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@Hansu it becomes pretty obvious when you learn to see it. Almost everyone now days has a kyphosis (rounding of the shoulders coupled with a forward head posture) and an anterior pelvic shift (not to be confused with an anterior pelvic tilt which may also be occurring). A anterior pelvic shift looks like your weight being heavily on your toes and a slight bowing of the body (hips shifting forward). Another major issue is the “core”. Most people’s abdominal walls don’t function correctly. Meaning portions are either too weak, not working together, or too short/long. More than likely a combination of these. The hard part is fixing it. Any muscular imbalance should be addressed. It may not hurt now but it’ll lead to pain down the line and an increased chance of injury. Once you get to a point where the body functions efficiently and without compromises in mechanics, it becomes pretty easy to maintain a healthy amount of muscle and high level of performance. You also breath a lot better too. Naudi’s Power of Posture book will be a tremendous resource for you. I highly recommend his 10 week online course as well if you’re wanting to fix postural deficiencies.

I’ve been doing that for years bro? guess I just need to go deeper. Thank you for the feedback.

The whole Pink Floyd and interconnectedness between thought and no thought is very interesting. I hadn’t “thought” about it like that before However I’m still struggling with breaking the whole sense of separation thing. It seems so obvious that I’m separate from the objects I experience. I’ve had mystical experiences that reviewed to me the interconnectedness of everything and I can logically think about oneness and nonduality all day long... but it just doesn’t make sense in my normal state of consciousness. I still can’t embody it. How do I break free of this “illusionary” sense of separation?

When I close my eyes and focus on sound, it seems as if the sound is arising “out there”. It seems as if sound is coming from a particular object that’s separate from me. It doesn’t feel like it’s inside me like thoughts do. Same with taste, touch, smell and sight. I’ve heard the whole “reality is immaterial” lecture multiple times from multiple teachers but I just don’t get it. I can’t embody it. I’ve had nondual experiences where my sense of self expanding beyond this flesh suit but it just doesn’t make sense when I come back down from those experience. It’s like my sense of self shrinks back down to encapsulate my body and I don’t get that expansion in my day to day life.

@Amandine I used to be really addicted to adding sugar to everything. My oatmeal, my drinks, my cereal, my rice, hell I even used to add sugar to the top of my fruit. Likewise, I couldn’t imagine consuming any of those things without added sugar. What helped me was gradually reducing the amount added. So instead of going cold turkey, I’d just put a little bit less sugar each time until I gradually weened myself off it. Maybe that’s something to try. Wheat and corn both cause inflammatory issues in myself so I’d be weary of those dextrin sources. But perhaps they’re something your body tolerated better than mine. Just bring awareness to how you feel after eating them and the body will let if you know if it’s okay to eat by the signs it send you.

Sugar is sugar... It doesn’t matter if it’s honey, agave, table sugar, etc. They all cause an insulin spike and should be limited. Be real with yourself and don’t play the lesser of two evils game here. There is no such thing as “healthy” sugar. Are there appropriate times to consume sugar? Absolutely. But it’s certainly not three times a day. For the average individual wishing to optimize health, there is no reason to consume over 30g of sugar a day. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

Personally I filter my water then add sodium, potassium and magnesium back to it. Treats me right. I’d be weary of most tap and bottled water.

Wheat is the #1 cause of autoimmune disorders in the world. Humans have been around 200k+ years and only eaten wheat over the last ~10K years. We’re not designed to effectively digest it. Especially not the wheat products of today that have been selectively bred to have harder exterior shells and abundant with GMOs. Best to avoid.

People focus too much on “diets” and not enough on the quality of the foods they eat. If you’re eating lots of commercial dairy, commercial grain fed beef and processed meats like bacon and sausage then you’re not going to be healthy. Keto or not. I subscribe to a keto diet and I’m 220lbs at 10% BF. I look great and perform like a beast in the gym. That being said I eat all organic meats and vegetables. That’s literally it. Most people (most my clients are least) lack a sufficient level of body awareness to be able to tell how a food affects them. Many don’t realize what they eat on Sunday can effect how they look and feel on Wednesday. Learn to listen to your body. The ketogenic diet treats me wonderfully but we’re all metabolically unique and need to do our own investigations into what fuels us best.

