The Artful Athlete

#125 - 2022: Challenging Foundations

30 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Only a couple of days left of 2022, and I'm letting my mind wander to review what this year was about. Sharing quite personal thoughts in this episode...

#124 - FLOW: Find the Pause (Meditation)

23 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Following up from last week's reflection on pausing, here's a little 13min pause meditation to help you slow down in the run up to the end of year fes...

#123 - Get Comfortable with the Pause

17 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

PAUSING IS A MUST - PAUSING IS AN ART Whether it's about catching a break in the middle of a busy day, or creating space in your speech, we should all...

#122 - Exhale and Voice Flow

08 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today, in this rush towards Christmas and end of year celebrations, let's slow down and focus on the exhale for 10min. Why is exhaling so important fo...

#121 - Directional movement to support your creativity

01 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Im reflecting on the creative conference led by science journalist Caroline Williams, author of "Move! The New Science of Body Over Mind", ...

#120 - Exhibition: Rebel, Rebel at the Barbican

24 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week I'm taking you with me to Soheila Sokhanvari's exhibition "Rebel Rebel" at the Barbican. A moment of sotrytelling honoring the lives of 28 w...

#119 - 3 Supplements for Periodontal Illness

17 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today I'm sharing with you three supplements I've experimented with over the course of my periodontal illness and guided bone regeneration surgery.  ...

#118 - Living with Periodontal Illness: Jaw Surgery Anniversary

10 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

3 symptoms of periodontal illness I wasn't prepared for In this week's episode I'm sharing with you 3 consequences and symptoms that you may not reali...

#117 - Artful Fuel: Food and Creativity

05 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

I had promised you an episode on food for creativity... So, here it is! Let's talk ayurveda, sweetness of life, creative sparks and anchoring! Nutriti...

#116 - FLOW: Z Vibrations

27 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A little follow along voice practice for when your throat is getting itchy and you want to give your voice some TLC.  Make sure you drink plenty of w...

#115 - Creative Date: Astronomy Photographer of the Year

26 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Hello lovely Voices! Remember how a few weeks ago we talked about the importance of taking your creative self out on a date? Well, I did just that and...

#114 - FLOW: Vocal Tone

13 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Here's a 13min follow along Vocal Toning practice to guide the sound to vibrate to the lower parts of the ribcage. There's a lot of great benefits tha...

#113 - 5 Ways to Stimulate Your Creative Flow

06 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

I'M BAAACK!!! My voice is back at roughly 8o% which made the recording of this episode so much smoother. I'm also getting the hang of my new recording...

#112 - Unwinding Breath Flow

01 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

I AM NOT VOICELESS!... But I definitely can't handle recording too much this week. A nasty cold has taken over my throat: so, voice rest, ginger, and ...

#111 - What's Creative Health and Creative Wellbeing?

22 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Let's talk creativity, creative health and creative wellbeing. What does creative health means? What does this have to do with fuelling myself? What'...

#110 - Setbacks & New Beginnings

15 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

After a troublesome week with a huge professional setback, I had to sit myself down and ask myself how to make this September's "New beginning" work, ...

#109 - Summer of Flows: Vocalise

01 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Let the exhale work the sound for you. As voicing is ideally meant to be effortless, let's play with our exhale and introduce the notion that sound ne...

#108 - Summer of Flows: Holding Space

25 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

And here we are with another flow all about HOLDING SPACE. Be it in our work, our everyday, for others or for ourselves, it is important to remember t...

#107 - Summer of Flows: Anchor Down

18 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Another day, another flow! Today, let's drop anchor on the shores of today through a short breath and visualisation flow. I'm also including two links...

#106 - Summer of Flows: Releasing Pain

11 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Summer of Flows: A series of Subconscious Release Technique, breathwork, meditations and journaling prompts Today's little flow is a gentle meditation...

#105 - Summer of Flows: A Lion's Pride

04 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Summer of Flows: A series of Subconscious Release Technique, breathwork, meditations and journaling prompts This week's flow is a little guided medita...

