Jarrad is a pillar of vigorous energy, whose stoke for the outdoors is contagious and enlivening. Jarrad gears his life towards upholding a strong connection to nature in all his pursuits, while maintaining optimum health and wellness as a foundation for experiencing the world fully.
When Jarrad sits quietly in nature, the answers he seeks come; he lives by a knowing that we are the sum of our relationships, to both people but also the land we surround ourselves with. This has led Jarrad to embodying the earth element, and weaving all of earths goodness into his life, from oceans to rivers, to remote trails, to hidden waterfalls. The bounty the earth provides is Jarrad’s playground.
Jarrad thinks not just outside the box, but beyond the box! He alters his reality by keeping an open mind. He knows that humans are capable of much more than we are led to believe, and this is the cornerstone of curiosity that opens the door to achieving great things in any area of life. If we create to the extent our minds believe we can, it is critical that we have mirrors in our life to remind us of the limitless potential we carry.
Performance optimization is a specialty for Jarrad as he adopts a “work smarter, not harder” attitude when pushing the limits and maintaining exceptional levels of health. The penny dropping insight for Jarrad within the apnea teachings was the realisation that how we transcend our relationship to stress is the gateway to sustained peak performance. Our attention to detail and being able to adapt to changing environments, while remaining aware and present, is the most underrated superpower. That protocol, teamed up with diet, movement, mindset, environment and who we surround ourselves with are some of the key areas Jarrad focuses on.
Jarrad’s Lifeforce stems from his stoke for riding waves and reimaging what that looks like on the east coast of Australia. Jarrad takes the scarcity perspective that many surfers carry from the unending crowds and flips it into imagining other ways and waves. Jarrad has embraced tow foiling, exploring this new way of riding waves, and being rewarded with some of the longest wave rides. This compliments his love of a left-hand barrels, having pulled into some of the best left tubes on the planet in West Oz, Tahiti, Fiji and Indo. Here, riding waves, Jarrad feels the body, ocean connection amplify, time slows down and a deep sense of appreciation and gratitude for the blessings of life are fully felt.
For Jarrad, “being your own dolphin”, means to never stagnant and instead keep moving, exploring, and riding the waves of life with a smile; adapting to the changing flow of energy, with a knowing on the horizon that there is always another swell on the way.
