The Principles Reference
Seven simple practices that keep the Green Eye Open protocol grounded in the parts of health you can repeat every day.
This page is the daily-practice reference for all seven habits that come before optimization. Each practice builds on the one before it, from the lens you use to the way you support recovery, repair, and whole-person integration.
Work through these seven practices in order to make the rest of the protocol easier to hold. Together, they establish the lens, nourishment, targeted experiments, rebuilding work, plant support, cellular conditions, and whole-person awareness that support lasting change.
Look upstream of a symptom at the inputs, routines, and conditions sustaining it.
Practical takeaway: When a symptom appears, note what changed around it and look for the upstream pattern before adding another intervention.
Center meals on recognizable, minimally processed foods that support energy, recovery, and digestion.
Practical takeaway: Build your next meal around a recognizable protein, a plant food, and a quality fat.
Use a consistent grain-free trial to observe changes in energy, digestion, cravings, and inflammation rather than assume it is a permanent rule.
Practical takeaway: Run a two-week grain-free trial and record energy, digestion, cravings, and symptoms each day.
Start restoration by reducing disruptive inputs and gradually rebuilding tolerance with nourishing prebiotic and fermented foods as tolerated.
Practical takeaway: Add one gut-supportive food at a time and track how your digestion responds.
Once food, movement, and sleep foundations are in place, herbs can offer targeted plant support for recovery, digestion, inflammation, and stress.
Practical takeaway: Start with one purpose-matched tea or herb, check for medication or condition interactions with a qualified clinician, and track your response before adding another intervention.
Mineral-rich whole food, hydration, oxygen-rich movement, sleep, and recovery help support the environment cells work in.
Practical takeaway: Pair daily movement with water, mineral-rich food, and a consistent sleep window for one week before reaching for another supplement.
Breath, posture, attention, emotions, and movement operate as one system, shaping performance, digestion, sleep, and recovery.
Practical takeaway: Establish one phone-free meal or five-minute breathing reset each day and observe your body and mental state before and after.