#104 - Summer of Flows: Hope

28 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Summer of Flows: A series of Subconscious Release Technique, breathwork, meditations and journaling prompts "Hope was the wind that came from nowhere ...

#103 - Changing Course: Making Change Easier for yourself

21 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ahoy, Voices! This week, let's talk a little about change - while I also tell you what's changing over the next few weeks!  Change-ception. Yup, that...

#102 - Meditation: Visualise your Throne

14 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today's episode is a short visualisation and meditation. Practice seated. Join Bella and I on 24th July at The Lodge.Space 11am to 1pm for a Yin and B...

#101 - Exhibition - Feminine power: the divine to the demonic

08 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Here's a little reflection on the British Museum's exhibition "Feminine power the divine to the demonic" that I went to see last May.  Slightly diffe...

#100 - Vision and Celebrations

30 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Support The Artful Athlete Podcast on KoFi: https://ko-fi.com/theartfulathlete Happy 100th episode! Today, let's look back to this year and the challe...

#99 - What to do when... You're disheartened

23 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

And here we are episode 99 is up and ready for you. And to day we're dealing with things of the heart. Life has been a bit challenging for me since l...

#98 - What's my Why - Part 6 - Breathflow 2: Recharge Your Sun

16 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

And here's breathflow number 2 to seal off our "What's my Why" series.  And today, let's summon anchoring from the earth and fuel the sun within thro...

#97 - What's my Why - part 5: Breathflow

09 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Grab some water, a pen and paper... Get comfortable: let's do a little breathflow session to allow you to surrender to the power of your voice. This b...

#96 - What's my Why - part 4: Surrender

02 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Reaching the next step in our W H Y exploration: time to surrender. To me, potentially, it's the most difficult step. Not because it requires confiden...

#95 - what's my Why - part 3: where do I add value?

26 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Part 3 of our W H Y exploration! To get to the core of things, you need to ask the big questions. It's necessary to connect to your truth and embody t...

#94 - What's my Why - part 2: 7-day challenge to self-awareness

19 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Let's carry on exploring and connecting to our WHY... And for that, why not make a little game or challenge of it over 7 days? To dive deep into self-...

#93 - What's my Why - part 1: Connecting to your Purpose and when to ask "why"

12 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

NEW "WHAT'S MY WHY" SERIES Let's explore this "why" together using a 3 step method to ger out of the negative loop. In this little introductory episod...

#92 - The benefits of taking a break: easter, rituals, and future podcast plans

05 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Hello Voices! I'm back from my little excursion over to Greece! I'm sharing some of the beauty and realisations I've experienced over the past couple ...

#91 - New Course, Ahoy! What would you like to see next?

28 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

I've got a few questions for you... Will you help me shape the future of The Artful Athlete Podcast? I'm still away this week, so this is a pre-record...

#90 -The Resilient Spirit: Breathflow with Journaling Prompts

21 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week as promised is a breath and journaling follow along practice! Bring pen, paper and some water, take a seat: let's ask your body to show you ...

#89 - Resilience or Endurance: In the end is it all about Discipline?

14 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

If you don't bend, eventually you'll break. This is the core difference between Resilience and Endurance. And this is what we're exploring today.  Re...

#88 - Building Resilience into your Day - My Resilience Practice

07 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week's episode is a lot more personal. We've covered some good exercises for building resilience steadily last week. Today, I'm sharing with you ...

#87 - 5 Practices to Build Resilience

31 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

There's so many lists out there with advice on how to build resilience. These are some practices I found when doing research for this episode. They're...

#86 - The 5 Pillars of Resilience

24 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What are the 5 pillars of resilience?When faced with uncertainty, stress and challenges - because you know... Life curve balls happen - which abilitie...

#85 - What is Resilience and Why should we cultivate it?

17 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today we're moving on to another topic that's gonna keep us busy for a few weeks: Resilience. Resilience and Mental Toughness aren't the same thing. ...

