VOTE FOR ME:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6VRbSzj8bQ
I would love to have my portrait drawn. A famous artist drawing another famous artist's portrait. It's tradition. Didn't Gauguin paint van gogh?   more... Didn't uh...Alice Neel paint uh, Robert DeNiro?
Okay, dear friends, VOTE FOR ME.
Just go to the video and leave a comment that says, 'johnnysmooth' or 'johnnysmooth is sexy. i want to see his portrait done.'
I'm really vain sometimes. I think everyone is. I mean, if you're not vain to some extent, you probably don't look so good  less

Biceps,Pecs and more. Great Trailer

Devi posing for the camera.

A revised version of my Youtube upload.

just an old video i never got around to finishing.

and patrick and i have since broken up

http://www.eclipsebellydance.com In this video Kari shows you how to Belly Dance properly, starting with the basic pose, posture and attitude.

A quick vid clip on a sunday afternoon.Still no cardio...but that will change. Hope to be ready 3 weeks ahead of time. LOOKING FOR SPONSORS! ALL OFFERS WELCOME! :) paypal donations sent to probody@ymail.com   more...;) Thank you 4 your support! God Gless!  less

<a href="http://www.yogabodynaturals.com">Hatha Yoga</a> http://www.YogaBodyNaturals.com – Food & nutrition play a huge role in your ability to stretch deeply. By supplementing   more...specific nutrients and practicing a specific series of postures, it’s possible to naturally double your flexibility in less than 1 month. I have a free e-course that’ll get you started. Click the URL above. INSPIRING YOGA QUOTES “I did not come to yoga to stretch. I came to live.” Maya Breuer“Practicing asanas began to teach me about myself. The body is such a great school of learning. It makes you pay attention.” Lilias Folan“The challenge, and the opportunity, that Yoga presents to us is the possibility of breaking the conditioning cycle. We do this by becoming aware of the depth and pervasiveness of our patterns and, at the same time, by working to change them. And true transformation begins at the moment that we become aware of our actual condition.” Gary Kraftsow“What I want to say is that there is a strong relationship between yoga on the mat and yoga off the mat. I’ve really come to believe that the energy accumulated in practice has a lot to do with my ability to get clarity about the reality of things.” John Friend <a href="http://www.yogabodynaturals.com/articles/hips-don%E2%80%99t-lie">Learn Yoga Poses</a>“People sometimes ask me what difference practice has made in my life. The answer is it’s changed everything for me. And, in a funny way, it’s changed nothing." Lama Surya Das “The most profound benefit of yoga and meditation for me has been a natural relaxing into my life. Obstacles are not so scary. I am more fluid, more curious, and at the same time more patient. I have more options for happiness because I don’t require specific conditions. It is a relief to discover that I can be happy even if the world doesn’t revolve around me or my agenda.” Cyndi Lee<a href="http://www.yogabodynaturals.com/articles"> Yoga Student Articles/Resources </a>  less

<a href="http://www.YogaBodyNaturals.com">Hatha Yoga</a> http://www.YogaBodyNaturals.com – Yoga is great for improving flexibility, but if you are truly stiff and locked up, there   more...are specific poses that can help you move forward more quickly. Diet is also essential to provide your body with the building blocks it needs to progress. Free 7-day email course reveals details. Click link above to get started. BKS Iynegar Quotes: "When you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the world.""The rythm of the body the melody of the mind & the harmony of the soul create the symphony of life." "Illuminated emancipation, freedom, unalloyed and untainted bliss await you, but you have to choose to embark on the Inward Journey to discover it.""Change leads to disappointment if it is not sustained. Transformation is sustained change, and it is achieved through practice.""It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity."<a href="http://www.yogabodynaturals.com/articles/hips-don%E2%80%99t-lie">Learn Yoga Pose</a>B.K.S. Iyengar was born into a poor Iyengar family. He had a difficult childhood. Iyengar's home village of Belur, Karnataka, India, was in the grips of the influenza pandemic at the time of his birth, leaving him sickly and weak. Iyengar's father died when he was 9 years old, and he continued to suffer from a variety of maladies in childhood, including malaria, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, and general malnutrition.At the age of 15 Iyengar went to live with his brother-in-law, the well-known yogi, Sri Tirumalai Krishnamacharya in Mysore. There, Iyengar began to learn asana practice, which steadily improved his health. Soon he overcame his childhood weaknesses. <a href="http://www.YogaBodyNaturals.com/videos.html">Hatha Yoga Video Poses</a>  less

<a href="http://www.yogabodynaturals.com/dropback.html">Ashtanga Yoga</a> http://www.YogaBodyNaturals.com – To truly improve your body’s flexibility and stretching capacity, the   more...most effective way is through Gravity Poses practice at home for 15 minutes per day. I have a free, 7-day email course that will show you how to get started. Click the link above now. "If we practice the science of yoga, which is useful to the entire human community and which yields happiness both here and hereafter - if we practice it without fail, we will then attain physical, mental, and spiritual happiness, and our minds will flood towards the Self." (Sri K. Pattabhi Jois)<a href="http://www.yogabodynaturals.com/articles/yoga-poses-for-flexibility-warrior-1-utkatasana-poses">Learn Warrior Pose</a> http://www.yogabodynaturals.com/articles/yoga-poses-for-flexibility-warrior-1-utkatasana-poses/"The eight limbs of yoga are: respect toward others, self-restraint, posture, breath control, detaching at will from the senses, concentration, meditation & contemplation.... When harassed by doubt, cultivate the opposite mental attitude" (Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, 11.29 - 11.33.)"Yoga is possible for anybody who really wants it. Yoga is universal. Yoga is not mine. But don't approach yoga with a business mind - looking for worldly gain. If you want to be near God, turn your mind toward God, and practice yoga. As the scriptures say "without yoga practice, how can knowledge give you moksha [liberation]?" (Sri K. Pattabhi Jois)"There is no need to be overwhelmed by the many dimensions of astanga; just come in and take from it what you want." (Kathy McNames)"Do your practice and all is coming." (Pattabhi Jois)"Before you’ve practiced, the theory is useless. After you’ve practiced, the theory is obvious." (David Williams)"Ashtanga yoga is 99 percent practice, one percent theory." (Pattabhi Jois)<a href="http://www.YogaBodyNaturals.com/videos.html">Ashtanga Yoga Videos</a>  less

<a href="http://www.YogaBodyNaturals.com">Bikram Yoga</a>http://www.YogaBodyNaturals.com – There are easier ways to get flexible quickly. If you struggle with stiffness even after   more...stretching and yoga classes, than you need to try some dietary and yoga pose practice changes. Click at the URL above to start my free, 7-day emails course now. "A desire arises in the mind. It is satisfied immediately another comes. In the interval which separates two desires a perfect calm reigns in the mind. It is at this moment freed from all thought, love or hate." (Swami Sivananda)"Always do good to others. Be selfless. Mentally remove everything and be free. This is divine life. This is the direct way to Moksha or salvation." (Swami Sivananda)"Complete peace equally reigns between two mental waves." (Swami Sivananda)"Crave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you by itself. (Swami Sivananda)http://www.yogabodynaturals.com/articles/yoga-poses-for-flexibility-headstand-i/ "Desire is poverty. Desire is the greatest impurity of the mind. Desire is the motive force for action. Desire in the mind is the real impurity. Even a spark of desire is a very great evil." (Swami Sivananda)"Desire nothing, give up all desires and be happy." (Swami Sivananda)"Do not love leisure. Waste not a minute. Be bold. Realize the Truth, here and now!" (Swami Sivananda)"Forget like a child any injury done by somebody immediately. Never keep it in the heart. It kindles hatred." (Swami Sivananda)"Go beyond science, into the region of metaphysics. Real religion is beyond argument. It can only be lived both inwardly and outwardly." (Swami Sivananda)"God is all-full. He is self-contained. He is eternal satisfaction." (Swami Sivananda) YOGA ASANA HOW-TO: <a href="http://www.YogaBodyNaturals.com/videos.html">Hatha Yoga</a>http://www.YogaBodyNaturals.com/videos.html  less

