Upward Cock Pose

Although Upward Cock pose has the same difficulty level as Side Cock, you may find it easier to get into and maintain Upward Cock.

Like Cock and Side Cock poses, if you are unable to get into Lotus pose or hold Lotus pose more than a few seconds, Upward Cock pose may be too challenging for you.

Upward Cock pose provides the mental and physical benefits of Cock and Side Cock poses.

English Name: Upward Cock

Sanskrit Name: Urdhva Kukkutasana

Difficulty Level: 9

Start Position: Seated Lotus

Instructions:

Step 1.

From Lotus pose, bring your knees towards your chest and place both hands on the floor in front of you.

Step 2.

Bend your arms and place your skins into your triceps (upper arm muscles).

Step 3.

Lean your body forward and straighten your arms balancing on your hands.

Step 4.

Hold the pose for 4 or 5 breathes, or as long as it feels comfortable. Slowly lower  your legs to the floor and return to seated Lotus. Repeat if desired.

Physical Benefits:

  • Stretches the spine
  • Strengthens arms and wrists
  • Improves balance and upper body strength
  • Increases hip and knee flexibility
  • Opens up the hips
  • Tones abdominal muscles
  • Improves digestion

Mental Benefits

  • Improves mental acuity
  • Reduces stress

Contraindications:

  • Wrist, arm, or shoulder injury
  • Low back injury
  • Ankle, hip or knee injury
  • Leg, arm, or back injury

The USA Wealthcare System-Medical Care Part II

The U.S. healthcare system has evolved from doctors in private practice to corporate medicine that still does not practice preventative medicine. Sick people equals profits as well as replacing high salary doctors with lower salary nurse practitioners (NP) and physicians assistants (PA).

In this video:

• Fee for service to “practice medicine. 00:49
• The high cost of conservative healthcare. 3:46
• “The NP or PA will see you now. 4:39
• U.S. wealthcare versus universal healthcare. 7:18

The USA Wealthcare System-Medical Care Part I

The USA has the worlds most expensive healthcare system providing below average healthcare contributing to declining life expectancy.

With $4 trillion in healthcare spending each year, the U.S. is the only major industrial country without universal healthcare from cradle to grave.

In this video:

• The most expensive healthcare money can buy. 1:12
• Wealthcare accomplishments. 3:32
• HMO’s manage corporate profits not healthcare
costs. 4:59
• The not so free market healthcare system.7:00

Marketing Tricks: Dietary Supplement – Help or Hype

With the exception of vitamin and mineral supplements, most heavily marketed dietary supplements have no proven health benefits beyond the placebo effect.

In this video.

• What are dietary supplements? 00:43
• An unregulated U.S. industry. 1:43
• Support versus prevention or cure. 2:22
• Using meaningless terms and labels. 3:58
• Diet and lifestyle versus dietary supplements. 7:48

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Side Cock Pose

Side Cock pose is a more advanced balance pose than Cock pose. Like Cock Pose, Side Cock is a hand balance pose. In requires concentration (focus) and good upper body arm strength. The hands and arms are used to lift one off the floor. Unlike Cock Pose, your center of gravity is shifted to one side increasing the difficulty obtaining and maintaining your balance.

Like Cock Pose, if you are unable to get into Lotus pose or hold Lotus pose more than a few seconds, Side Cock pose may be too challenging. Side Cock pose provides the mental and physical benefits of Cock pose.

English Name: Side Cock

Sanskrit Name: Parsva Kukkutasana

Difficulty Level: 9

Start Position: Seated Lotus

Instructions:

Step 1.

From Lotus pose, twist your body to your right side and place both hands on the floor.

Step 2.

Transfer your weight to your hands and lift your legs hooking your left thigh onto your right tricep (area above elbow).

Step 3.

Lean your body forward and straightening lower arms balancing on your hands.

Step 4.

Hold the pose for 4 or 5 breathes, or as long as it feels comfortable. Unhook your legs and return to seated Lotus. Repeat twisting to your left side if desired.