#84 - Values, Change and Belief

10 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today I'm kind of debriefing the last episode of our Mindful Chat journey. Values, belief, faith, change... There's different ways to look at change....

Mindful Chat #13 - What is your Essence with Bella Maldener

09 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As it was international woman's day yesterday, I sought out a friend with a head full of hope and wisdom to round us up on this new Mindful Chat serie...

#83 - Accepting & Letting Go

03 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Letting go is an art and something that requires regular practice. To accept what's there, understand its nature, see it for what it is... That's the ...

Mindful Chat #12 - OCD, Accepting & Letting Go with Robert James

02 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Understanding OCD, Acceptance as a powerful tool to strive forward and coming back to the body. These are some of the learnings of today's mindful cha...

#82 - What is Vocal Empowerment

24 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What is Empowerment? What is Vocal Empowerment? What are the incredible perks from doing this type of self-work?  We're carrying on with the conversa...

Mindful Chat #11 - Empowerment & Remembrance with Chizu Sakamoto

23 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We're carrying on with our Mindful Chat series, and today I called upon one of my oldest friends and mentor: Chizu Sakamoto. She's a Female Empowerme...

#81 - Signs of Creative Burnout

17 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Here's a few thoughts that came up following yesterday's mindful chat while reflecting on my own experience of creative burnout and what I've witnesse...

Mindful Chat #10 - Creating for Yourself with Gavin Dunne

16 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Mindful Chat #10 with the mind behind Miracle of Sound: Gavin Dunne! We dive into a little of gaming, using emotions to fuel creativity, creative burn...

#80 - Creation, Empowerment, OCD & Anxiety, A Mindful Mind: Introducing the new Mindful Chat series

10 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Introducing the guests coming up on the new Mindful Chat Series starting next week: Gavin Dunne - aka Miracle of Sound Chizu Sakamoto - aka RadiantLad...

#79 - Voice Health: Loosen up with Vibrations

03 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Perks of working with vibrations?Physically? It Loosens up your cheeks, lips, tongue, throat and jaw... Emotionally and Spiritually - it helps shaking...

#78 - Voice Health: 5 Therapies to Help with Jaw Pain

27 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Experiencing Jaw Pain? Jaw Tension? Periodontal Illness Pain? Teeth Grinding? Locked Jaw and TMJ? Here's my top 5 alternative therapies and treatments...

#77 - 5 Ways to Clear Your Energy

20 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

To move forward you sometimes need to clear out the load. Here are my 5 tools for energy clearing. AVAILABLE SLOTS: Voice, Breath & Creative Coaching ...

#76 - What's SRT?

13 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

SRT. Subconscious Release Technique. What is it, what does it do, how is it helpful to lift limiting beliefs, emotional blocks and work with our brain...

#75 - Breathe with the Elements: Fire

06 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

First episode of 2022 - and It was cold where I was so I figured: let's all purify our blood and rekindle our inner fire with some breathwork! BOOK YO...

#74 - So long, 2021

30 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It's the end of 2021! Time to recap what the year taught us,  the questions it raised so we can dive in the new year having closed the book properly....

#73 - Breathe with the Elements: Water

23 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

BOOK YOUR 45MIN FREE SRT BREATH SESSION - just choose " FREE SRT 45MIN":-) My Xmas gift to you, in this week's episode is a peaceful Water Meditation ...

#72 - Vocal Health: Teeth chattering

16 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

BOOK YOUR 45MIN FREE SRT SESSION - [email protected] - just put "SRT 45MIN" in the Subject Line :-) In today's episode: we're looking at ...

#71 - Pronunciation Adjustments: S, Z, TH, F

09 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Got dentures, a slight lisp? Has your pronunciation changed with toothloss, braces, dental or periodontal surgery? Here's a couple of tricks for you! ...

#70 - Preparing for Periodontal Surgery

02 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

3 WEEKS POST SURGERY Here's a few steps to take when preparing for heavy jaw and periodontal surgeries, tooth exctractions... I have 5 slots available...

