Ryan Pettigrew -- "A Madman's Poetic Path"

         From 8 years in Administrative Segregation to Mindfulness Teacher and Entrepeneur in Ft. Collins and Beyond

Middle class home, complete with all the opportunities imaginable but mental illness pushed him into a life that would destroy most people. Misunderstood, due to a lack of information about Bipolar Disorder, he was considered a problem child; thrown out on the street to fend for himself. Taking matters into his own hands, he became a large drug dealer and was eventually sent to prison where he rose in ranks to the upper echelons of prison society.

He was placed in solitary confinement for eight years where he learned that everything he had lived for was only a façade; crushed, his world turned upside down. Refusing to be a martyr for something that didn’t exist, he looked deep within for the answers to life and happiness; now teaching his findings to others as his way to make up for the past.

Poetry became his way to release pent up emotion in a healthy manner after being tortured by prison authorities and overcoming impossible odds in his rise from solitary confinement.

               Description of Ryan's Book "A Madman's Poetic Path" on Amazon.com

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Ryan Pettigrew's Book on Amazon
              After 8 years in solitary confinement, I now teach inner peace/happiness through online classes at---

                       http://www.madmanmasterminds.com/

which also allows for personal training. I self-published A Madman's Poetic Path, do real estate investing, own a clothing line called Canario, Inc. that sponsors UFC fighter Brandon Thatch, breed some of the world's best presa canarios and market for my friend's travel agency.

Kennel:      http://www.canarianbullkennel.com/

Clothing Line:      http://rar-online.myshopify.com/

Book:     http://www.amazon.com/Madmans-Poetic-Path-Ryan-Pettigrew-ebook/dp/B00F0YN9OK

Travel Agency:      http://epackagedeals.com/

Blog:      http://amadmanspathtoreason.com/
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Ryan Pettigrew -- The Madman on a Mindfulness Path and Teaching Others

Check out Ryan's Blog at:  http://amadmanspathtoreason.com/

(Ryan also testified in front of the Colorado Senate Judiciary Committee in 2014 regarding his experiences as a person with mental illness in administrative segregation)

Meditation/Inner Peace Training

                During my 8 years in solitary confinement, I started to meditate in order to decrease the anxiety that was causing panic attacks and stomach issues. Americans tend to think of meditation as prayer or deep thinking when it’s actually the complete absence of thinking.

                Meditation takes away built up stress which increases health and the ability to think clearly. It increases energy and inner peace. I also use it as part of my Bipolar Disorder management. This is a tool that’ll help in every aspect of your life and can be learned fairly quickly. I can do in person training or over Skype, depending on your location.

               Meditation is only the beginning step to finding inner peace and that training can extend to personal training in the mentality required for inner peace.

ACLU VIDEO

                   Ryan was asked to talk about his time in solitary confinement for a video the ACLU was doing for Sam Mandez.  Here's the link to the video.

http://amadmanspathtoreason.com/2013/11/14/out-of-sight-out-of-mind-full-length-edition/

               This page will focus on Ryan's journey and his message  of mindfulness and peace.  The opinions expressed here are Ryan's and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of Orchid.