Physical Benefits:

  • Stretches the spine
  • Strengthens arms and wrists
  • Improves balance and upper body strength
  • Increases hip and knee flexibility
  • Opens up the hips
  • Tones abdominal muscles
  • Improves digestion

Mental Benefits

  • Improves mental acuity
  • Reduces stress

Contraindications:

  • Wrist, arm, or shoulder injury
  • Low back injury
  • Ankle, hip or knee injury
  • Leg, arm, or back injury

The Placebo Effect

In clinical trails a placebo, it can be a sugar pill, is used as a control to evaluate the positive and negative effects of a new drug, diet, or treatment. The placebo effect can affect both mental and physical health. In many cases the positive health benefits dietary supplement makers claim are due largely to the placebo effect.

In this video:

• What is a placebo? 00:43
• What is the placebo effect? 1:10
• Is the placebo effect real or imaginary? 1:48
• The placebo effect and diet. 3:57
• The nocebo effect. 6:41

Human Growth Hormone (HGH) Facts & Myths

Human growth hormone (HGH) is essential for healthy growth. Its production declines with age. People reach gigantic height and proportions due to high HGH production.

HGH boosting dietary supplements for claiming to reduce fatigue, increase sleep, and reduce the signs of aging (wrinkles, aging skin). They are marketing primarily to women. Apparently males with low HGH levels do not concern makers of the products. HGH dietary supplement have no HGH. Synthetic HGH requires a doctor’s prescription. HGH supplements are a combination of herbs and amino acids. Amino acids come from dietary protein. Most Americans eat too much protein.

Like most dietary supplements, there are no independent research studies validating any claimed health benefits.

In this video:

• What is human growth hormone (HGH)? 00:47
• Prescription HGH versus dietary supplements. 2:39
• Prescription HGH health benefits. 5:39
• Prescription HGH side effects. 6:02
• Why food should be your medicine. 6:21

Margarine and Shortening Facts & Myths

There are many myths about margarine and shortening, two solid fats made by hydrogenating vegetable oils, ranging from a healthier, low saturated fat alternative to butter and other animal fats to being toxic to animals and humans.

In This video:

• What are margarine and shortening? 00:46
• Food chemistry 101. 1:38
• What is hydrogenation? 2:47
• Partial versus full hydrogenation. 3:28
• Margarine and shortening ingredients and additives. 5:08
• Margarine and shortening facts and myths. 6:40

Cock Pose

Cock pose transforms a seated meditation pose (Lotus) to a hand balance pose. In addition to flexibility, one needs good upper body arm strength. The hands and arms are used to lift one off the floor. If you are unable to get into Lotus pose or hold Lotus pose more than a few seconds, Cock pose may be too challenging. Cock pose provides the mental and physical benefits of Lotus pose plus increasing balance, wrist and upper body strength.

English Name: Cock

Sanskrit Name: Kukkutasana

Difficulty Level: 8

Start Position: Seated Lotus

Instructions:

Step 1.

Thread your arms under your knees while keeping your legs in Lotus pose.

Step 2.

Lean your body forward, and place your hands flat on the floor energizing through your spread fingers.

Step 3.

Straightening your arms to left your buttocks and legs off the floor.

Step 4.

Hold the pose for 4 or 5 breathes, or as long as it feels comfortable. Slowly lower your buttocks and legs to the floor. Repeat if desired.

Physical Benefits:

  • Stretches the spine
  • Strengthens arms and wrists
  • Improves balance and upper body strength
  • Increases hip and knee flexibility
  • Opens up the hips
  • Tones abdominal muscles
  • Improves digestion

Mental Benefits

  • Improves mental acuity
  • Reduces stress

Contraindications:

  • Wrist, arm, or shoulder injury
  • Low back injury
  • Ankle, hip or knee injury
  • Leg, arm, or back injury

High Copper, Zinc and Selenium Foods

Sample of common foods high in the essential trace minerals, copper, zinc, and selenium.

In this video:

• What are trace minerals? 00:39
• Copper’s functions, RDA and foods. 1:40
• Selenium’s functions, RDA and foods. 4:10
• Zinc’s functions, RDA and foods. 6:11

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