#69 - Peridontal Surgery & Guided Bone Regeneration

25 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

2 WEEKS POST SURGERY Here's my experience of Guided Bone Regeneration surgery as part of my peridontal illness journey. Guess what: breath had a key r...

#68 - Breathe with the Elements: Earth

18 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

GROUNDING BREATH FLOW!!! It's been a while since we've done a little grounding practice, so here we go! Grounding is an excellent way to keep anxiety ...

#67 - Breathe with the Elements: Air

11 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

I'm off this week to recover from jaw surgery and periodontal treatment. And, I felt called to gift you a relaxing elemental breathwork, under the gui...

#66 - Voice Health: Jaw Tension and Languages

04 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

After all that jaw tension talk, let's open the door to languages. As a linguist, I love to discover the geography of a language. It'd be silly if you...

#65 - Voice Health: Jaw tension 101

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today let's have a look at the causes for jaw tension, and why you should give it some TLC, especially if you have lost / are loosing teeth. Let's exp...

#64 - Voice Health: Mouth and Shame

21 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Why is it we feel so ashamed of our mouth and what's inside? The mouth is a gate between two worlds. We use it to bite into life, to chew down our mea...

#63 - Voice Health: Self-Censorship

14 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Self-Censorship is something we don't speak about enough BUT WE ALL DO IT! Not just when we stop ourselves from writing or creating. When we stop our ...

#62 - Introduction to Voice Health

07 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Following a heavy diagnostic this summer, I discovered that there's almost nothing available to guide and support people suffering from periodontal il...

#61 - The Importance of Mindfulness & Wellness for Performers

30 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today you're getting: An Origin Story of The Artful Athlete... A Questionnaire... And I share with you Fear I have for the future performers on our p...

#60 - A Creative's Limiting Belief: Finding your Ethos & Values

23 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is wrapping up our Creative's Limiting Beliefs series, by showing you how to create your own Ethos following just three questions. It's t...

#59 - A Creative's Limiting Belief: The Root of Confidence in Expression

16 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

I'm often asked what's the best way to unlock your voice and be confident. And my answer is always the same:  Yes, your can practice your technique o...

#58 - A Creative's Limiting Belief: Looking After your Creative Self

09 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

If you want to last in the arts industry... Without burning out... Without feeling voiceless... Without anxiety, fear, low self-esteem...  You need t...

Mindful Chat #9 - Performance Anxiety & Vocal Pressure with Anne-Sofie Soeby

08 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Going back to perform post lockdown is not an easy and straightforward road. But when the chance presents itself, and you're able to take part: Magic ...

#57 - A Creative's Limiting Belief: Why master the Breath

02 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Why do I keep on telling you to work on your breath to support your expression, your creation and your voice?... Well, today's let's break it down: fr...

Mindful Chat #8 - Safety & Truth in Performance with Désy

01 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It's been a wild ride for performers and creatives since 2020. Going back to performing, we need to bring more mindfulness into the rehearsal room: Cr...

#56 - A Creative's Limiting Beliefs: Is Perfection our friend?

26 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Perfectionism is both a blessing and a curse. It's wonderful to have standards and to hold yourself accountable for creating the BEST thing. But what ...

Mindful Chat #7 - Chrysalis & Creative Health with Andy Valentine

25 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The call to exploring creativity and creation is a wonderful one. While it is immensely mindful, why are creatives notoriously bad at looking after th...

#55 - A Creative's Limiting Beliefs: Be done with Sacrifice

19 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

BE. DONE. WITH. SACRIFICE.  The Sacrificial Artists is an archetype that needs to be healed. And for that, we need to address what society has put in...

Mindful Chat - #6 Deep in the Cold with Owen Jackson

18 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Mindful Chats #6! Today Coach and Cold expert Owen B Jackson is talking all things finding solace in cold water and nature, embracing the D...

#54 - A Creative's Limiting Beliefs: A Safe Creative Space

11 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

If you want your creativity and your voice to flourish, you need to treat them as honored guests and make them feel at home. Give them the space to BE...

