Sidekick Curve Muscle Reliever Starter Kit

After sending out such an effective workout tool in the last box, I wanted to send something to help you recover effectively from those intense workouts. Sidekick designs recovery tools based on the ancient Eastern medicine technique of “gua sha”, or muscle scraping. With gua sha you scrape a hard tool across the skin, releasing adhesions that have built up underneath the skin due to exercise, overuse, and injury. These adhesions can impede your range of motion, restrict blood flow, and cause a lot of pain and tightness in your muscles. Clinical studies have shown that scraping can drastically reduce pain in as little as 7 days and that regular use can impart positive anti-inflammatory effects and increase blood flow.

The Starter Kit in your box contains a Curve scraper and a tube of lubricating Oasis gel. The Curve is made of 100% hand-carved Bian stone and designed to fit comfortably in your hand for a high level of control while scraping. You apply the gel to the treatment area to help the soft beveled edges of the tool glide along the skin, using only moderate pressure as you scrape across tight areas. You’ll notice your muscles start to loosen and relax after a few short minutes and will see much faster recovery from those high-intensity workouts. Visit the Sidekick site to check out the variety of specialized recovery tools they offer, including medical-grade stainless steel scraping tools and vibrating rollers. They also have an online University section with instructional videos and classes that can help you get the most out of your tools and maximize your recovery.

Visit https://sidekicktool.com/biohacked for 15% off any of their muscle relief tools and packages!

EliteHRV Biofeedback Course

Heart Rate Variability (HRV) has exploded in popularity in recent years as more people have realized how powerful it can be for measuring overall health, resilience to stress, and performance in a variety of areas. HRV is not like regular old heart rate (BPM). It actually acts as a window into your nervous system, showing you how your body is reacting to stressors and how effectively you are recovering and adapting. HRV tracks tiny patterns in the variation in time between each heartbeat. The more stressed you are, the less variability between heart beats as your body puts your heart rate on auto-pilot, beating steadily like a metronome so that it can allocate resources towards a major stress. The more calm and relaxed you are, the greater the variability between beats. An important thing to understand is that resilience isn’t a measure of how you are able to withstand or resist stress, but rather how quickly you can bounce back. As recent challenges have shown us, we can’t always control the types of stress life throws at us. Being able to experience stress and bounce back is more relevant now than ever before. The ability to measure your HRV and make important daily decisions based on results can unlock massive improvements in performance, recovery, and resilience for you.

EliteHRV is helping to set new standards for accurate HRV measurements and insights. With their top-ranked app and an accurate HRV monitor, you can measure and react to your HRV so that you can be better every day and achieve your goals faster. They also have an online academy featuring training courses where you can learn directly from world-class experts in various health and performance fields. They’ve generously offered box subscribers exclusive access to their brand-new Biofeedback Course, a whopping $150 value! This incredible course will provide you with an in-depth understanding of how to use HRV as a tool to train your nervous system to better navigate stress, improve clarity and agility of mind, master your emotions in the moment, and improve cardiovascular health. You will learn how to interpret HRV, how to personalize your nervous system training, and how to measure and increase the effectiveness of your own biofeedback practice.

To access the course, visit https://elitehrv.com/academy/hrv-biofeedback, and use code “biohacked209”.

I also highly recommend that you take your newfound understanding of HRV and biofeedback from the course and use the EliteHRV app to monitor and leverage your HRV. Sleep, nutrition, exercise, and recovery are all very personal. As biohackers we are constantly tinkering with new technologies and protocols to maximize our performance, and the EliteHRV app can help you quickly and easily quantify the effectiveness of these changes. If you don’t already have an accurate HRV monitor, EliteHRV is offering subscribers a discount on their CorSense fingertip HRV monitor. The CorSense is a medical-grade sensor with accuracy equivalent to the EEG equipment you’d find in a hospital. The sensor conveniently slips over your finger instead of the standard chest-strap sensors, and you don’t have to wear it 24/7 to get meaningful insights. With the app and sensor you can measure a 2-minute routine morning readiness score, receive immediate feedback for your day’s decisions and activities, and utilize various breathing exercises and programs for biofeedback training.

If you’re curious to dive even deeper into your understanding of HRV and how to utilize it, check out their online Elite Academy and the courses they offer. If you’re a professional working in the wellness industry, their courses give CEU credits and can give you an incredibly powerful new tool for helping your clients and patients.