http://www.YogaBodyNaturals.com – YOGABODY teaches nutritional supplements and at-home flexibility to students in 21 countries. Free, 7-day email course will introduce you to the system. Click URL above   more...to get started."You know that our breathing is the inhaling and exhaling of air. The organ that serves for this is the lungs that lie round the heart, so that the air passing through them thereby envelops the heart. Thus breathing is a natural way to the heart. And so, having collected your mind within you, lead it into the channel of breathing through which air reaches the heart and, together with this inhaled air, force your mind to descend into the heart and to remain there." (Nicephorus the Solitary)"Mountain pose teaches us, literally, how to stand on our own two feet.... teaching us to root ourselves into the earth.... Our bodies become a connection between heaven and earth." (Carol Krucoff)"Warrior pose battles inner weakness and wins focus. You see that there is no war within you. You're on your own side, and you are your own strength." (Terri Guillemets)http://www.yogabodynaturals.com/articles/yoga-poses-for-flexibility-headstand-part-ii/ <a href="http://www.yogabodynaturals.com/articles/yoga-poses-for-flexibility-headstand-part-ii">Learn Yoga Headstand</a>"If I'm losing balance in a pose, I stretch higher and God reaches down to steady me. It works every time, and not just in yoga." (Terri Guillemets)"By embracing your mother wound as your yoga, you transform what has been a hindrance in your life into a teacher of the heart." (Phillip Moffitt)"Yoga in Mayfair or Fifth Avenue, or in any other place which is on the telephone, is a spiritual fake." (Carl Jung)"For me, yoga is not just a workout - it's about working on yourself." (Mary Glover)YOGA HOW-TO VIDEOS <a href="http://www.YogaBodyNaturals.com/videos.html">Hatha Yoga</a>  less

http://www.YogaBodyNaturals.com – YOGABODY teaches nutritional supplements and at-home flexibility to students in 21 countries. Free, 7-day email course will introduce you to the system. Click URL above   more...to get started."You know that our breathing is the inhaling and exhaling of air. The organ that serves for this is the lungs that lie round the heart, so that the air passing through them thereby envelops the heart. Thus breathing is a natural way to the heart. And so, having collected your mind within you, lead it into the channel of breathing through which air reaches the heart and, together with this inhaled air, force your mind to descend into the heart and to remain there." (Nicephorus the Solitary)"Mountain pose teaches us, literally, how to stand on our own two feet.... teaching us to root ourselves into the earth.... Our bodies become a connection between heaven and earth." (Carol Krucoff)"Warrior pose battles inner weakness and wins focus. You see that there is no war within you. You're on your own side, and you are your own strength." (Terri Guillemets)http://www.yogabodynaturals.com/articles/yoga-poses-for-flexibility-headstand-part-ii/ <a href="http://www.yogabodynaturals.com/articles/yoga-poses-for-flexibility-headstand-part-ii">Learn Yoga Headstand</a>"If I'm losing balance in a pose, I stretch higher and God reaches down to steady me. It works every time, and not just in yoga." (Terri Guillemets)"By embracing your mother wound as your yoga, you transform what has been a hindrance in your life into a teacher of the heart." (Phillip Moffitt)"Yoga in Mayfair or Fifth Avenue, or in any other place which is on the telephone, is a spiritual fake." (Carl Jung)"For me, yoga is not just a workout - it's about working on yourself." (Mary Glover)YOGA HOW-TO VIDEOS <a href="http://www.YogaBodyNaturals.com/videos.html">Hatha Yoga</a>  less

<a href="http://www.yogabodynaturals.com/dropback.html">Ashtanga Yoga</a> http://www.YogaBodyNaturals.com – Long-hold, Gravity Poses are powerful for improving your flexibility fast   more...with no pain or injury. There are 7 secrets to nutrition and flexibility. Get my free email course at the link above. "I tried yoga once but took off for the mall halfway through class, as I had a sudden craving for a soft pretzel and world peace." (Terri Guillemets)"When the breath wanders the mind also is unsteady. But when the breath is calmed the mind too will be still, and the yogi achieves long life. Therefore, one should learn to control the breath." (Svatmarama)"When asked what gift he wanted for his birthday, the yogi replied: I wish no gifts, only presence." (Author Unknown)"You cannot do yoga. Yoga is your natural state. What you can do are yoga exercises, which may reveal to you where you are resisting your natural state." (Sharon Gannon)LEARN HEADSTAND: http://www.yogabodynaturals.com/articles/yoga-poses-for-flexibility-headstand-i/ <a href="http://www.yogabodynaturals.com/articles/yoga-poses-for-flexibility-headstand-i">Learn Yoga Headstand</a>"Corpse pose restores life. Dead parts of your being fall away, the ghosts are released." (Terri Guillemets)"Sun salutations can energize and warm you, even on the darkest, coldest winter day." (Carol Krucoff)"Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape." (Author Unknown)"Chair pose is a defiance of spirit, showing how high you can reach even when you're forced down. Your character is unleashed - you won't take anything sitting down." (Terri Guillemets)"Tree pose grows confidence. It roots me to this world." (Terri Guillemets)http://www.yogabodynaturals.com/articles/free-yoga-pose-video-prasarita-padottanasana">Yoga Pose Video</a> http://www.yogabodynaturals.com/articles/free-yoga-pose-video-prasarita-padottanasana/  less

