SCOTTSDALE, AZ -- As a personal coach
Mike Lindstrom's job involves pushing his clients beyond their limits, both physically and emotionally.
"Pushing people out of their comfort zones, like skydiving," said Lindstrom. "
Tony Robbins has people walk on hot coals."
When and where to draw the line, Lindstrom pays particular attention to.
The Scottsdale resident says someone, perhaps his colleague
James Ray, missed that line inside a sweat lodge in Sedona.
"There's responsibility that needs to be laid somewhere," said Lindstrom. "Whether it's the resort, the people who constructed the lodge or James Ray personally."
Lindstrom knows James Ray, the two grew up together in Southern California, and now they work in the same industry together.
"I'm very familiar with his message, what he stands for," said Lindstrom. "What I'm not familiar with is the (Sedona) retreat, though."
In his 12 years in the personal coaching business, Lindstrom says he's never experienced what those in Sedona described took place inside the sweat lodge.
"Never, ever seen an event that comes close to putting someone in physical harm, let alone death," said Lindstrom.
Lindstrom doesn't consider his colleague James Ray malicious.
Nonetheless, he says Ray and or members of his staff, missed warning signs that ended in what investigators now consider homicide.
"At the end of the day, we have to be cognizant of people's comfort zones," said Lindstrom. "Everyone has their own zone, knowing where that is always goes back to the expert."