To take advantage of the discount offer, visit https://elitehrv.com/corsense and use code “daveasprey209”

Qualia Night by Neurohacker

Neurohacker Collective has burst on the scene in the past few years with a scientific approach to performance enhancement that focuses on supporting the body’s natural processes. Their products are designed to take into account whole complex systems to promote synergy and create lasting effects. The Qualia line of nootropics has expanded to feature products for cognition, anti-aging, focus, and now sleep with their newest offering, Qualia Night.

Qualia Night is a “next day nootropic”. Unlike other sleep supplements that are designed to make you sleepy, Night is engineered to support the healing and repair processes that take place while you sleep so you can wake up feeling rejuvenated and ready to kick more ass. The formula contains a stack of 25 carefully selected ingredients that enhance a number of different pathways in the brain while you sleep. Qualia Night promotes BDNF (brain-derived neurotrophic factor) that plays an important role in the protection and growth of new neurons. It supports your body’s natural production of melatonin, your sleep-timing hormone, as well as GABA, the neurotransmitter responsible for putting on the brakes in your brain. A mix of Ayurvedic Rasayana herbs and adaptogens help relax the nervous system, balance cortisol levels, and dampen hyperarousal states, one of the most common causes of poor sleep. Night contains polyphenols and compounds that feed healthy gut bacteria to support a healthy gut-brain axis, as well as polyphenol rich food extracts like blueberry and saffron to support the brain’s energy production during super active nighttime phases. Powerful antioxidants astaxanthin and lycopene support cell membrane and nervous system antioxidant defenses as the brain detoxes overnight. Night also supports stem cell function to maximize regeneration and make your sleep as restorative as possible.

In your box you’ll find a 20-count bottle of Qualia Night. To order more with a special discount for box subscribers, visit neurohacker.com and use code “ASPREYBOX”

TrueLight Luna Red Sunset Pack

For years I’ve emphasized the importance of using the right lighting to work with your biology. It’s particularly important that the lights you use in the evening help to encourage restorative sleep.With the box focus on winding down well, I wanted to share with you some of the newest offerings from TrueLight in the Luna Sunset Pack, which includes both the Red Sunset Sleep Light and Red Portable Nightlight. With standard lighting options we are overexposed to blue light that disrupts melatonin production and can negatively impact sleep patterns. These products significantly reduce that interference by utilizing the red-light spectrums to provide natural, non-disruptive light on demand.

The Luna Red Sunset Sleep Light is an adjustable wavelength emitting lightbulb that was inspired by the TrueDark lensed eyewear and engineered to emit natural, relaxing light that emulates fire or candlelight. The bulb can be dimmed all the way from 3000K brightness down to 1000K for a pre-sleep environmental experience that helps to induce relaxation leading into sleep onset. The bulb features a shatter-proof dome and only requires 7 watts of energy. One remote can control up to 4 bulbs and with a simple press of a button you can transition your lighting to support your circadian rhythm and promote deep, restful sleep.

Children are especially susceptible to disrupted sleep since they tend to use nightlights throughout their sleeping hours. White light is comprised of of many different wavelengths and colors, and the wrong nightlight can contain quite a bit of melatonin-hindering blue light spectrum. The portable red nightlight is ideal for use at home, in children’s bedrooms, or for a great late-evening lighting option while traveling. The nightlight emits 100% red light and features dusk-to-dawn sensors that shut off in the presence of light. It features a long-life battery, multiple mounting options, and a portable size for convenient placement.

Take control of your environment and make sure that it’s working with your biology to optimize your sleep!

Just Blue from Troscriptions

In your box you’ll find a pack that contains two blue troches (pronounced troh-key). A troche is a lozenge that is designed to slowly dissolve between a person’s upper cheek and gum. As the troche dissolves, the ingredients are gradually absorbed through the cheek mucosa into the blood stream. (Do NOT chew them!) These troches were designed by former Bulletproof Radio guest, Dr. Ted Achacoso, and his team at Troscriptions. They contain 16mg of pharmaceutical grade Methylene Blue, a powerful antioxidant and cognitive performance optimizer.

