ABOUT ALLAN
I'm Allan Weppenaar, author, speaker and creator of the FeelGoodFlow method. For eight years I performed the triple somersault on the flying trapeze, as one of very few acts in the world able to do it. For more than four decades since, I have studied how anyone can reach that same state of flow - without risking their life to get there.
Today I teach leaders, teams and individuals a simple, practical way to access energy, clarity and flow, in minutes.
I was born in 1953 in Klawer, a
Small town on the west coast of South Africa.
When I was five, the circus came to town. My brother and I watched the American flying trapeze act and made each other a promise: one day, that would be us. Lee Stath, the catcher in that act, later became my mentor and teacher.
Allan Weppenaar
At ten, living in Cape Town, I discovered books on yoga at the local library. I began practising headstands and pranayama breathing, my first real experience of flow in body and mind. It was the beginning of a lifelong study of how breath, body and mind can raise energy, wellbeing and joy.
At twelve, I started training as a trapeze catcher at a circus school in Observatory, Cape Town. In the evenings I worked backstage at the Alhambra Theatre to save money for the journey to Europe. At sixteen, my brother and I left South Africa by ship. Our first season was in Germany. The childhood dream had come true.
World-class performance and the discovery of flow
For eight years, I performed professionally on the flying trapeze. My brother and I were among the very few acts in the world able to perform the triple somersault.
Before every performance, I used breathwork and mental focus to raise my energy and presence. In the critical moment of catching the triple, I often entered a state of complete flow. Time stood still. My senses were wide open, my reflexes razor-sharp, and I seemed to know what my brother would do before he did it. Everything felt effortless.
I became convinced there had to be a way to access this state without years of extreme training, and without risking your life.
Four decades of study
I settled in Denmark in 1978. From the mid-1980s, I studied Rebirthing, Tibetan Buddhism and Taoist practice. For many years I studied the Dzogchen tradition with the Tibetan master Namkhai Norbu. I trained in meditation and energy work with the Irish teacher Bob Moore, and studied the work of Mantak Chia in depth. Together with my wife, Charlotte, I taught meditation to groups.
The FeelGoodFlow method
Gradually, the pieces came together. In the research on epigenetics, I found scientific support for what I had experienced. I have combined it all, the trapeze, the philosophy, the science and the practice, into FeelGoodFlow: a simple, practical method for more energy, clarity, wellbeing and longevity, in life and at work.