The Spiritual Practice of Adventure Sports | Stefan Grafstein

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Written by Derek Loudermilk

November 17, 2020

Stefan Grafstein is a coach, speaker, author, and adventurer. He’s the founder of Live Ignited, facilitating human potential through adventure, ceremony, and mindfulness.

Stefan has been leading retreats and workshops to create more freedom, success, and meaning in life since 1999.

Stefan is a big wave surfer, backcountry snowboarder, class 5 river guide, kite surfer, and backcountry snow kiter. He is also an award-winning cognitive neuroscience researcher, and has an MA in spiritual psychology and be in developmental psychology.

What you’ll learn in this episode:

  • The 6 stages of risk
  • Understanding risk through adventure sports
  • How to approach risk in and what that means to creating an expanded version of yourself
  • How to understand and harness the “No Mind” state

Quotes:

  • “The most powerful transformation I have found are Vision Quests”-Stefan Grafstein
  • “the worlds needs more people who can hold multiple conflicting views simultaneously” -Stefan Grafstein
  • “When you sit at the top of a mountain its like looking into infinity” -Stefan Grafstein
  • “Awe can bring us into the inner-knowing.” -Stefan Grafstein
  • “I love being an adventurer. Is it really right to be in offices 8 or 6 hours a day?” -Stefan Grafstein
  • “Adventure sports are a path to wisdom, a spiritual practice.” -Stefan Grafstein
  • “Do what is yours to do, and do that which you cannot not do.” -Stefan Grafstein

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