something, or not.

• We are able to wake up out of the fog and remember a bit more of who we really are.

RECAP

• How and why doing less, is actually doing more

• The power of awareness

• What karma might really be all about

• The foundational awareness piece that can open the door for more free flow of energy.

• Real knowledge is self knowledge. Real honesty is self honesty.

NOW, LET’S GET HIGH.

FORMULAS YOU WILL TRY TODAY

• Spirit Reishi

• Rejuvenate

• Transform

• Velvet Pearl

MAIN THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND

• These are classified as “tonic” herbs, which are a class above and beyond what we may call medicinal herbs.

• This means that they are to support and nurture life rather than merely treat a symptom. So here we are talking about supporting wisdom and the growth of our spirit.

• These kinds of herbs are typically only reserved for healers, energy workers, and those who have a foot in each world.

• For that reason we are extremely lucky to have the connection and access to herbs and formulas of such a high caliber of quality and detail.

MAIN THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND

• Each was produced by an amazing herbalist/acupuncturist with over 30+ years(many life times) of training.

• A level of quality beyond anything one can buy commercially. More of a work of art than a commodity. Examples?

• These are focused primarily on balancing, grounding, and rooting your spirit in your body.

• The objectives are: nurturing wisdom, supporting equanimity, allowing your spirit to root/grow, and the free flow of energy.

MAIN THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND

• I chose these specifically to address the main issues that we all are facing and will be continuing to face as things progress.

• Issues: Stress, overwork, information overload, decision overwhelm, disconnection with authenticity, the fog of BS that we might call modern culture/society.

• Meaning: Who am I? What do I want? Where is my place? How can I best serve and create value?

• Health = Actually being incarnated(according to some.)

MAIN THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND

• These aren’t drugs and they won’t fix you.

• These need to be respected and treated with a degree of respect and reverence.

• Some people respond to some things differently than others. Hence why we are sampling and tasting today.

• However: They are potent and many/most people feel noticeable shifts and “head changes.” I have dozens and dozens of testimonials for these formulas.

SPIRIT REISHI

• My main herb, changed my life, been taking it for 8+ years now.

• What is reishi? Herb of spiritual potency?

• Benefits? Immune support, adaptogen, plant ally, spiritual guide.

• Spirit reishi? Was only known and used by healers and energy workers because it has a stronger propensity to work on the consciousness and energetic side of things.

• Awareness and Resolving Karma.

SPIRIT REISHI• Getting grounded and rooted = the real way to get high.

• Pretty much all techniques and strategies that are available today really tend to lean towards imbalance, disembodiment, force. As a culture we tend to be obsessed with the physical mundane world and lack a real, tangible way to feel and connect with our own energy, ie. wu wei.

• What people think of as a high is often adrenal stimulation or mania.

• Peak experiences can often be registered as trauma by the body as it can easily be too much energy, information or overstimulate production of various hormones and neurotransmitters.

SPIRIT REISHI

• The desire to transcend or go beyond the mundane is natural and good. The issue is that as a culture we really lack the skills, foundation, and understanding to accomplish this in a holistic and sustainable way.

• Even our “health” and “alternative” cultures miss the point, the vast majority of the time. What is taught as ancient or alternative wisdom is usually a mistranslated piece taken out of context and molded to fit a pre-existing paradigm.

IF YOU WANT WHAT YOU’VE ALWAYS HAD, KEEP DOING WHAT YOU’VE BEEN DOING.

IF YOU WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT, DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

HOW DOES IT RELATE?• These formulas can help open our awareness to connect

the dots between our doing and our being, to release dysfunctional patterns and allow our evolution to flow.

• Let’s be clear : This doesn’t mean it will be easy, perfect, or how we imagine. Some believe we are here to grow, learn, evolve, and have fun. The idea of perfection and anything being finished, actually contradicts the nature of reality. The idea of trying to get one up on life is maybe something to look at.

REJUVENATE• Main functions: To support the foundational Jing energy, nourish kidneys and adrenals, build blood, build

wisdom, calm the spirit, support longevity, reverse and slow down aging.

• Benefits:

• Balance and support immune functions

• Balance energy expenditures

• Nurture wisdom and shen

• Powerful anti-oxidant

• Slow down and reverse aging

• Darken hair

• Enhance beauty

• Tonify and Build blood

• Nourish brain and Central Nervous system

• Tonify and nourish sexual organs

REJUVENATE

• Ingredients: He shou wu roots, 50 year old wild ginseng, hydrolyzed pearl, black reishi stem, prepared rehmannia, fu ling, goji berry, goji leaf, goji stem, dang gui, and many other supportive herbs, Organic Handmade Sake

• Why is each beneficial?

TRANSFORM• Main functions: To support the functions of the spleen chi, nourish earth element, improve

digestion/assimilation, calm/strengthen the mind, nurture mind and gut communication.

• Benefits:

• Support and nourish chi

• Improves digestion/assimilation

• Help body resolve birth trauma

• Nourish the foundational energy of the body(Earth element)

• Nurture intelligence

• Resolve sensitivities and allergies

• Increase transformation and transportation

• Removes damp

TRANSFORM

• Ingredients: Huang chi, Bai zhi, Ban xia, Fu ling, Chen pi, Sha ren, Mu xiang chang, 14 yr old Red ginseng, and many other supportive herbs, Organic Handmade Sake

• Really about transportation and transformation.

VELVET PEARL• Main Functions:

• Replenish deep kidney essence

• Nourish wisdom

• Stabilize the shen

• Build blood

• Promote deep regeneration

VELVET PEARL

• Ingredients: Deer Antler Tips(all parts), 8 year old Pearl, Spirit Reishi, Longan and Cherry Blossom Infused Sake

• Main idea: Wisdom, regeneration, JING/Genetic integrity

HOW TO TAKE THESE

• 1. 5-15 drops, as needed. Hold under tongue for at least 30-60 seconds, then mix w saliva before swallowing.

• 2. Add a dosage to 1-2 oz. of hot water, let sit for a minute or two, breathe in the vapors, then consume.

WHEN TO TAKE• Pretty much anytime you’re feeling it, day or night. Pay

attention to how your body responds.

• Really nice before a yoga or meditation session.

• Best taken away from food so you can really taste and feel it.

• Best not mixed with other beverages so you can really taste and appreciate it.

• Transform: You can take a little before and/or after a meal to support digestion.

HOW TO GET SOME

• Never been offered publicly before, only available to my Hyperion Academy members.

• Only have 15 bottles of each with me today.

• Nice discounts are applied for today.

PRICES• Velvet Pearl

• Normal Price: $75

• Today: $50

• Spirit Reishi

• Normal Price: $75

• Today: $50

• Transform

• Normal Price: $32

• Today: $25

• Rejuvenate

• Normal Price: $45

• Today: $35

WHAT WE’VE LEARNED• The power of awareness

• Why most people totally misunderstand karma

• How certain rare and mystical Chinese Herbs have been used for thousands of years by spiritual seekers to enhance and nurture spiritual awareness and expansion

• How to get more results from the herbs and supplements you already take

• The real blockage to spiritual progress that no one talks about and how to overcome it

• How to enhance and deepen your current meditation practice

• Which herbs to take to support deep rejuvenation and longevity

• How to achieve more by doing less

WHERE TO FIND ME

• HyperionHerbs.com, HyperionAcademy.com, HyperionTV.com, OrganicOolongTea.com

• info@hyperionherbs.com

• To get your free stuff and a recording of todays talk go to: