Mark Allen, a resident of Santa Cruz, California, is known and admired by athletes around the world for his extraordinary six Ironman championships. Called The Greatest Triathlete of all Time by Triathlete Magazine, Mark has been on the cover of every major sports magazine and readers and the media will be hungry to know how he became “the fittest man alive.” Mark is not only presenting fitness guidelines for life, he is sharing the philosophy of physical and spiritual health he learned as a student of Brant’s that made the difference in his becoming a champion. This is the first time in print that he has ever told the real story of how he won the Ironman.

Brant Secunda is a world-renowned shaman, healer, and teacher in the Huichol Indian tradition of Mexico. He is the only Westerner to have completed a twelve-year apprenticeship with Don José Matsuwa, the revered Huichol Indian shaman. Since 1979, Brant has been the director of the Dance of the Deer Foundation Center for Shamanic Studies in Santa Cruz, California. Brant is a founding member of the American Herbalist Guild and the Peace University of Berlin, with President Jimmy Carter, Bishop Desmond Tutu, and is co-founder of the Humanistic Medicine Conference in Germany. Brant’s work has been documented on television, radio, and in articles and books throughout the USA, Europe, and Japan. Brant Secunda has medically documented cases of healing cancer, hepatitis, infertility, aneurisms, and many others. He has many well-known patients, including movie actor Steven Segal. Members of the international medical, religious and educational communities, including the World Health Organization, have recognized Brant’s commitment – as well as his knowledge – by inviting him to be a featured speaker, workshop leader, and participant at numerous conferences worldwide.