#53 - A Creative's Limiting Beliefs: Balance & Side Job

04 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

August is all about finding balance to dance our way to the end of this year. To create what we want to create, and let our voices be head. But extern...

#52 - A Creative's Limiting Beliefs: Critics & Saboteurs

29 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Why have we come to fear "critic"? Well, because most of the time, it's not actual criticism. It's just an opinion. And this bears reminding. And when...

#51 - A Creative's Limiting Beliefs: Imposter Syndrome - Part 2

21 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Hello lovely voices!  Have you done your homework from last week?  Yes? Then dive in!  No? Then I'd recommend going back one episode to prepare to ...

#50 - A Creative's Limiting Beliefs: Imposter Syndrome - Part 1

15 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The "A Creative's Limiting Beliefs" starts today with an exploration of Imposter Syndrome.  It's not exclusive to creatives, but it does creep up int...

#49 - A Creative's Limiting Beliefs: NEW SERIES

08 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

WE'RE STARTING A NEW SERIES NEXT THURSDAY I want you to heal your inner artist and your creative voice. To feel confident in your expression. To be eq...

#48 - Recap: what's next?

01 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Let's recap the 2021 experience so far and get ready for the month of July! I hope those mini breath sessions and visualisations proved to be of help ...

#47 - Breathe to create and connect

24 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

LAST BREATHE THROUGH JUNE EP! Thus concludes our breath exploration for now. Conscious breathing goes beyond the mechanical exploration of the breath ...

#46 - Breathe to Find Yourself Again

17 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

JUNE BREATH SERIES What does it mean to find yourself again? Recent reflections made me realize that it was a process I needed to go through as well. ...

#45 - Breathe to Speak your Truth

10 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

JUNE BREATH SERIES Today let's look into the things that help us or stop us from embodying our strengths, our voice, our truth. Grab a notebook to w...

#44 - Breathe to Embody Strength

03 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

NEW BREATH SERIES Welcome to this very special Breath series! We'll be exploring 4 themes, to start a reflection on what helps us build and embody our...

#43 - Celebrate All Victories

27 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Did you enjoy last week's breath session? Well get ready for a cheeky announcement at the end of this episode.  Meanwhile, let's remember to celebrat...

#42 - The Importance of Rest

20 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A little bit of a different episode today... 7min of breathing just for you. Rest is essential: and even more so now that we're easing back into life....

#41 - Emotions in the Body: Link it all up with Breath

13 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Last episode of our Emotions in the Body series! And today we're following the thread! The link I mentioned at the end of last week's episode. The one...

#40 - Emotions in the Body: Feet, Knees & Ankles

06 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We've talked arms, organs and back: time to travel further down and look into the root of our bodies. What do you think your legs will tell you about ...

#39 - Emotions in the Body: Neck, Throat & Arms

29 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

There's logic to my madness! Perhaps you've already started to piece things together and to see why a Voice, Breath and Language coach would be inviti...

#38 - Emotions in the Body: Shoulders, Back & Hips

22 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today we're taking a different approach to our Emotion in the Body series and looking at meanings and emotions carried by specific body parts. On the ...

#37 - Emotions in the Body: Joy

15 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We've done Guilt, Fear, Anger, Sadness... Let's talk about JOY! Happy thoughts! Do science and literature agree on the definition of Joy? If our purpo...

#36 - Emotions in the Body: Guilt

08 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ah, Guilt... We're way to familiar with this emotional state. But what is it hiding? When does it rock up? How does it present itself physically? Let'...

#35 - Emotions in the Body: Jealousy

01 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Green with envy? Jealous beyond belief? Is jealousy really as negative as we society, literature, movies and culture is leading us to believe? Or coul...

Mindful Chat #5 - Book Club with Ilaria: Antigone Rising

31 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

For this last Mindful Chat, I wanted to bring it home, and went to find my good friend Ilaria to talk all things Mythology and Women History... That w...