“Is this that thing from Netflix?”
Goop re-group
Good day to you, New Day! I hope you’ve been loving this amazing summer we’ve been having so far
I’ve been enjoying frequent weekend trips (Michigan last weekend, this weekend northern Wisconsin to see Grandpa Ace!)
I’ve also been feeling a lot of energy and excitement through working with our new New Day team member, Cassie.
It’s such a gift, and just so interesting, to have the opportunity to really see New Day and it’s ins and outs from a new person’s perspective. I get a version of this through each of you coming in here as well too, of course.
And at the same time, Cassie (who had her first adjustment this week!) will be learning to see New Day the way we do. So it’s a very fun, dynamic, creative process.
It was about a year and a half ago, and just barely pre-covid, that Network Spinal (the form of chiropractic care I practice at New Day) was featured on the world stage for the very first time (that I’m aware of!)
There’s a one-minute trailer for the series on Netflix that features Network Spinal, click here.
Since that time, a year and a half ago, I’d say about half of our new clients coming in to New Day for the first time have seen, or are aware, of the episode. Many have sought us out because they liked, or were intrigued by, what they saw.
This trend is really quite amazing considering that in the past, the only way that people really found out about Network Spinal care was through friends or family, or sometimes through a few big-name coaching and personal growth gurus like Tony Robbins and Cory Wayne.
For many of you that have seen the episode, you may have found yourself wondering how the care I provide at New Day is similar or different from the “exorcism” type adjustment seen performed by Dr. John Amaral 😂🙏😂
If you are curious about this, read on!
The bottom line for me is that I thought the episode of Gwyneth Paltrow’s The Goop Lab featuring Donny’s work was really quite good, and that the work was portrayed well and was more or less accurate. (The rest of the series is really worth watching too! You can hate on Gwyneth Paltrow all you want, but the show was interesting and well-made 😆).
Dr. John Amaral, who does reference having learned from Donny Epstein in the episode, trained with Donny for a number of years and previously owned a practice much like New Day out in California.
He had reached the level where he was teaching other practitioners for Donny (he has taught me before), shortly before branching off, selling his practice so that he could focus on providing coaching programs and developing his own work with individual (often celebrity) clients.
In the episode, you see Amaral doing work with a number of Goop staffers, both laying on the table on their stomachs as well as lying on their backs. Some of our practice members have even reported feeling a bit like they were the ones being adjusted, just by watching! 🌀🌀🌀
The major difference I see in what John Amaral does and what he is presenting versus what you encounter at New Day comes back to the CONTEXT for the care.
Here at New Day, I am working in a chiropractic context. I went to school and am licensed to be a chiropractor. That’s why it’s ok with the state of Illinois for me to put my hands on you and take care of you.
And as different as different types of chiropractic can be from one another (particularly Network Spinal!) they all exist to address the health of the spine and nervous system, in some way or another.
In the chiropractic context, we work with people routinely, over time, throughout the course of their lives as they learn, grow, experience challenges, and adapt to all types of stresses.
John Amaral is really doing his work outside a chiropractic context. That’s why it’s possible for him to see one client for one $2500 session, and it looks and feels really big and dramatic.
So if you’ve seen the episode and noted that the care at New Day possibly seems so much more. . . “tame” or “normal” than what’s seen in The Goop Lab, this helps explain why.
It’s not so much that John Amaral is doing the work better (despite the $2500 price tag, just sayin’ 😆), or even that much differently that I am. It’s that his work with his clients is meant to be a one-one-one, super-intense kind of experience.
Whereas here we are using the work in a chiropractic context to meet the chiropractic goal of having a brain and body that work well together through the nervous system. It just happens that while that is happening, you are also benefitting from the more transformational aspects of the care and the community ✨🌍☀️
Both types of work can have their place. Tony Robbins, for example, talks about the importance of having daily practices, weekly practices, and then a couple of “intensives” per year to support your health and growth. None of these take the place of one another. And ideally, they all work together 💖
I hope you feel like I’ve filled in the gaps in things you might have wondered about Network Spinal after watching episode 3 of The Goop Lab (or inspired you to watch it if you haven’t yet).
I look forward to seeing you at your adjustments tonight and next week ☀️☀️☀️
