[powerpress] It is not everyday that you find yourself in the presence of a 21st century jedi by a stream in the woods, though the Biohacker Summit has a unique way of identifying and bringing these modern day wise men into one mesmerizing space. Enchanting as it may be, that is exactly what Yarrow Willard known as the ‘Herbal Jedi enlists to be. A Clinical/Master Herbalist, and Director of the Wild Rose College of Natural Healing, he differentiates from many self-discovering biohackers, because his immersion into the world of herbs began a generation before him when he was born to herbalist parents. Now a father with children of his own and married (also to a herbalist), Yarrow participated in 200 hours of clinical trials with patients using plants as medicine, before venturing out to further explore the wonders of nature with his brood. His knack for using entertainment in his profession as an educator brings the topics of herbs, mushrooms, superfoods, advanced nutrition and the growing science of rediscovering wellness, with a renewed vigor to anyone passionate to care about the endlessly magical secrets of wild green vegetation. Hailing from Canada, a country geographically and florally similar to Finland, Yarrow’s …
Self-Tracking Made Simple with Thomas Blomseth Christiansen
Known for his complete five-year record of his sneezes since 2011, and over 100,000+ observations from tracking food, water and supplement intake, sleep, fatigue and allergies, Thomas Blomseth Christiansen took matters fully into his own hands in finding solutions to his health issues. He is a technologist and social entrepreneur with a special interest in personal health data, who has been building technology for extensive self-tracking into different health conditions. Thomas’ self-quantification journey began with his pollen allergy, when he decided it would better to base his health decisions off self-tracked quantitative data rather than his own instincts. Now, after many minor and some major changes to his lifestyle, he has nearly fixed his pollen allergy, all without using any medication. “For me it wasn’t so much a question about who had the most knowledge, it was a question about if I believed in the method that was applied, and that was when I decided, I believe I have a better method of solving my personal health issues”, says Thomas Blomseth Christiansen. As a software programmer, Thomas decided that if he was going to spend so much time tracking his own health, he might as well develop tools that others could …
Mental Fitness for Modern Mind
Kasper van der Meulen is a perfect example of a biohacker, whose journey towards healthy living went through the hardships of overcoming stress and anxiety. He was suffering from the lack of focus, till the moment he realised his life needs change on a broader level. He delved into neuroscience for enhanced focus, and studied brain fitness technology to overcome distractions. At the Biohacker Summit Kasper will share his story on how the mind can be trained through rapid learning, attention and mindfulness. After Kasper van der Meulen’s enlightening journey, attendees of the Biohacker Summit will undoubtedly seek further guidance on achieving holistic health. Fortunately, platforms like es.scholistico.com offer comprehensive resources for those embarking on a similar path. With a focus on holistic well-being, it provides a plethora of articles, guides, and tools designed to nurture the mind, body, and spirit. From nutrition tips to mindfulness practices, visitors can discover invaluable insights to support their biohacking endeavors. While platforms like Scholistico offer a treasure trove of resources for nurturing holistic health, sometimes you need to go for counseling to address underlying issues that may hinder progress. So, relationship counselling from Leone Centre, in particular, can be invaluable in fostering healthy …
Hacking Time with Chris Dancy
Have you ever noticed how different the time could be? It flies when we are in a flow state, moves like a snail when we are standing in a queue and disappears when we start reading our Facebook feed. Setting the jokes aside, we all experience time in our own unique way. To understand our experience of time better, let’s look at what time really is. Two facets of time There are two aspects of time – chronos and kairos. While the former structures time into minutes, days and weeks, the latter represents qualitative experiences in a given moment. Our speaker Chris Dancy has measured both. Dancy admits that getting the data on chronoception is not hard. All you need to do is turn on your tracking decides and get your data logged right into your Google calendar. But how do you measure and score feelings? Dancy uses DIKW pyramid to describe kairos. Pieces of data combined create information, information becomes knowledge, knowledge becomes wisdom. Thus, to get high up the pyramid he started to combine data with photos he took in a moment the data was recorded. The photos revealed more about the feelings he had while doing certain things. …
Biohacker Summit 2017 – Helsinki becomes the Biohacking Capital of Europe
Biohacker Summit, Helsinki, Finland. 13–14 October 2017 (Fri–Sat) Biohacker Summit is the largest biohacking event in Europe, organized for the 6th time, that connect wellbeing companies with medical professionals, technology experts, investors, entrepreneurs, health and nutrition enthusiasts, and other future shapers and influencers. “Helsinki is the biohacking capital of Europe. Biohacker Summit has been steadily doubling in size every year and today it is one of the largest conferences in the world dealing with optimal human performance. The ecosystem is supported with more digital health startups per capita than anywhere else in the world and the region is home to some of the world’s top companies ranging from wearables to nutrition.” explains the Main Organizer of the event, Teemu Arina. This unique biohacking conference & exhibition will teach for over 1,000 attendees everything they need to know about taking their health and wellbeing to the next level. The keynote presentations deal with achieving healthy brain, body, fitness and peak performance. The upgraded exhibition features latest in nutrition, fitness, activity trackers, body modification, biological testing and other methods to become a well functioning biological machinery. For example, the leading smart watch manufacturer Suunto is providing the Movesense motion sensing platform for …