Our Lexicon is an alphabetical list of terms associated with The Akira Concept and living in The Akira State … some terms will be new to you, some will be very familiar, all are worth understanding. If you have worked with us or have any of our workbooks, you will have already started to adopt this language and vocabulary.
10,000 Days
An understanding that what you choose to do today will have a profound impact on where you will be in 10,000 days. more >>
A-ha Moment
A moment of sudden understanding, insight, and discovery.
Abduction
Lateral movement away from your body’s midline.
Accountability
Occurs when you reliably deliver on your commitments. In The Akira State Workbook, every section concludes with an Accountability Checklist in order to support your actions and results.
Accuracy
The ability to control movement in a given direction or at a given intensity. Precision with self-care.
Active Stretches
Reciprocal innervation stretches.
Adduction
Medial movement toward your body’s midline.
Aerobic Exercise
Using oxygen to break down carbohydrates, fats and proteins for energy. Part of Extended Conditioning.
Agility
The ability to minimize transition time from one movement pattern to another in order to live with balance and flow … in the Akira State.
Agonist
A muscle in a state of contraction, opposed by the antagonist.
Akira State
The Akira State encourages you to discover your Wellness Intelligence and inspires you to find balance in a world full of imbalance … a way of being. more >>
All-Terrain
An ultimate example of dynamic, compound, functional fitness, supporting Extended Conditioning.
All or None Law
Muscles are either active or inactive … complete response or no response. What are yours doing?
Anaerobic Exercise
Using energy stored in muscles or from the breakdown of carbohydrates without oxygen.
Antagonist
A muscle that can move a joint in opposite of the agonist.
Anti-aging
An overused term that is lucrative in beauty marketing. We define it instead as the art of aging gracefully.
Antifragility
Beyond resistance and robustness.
Appreciation
The recognition and enjoyment of the good qualities of someone or something. more >>
Articulation
Joint movement and mobilization.
Atrophy
Shrinkage in the size of your muscle fibres caused by inactivity. Opposite to hypertrophy.
Autonomic Nervous System
Your body’s involuntary nervous system oversees processes that you do not consciously control. It is always active and regulates your heart rate, breathing, metabolism, and other critical body processes.
Awareness
Believing in potential and possibility. Understanding that everything is connected. Relaxing in your sense of self. Reacting mindfully to others and situations.
Bad Habits
Practices that you can choose to replace with good habits and Rituals.
Balance
The ability to control the placement of your body’s centre of gravity in relation to your base of support. Also, a desired way of living achieved through discovering your Wellness Intelligence.
Baselining
The recorded measure of a jumping-off point to track personal breakthroughs, growth, and progress. more >>
Bedrock Breathing
A functional core-breath practice that is vital to physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual wellness. more >>
Binaural Beats
An auditory phenomenon. A tone created in your brain when presented with two different frequencies at the same time. Induces relaxation, can be used in UnMeditation, and for creativity.
Biophilia
Innate tendency to focus on life and lifelike processes and to be drawn toward nature, to feel an affinity for it, a love, a craving.
Body Networking
The significance of the brain and spinal cord connection to all parts of your body and the resulting effect on longevity and wellness. more >>
Body Scan
A valuable UnMeditation practice. A deep relaxation exercise that can promote Sound Sleep.
Body Workers
Someone who provides therapeutic treatments involving manipulative therapy, breath work, touch or energy medicine, or a combination of these modalities. more >>
Braintelligence
The brain’s wondrous ability to change and adapt continuously … throughout your whole life. more >>
Brain Training
See, neuroplasticity.
Breath
Breath is everything … you must connect with it.
Breathe Ladder
One of five Wellness Ladders that are imperative to climb in order to discover your Wellness Intelligence.
Cardio
Use your Cardio Cube for exercises that elevate heart and respiratory rate.
Cardiovascular Endurance
The ability of body systems to gather, process, and deliver oxygen. Understand this through your Healthy Endurance and Off-Road-Speed-Play.
Care Planning
Organizing self-regulation strategies.
CHAMPs
Stands for Controlled Hip Articulated Movement Patterns. They are dynamic stretch sequences that can be practiced supine, seated or standing supporting hip health. more >>
Circulation
Flow … movement to and from or around something.
Circumduction
The movement of your hand, fingers or other limbs in a circular or conical pattern, using the sequential combination of flexion, adduction, extension, and abduction motions.
Chakra
The centres of vital energy and spiritual power in your body. more >>
Coach or Therapist
Someone who provides verbal communications for mental and emotional challenges and who supports your self-care as well as all dimensions of wellness.
Cognitive Reserve
The idea that you develop resilience … a reserve of thinking abilities, from a lifetime of education, movement and curiosity that protects you against losses that can occur through aging and disease.
Colour Therapy
Otherwise known as chromotherapy, uses both colour and light to promote healing and to activate your body’s natural functions. more >>
Community
Relationships and fellowship.
Complete Fuel
The balanced fusion of Sound Sleep, Essential Hydration, breathing Cleaner Air, and eating Kind Food.
Compound Movement
Strength and endurance-building exercises that involve multiple joints and work more than one muscle group simultaneously.
Concentric Loading
Shortening phase of the muscle during a contraction. Practice and understand concentrics.
Conditioning
An unstructured group of exercises that will improve not only your fitness level but keep you moving throughout your day.
Connect Ladder
One of five Wellness Ladders that is imperative to climb in order to discover your Wellness Intelligence. more >>
Conscious Lifestyling
When you purchase according to Empathy Economics and have an awareness of the impact of your decisions.
Contract and Release Stretches
Contraction and release of target muscle stretches.
Co-opetition
When you engage in both competition and cooperation at the same time. A symbiotic relationship resulting in better. When we support each other, we all benefit.
Coordination
The ability to combine several distinct movement patterns into a singular distinct movement. The ability to climb all Wellness Ladders with balance and flow.
Core
Not just your six-pack!
Critical Path
Every circular concept illustration throughout The Akira State Workbook supports some type of critical path. We encourage you to revisit them often.
Cwtch
Snuggling, cuddling, hugging, loving, and protecting all rolled into one.