My Why
Whilst I help clients achieve their goals, I find this tends to lead to much deeper conversations. My real aspiration is to connect with people on a deeper level, incorporating my passion and studies of people, relationships, psychology and philosophy.
Like all of us, I have experienced significant “life events” that have had their impact on me personally and have consciously brought about a shift in my perspective. Those events challenged me to look within and evaluate what is really important to me, leading me to examine and define my core values, values that we all have and live by, albeit unconsciously.
The outcome of this introspection is a desire for myself to live a more simplistic, calm, non-reactionary life with joy and contentment in alignment with my core values.
How does this translate to the physical?
In today’s fast-paced and high-pressure world, many people have lost touch with what is truly natural. We’ve come to accept stress, fatigue, poor nutrition, and disconnection as a normal part of life, without realising how far these norms have drifted from a more natural state of health and balance. Personal Training was an avenue to better understand the underlying reasons why people do what they do and help individuals redefine their sense of “normal” by reconnecting with their body, their natural rhythms, forming new habits and practices that support deep, lasting wellbeing.
The transition to Holistic Performance Coach created an opportunity to combine my education and skills, and to share my knowledge, passions and life experiences. I feel I can assist those that want to help themselves seek guidance and advice on methods and practices that revitalise the mind and body and return it to a more natural state, in turn giving clients a greater capacity to chase their passions and achieve their goals.
Our perception of what is Normal has strayed away from what is Natural
– Jay Prchal
My Mission
To live a simplistic, calm, non-reactionary life with joy and contentment inspiring those willing to explore their emotional intelligence and consider an alternate perspective to free themselves from suffering.
How do I do this?
Practice! -Awareness, Acceptance, Perspective, Compassion.
We are typically very good at practicing from a physical standpoint, exercising, going to the gym etc, but how often can you honestly say you train you mind, and train it the right way, with the right exercises?
In my world there are no problems,
only events that occur
The Power of Perspective
One of my favourite quotes is;
If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change
– Wayne Dyer
Behind every human being is a story, a rich personal history that is filled with the tales of our experiences in life, both good and bad. These experiences and their memories create our perception.
When we explore and are eventually able to understand this concept, we have the capacity to adjust our personal perspective.
This is what it means to change the way we look at things.
Our thoughts and experiences form our beliefs and remain real for us even when challenged. If you take a moment to look a little deeper at your thoughts, and at their origin and justification for existing, you may find that your perspective, and potentially your belief, may not actually be true at all.
It is the quest of the spiritual individual to seek out truth, and our personal truth or belief is a large part of that journey. Personal truth is, among other things, to have a deep and honest knowledge of ones perspective of life and therefore ones ‘SELF’.
When we set this quest for truth as our intention, which may challenge our beliefs, we open ourselves up to finding a new level of awareness of what is, rather than what we believed to be true. Only then can we allow the screens of judgement and bias that we have manufactured within us to slowly dissolve. This is a never-ending process, but it is empowering to know and understand that anything in life can be adjusted with a change of perspective.
What is Health
The text book definition of health is “the condition of the body and the degree to which it is absent from disease.”
However, in my opinion this is not true health and does not accurately reflect what it truly means to be living a healthy life. Optimal health isn’t found in a pill or an herbal compound, it’s rooted in our day to day routines and choices.
In Ayurvedic philosophy the mind and the body are not separate, they are deeply interconnected; what affects one, influences the other. True health can only arise when both are in harmony, supported by a lifestyle that aligns with nature. Additionally, Ayurvedic philosophy suggests that the absence of ease over time manifests as a major disease in our physiology. This often serves as a wake-up call, urging us to reassess how we have been living. Rather than waiting for such a crisis moment, it is much wiser to develop skills to listen for the subtle signals as they arise, a practice that demands a higher level of self-awareness and sensitivity.
A beautiful quote that resonates with me to look at events that occur from a different perspective is;
Life will present you with people and circumstances to reveal where you’re not free – Peter Crone
What this is pointing to is that the challenges, conflicts, or emotional reactions we experience in life, especially in our relationships and difficult situations, are not random. Instead, they serve as mirrors that reflect our inner limitations, unresolved issues, or attachments.
By resisting change, what occurs is more suffering, expecting things to be different than the way they are. The audacity of the human mind is that we think we know how life ought to be, and worse still, believing we know how other people should behave. We can resist to a certain degree, but the degree to which we resist is equal to the degree of suffering we may experience as a result.
If you don’t make time for your Wellness,
You will be forced to make time for your Illness
Jay Prchal 