I’ve been in the fitness industry as a coach for over 3 years and studied exercise science in university. Much of my younger days were spent powerlifting and bodybuilding. This wrecked my body and I had to completely retrain myself how to move. Now my biggest goals are to optimize my gait cycle and to continue fixing muscular imbalances. My advice to you is to get into functional training. Don’t segment the body with isolation work like your typical gym goer does. It’ll lead to pain and injuries down the road. Two of my biggest mentors have been Paul Chek of the Chek Institute and Naudi Aguilar of Functional Patters. I encourage you to look into both of you’re wishing to master physical movement.

I highly doubt nootropics will have much if any of a negative effect on your fasting. The biggest thing I’d watch out for are any of your nootropics that contain carbohydrates in them as any type of sugar will cause a insulin spike. Protein also stimulates insulin but not as much. You don’t want to do OMAD in the morning. The best time to eat is either after a workout or some time in the early evening. I intermittently fast every day until about a 2 hour window post workout that I eat in around 4-6pm. I also take 50mg of modafinil in the mornings and feel great. Fasting has a tremendous amount of health benefits and it’s awesome you’ve implemented it into your life bro. Keep it up.

“There are no mistakes, just happy accidents” - Bob Ross

Paul is amazing. I spoke with him once and he blew my fucking mind. As a fitness professional he's been one of my biggest, if not biggest mentors. I've taken multiple courses of his and read multiple of his books. He's such a good resource. Anyone looking to learn more about diet and movement Paul is your go to guy. Start by reading his book How To Eat, Move and Be Healthy. He's also hella turquoise appears to be deeply enlightened. His living 4D podcast is amazing and will quickly add value to your life. Can't recommend the guy enough!

What is your life purpose? To reduce physical suffering and increase body awareness through corrective exercise What are you interested in learning? Holistic Health What are you sticking your neck out for? The well-being of mankind Why are you creating what you are? Out of joy of creation What is the most important thing to do in the world right now? Elevate human consciousness

I feel like I’m going mad. I just don’t care any more. When I’m being completely honest... I don’t care about my friends. I don’t care about my past lovers. I don’t care about my family members. I don’t care about the starving children in Africa. I don’t care about how we’re decimating the seas and literally causing 100+ species of life to go extinct on this earth every day. I don’t care about my favorite sports team any more. I don’t care about breakthroughs in science. I don’t care about accumulating money. I don’t care about my coworkers... the list goes on and on. I just don’t give a shit any more. I don’t care about anything but myself. I’m so selfish. I’m so egoic. I’m such a fucking devil and I’m struggling not to judge that. I’m waking up to my unconsciousness (Or rather being bitch slapped by it) and all the suffering its facilitated my entire life. It’s causing me these waves of depressed and hopelessness. I oscillate back and forth between these extraordinary states of bliss and self love and acceptance to these deep dark lows of meaninglessness and feeling alone. i feel like I’m going crazy... and that there’s no one out there that I can reach out to. Because nobody else gets it. The people around me haven’t experienced this existential angst. And even if they have, it makes no difference. I’m alone in this. Just me. Is this normal on the spiritual path? Is this something y’all experience as well? And what do you do to even out the highs and lows?

You bought course but did you complete the course? Have you watched every video? Done every exercise? You’re right, you do sound like a victim. And you’re making excuses. The solution is to get out of your head and start taking action. You know what to do, now do it.

"Too late" is an excuses and I'm sure you're aware of that. Personally, I'd recommend completely starting over. But this time hammer it hard. Do a lesson a day. Keep reading. Keep meditating. As @exhale said, what other option in there? Trek on friend.

