About Kheshig
A name rooted in history. A platform built for the long arc of a human life. No subscriptions. No ads. No products sold.
The Name
The Kheshig were the imperial guard of the Mongol Empire — the elite corps that served and protected the Khan and his household. The word means, roughly, grace or benevolent protection.
They were not chosen for size alone. They were not specialists in a single discipline. The Kheshig were chosen for their totality — their physical capability, their mental discipline, their loyalty, and their judgment. They were the most trusted people in the most powerful empire of the medieval world.
That totality is what this platform is about. Not peak performance in one domain. Not optimisation of a single variable. A whole life, guarded with the same intention the Kheshig brought to their charge.
The name is also a reminder that protection is not passive. To guard your life means to attend to it actively — at every stage, across every pillar, with the same care the imperial guard brought to theirs.
The Philosophy
Most wellness platforms are built around a single peak — the ideal body, the optimal mind, the perfected routine. Kheshig is built around something different: the full arc.
A child learning to move through the world has different needs than a forty-year-old at the height of their career, who has different needs than a sixty-year-old navigating transition, who has different needs than an eighty-year-old learning what flourishing looks like at the end of a long life. These are not the same person at different stages of decline. They are five different people, each with their own complete world of practice and need.
Kheshig was built on the conviction that the wellness industry has almost completely ignored four of those five people. The Prime years are over-served. Every other stage is an afterthought.
This platform exists to change that. It is not a business built to grow. It is built to last — and to serve people who are themselves built to last.
“The Kheshig were not chosen for their size — they were chosen for their totality.”
Three Pillars
Full detailPhysical
Exercise, movement, nutrition, and recovery — designed for your actual age and capacity. Not for an imagined ideal body in an imagined peak year.
Explore PhysicalMental
Emotional regulation, resilience, focus, and cognitive health — drawn from neuroscience, psychology, and the disciplines that have kept minds sharp for centuries.
Explore MentalWisdom
Purpose, presence, and meaning — drawn from Stoicism, Buddhism, and traditions that have proven their worth across millennia. Universal practices. No doctrine required.
Explore WisdomFive Life Stages
Full detailSeedling
Movement as joy. Emotional roots. The foundation of a lifetime.
Formation
Identity forged. Physical awakening. Learning who you are under pressure.
Prime
Performance and building. The years that demand everything.
Deepening
Strength refined to wisdom. Transitions become transformations.
Elder
Dignity. Legacy. The art of living well in the fullness of time.
Built to last. Not to grow.
Kheshig will never carry advertising. The content is the product. The attention of the person using it is not for sale.
Nothing here is designed to sell you a supplement, a piece of equipment, or a program. Every recommendation stands on its own merits.
There is one version of Kheshig. Not a free version with artificial limits and a paid version with the actual content. One platform, fully available.