RHYLEASE

I get worked up during the training montage of fighting movies…like when the underdog boxer finally books the fight with his well-trained, entourage-wielding, resource-hogging nemesis and then the movie breaks into a song about him being fucking beast and you watch as the time speeds up, showing him running, sparring & dripping sweat until it culminates with a slow-mo shot of him hitting a punching bag and screaming so hard, the veins to bulge from his neck & face.

The feeling I get from watching those scenes is absolutely insane. You know the feeling I’m talking about - the one where you’re like, “Oh HELL yeah, he’s about to run it. Let’s gooooo!” And I’ve realized, they give me that jolt because I’ve always identified with that character. He’s me. I’m him. I think the majority of us are because we aren’t the privileged adversary with what seems like unending resources.

He’s been through some shit...he’s the emotional underdog and he’s working something out. I’ve also been through some shit and I’ve had some things to work out...out of ME. Hasn’t everyone? The details aren’t really important because truthfully, it shouldn’t be a game of shit-comparison or trying to out-shit anyone else…everyone’s been through it. That’s just life. 

For me, the healing happens when we find ways to connect with each other through the shit but not to commiserate and remain in it. How I choose to connect while healing and move life forward is THE reason I created RHYLEASE and I created it to tap into THIS feeling…the feeling of the TRAINING MONTAGE. When someone’s decided to take control but needs a way and a space to do the thing.

RHYLEASE has been both my greatest challenge and the most effortless thing I’ve ever invested myself into. I realize that’s conflicting but the thing is, there’s always conflict within passion. Otherwise, it’s not passion. What I’ve done with RHYLEASE is used my background, training & skills in order to objectify a way to solicit the necessary physical, mental & emotional components that allow us to own every part of ourselves and move things when they need moving.

Bet you thought I’d give you the dating profile version of myself: “I enjoy cooking, competing in triathlons, my family and I have an 8-year-old daughter...she’s my world, I’m doing this for her…blah, blah, blah.” While all of those things are true, my truest reason for creating RHYLEASE was because I found the core of myself while doing it…