Life Marathons - Tomasz Radzik

21/06/2026

18/06/2026

Summer at Hotel Fanes: Relaxation, Yoga & Wellness in Alta Badia

A few years ago, I was probably the last person anyone would have invited to a yoga class.

Strength training, hockey, triathlon, thousands of hours of intense exercise. And on top of that, recurring back pain that neither doctors nor various therapies seemed able to solve.

I remember a time when I couldn't even sit comfortably on my heels in a simple Japanese kneeling position. My thighs felt like they were on fire, and my body was so stiff that I sweated more during yoga than I did running 10 kilometers.

Then my wife showed me a few simple yoga movements and breathing exercises.

To my surprise, the pain began to fade.

That was the beginning of a journey that has now lasted more than five years. A journey that took me from someone convinced yoga was "not for me" to becoming a yoga instructor and regular practitioner.

Today, I can't imagine starting my day without a few yoga-based movement sequences.

Not because I want to become more flexible.

But because I know how my body will feel a few hours later.

Just a few minutes each morning allows me to move through the day with greater ease, freedom, and energy. My joints work through their natural ranges of motion, my body feels more open, and tension has less chance to take control of the day.

Yoga once helped me move beyond pain.

Today, it helps me live without it.

That's why I'm delighted to invite you to Hotel Fanes in San Cassiano on June 21st for our celebration of International Yoga Day.

Together, we will explore the 5 Pillars of Wellbeing, a concept that has become the foundation of my work:

🌬 Breath – Morning anti-stress breathing session
🧘 Movement – Yoga practice inspired by Hatha and Ashtanga Vinyasa
🥗 Nutrition – A nourishing breakfast prepared with fresh ingredients from the family farm
🔥 Recovery – Sauna ritual with natural essences and restorative stretching
❤️ Emotions – Guided afternoon meditation

All of this surrounded by the breathtaking beauty of the Dolomites, the silence of the mountains, and one of the most beautiful spa experiences you can imagine.

If you happen to be in Alta Badia that day, join us.

And if you still think yoga isn't for you...

I used to think exactly the same.

📍 More information:
https://www.dolomitireview.com/estate-allhotel-fanes-coolcation-yoga-e-benessere-in-alta-badia/

See you in San Cassiano.

12/06/2026

SUMMER IN THE DOLOMITES

If you're looking for a place where you can truly rest — not only your body, but also your mind, heart, and soul — I invite you to Hotel Fanes in San Cassiano, in the heart of the Dolomites.

A place where the silence of the mountains, breathtaking hiking trails, and one of the most beautiful spa experiences you can imagine create the perfect space for deep regeneration.

And if you feel you need more than relaxation, I also offer sessions focused on the body, breath, stress relief, emotional balance, and nervous system regulation — all rooted in the journey of returning to yourself.

Because sometimes the best vacation is not a journey to a new place.

It's a journey back to yourself.

See you in the Dolomites.

05/06/2026

WHEN YOU BEGIN THE JOURNEY INWARD...

Once you decide to embark on this journey, you need to understand one thing:

"It won't be easy, but it will be worth it."

Because when you truly begin living in alignment with yourself, everything changes.

Your beliefs.
Your awareness.
Your priorities.
The way you experience the world.

You start shedding uncomfortable masks.
Questioning old beliefs and rules that were handed to you.

And then something happens that most people never expect.

Your truth becomes uncomfortable for those around you.

Some people will begin to drift away — even those closest to you.

Not always because they stopped loving you.

Sometimes because this new version of you feels unfamiliar to them.

Sometimes because you no longer fit into the way they see the world.

And sometimes because your paths simply need to separate for a while.

You stop trying to save everyone.

You stop being available every time someone calls.

You stop agreeing to things that steal your peace.

You begin to set boundaries.

And boundaries have a way of revealing who was truly with you, and who was only attached to what you were giving.

This is one of the hardest lessons on this path.

Yet it is worth walking through.

Worth continuing inward, even when you have no idea where the road is leading.

Because at the end of that journey, the greatest reward is waiting for you:

The real you.