<a href="http://www.yogabodynaturals.com">Hatha Yoga</a> http://www.YogaBodyNaturals.com – Flexibility can be improved quickly through highly-focused Gravity Poses & YOGABODY   more...Nutritional supplements. Lucas has a free, 7-day email course at the URL above that show how to double your flexibility. “Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down when reasoning is destroyed.” (Bhagavad Gita) "I Like this quote I dislike this quote“There is neither this world nor the world beyond nor happiness for the one who doubts.” (Bhagavad Gita)“One who has control over the mind is tranquil in heat and cold, in pleasure and pain, and in honor and dishonor; and is ever steadfast with the Supreme Self.”(Bhagavad Gita)“One gradually attains tranquillity of mind by keeping the mind fully absorbed in the Self by means of a well-trained intellect, and thinking of nothing else.” (Bhagavad Gita)LEARN HEADSTAND: http://www.yogabodynaturals.com/articles/yoga-poses-for-flexibility-headstand-i/ <a href="http://www.yogabodynaturals.com/articles/yoga-poses-for-flexibility-headstand-i">Learn Yoga Headstand</a>“The power of God is with you at all times; through the activities of mind, senses, breathing, and emotions; and is constantly doing all the work using you as a mere instrument.” (Bhagavad Gita)"A person is said to have achieved yoga, the union..." (Bhagavad Gita)“A man's own self is his friend. A man's own self is his foe.” (Bhagavad Gita) “The mind acts like an enemy for those who do not control it.” (Bhagavad Gita) “Yoga is difficult for the one whose mind is not subdued.” (Bhagavad Gita)YOGABODY: <a href="http://www.YogaBodyNaturals.com/videos.html">Hatha Yoga</a>l  less

<a href="http://www.yogabodynaturals.com">Hatha Yoga</a> http://www.YogaBodyNaturals.com – Stretching will only help you maintain your current flexibility. Gravity Poses & proper   more...nutrition make it possible to double your flexibility in as little as 28 days. Totally safely and naturally. URL above has all the details. 'A Yogi must not think of injuring anyone, through thought, word or deed, and this applies not only to man, but to all animals. Mercy shall not be for men alone, but shall go beyond, and embrace the whole world.' Commentary of Vivekânanda. “A person is said to have achieved yoga, the union with the Self, when the perfectly disciplined mind gets freedom from all desires, and becomes absorbed in the Self alone.” (Bhagavad Gita) “For the one who is moderate in eating, recreation, working, sleeping, and waking, this yoga [of meditation] destroys [all] sorrow.” (Bhagavad Gita)“Living in solitude, eating lightly, controlling the thought, word, and deed; ever absorbed in yoga of meditation, and taking refuge in detachment.” (Bhagavad Gita) VINYASA YOGA SUN SALUTES: http://www.yogabodynaturals.com/articles/ashtanga-sun-salutation-a-video-demo/ http://www.yogabodynaturals.com/articles/ashtanga-sun-salutation-a-video-demo/“Yoga is difficult for the one whose mind is not subdued.” (Bhagavad Gita quotes)“You've got yoga honey, I've got beer, You got overpriced, And I got weird.” (Billy Joel) “The meaning of our self is not to be found in its separateness from God and others, but in the ceaseless realization of yoga, of union.” (Rabindranath Tagore) “Wherever is Krishna, the lord of yoga; and wherever is Arjuna, the archer; there will be everlasting prosperity, victory, happiness, and morality. This is my conviction.” (Bhagavad Gita quotes)YOGA POSE ARTICLES: <a href="http://www.YogaBodyNaturals.com/videos.html">Hatha Yoga</a>  less

