What Salim Najjar has said about Okinawa

1 quote · 1 episode · Nov 3, 2026

Salim Najjar, Former CEO and human performance educator known as "That HRV Guy," focused on heart rate variability and nervous system health, has been quoted on Okinawa once in 1 episode of The Dylan Gemelli Podcast, most recently on November 3, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

Najjar uses smoking Okinawan centenarians to argue that a person's relationship to a habit matters more than what others say about it, while stressing he is not endorsing smoking.
“their relationship to the cigarette is very different than mine”
The Dylan Gemelli Podcast: Episode #178: What a 100yo Japanese Smoker Taught Me About Stress? - Featuring Salim Najjar (Nov 3, 2026) · Listen from 1:10:22

Episodes

Episode #178: What a 100yo Japanese Smoker Taught Me About Stress? - Featuring Salim Najjar
The Dylan Gemelli Podcast · Nov 3, 2026 · 1 h 15 min
Dylan Gemelli talks with HRV educator Salim Najjar about chronic stress, heart rate variability, trauma, elite-athlete mindset, wearables and Okinawan longevity.

Salim Najjar on other topics

Heart rate variability · 3 quotes
Autonomic nervous system · 2 quotes
Vagus nerve stimulation · 1 quote
Wearable technology · 1 quote
Psychological trauma · 1 quote
Hormesis · 1 quote
Caffeine · 1 quote
Sleep · 1 quote