Same. I was super stoked when I saw they dropped that interview. From my interpretation, he's very orange. He's also got a good amount of green though and dare I say a small amount of yellow. You can tell by listening to the way he responds to questions he's able to think systemically. However, he's still very deeply intrenched in the ego and has no awareness of the fact. Something around... 10% Blue 65% Orange 20% Green 5% Yellow

I'm currently on my third go-round of the life purpose course. I've completed it two other times over the duration of roughly the last 4 years. Each time I've went through the course it's provided me with tremendous value. For most people, going through the course multiple times is not necessary. However, the first time I went through it I was 19 and lacked much life experience and insight into who my authentic self is. The first time I took the course, it showed me that I was studying the wrong field in college and living a HIGHLY inauthentic life. It gave me the courage to change majors and pursue my true passion in fitness. The second go round, I was able to better refine where at in my field I was wanting to take my career. From here I was able to start my professional career in fitness, before graduating college, and even was able to intern under some of the industry leaders in the field. A year passes and I graduate college. I moved across the country and learn MUCH MORE about myself than during the previous two go-rounds. This third pass of the life purpose course has been the most powerful by far. I can not stress to you this enough, if you're on the fence about buying the course... DO IT!!! I would happily pay Leo the measly 250$ three times over for the course if I could. This course will give you the direction you likely lack in your career, assuming you put the work in for the course. The course starts with a good amount of foundational theory, which is nice. Then it dives balls deep into exercises, visualization, worksheets and other types of homework assignments. The second half of the course requires much more work on your end. The second half isn't about theory so much as looking deep within yourself and discerning what's true to you vs what you've been conditioned to THINK is true. It can be very emotionally taxing. IT IS HARD WORK. But it's so worth it. All in all, amazing course. You'll get what you put into it. It's transformed my life and I can't recommend the course enough to anyone reading this. 5/5 stars

I'm a struggling food addict. Multiple times per day I feel a strong urge to gorge myself until I'm physically so full I can't take another bite. I'm not overweight or suffering from health issues. In fact, I've been a fitness trainer for years. I'm 220lbs of lean muscle at 10% BF. My body looks great and more often than not I'm eating healthy foods. I do intermittent fasting and Keto with great results. However, at least once a week (but more often 2-3times) I'll go on an epic food binge. I'll eat 10,000+ kcal in a single day. Gorging on wheat and sugar which are things I normally avoid. I've even stuffed myself to the point of phsyically puking before. I've been doing this for years and while I can maintain good health, it's inhibiting my self mastery process. I always have guilt, shame and brain fog after these binges. I just can't seem to cut this behavior out of my life. I've tried so hard for so long. What is this void I fill inside? Why do I constantly feel the desire to fill it with food? How the fuck do I overcome this? Any advice would be highly appreciated. This ghost has haunted me long enough

@flume I’ll be honest, when I first read your text reference to my condition as “bulimia” I had an instant egoic reaction of “what that fuck does this person know, I’m not bulimic” But then I watched that video. Ive never honestly considered that my food issue was bulimia before. I always framed it as a lack of discipline. A lack of commitment. Never I have a serious emotional problem... I’ve been gaslighting myself this whole time. Thank you so much for Taking the time to comment on this post. Thank you for sending that video. It just turned my self image upside down. Seriously. I broke down to tears watching that video. I’ve spent so much of my time and energy trying to transcend the self because I can’t stand the self that I am... And that’s fucked? You’re a blessing??❤️

My first memory I was 4 years old and dropped a key into a crack. My first memory was anxiety over not being able to get my key out of the crack?

@inFlow @purerogue @Highest I needed to hear all of that. Thank y'all <3

@Nak Khid I don't view it narcissistically. Everything is meaningless.. that's not necessarily a bad thing. I'm not judging that. Im observing that. @28 cm unbuffed That's very resonate. I'm also an empath and have found myself cutting many people out of my life. Hell, I actually just moved halfway across the country this year to "get away" from much of what was weighing me down back home... Thank you for the recommendations. I've never heard of hoponopono and will try it. I am an experienced faster and get a lot of benefit from it. Though I usually do wet fasts, what's the benefits you've found by keeping it dry?