The version of yourself that, having gathered wisdom from every step inward, walks forward with confidence, lightness, and trust — in harmony with heart, mind, and soul.

Many times along the way, you will find yourself standing at a crossroads.

Tired.

Unsure.

Wondering what comes next.

And somehow, help always arrives.

Sometimes in the form of a person.

Sometimes as a sign.

Sometimes as an event that defies logical explanation.

Some call it coincidence.

Others call it fate.

More and more often, I find myself calling it angelic guidance.

But that's a story for another day.

P.S.

Today, my wife and I watched the sun disappear beyond the horizon.

And it struck me that every transformation is a little like a sunset.

Something disappears.

Something comes to an end.

Not because it was wrong.

But because it was no longer yours.

Every sunset carries the promise of another sunrise.

Something ends...

So that something new can be born.

20/05/2026

WHERE STONE MEETS THE SOUL

There are places
you don’t simply visit,
but experience.

Recently, I visited two places in Italy.
Matera
and Valle dei Templi — ancient Agragas.

In Agragas, temples were built for the gods.
In Matera, homes were carved into stone to survive.

Two different worlds.
Yet connected by something very deep.

Stone. Silence.
And the presence of people from thousands of years ago.

These are spaces you feel deeper than history or architecture.

You walk into them
and suddenly something inside you slows down.

Your breath becomes calmer.
Your thoughts quieter.
Your body more present.

These places move us deeply, even though we cannot explain it logically.

As if the soul recognizes something faster than the mind,
and the body responds with a strange feeling of peace and return to these places… as if it wasn’t the first time.

And it was there that I felt a strange sense of déjà vu.

As if I had already been there before.
Or as if those places remembered me.

And you?
Do you have places in the world where your body seems to tell you
that the story of that place is connected to you more deeply than you can explain?

18/05/2026

Every journey changes you!

20/04/2026

THE COURAGE TO BE DISLIKED

There are moments
when you stop being tired of life…

and start being tired of meeting expectations.
Yours.
And everyone else’s.

“The Courage to Be Disliked”
leaves me with something simple.

And a little uncomfortable.

Maybe you don’t have to be liked.
But also…
maybe you don’t have to fix anyone.

Because somewhere along the way
we start believing
we know better.

How someone should live.
What they should understand.
When they’ll “finally get it.”

(Yes, I’ve been there too.)

But it works a bit like
correcting someone’s breathing
while holding your own.

It may come from care.
And yet… something feels off.

And then you begin to see:

how much tension was in it.
How much control dressed up as help.

And then something quieter arrives.

Relief.

Because maybe you don’t have to be for everyone.
And maybe others don’t have to be for you.

You can just be рядом.
Without fixing.
Without a “better” version.

And it feels… strangely light.

Because when you stop changing others…
something in you loosens too.

As if you’ve put down a weight
that was never yours.

And what remains is something simple:

You.
Another human being.
And a little more space between you.

For truth.
Not expectations.

07/03/2026

Do you have the courage to look in the mirror?
Not the one in your bathroom.
The one that life shows you.

For many years I didn’t understand one important thing.

I didn’t realize that many of the problems I was facing were being created by my own inner world — my beliefs, my fears and the constant internal struggle inside me.

Today I see it very differently.

I wasn’t fighting the world.

I simply was not accepting the lessons that life was trying to show me.

Life often works like a mirror.

It reflects our fears.
Our emotional wounds.
Our beliefs.

And very often it shows us the parts of ourselves we are not ready to see yet.

That is why certain situations repeat themselves.

We meet similar people.
The same types of experiences appear again and again in different places.

This is not a coincidence.

Very often these are simply lessons we have not yet learned.

Lessons we tried to avoid by putting on masks and building defense mechanisms that were meant to protect us from pain.

Louise Bourbeau describes five main emotional wounds that influence our lives and relationships:

• rejection wound
• abandonment wound
• humiliation wound
• betrayal wound
• injustice wound

Each of these wounds creates a mask — a way we protect ourselves from feeling the original pain.

