“Straight B’s and You Get The Keys”

Steven Barnes
5 min readFeb 18, 2021

My seventeen year old son Jason loves sweets, carbs, and sitting down. That’s a recipe for gaining weight. So he’s gonna have to earn his Oreo milkshakes by working out. I want him (eventually) doing Isochain (raw strength and power), kettlebells (overall fitness) and yoga (health). I have him doing Five Tibetans with his M.A.G.I.C. Ritual, and that’s good enough for yoga, so we’re on our way.

Here’s the point: if he does this, he’ll have to learn to breathe properly. Learn to breathe properly, and he’ll learn how to interrupt his negative emotional patterns. Make…

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Steven Barnes

Steven Barnes is a NY Times bestselling author, ecstatic husband and father, and holder of black belts in three martial arts. www.lifewritingpodcast.com.