Pavel Stuchlik (NOA|AON) joins Teemu Arina for a truly profound exploration of different perspectives on the self through mindful presence, meditation and manifestation.
Pavel is an expert in self-realization technique & application, international conscious DJ/Producer, a serial impact entrepreneur & investor, a certified Ambassador of Peace and a Wim Hof Method instructor. NOA means movement, AON means "all or none". NOA|AON is bringing people back to their center in union with others. He created the BDM method to combine all of the most effective tools and wisdom from around the world to share with others.
Learn more about Pavel and NOA|AON at https://www.noaaon.com!
This conversation was recorded in December 2023.
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Key moments and takeaways:
00:00 Introduction by Teemu Arina
03:46 Pavel's background
04:43 First steps as an entrepreneur
05:25 Professional cycling
06:09 The first burnout
06:38 Biohacking and Wim Hof
06:55 Travelling to the USA & starting businesses
08:54 Leaving Orange Theory & the second burnout
09:25 Outside the comfort zone every 3 months
10:10 The first darkroom experience & vision of NOA|AON
11:27 Workshops & retreats
11:40 Losing everything & starting fresh
12:39 Teemu reacts to Pavel's story; darkness retreats
15:25 Pavel's repeated 10-day darkroom experiences
18:08 How the body & mind respond to complete isolation
21:20 More details on the darkroom
22:34 The process of unhooking; from darkroom to everyday life
26:07 Everything is connected; micro to macro
27:25 Learning through love & joy as opposed to pain
28:04 Teemu's take on processing trauma
30:31 The misconception of "success"
32:09 Life is a lot simpler than we make it seem
32:28 The "me", "we" and "be"
33:53 Software directs hardware; mind directs body
35:13 Disengaging the autopilot
36:43 Some people get wet, others feel the rain on their skin
37:23 Teemu recalls how Pavel handled a mishap at the Biohacker Summit in Amsterdam 2022
39:03 The difference between surrender and not giving a f*ck; react or accept
40:32 Teemu remembers handling a blackout during a well-prepared presentation
42:19 How Android Jones handled losing all his work in a fire
43:48 Every loss leads to a new gain
44:53 Five physical senses & four spiritual senses
48:33 When you think, you don't know; when you know, you don't need to think
50:03 From "me" to "we"
52:29 The four-step process
54:14 Wake up, clean up, power up, and rest up
54:42 Teemu's detachment from materialism & the minimalist approach
56:19 Obsessive control & psychosomatic feedback
57:48 When your belief system starts to rule you
58:46 We have to be OK when things don't go our way
59:06 Darkroom experiences vs. biohacking
60:15 Reframing the concept of a virus/pandemic
61:51 "System Reset" - how it works & a basic exercise
66:38 Teemu's experiment with HRV monitors during a stressful 2-day event
68:48 Another simple breathing exercise to increase HRV
69:50 Body awareness - where am I?
71:17 Pay attention to the silence beneath the noise
72:32 Breathing & its effects during a conversation
74:28 Listening vs. listening to oneself
75:26 Recalling an entire conversation
76:35 It's not easy to be social when you've reached a certain level of conversation
77:20 The plane mantra
77:56 Humility in the face of the very idea of manned flight
79:27 Where to learn more about NOA|AON: https://noaaon.com
82:22 Future plans regarding live neurofeedback during events using EEG
82:56 NOA|AON combines different methods & technologies
83:49 Biohacker Summit 10-year Anniversary Event in Helsinki, 2-3 July 2024
86:26 Where to get the limited VIP tickets & content