Welcome to exactly where you need to be! The place we always are, yet somehow fail to see...
Right then, here we go...
Having (possibly) never met, let's start with an oddly placed (yet somewhat-expected), series of rapid-fire, motivational-nonsense questions.
1. Are you interested in living a conscientious life, waking up each day with a sense of purpose, and choosing to pursue meaning over comfort?
(Answer, "Yes")
2. Are you the type that would get together with like-minded people, but don't want to join a whole "thing" with all kinds of shirts?
(What's with the shirts, anyway?... Do they not trust you to make a good decision when it comes to picking out your own shirt from your own room? What on earth is with the shirts?!)
Seriously though, if we get a big enough group and you want shirts -we'll get some good shirts made.
3. Would you be willing to improve your life by taking on the responsibility of eating well, engaging in productive pursuits, and re-connecting with the natural world- The one that's been pushed aside by pervasive and zombifying technology?
(Place your index and middle fingers under your jaw, to the side of your larynx... If you can detect a pumping sensation, go out on a limb with me here and answer in the affirmative.)
If so, I think we have something to talk about.
Who is this Guy, Anyway?
My name is Adam Abenante, and I am here to help.
Over my time spent on this earth, I've managed to live a principled life, guided by the will to learn, explore, and engage in meaningful pursuits.
I married the love of my youth, delivered our children naturally at home, and we are schooling them likewise -without assistance-
Every week since 2007 I have been making regular trips to the mountains to hike, swim, camp and train through all seasons, learning lessons and skills that have carried my family, friends, students and clients through many great challenges.
For those to whom this may be important, I have been internationally certified, as an “Integrative Nutrition Health Coach” (INHC and CIHC), and have been a certified Systema Instructor under Vladimir Vasiliev and Mikhail Ryabko since 2018. I also hold multiple certifications in psychology, natural medicine, sound therapy, spiritual counseling, and various “alternative” healing modalities.
If you are reading this, I believe together we can develop a personalized plan for your growth, and help you to reach your full potential.
What do you offer, then?
Health Coaching Sessions directed by You (In person, or via the Internet)
We can discuss: Diet, Immunity, Traditional & Natural Healing Protocols, Fitness Goals, Getting Organized, Preparing for Pregnancy, Natural Child Birth & Raising, Change of Life, Mental & Physical Stability -and much more!
Awareness Training to Optimize Body/Mind Unity
Including: Breathing (Beginner to Advanced), Stress Management, Pain Management, Therapeutic Exercises for Total Body Excellence, Performing Daily Activities with Mastery, and much more!
Nature-Walks, Camping & Wilderness Retreats
Designed to help you efficiently: Learn Essential Outdoor Skills, Identify Common Types of Wild Plant-life, Understand, Respect, and Harmonize with the Natural World and, (you guessed it...) MORE!
Entertaining and Informative Group Lectures
Engaging, and interactive presentations, covering all aspects of Integrative Health.
I am available both here in my practice, and at any outside venue to be provided by the client.
Custom Sound Recordings
Sound recordings made on professional equipment with you in mind, provided with practical meditation exercises, to help bring wholesome balance and healing into your life.
Structural Therapy
Here, the connection between psychological disturbances and structural aliments are identified and corrected.
Russian Stick Massage
Deep release of structurally deleterious knots and trigger points mainly for practitioners of, “Russian Martial Art - Systema” -as taught by Aleksej Sapronov.
Total Body Alignment - "PRAVILO"
-Pravilo is only offered to those who have shown a reasonable degree of proficiency in simpler levels of training (evaluations are on a case-by-case basis)
Self-Defense Lessons (outdoors, and only available while my Instructor's class is on pause, or for those living too far away from Brighton Beach to attend his class)
*Services cost 350/hr, but package deals are available on a case-by-case basis.
Official Credentials (To Please the Public)
Graduate of the Institute of Integrative Nutrition in NYC, and Internationally Certified as an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach.
Certified as an "Alternative Healing Therapist & Practitioner" accredited by the IAOTH
Certified in "Natural Medicine and Herbalism" by the Hyamson Institute, accredited by the CTAA
Certified in "Advanced Level Psychology" accredited by the IAOTH
Holds “Professional Child Psychology” diploma from the Karen E. Wells Institute in Great Britain, accredited by the CTAA
Certified "Sound Healing Practitioner" by Globe Sound Healing Institute
Certified Russian Martial Art, "Systema" Instructor under Vladimir Vasiliev and Mikhail Ryabko
and “Systema Breathwork Instructor” under Vladimir Vasiliev
Certified "Yip Family" 3rd Generation [Yip Man->Yip Chun->Yip Pui] Wing Chun Sifu, by the late Grandmaster Yip Pui.
