Athlete Ana Eyssimont on stillness, courage and the way forward.

"Inner nature, when allowed, finds its own way.”

The in Motion Lab


When I was a kid, I would spend entire evenings in the apartment complex hot tub unraveling the principles of consciousness with my dad. He was the first philosopher I’ve ever known.

He carried wisdom lightly, offering it through whatever book he had just finished. Pulling concepts from The Tao of Pooh, my dad showed me that life becomes harder the moment we complicate ourselves with expectations, ego, and overthinking. He understood that his favorite Clive Cussler novels were more than action-packed adventures. He dissected those stories and taught me that adventure is born from chaos, and that the unknown is not something to fear but something to meet with openness.

From Lord of the Rings, he branded something deeper into my psyche: You do not need to be destined for greatness. You only need to choose courage over comfort.

And from the shortest book of them all, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, came a lesson that stayed with both of us. Your life gains meaning when you pursue mastery, curiosity, and freedom, even when no one else understands why.

I should probably sit down and write them all out someday, if only to honor the constellation of ideas that shaped me.