But those masks are not who we truly are.

They are simply survival strategies that once helped us cope.

Over time, however, we begin to believe that these masks are our true identity.

Interestingly, most of us do not wear just one mask.

Usually we use several.

But very often two of them become dominant, shaping the way we react to life, relationships and difficult situations.

The hardest moment on this path comes when we stop blaming the world.

And begin to understand something deeper:

we create our own reality and we are 100% responsible for it.

This is not about guilt.

It is about awareness.

Because if life is a mirror, then every situation we encounter may simply be an invitation to see something within ourselves more clearly.

So today I leave you with one question.

Which mask are you wearing today?

13/02/2026

Do You Really Have to Fall to Finally Stop?

Most of us are running too fast.
Running — often not even knowing what we’re running from.

We push the body physically.
Our beliefs tell us to work more.
The environment and today’s “matrix” pull us into a game called escaping from ourselves.

Just to keep up.
Just to meet expectations.
Just not to feel.

I was running too.
Until life stopped me.

The bankruptcy of a project I had poured my heart, time, and money into.
Loss. Shame. Silence.

I didn’t stop by choice.
I was stopped.

And that stopping changed everything.
Not immediately.
Not dramatically.

But from that silence, my real path began.
My way.
Without masks. Without borrowed beliefs. Without expectations.

Less proving.
More listening.
More care for my body.
More truth.

In The Brain at Rest, Dr. Joseph Jebelli explains something powerful:
the brain needs stillness to regenerate.
In silence, emotions integrate.

In rest, the body finally speaks.
Without stopping, there is no feeling.

Without feeling, there is no truth.
I needed a painful moment.

What about you?
Do you really have to wait for a health crisis, a relationship breakdown, or financial collapse to stop?

Do you want to meet your real self — before life does it for you?

Start with 5 minutes of silence a day.
Just you.

Your breath.
Your body.
Simply be.
And feel.

03/02/2026

EMOTIONS STORED IN THE BODY

Working in spas across different countries, with people from many cultures, I keep noticing the same pattern.
It doesn’t matter where someone comes from.

More and more often, something happens in the treatment room that cannot be explained by biomechanics alone.

A client comes in with pain.
With tension that “won’t let go.”
With symptoms that keep returning despite well-chosen therapy.

And very often – when we slow down and look a little deeper – it turns out that the body is carrying a story that has never been heard.

Emotions.
Chronic stress.
A lifestyle lived in constant pressure.
Trauma – big or seemingly small.
Limiting beliefs.
Mental overload.

If they are not released, they get stored in the body.

In muscular tension.
In posture.
In the nervous system.
In chronic pain that sends people from one clinic to another for years.

This is not a theory.
It’s something I witness every day in my work – under my hands, in the breath, in the body’s responses.

That’s why I became deeply interested in psychosomatics.

Because beyond classic psychotherapy, there are other paths.
Paths that start with the body, but do not ignore emotions.
Sometimes they complement therapy.
Sometimes they become a deep, stand-alone process.

Over the years I’ve explored different approaches.
Each leads somewhere slightly different.
But they all meet in one place:

working with the human being as a whole – body, mind, emotions, awareness.

How I work

My work always starts with a consultation.
With listening – not with a technique.
• interview
• injury, trauma and surgery history
• lifestyle and daily load
• understanding the client’s “body pattern” and nervous system

Then come functional tests:
– how the body moves
– balance, stability, coordination

Followed by tests in a lying position:
– tension patterns
– mobility
– weak links
– inactive muscles
– searching for root causes (kinesiology, body responses)

I also assess breathing, because breath often speaks louder than words.

Based on this, I choose the next steps:
• targeted manual therapy
• energy work
• movement therapy
• home practices and recommendations

And if the client is aware and open, we also enter the path of working with emotions through the body.
Without pressure.
Without labels.
With respect and presence.
Because the body knows.

And when it feels safe – it starts to speak.
Sometimes softly.
Sometimes through pain.

And sometimes through relief that hasn’t been felt for years.