<a href="http://www.yogabodynaturals.com/dropback.html">Ashtanga Yoga</a> – Stretching will only help you maintain your current flexibility. Gravity Poses & proper nutrition   more...make it possible to double your flexibility in as little as 28 days. Totally safely and naturally. URL above has all the details. YOGA SUTRA COMMENTARY [excerpt from Charles Johnston]1. OM: Here follows Instruction in Union. Union, here as always in the Scriptures of India, means union of the individual soul with the Oversoul; of the personal consciousness with the Divine Consciousness, whereby the mortal becomes immortal, and enters the Eternal. Therefore, salvation is, first, freedom from sin and the sorrow which comes from sin, and then a divine and eternal well-being, wherein the soul partakes of the being, the wisdom and glory of God. 2. Union, spiritual consciousness, is gained through control of the versatile psychic nature. The goal is the full consciousness of the spiritual man, illumined by the Divine Light. Nothing except the obdurate resistance of the psychic nature keeps us back from the goal. The psychical powers are spiritual powers run wild, perverted, drawn from their proper channel. Therefore our first task is, to regain control of this perverted nature, to chasten, purify and restore the misplaced powers. 3. Then the Seer comes to consciousness in his proper nature. Egotism is but the perversion of spiritual being. Ambition is the inversion of spiritual power. Passion is the distortion of love. The mortal is the limitation of the immortal. When these false images give place to true, then the spiritual man stands forth luminous, as the sun, when the clouds disperse. MORE VIDEOS? <a href="http://www.YogaBodyNaturals.com/videos.html">Ashtanga Videos Yoga</a>4. Heretofore the Seer has been enmeshed in the activities of the psychic nature.YOGA EXERCISES TIPS: <a href="http://www.yogabodynaturals.com">Hatha Yoga</a>  less

<a href="http://www.yogabodynaturals.com/dropback.html">Ashtanga Yoga</a> – Flexibility is something best learned outside a yoga classroom. Lucas Rockwood of YOGABODY teaches powerfully   more...simple postures and nutritional practices to supplement your yoga classes. Free email course at the link above. YOGA SUTRA COMMENTARY [excerpt from Charles Johnston]We think of ourselves as living a purely physical life, in these material bodies of ours. In reality, we have gone far indeed from pure physical life; for ages, our life has been psychical, we have been centered and immersed in the psychic nature. Some of the schools of India say that the psychic nature is, as it were, a looking-glass, wherein are mirrored the things seen by the physical eyes, and heard by the physical ears. But this is a magic mirror; the images remain, and take a certain life of their own. Power Yoga Warm Up: Sun Salute <a href="http://www.yogabodynaturals.com/articles/ashtanga-sun-salutation-a-video-demo">Sun Salutation Video</a>Thus within the psychic realm of our life there grows up an imaged world wherein we dwell; a world of the images of things seen and heard, and therefore a world of memories; a world also of hopes and desires, of fears and regrets. Mental life grows up among these images, built on a measuring and comparing, on the massing of images together into general ideas; on the abstraction of new notions and images from these; till a new world is built up within, full of desires and hates, ambition, envy, longing, speculation, curiosity, self-will, self-interest. Yoga Instructional Videos: <a href="http://www.yogabodynaturals.com/articles/ashtanga-sun-salutation-a-video-demo">Ashtanga Yoga Video</a>  less

<a href="http://www.yogabodynaturals.com/articles">Hatha Yoga</a> – Yoga is more than just poses, but when you’re first starting, you have to start with the body before you can move   more...on. Lucas Rockwood teaches yoga flexibility and nutritional training for yoga students. Free e-course at the URL above. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are in themselves exceedingly brief, less than ten pages of large type in the original. Yet they contain the essence of practical wisdom, set forth in admirable order and detail. The theme, if the present interpreter be right, is the great regeneration, the birth of the spiritual from the psychical man: the same theme which Paul so wisely and eloquently set forth in writing to his disciples in Corinth, the theme of all mystics in all lands. The teaching of the East is, that all these are true powers overlaid by false desires; that though in manifestation psychical, they are in essence spiritual; that the psychical man is the veil and prophecy of the spiritual man. The purpose of life, therefore, is the realizing of that prophecy; the unveiling of the immortal man; the birth of the spiritual from the psychical, whereby we enter our divine inheritance and come to inhabit Eternity. This is, indeed, salvation, the purpose of all true religion, in all times. MORE FREE VIDEOS <a href="http://www.YogaBodyNaturals.com/videos.html">Hatha Yoga</a>Patanjali has in mind the spiritual man, to be born from the psychical. His purpose is, to set in order the practical means for the unveiling and regeneration, and to indicate the fruit, the glory and the power, of that new birth. ASHTANGA SUN SALUTATION A <a href="http://www.yogabodynaturals.com/articles/ashtanga-sun-salutation-a-video-demo">Sun Salutation Video</a>  less

