Camel Pose

Camel Pose is a popular Hatha Yoga back bending pose. While it looks simple, it can be challenging  for beginners and anyone with limited flexibility.

If you cannot grab your heels or feet, you can rest your hand on blocks until you develop the flexibility to perform the pose. Like every asana, listen to your body. You cannot obtain the mental and physical benefits if you push yourself too far too fast and injury your body.

English Name: Kneeling

Sanskrit Name: Ustrasana

Difficulty Level: 6

Start Position: Kneeling

Instructions:

Step 1.

Come up onto your knees with your feet flat on the floor

Step 2.

Bend back and reach for your heels. Keep your hips above your knees.

Step 3.

Lean your head back stretching your knee or keep your chin tucked into your neck.

Step 4.

Remain in the pose as long as it feels comfortable, and then return to kneeling pose. Repeat if desired.

Physical Benefits:

  • Opens up the hips
  • Stretches thigh, chest, shoulder and throat
  • Improves circulation
  • Strengthens legs, pelvis and lower back
  • Increases spine, torso and arm flexibility

Mental Benefits

  • Stimulates the mind
  • Reduces stress
  • Relieves mild anxiety
  • Relieves mild depression

Contraindications:

  • Neck injury
  • Back or spine injury
  • Low blood pressure
  • Shoulder injury
  • Knee injury

Carbs, Digestion & Blood Sugar Spikes

Carbohydrates (carbs) have been associated with weight gain for decades. This video shares how the human body digests and absorbs sugar and starch from carbohydrates and why an abundance of minimally processed carbs are better than diets high in refined carbs.

In this video:

• Types of carbs. 00:38
• Types of sugar. 1:07
• Carbs and blood sugar levels. 2:06
• Blood sugar and diabetes. 4:16
• How your body digests sugar and starch. 5:31

Essential Nutrients: Fad vs. Balanced Diets

Many popular fad diets are nutrient deficient diets marketed to overweight and obese people with one or more chronic diseases.

Nutrient packed balanced diets like Mediterranean and DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) have been around for decades and in some cases millennia. They do not generate as much publicity or interest because they are not rapid weight loss diets. By eating a diet providing the nutrients your body needs, one can lose excess weight and keep it off.

In this video:

• What are essential nutrients? 00:35
• Nutrient abundant & deficient diets. 1:42
• Low carb 2:45
• Paleo 5:53
• Keto 7:20
• DASH 7:49
• Mediterranean 9:13

Pro-Live Versus Pseudo Pro-Life

Many individuals and politicians are pro-life during pregnancy and pro-choice one second after birth. As a result, almost two million Americans die each year form mostly preventable causes. As a result, most people claiming to be “pro-life” are simply antiabortion.

Side Bow Pose

Side Bow Pose is a variation of Bow Pose. It provides the same mental and physical benefits and shares the same contraindications as Bow Pose. difficult back bending pose requiring more flexibility than Bow Pose. It is a very challenging pose for people with limited flexibility especially with limited back flexibility.

English Name: Side Bow Pose

Sanskrit Name: Parsva Dhanurasana

Difficulty Level: 6

Start Position: Bow Pose

Instructions:

Step 1.

From Bow Pose, roll over onto one side while holding your feet or ankles.

Step 2.

Hold for a few breaths, roll backing Bow Pose, and repeat on the other side.

Step 3.

You can return to Bow Pose, release your feet and rest in Corpse Pose, or let go of your feet while lying on your side and come to a sitting position.

Physical Benefits:

  • Stretches ankles, calves, thighs, and spine
  • Strengthens the spine and back muscles
  • Opens up the chest
  • Opens up the throat
  • Aids digestion

Mental Benefits

  • Stimulates the mind
  • Reduces stress
  • Relieves mild anxiety & depression

Contraindications:

  • Pregnancy
  • Knee, ankle, should or wrist injury
  • Neck or back injury

The Fad Diet Paradox

Millions of overweight people put their wants before their needs. Multinational food manufacturers and restaurants contribute to the obesity crisis by fulfilling peoples wants.

Popular fad diets, like low carb and gluten-free, do not solve the root cause of obesity and chronic diseases.

In this video:

• What is a fad diet? 00:44
• Can you lose weight and feel better eating a fad diet? 1:21
• Anecdotal health benefits. 2:09
• Science based fad diets. 2:44
• Popular fad diets. 3:18
• Why your diet should be unique to you. 12:43

The Never Say Diet Weight Loss Plan

Every year millions of people do on a special weight loss diet. For most overweight people, excess weight (body fat) is due to a diet providing too many calories. Excess calories are converted to body fat. The human body is very efficient storing body fat.

Conversely, millions of  people eat foods banned by many diets and live long, healthy lives. This video shares why and how to cut calories and lose weight without eliminating foods you love.

In this video:

• What is a diet? 00:42
• When to omit foods from your diet. 2:16
• Do you need dietary supplements? 5:48
• Nutrients and calories. 7:24
• Cutting calories not foods you love. 10:02

2022 Food Calorie Quiz

Losing and maintaining your weight depends on knowing how many calories are in your food. This video checks your knowledge of over 40 common foods and beverages.

In this video:

• What are calories? 00:34
• Calories and diet. 1:32
• Food calorie test. 2:39

Mindful Eating Part II

Mindful eating is a diet that provides the nutrients your body needs while reducing the risk for chronic diet related disease. Obesity and chronic diet related disease are usually caused by diets high in prepared foods engineered to satisfy wants and not your bodies needs. Part II of this of this two part video provides mindful eating tips.

In this Video:

• Mindful Eating tips.

Mindful Eating Part I

Mindful eating is a diet that provides the nutrients your body needs while reducing the risk for chronic diet related disease. Obesity and chronic diet related disease are usually caused by diets high in prepared foods engineered to satisfy wants and not your bodies needs. In Part I of this two part video:

Part I
• Diet versus dieting. 0:38
• Wants versus needs. 2:03
• Letting food be your medicine. 4:32
• Why fad diets fail. 5:53

Part II
• Mindful Eating tips.

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