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Then I found Scott Sonnon. Using principles I learned through his programs Intu-
Flow, Prasara and TACFIT, now crystallized in his groundbreaking book Primal
Stress, I’ve been able to regain the inner and outer strength and resilience I need,
in order to keep doing the job that I love. I truly can’t thank Scott enough, and I
can’t think of any better way of paying my gratitude forward than to recommend
his book to everyone I can, so that they may reap the life-changing benefits that I
have."
"This is Scott Sonnon's Magnus Opus! It is his life! Fantastic Coach, fascinating
read. Incredible to see all your work weave together like a huge tapestry."
~ Jobe Linn
~ Daniel Market
"Primal Stress may well be the most complete and intelligent body-weight
exercise program ever created. Emphasizing health but taking fitness to an edge
FAR beyond the casual needs of any normal citizen, by the time you've outgrown
and absorbed this you will understand your body and mind at a level absurdly
beyond the human norm in a modern society."
"I truly appreciate your generosity to divulge such useful information to help
anyone caring enough and willing enough to thrive in life, regardless of
circumstances. Consistently elevating one's quality of life, you are helping many to
be successful as well. This is a GREAT GIFT!"
~ Darren Veira
"Primal Stress will take care of ALL of my REHAB as well as STRENGTH GAINS!
Highly recommended!"
~ Simon Robinson
"When I saw the amount of material you've been working on I thought I could
~ Vino Chan
"I am in awe of the Work Coach Sonnon has put together. The Revive and the
Thrive videos are for EVERYONE, excellent, excellent resource for decreasig
tension in the body, even if you never get into the workouts, which are extensive
and multi-layered. I STRONGLY recommend you get this program, NOW! It is
superb!"
"I finally got done reading the manual. WOW. The workouts are always changing.
This is much more refined and very different from your earlier work Scott. I am
glad I bought it.Great job on this Scott!"
~ Steve Rogers
"Inward calm
cannot be
maintained unless
physical strength is
constantly and
intelligently
replenished”,
advised Prince
Siddhartha.
Our physical
movement cannot
Whatever we repeat most often, we become. Teaching tactical fitness for the federal
We can harbor regrets of where blind nature government, I noticed the phenomenon from
of adaptation has unwittingly carried us, or we the opposite end of the spectrum: even these
can revel in the opportunity to deliberately veteran trainers were not able to “enter”
carve our own path. It’s never too late to plot drills due to common aches, pains and
a new course, for, as Napoleon Hill explained: injuries.
Please Note: This is a downloadable program. You will NOT receive a physical
package shipped to you in the mail. The entire package will be immediately available
for you to download and get started right away after ordering. This program is NOT
available in stores, so you can only access it through this website.
There is a completely predictable set of impediments to movement, which happen when facing
excessive stress. Primal Stress provides the reasons you’ve had the aches and pains you’ve
experienced, which seem to worsen with each use. This pivotal contribution combining
psychophysiology and biomechanics offers a simple, rational explanation for these immobile
areas which you can trace and erase.
Revive evolved from several years of actual work with high-stress occupational trainers with
federal government agencies. In the book, Primal Stress gives you the map to pinpoint your
issue, release it and revive its strength potential to activate. But Revive also gives you a daily
Once you have “cleaned the slate” of this predictable, universal pattern of physical changes,
you will move on to the Survive section of the book, and one of the most empowering
anthropological perspectives on fitness you will find. This section describes our prehistoric
“warding patterns” which have been mastered and generationally inherited through the martial
arts.
Liane Cordes suggests that, “Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to
unlocking our potential.” Follow these simple directions, and your success is nearly guaranteed.
In recent years, we have seen the rapid rise of primal movement methodologies, but no one
has offered a compelling theory as to why they exist, what is their purpose, and how they each
act together as a synergistic platform for human power. Primal Stress teaches you the specific
biomechanics behind the astounding abilities of martial artists to survive against larger
opponents, a hidden genetic code which had before not been rationally explained from the
Western scientific perspective.
Survival patterns (or Wards) do more than unlock your innate power reserves. They also
protect you from the pains and injuries associated from stress-induced reflexes. As Ben Jonson
notes, “He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.” These patterns manifest
through all sports and every martial art because when faced with adversity, necessity calls
upon this prehistoric blueprint for your untapped strengths.
But knowing isn’t enough, so this section of the book teaches you how to activate these
encrypted codes in your nervous system through simple drills, and then how to integrate those
components into every exercise you do, and all aspects of your daily life.
Maya Angelou declared, “Life’s mission is not merely to survive but to thrive.” In the Thrive
section of the book, you will discover the science of our brain architecture and how it evolved
specifically for complex movement. Increasing the complexity of our movement causes
changes to our neural chemistry, called plasticity, which makes life feel better, easier and more
in “flow.”
Why do we experience discord? Why don’t we live in a state of effortless grace? If we have
revived our innate potential from the clutches of excessive stress, and forged our biological
survival warding patterns to resist, then we can take the next step: we thrive.
Taken together, these three sections of the book demonstrate our 3 biological gifts:
This final section of this pivotal book brings us full circle, for this isn’t a linear process, but an
ever- spinning deepening spiral where we cycle through Revive - Survive - Thrive throughout
our lives. We master the basics, and then we become free to refine the nuances of our health
and fitness.
Primal Stress ends with program design outlines, exercise descriptions and detailed
photographs of each movement in the Flow Physique course. This beautifully presented and
professionally designed book details each step you must take, and how to chart your ongoing
progress for “Health-First Fitness.”
When you read its content, you will understand why what you’ve done in the past hasn’t worked
as effectively as you wished, why you suffer the aches and pains that you’ve had, how you have
been successful previously and how you can know when you are, and how to increase those
successes systematically.
5. The fifth technique reboots the entire nervous system so that all corners of the four aspects
of breath receive their due diligence, and you've restored awareness and adaptive potential to
the stress you can now process.
Resiliency will aid in the prevention of stress related illness, and, as a result, contribute to the
prevention of an early demise. But it will also improve our quality of life. There are not magic
pills. These methods don't stop you from experiencing breathless moments, and if we are truly
LIVING, then why would we want to? But they will help us quickly bounce back from the
negativity of distress while it is happening, rather than waiting until it has already begun to
destroy us bodily, mentally and emotionally.
Throughout this 100 page book, you will find hundreds of Scott’s reflections on various aspects
of exploring the inner life of personal transformation, including chapters such as: Impossible is
Nothing, Failing Successfully, Noble Persistence, Zencouraged, Know Fear, Inter-Gritty, Honor
Accountable, Dream Audacity, Breaking Habit, In-Body-Meant, as well as many others.