MYB 031: Multi-Millionaire to Bankruptcy to Shipping Container Yoga Studio Owner ~ with Chris Downham

yoga Feb 01, 2021

After years being in financial services and property businesses with his identical twin, in 2019 Chris decided to make a complete change. Chris changed his businesses, his exercise, his nutrition; he stopped drinking and became plant-based. The next 2 years were full of running, doing yoga & Pilates, and setting up R1SE yoga with his wife (Jen). After the pandemic struck, R1SE pivoted gracefully and continued to thrive in the new world.

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In this episode, you’ll learn:

His morning routine
Why he reminds me of the Wolf of Wall Street
Making over $1,000,000
Building a wellbeing village in the Bulgarian mountains
Old Chris Vs New Chris at the age of 41
How he started his yoga studio - R1SE
The benefits of gamifying and rewarding behaviour change in regards to health and fitness
His experience with being framed
Being served a demand to pay $7,000,000 in 7 days
Becoming bankrupt
Why he went vegan but calls it plant-based
Why he spent 2 years of his life clearing an acre of land by hand starting in the British winter
How he found yoga
The one child-like activity that makes it hard to be depressed
The benefit of failing quickly Vs slowly
The 6 hacks Chris lives by and believers if you have these in your life, you will be the best version of yourself
His cure for the mindless consumption of media
Increasing his reading speed from 180wpm to 600
Why he naps for exactly 26 minutes after skulling a coffee

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https://www.r1se.co.uk

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https://www.instagram.com/r1seyoga/

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