**October 27th, 2025
This weekend I found myself at a mansion in LA for a Quantum Event hosted by That One Agency, my podcast-booking team. It wasn’t your typical Hollywood party. It was more like a spiritual gathering for people trying to align energy instead of chase algorithms. I didn’t know what I was walking into, but I sure as hell didn’t expect to meet Jeremy Jackson – Check him out on Instagram (@jeremyjackson) — you might remember him as Hobie from Baywatch.
I didn’t recognise him at first. Just another man with a presence that filled the room. He gave me a couple of beard tips I didn’t know I needed and then invited the group into a breath-work session. Jeremy led the entire room through fifty-six breaths, alternating between mouth and nose, big inhales, big exhales, lighting up the vagus nerve and waking something ancient inside of everyone there. I teach box-breathing and down-regulation to fighters, but this was different. This wasn’t about control. It was about power.
At the end, Jeremy asked us to describe how we felt in three words. Mine were calm, monstrous, and restrained.
That combination surprised me. I was centred, grounded, and steady. But underneath that calm was this massive energy waiting to explode. Like I could walk into any arena, any situation, and perform at my highest level. Yet I knew it wasn’t the time to unleash it. Restraint, in that moment, didn’t feel like holding back. It felt like mastery.
It reminded me of what it means to be the warrior in the garden. Most of my life I’ve been the warrior guarding the garden, always ready for battle, too focused on protection to notice the flowers. This time I was simply in the garden. Present. Aware. Enjoying the air and the dirt and the life around me. Still a warrior, but one that could stand in peace.
That breath-work opened a new door for me. I’ve always used breath to calm the system or lower the heart-rate, but this showed me another way. It’s not just about relaxing or firing up. It’s about tuning the energy. Finding that place between calm and chaos where power doesn’t have to prove itself.
I also met another man there — Dr. Pankaj K Signh @pankajsing282— who spent part of his youth with the Dalai Lama and has meditative/perception skills I’ve rarely seen. Between him and Jeremy, I saw something I rarely see in men: full presence. True observation. It was grounding and humbling in the same breath.
Calm. Monstrous. Restrained.
Maybe that’s the balance we’re all chasing. Not dominance. Not peace. Just the awareness to know when to sheathe the sword and breathe.
