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How science-based yoga will give you back the energy, pain-free movement and carefree playfulness of your youth — in as little as 28 days!
An important article by Adam Steer
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Adecade ago, if you told me I'd be using yoga in my training I'd have punched you in the nose. […ok, maybe not… but I would not have been amused…]
Yep, I used to be a yoga-hater. And I still wouldn't consider myself a "yoga guy". But I've taught "yoga" classes. And I include yoga-inspired movements in all the fitness programs I write for my clients.
So how did I become a believer?
It all started in 1999. I was teaching a workshop in Singapore. After a mammoth 24 hour trip from Quebec City, I was achy, tired and stiff.
Looking back, I guess that was the straw that broke the camel's back. I looked like I was in great shape on the outside….
But the truth…! I felt like crap! I was tired of waking up with aches and pains every morning. And I was frustrated — I couldn't even raise my right arm above my head!
aches and pain
"I was tired of aches and pains…!"
Even sitting was a problem. Yeah, can you imagine??? When I got down on the floor with my legs stretched out, I couldn't sit with a straight back. I had to lean and support myself on my arms.
"I had NO energy…"
And I was so sick of feeling lethargic every afternoon. I drank cup after cup of industrial strength coffee just to get through my day. But the thing that bugged me most…

"I was wound up like an elastic band waiting to snap

— but I HATED stretching"

I was an injury waiting to happen. Stuff I could do with EASE only a few years ago became more and more difficult — and painful.
pain in knots
"I used to be tied up in knots!"
I suffered from a long string of small injuries. And ALL of them were set off by what would normally be "safe" movements — grabbing grocery bags from the trunk, picking up my nephew, or even getting up too fast from the couch.
The smallest things caused me pain and discomfort.
I was obviously at a breaking point.
I knew I should stretch. Or something…
wanted to start taking care of my body. But I didn't follow through. Why?
"I just hated 'stretching'…"
In hindsight, I think it's because I found stretching so darned boring! I'd add some flexibility and deep tissue work into my program, and then let it drop…

"This flexibility method makes you WANT to take the time…"

"I had the time…"
It's not like I didn't have the TIME to stretch. I was working out almost 10 hours per week. I had time to watch a bunch of stupid shows on TV. But I still wasn't including the stuff that would actually make me feel better.
"Then something changed…"
Lucky for me, something changed in Singapore. Like I said, I was there giving a workshop. And my co-presenter was a longtime friend, Kris Fondran.
Years before, Kris told me she was deep into the practice of yoga.
I'd never been big on yoga […I'm just being polite… I thought it was stupid], so I didn't pay much attention.
But I felt so crappy back then, I was ready to try anything. This seemed like a golden opportunity. Here I was, hanging out with a world-class yoga teacher!
And now I can tell you that there IS such a thing as FUNflexibility. Using it has improved my life in so many ways…

You CAN feel younger — by a decade — in only 28 days

Fast forward just 4 weeks… Wow! It was like I shaved off a decade worth of aging in only a month!
Can you imagine what that feels like? A month from now, the aches and pains you feel today are practically a thing of the past. Your energy levels are twice what they are right now. And you feel confident and more powerful in every movement you make.
That's what it was like for me.
My shoulder wasn't completely healed. It's not like I was going around walking on my hands or anything. But I WASable to raise my arm straight up over my head without pain!
I wasn't able to fold myself in two. But I COULD sit on the floor with my legs stretched out and my back straight. I didn't have to lean back and support myself on my arms anymore.
And I wasn't living in fear. Picking up boxes from the floor didn't worry me. I wasn't scared of "tweaking" something every time I jumped up out of a chair.
It didn't happen all at once, though. It just kind of "crept up" on me. Until one day, while I was dragging the trash out to the curb, I realized…
I FEEL GREAT! I seriously felt better than I had in the past 10 years. I could hardly believe it.
But the disappearing aches and pains were only a small part of what I realized that day…

THIS is what doubling your energy FEELS like…

At first, I didn't really make the connection…
It's kinda like watching a loved one grow older. You don't notice from day to day. But when you look at an old photo of the person, you suddenly realize how much he or she has changed.
I'd been following Kris's plan, but I guess I was just on auto-pilot — hoping it would work. It's only when I started trying to figure out why I felt so much better that I clued in. The yoga routine was working!
And that's when I made another amazing discovery. I had WAY more energy than I did just a month before. Without even realizing it, I was no longer having those afternoon crashes.
I was SLEEPING better at night too. And my energy was steady throughout the day.
It's almost like I'd been living in a ZOMBIE state before. And I was finally AWAKE again!
It makes a lot of sense. A 2004 study published in Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback demonstrated significant improvement in sleep quality among "insomniacs" who added a simple yoga practice to their daily routine.
And in a 2011 Japanese study, women who practiced yoga scored better on something called the Profile of Mood States questionnaire. They had lower fatigue, tension, anxiety and mental disturbance than women who didn't practice yoga. They also had a higher "vigor" score.

Finally a CURE for your "energy drain"

We live in an "exhausted" society. And I'm sure you've had first hand experience with the ever present "energy drain" of modern life. What a relief it is to learn that a simple physical practice can give such an amazing energy boost. And not just a temporary jolt, but permanent improvement.
When I looked at the science, I found a lot of good reasons to start doing yoga. It goes so far beyond that initial "flexibility" I was looking for.
I'm so glad I asked Kris for help. But to be honest, it almost never happened…

How a dumb false belief almost left me in

pain and discomfort — permanently

It's true. I almost passed up my chance to work with Kris. If you're like me, maybe you would too. Are you jaded by the pajama-clad nonsense associated with yoga? I sure was…
I'm pretty sure if it had been ANYONE else, I'd have taken a pass…
To understand why, you need to know a little more about Kris.
She may be devoted to yoga, but she's so much more than that.
To start with, she's got a post graduate degree in Exercise Physiology. And get this… She actually did her Masters Thesis on the benefits of yoga — studying the same routine she later used to develop her own unique teaching approach.
Kris is also a former athlete and a talented coach. She comes from a figure skating background. And she still coaches young skaters and hockey players to excel at their sport.
She's even been a competitive marathon runner. She understands the cause-and-effect relationship between training and results.
Hearing Kris talk about yoga in such a NO-nonsense way was like a breath of fresh air. I'd finally found someone who could explain this stuff from a SCIENTIFIC perspective.
Yeah, she hinted at some of the spiritual benefits she tapped into, but she talked to me about the physical practiceof yoga. And that's something I could relate to.
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