Certified in Adult, Child and Baby First Aid/CPR/AED by the American Red Cross.
Out-And-About
After the first dip of Spring 2016
Transporting a beautiful "Overnight Log" to Camp (2020)
Berry-Picking
Mushroom-Hunting
A Beautiful Find!
Summer Cleansing
Building Natural Strength
Nature always builds it better!
Training in the Ice Water - Burning from Inside (2020)!
Testing the New Pool
Jumping through the Kupala bonfire, 7533.
~Teaching~
Walking the radiant path during summer cleansing, 7533.
Gathering Wood for the Bonfire
Some Others Enjoying Our Winter Hike
Warming up before sleep - Summer Night (2021)
Into the Sky (2021)
At the Lecture Board
In the Office with Isaac Brach, LMHC & Aleksey (Russian Stick Bodywork)
A, "Meeting of the Minds" with Dr. Lawrence Palevsky
With the late, Great Friend and Artist, Dr. Roland Nesi, lookin' like we do (in 2002)...
Late Friend and Luminary, Dr. Edward Hutton
With Teacher and Friend, Mr. William F. DiPalmer (1995)
With distinguished Hip Resurfacing Surgeon Dr. James W. Pritchett in Seattle Washington.
With (Late) Sifu Yip Pui the day I was granted the rank of "Sifu" (Wing Chun Instructor)
With (Late) Systema Founder Mikhail Ryabko, the day I received my provisional "Certificate of Instructor" in 2013
Bart-Cham-Dao (2006)
Luk-Dim-Boon-Kwan (2006)
At Tinker Street Karaoke with, "DJ Darque Star" and "Papa Grillz"
With Bob @ AES in 2015
At Vladimir Vasiliev's "Structure of Freedom" Systema Camp in 2018
With Charlie - Keyboards and "Band-In-A-Box" Commander
With Midge (a big talent with a bigger heart for the world) In Long Island, NY
Grey Garden... Jazz? I was surprised too!
Playing with another Adam, and two of my sons in Woodstock, NY.
Just not havin' it (1987)
Solo and "Unplugged" @ Terrapin Kitchen
Solo and VERY Plugged-In @ Terrapin Kitchen's Halloween/Hurricane Relief Show
Classic Robert Derby.
With world-renowned orthopedic surgeon, Ran Schwarzkopf, after a successful hip revision.
Advanced Total Body Alignment - (Pravilo)
Pravilo is a traditional Slavic practice designed to (at least):
1. Re-Align a structurally compromised body and the resulting disturbance in the mind.
2. Strengthen a healthy body at its maximum range of motion
3. Increase proprioception through floating movement and the stimulation or neural pathways at the major joints where they are regularly obstructed.
This can be dosed to be experienced anywhere from a light stretch without so much as being lifted from the floor, all the way to being pulled flat at the upper level of the frame with weights stacked on the practitioner!
From a mental standpoint, being able to relax into a comfortable position whilst the body is being treated on Pravilo increases concentration and psychological stability. Being able to wait-out the discomfort while the body adjusts back to it's neutral, natural, relaxed state trains the brain to delay reward and pursue meaning over instant gratification.
Whether or not you qualify for this treatment will be considered on a case-by-case basis. If you are turned down at first, we can work towards achieving this step-by-step, together.
*Mission Statement*
All of this... for What?
It is my belief that we are spiritual beings experiencing this life in a physical body.
There are 3 tenets to the faith of my forefathers:
1. Honor your Creator & Wise Ancestors
2. Live in Harmony with Conscience and Nature
3. Strive to banish ignorance daily, as it is through ignorance that all manner of ugliness is born.
This is a place where others of like mind can assemble, share knowledge, grow, learn and express ideas without censorship.
I believe that a person can heal & develop themselves with accurate knowledge and commitment to pursuing meaning over comfort.
It is the aim of this practice to work with those ready to take the first critical step towards reclaiming that which our modern world has suppressed -learning from each other along the way.
