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Alfonso (AL) Gonzalez is an ISSA Master Trainer, Certified Wellness Coach, and Co-Founder of the Kairos Wellness Experience. Known for his multidimensional approach to wellness, AL helps individuals cultivate physical vitality, emotional resilience, and inner peace through integrative practices rooted in both science and lived experience.
A lifelong competitive athlete and wellness educator, AL has facilitated over 400 classes and workshops across the United States. His work has reached diverse audiences at institutions such as Texas A&M, UCONN, Cornell University, SUNY Morrisville, Ithaca College, and Colgate University—where he delivers powerful programming on personal transformation, change management, and meditation.
Over the past six years, AL has developed Practice Mellow, a breath-centered methodology grounded in the five dimensions of wellness: physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual. At its core, Practice Mellow teaches that while pain is often inevitable, suffering is optional—and that breath is the bridge to transformation across all aspects of well-being.
AL Gonzalez’s wellness journey is far from linear. Rooted in the grit of competitive athletics and the discipline of bodybuilding, his personal transformation began when he realized that fitness alone couldn't answer life's deeper questions—or heal its most persistent wounds. That insight led him to co-found the Kairos Wellness Experience, a program that bridges science, spirit, and breath in a way few others do. Let’s dive into this conversation with AL to explore the deeper philosophies and methods behind Kairos Wellness.
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