This morning a client told me "Dr. Hoffman…by learning about my core, I finally feel hopeful and more in control of my healtlh!"

So I thought I would share some of her training and education with you.

This whole concept of "Deep Core Amnesia" described in the video below is just as rampant as the "Crossed Posture Syndrome' epidemic (see upper right sidebar) because they are in direct cause and effect relationship!

Both happen as a consequence of stress induced unhealthy aging so you better check yourself NOW before you end up stiff, old, and grumpy!

Enjoy the video and make sure to grab the free video series by either clicking on my CPS picture in the upper right or entering you name and email in the fields below the video! 

Of course!  But how does it happen???

ONE WORD…STRESS

Stress draws you in and closes you down.  And as you’ll see in the video, it’s the same pattern that someone with cerebral palsy or post stroke might exhibit.  VERY PREDICTABLE!

The exciting thing is that since we know these patterns, we can identify them early and teach you how to avoid the stress induced accelerated aging program that can sneak in on you during your life’s journey!

So the FIRST WAY to reverse your body age is to learn how to re-awaken your youthful posture patterns by invoking the thought or INTENTION of moment to moment peace with a feeling of constant growth and expansion. This intention alone can instantly make you look 5 to 10 years younger.

But the trick is MAINTAINING that moment to moment feeling of peace, growth, renewal, and expansion!

Not so easy if you have a habit of worrying, or you’re constantly living in fear. These THOUGHTS come from the wiring in your brain (also known as beliefs) which you’ve been developing from conception forward.

And until you change these beliefs…intentional posture correction will always be a struggle because your thoughts of worry, scarcity, shame, sadness, and fear will always draw you back to the downward and inward spiral that makes you look and feel old and broken down.

To that end…The SECOND WAY to reverse your body age is to RELEASE old limiting beliefs and REWIRE some new beliefs into the neural circuits of your brain through the variety of modalities available from affirmations to meditation to emotional freedom technique to Psych-K to create new experiences and new references for your new, more empowering beliefs.

And last but certainly not least…The THIRD WAY you can reverse your biological age is to nurture your cells with good nutrition full of colorful, raw vegetables and fruits that can offset the aging process of “oxidation” or “free radical production”.

If the process of oxidation is not balanced with anti-oxidants, aging speeds dramatically…especially if you’ve got poor posture and lots of worry on your mind!

So how do you avoid letting stress draw you in to accelerated aging pattern? RELEASE the limiting beliefs, poor posture, and poor nutrition and REWIRE some NEW PROGRAMS into your brain and nervous system!

That’s what the “Release and Rewire” Therapeutic Lifestyle Change Mini Boot Camp here at Core Wellness has been doing for over 4 years as we’ve been taking people’s “body age” back in time and getting rid of all that “stinkin thinkin” that so easily gets us all in trouble!

There are still some seats available for our next one this coming Saturday, May 30th from 10 to Noon.  It’s extremely affordable and will give you practical strategies you can apply immediately to your life.  Read more about the Mini Boot Camp and register here.   Of course you can call us at 812-280-8170 to register as well.

Good form and deep core stability is key for successful fat burning exercise

You may have your reasons…sometimes they’re emotional (made fun of for lack of athleticism in school), and sometimes they’re about the time it takes (just don’t have any!).

But the biggest reason I hear is because SOMETHING HURTS! “I started yoga and hurt my back”, “I did turbo-kick and my hip started hurting”, “I started Curves and my shoulders started hurting“.

I’ve heard ‘em all, just about.  And it’s a shame, because if you can exercise effectively you can burn fat like crazy!

For instance…There’s a lot of proof that high intensity interval training (HIIT) can burn up to 9 times as much fat per calorie expended during exercise.  WHY?

Because the high intensity stuff builds more lean muscle which consumes/burns more fat.  BUT…the whole “high intensity” thing also brings up a common problem…INJURIES that lead to inability to do anything!

The fact is…without good biomechanics, even slow and easy aerobic exercise (which I still whole heartedly recommend despite all the “cardio myth” propaganda) will eventually cause breakdown.  So when you turbo boost the intensity you’re really asking for it!  Which brings me to…

TIP #1:  You MUST Use Good Form And Have Good Core Strength Before Doing ANY Kind Of Exercise.

What do I mean?  I mean focus on FORM is everything!  And I’m not just talking about “keeping your shoulders back” or “pulling your belly button to your spine!

I’m talking about moving like you were designed to move!  Strain free, efficient movement IS the design as long as your posture developed normally without any neurological conditions or blocked joints.

But therein lies the “snafu”…

According to Professor Voigta’s clinical research in Prague, (Pr. Voigta has passed but his predecessor, Pavel Kolar, has stood on his shoulders and taken the “developmental kinesiology”  model to new heights) up to 1/3 of children do NOT develop normally and therefore develop movement patterns that don’t allow for the strain free efficiency that the majority of people have the capacity to easily accomplish.

(For more on this fascinating subject, be sure to review my first post ever on this site about reawakening your deep core stability system and how you’ve likely become “disconnected” from your deep core stability system and are overloading and overstressing your body with even with your ordinary everyday activities)

How can you tell if you or your children are part of the 1/3 that missed out on some good postural development and need to pay some special attention to re-awakening the deep core stability system?

I’ve posted a couple of “self test” videos below (from our soon to be released DVD and multi-media program) to see if you’re at risk for crossed posture syndrome or deep core amnesia.

The new DVD will reveal how you can reverse damaging posture patterns that lead to injury and early breakdown while re-awakening your “youth and renewal” system.  It will also introduce the system we’ve created called the Myobalance Method(tm) and we are extremely excited to finally be able to make this unique and powerful training method available beyond the walls of Core Wellness.

If you’d like to be on the early notification list to take advantage of the special bonuses we’ll be offering exclusively to our “inner circle”, be sure that you’ve signed up for the Core Wellness Community Update at the upper right hand corner of the page!

I’ll be back in a few days with some surprising diet strategies that not only help you burn more fat but cool the fire of pain and inflammation as well…so stay tuned for part 2!

drh

P.S. By doing the following 2 tests, you’ll know just how in tune you are with your “deep core stability” or whether you’ve got deep core amnesia!…

OH, and please let me know how you did by clicking “leave a comment” at the top of the post!

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The approximately 6 month old baby’s position on the left is the same position you got yourself into before you creeped, crawled, or anything else! (called sagittal stability)

This awareness is a prerequisite to good, functional movement and yet according to pediatric neurologists and and physiotherapists from the Czech republic, 1/3 of all children do not develop this ability properly!

The kicker here is that any type of stress tends to create muscle imbalances that cause us, as adults to totally lose connection with this ability.

I call it “deep core amnesia” or DCA for short. DCA is a major problem because, like I said earlier, your inability to anchor your back support zone to the floor causes inefficient and damaging movement patterns that cause overload to your muscles, joints, ligaments, etc.

That's why our first goal at the Core Wellness Institute is to create a renewed awareness of this “Deep Core Stability System” so you can move with strain-free, efficient ease that preserves and protects your joints from damaging overload!

I have created some “self test” videos so you can see if you’ve developed this amnesia yourself! 

Stay tuned to the blog for more info about how you can keep your body moving pain free for as long as you desire! Think good thoughts.  Eat good food.  And KEEP MOVING!

Dr. Hoffman

P.S.  My teacher, Dr. Craig Liebenson, has a very good summary article about this whole new paradigm on his blog at http://www.craigliebenson.com/?p=666