Invented in the late 1800’s as a synthetic dye, methylene blue also exhibited antifungal, antibacterial, antiparasitic, and antiviral properties and was soon adopted in clinics for treating various blood disorders, infections, poison cases, depression, and even phobias. Research revealed that it also boosts cognition and memory, and it is currently being studied for use both as a nootropic and for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. Methylene blue works by acting as an electron acceptor (similar to oxygen) in your mitochondria to help produce more ATP, the cell’s energy currency. It also functions as an antioxidant and optimizes redox balance to protect cells and neurons. So not only is Just Blue great as a conversation starter while you’re at parties, traveling, or on a video conference call, but it will give you a serious cognitive boost as well!

The troches in your box will give you up to 8 servings of Just Blue. To order more, or to try their Blue Cannatine “Smurf nootropic” that contains additional cognitive enhancers, visit https://troscriptions.com/ and use discount code “BLUEME10” for 10% off

Home Wellness Testing Card from Vessel Health

With even the most basic daily tasks impeded by social distancing protocols, at-home wellness solutions are in higher demand than ever before. Vessel Health has developed a revolutionary home wellness testing system that will give you lab-quality results in the comfort of your own home. The system utilizes a specially designed testing strip that works with a mobile app to give you results in just two minutes. You pee on the testing strip and use your phone’s camera to scan the card. The app will analyze the card and give you results on several essential health metrics, including nutrition, hydration, toxin, and stress levels. The app will give personalized suggestions for food, supplement, and lifestyle changes based on your test results to help you look, feel, and perform your best. You can track your testing results over time and decide what testing frequency you want (monthly, weekly, or even daily!) at a much more convenient and affordable cost than ordering traditional lab tests through your doctor, and without any insurance requirements. You’ll be able to generate your very own custom performance plan and can even schedule appointments to consult with a licensed nutritionist for extremely reasonable rates right within the app. Vessel worked with a large team of top doctors, nutritionists, and scientists to develop the testing parameters and recommendations, and results are repeatable and accurate to within 5-10%, comparable to your standard lab test results

This testing system is just launching this month and you are amongst the very first people to gain access! With more testing metrics coming soon, and the features for personalized guidance, food delivery, supplement customization already available, this service could be a game-changer for anyone looking to take control of their own biology. Vessel is also finalizing development of a home-testing kit for Coronavirus antibodies, which will be available to order soon.

You’ve got your first home wellness testing strip in your box. To order more, visit VesselHealth.com and use code “AspreyBox” to Save 10%

Bliss Brain by Dawson Church

My good friend, Dawson Church PhD, is an award-winning author and scientist with an audacious goal to help over a million people meditate more effectively. His work focuses on utilizing science to teach people how to achieve transcendent emotional states and to rewire their brains for more resilience, enhanced productivity, deeper meditation, and increased peace of mind. Dawson recently conducted a major MRI study and developed a new method called EcoMeditation with the findings. Within 30 days of starting practice, EcoMeditation alters 2 key brain networks that can dramatically improve your ability to focus, trigger healing within your cells, lower cortisol levels, boost antibody production, and get into flow states in under 5 minutes!

Dawson graciously asked me to write the foreword for his new book, Bliss Brain, and I was honored to be able to support him with his mission. His ground-breaking methods are extremely relevant in stressful times like these, and I encourage you to check out his content and give EcoMeditation a try. We’ve included two free chapters of Bliss Brain for you, and you can download a free EcoMeditation audio track so you can start experiencing the brain-enhancing benefits.

Visit https://daveasprey.com/blissbrain to download your two free preview chapters, and to learn more about Dawson’s work

- Golden Ticket -

I’m really excited to share our Golden Ticket partner for this quarter! The world is a crazy place right now and we’re all doing our best to keep our heads above water. I know I’ve been staying laser focused on not just my physical health but my mental health as well. Apollo Neuroscience has created a new wearable that trains your nervous system to be more resilient to stress. Apollo uses gentle vibrations that work with your sense of touch to help you recover from stress, going from “fight or flight” to “rest and digest”. What does this mean? You can stay calmer, get into flow states, sleep better, focus, and recover from exercise more efficiently. Apollo is based on the sense of touch, which has always been the single most important way that humans convey safety to each other. The Apollo wearable can be worn on the wrist or ankle, and works with a mobile app featuring seven different modes for Sleep, Focus, Relax, and more. Apollo doesn’t track your health – it actively improves your health.