<a href="http://www.yogabodynaturals.com">Hatha Yoga</a> – YOGABODY’s Lucas Rockwood teaches at-home flexibility and nutritional training for yoga students. Free e-course at the   more...URL above. YOGA OF CONCENTRATION [excerpt from SWAMI MUKERJI]Concentration signifies the state of being at a centre. Applied to thought, it is the act of bringing the mind to a single point. Each human being must practice concentration subjectively and objectively. In other words, each human being aims with more or less precision at concentration on a point within and a point without his own world. Concentration "without" is illustrated when you devote all your attention upon Nature, such as learning a trade, a profession, a science, an art or some form of business. This is Evolution, outgoing or positive mental energy. I shall call this Objective Concentration. Concentration "within" implies the withdrawing of attention from the external world and the placing of mind on "God," "Spirit," "Heaven," "Religion," "Peace," "Nirvana," "Eternity," etc. This is Involution, i.e., incoming or negative energy. <a href="http://www.YogaBodyNaturals.com/videos.html">Hatha Yoga</a> When Objective Concentration alone is practiced, you develop into a hard-headed, practical man of the world or a successful man of business. You are keen and shrewd. The world is a very matter-of-fact thing to you. You cannot think of anything else beyond money-making and pleasures and worldly affairs. You are a "worldling of the world," very clever, rich, and a master along your own lines. But spiritually you are an imbecile, worse than a baby. Sun salutations video: <a href="http://www.yogabodynaturals.com/articles/ashtanga-sun-salutation-a-video-demo">Sun Salutation Video</a>  less

<a href=“http://www.yogabodynaturals.com/”>Yoga Exercises</a> –I have a free, 7-day email course that shows how to increase your flexibility. Click above to get started. Few exercises to   more...increase flexibility:Spine, trunk turning- Stand straight with legs apart. Your hands should be behind your head and start leaning forwards. While doing so your legs should be stable. Try and bring the right elbow in front of the body to touch the left knee such that your trunk rotates. Return to normal position. Perform with the other side.Spine, extension- Stand with feet together, hands upwards. Now step one leg forward and simultaneously move your upper body and head backwards. Return to start position. Repeat with the other leg. <a href=“http://www.yogabodynaturals.com/dropback.html”>Yoga Postures</a>Spine, lateral flexion- Stand straight with legs apart and both hands behind the head. Now slowly start bending your right elbow towards the outside of your right knee. Repeat with the other side.Posterior thigh stretch- Sit on a bench with your right leg straight on the table and your left leg resting on the floor. Now lean forward towards your right leg until you feel a stretch in your knee and calf. How the position for some time. Repeat with the other side.Neck stretch- Sit or stand straight with your arms hanging loosely at the side of your body. Now slowly turn your head towards one side. Hold for a few seconds and then turn to the other side. Repeat 3-4 times.The above are a only few exercises. There are lot more flexibility exercises for different parts of the body. A person can choose the exercise as per his requirement.“Hey man, I wanna be flexible too!” <a href=“http://www.yogabodynaturals.com/articles”>Yoga Poses</a><  less

<a href=“http://www.yogabodynaturals.com/”>Yoga Exercises</a> – Stiff? I can how you how to get flexible quickly and safely using unconventional Gravity Poses and proper nutrition. FOOD   more...MAKES YOU FLEXIBLE? Sounds crazy, right? Well, it’s true. This is not science or theory; it’s a real-life, student-tested fact. If you eat a water-dense, plant-based diet with lots of superfoods, you’ll notice flexibility gains within three days.Don’t take my word for it—just try it!Below is a shortlist of my favorite Superfoods. Buy them fresh or low-temperature dried, and purchase organic whenever possible.DARK GREENS Dark green vegetables are some of the most mineral-dense foods on the planet, and waterborne greens or sprouted greens are even better (waterborne greens usually have 2-10 times more minerals)Primary Benefits: - potent source for minerals - alkalizing effect on the body (fights acid build-up) - boosts immune system - high in fiber (healthy bowels) - chlorophyll rich (cleanses and energizes the body)How-To: Backbend dropback video: <a href="http://www.yogabodynaturals.com/articles">Yoga Poses</a>SHOPPING LIST Spirulina, chlorella, barley grass juice extract, wheat grass, kale, parsley, all seaweeds and sea vegetables, chard, and spinach.PREHISTORIC GRAINS & SEEDS The advances in agricultural technology (selective breeding and genetic engineering) directly correlate to the decline of the nutritional value of our foods.Plants such as corn, soy, and rice—staples of the modern world—are a great source for calories, but they no longer pack the nutritional punch they did when our ancestors first began domestic cultivation.Today, the most nutrient-dense foods are what I call the prehistoric plants; the ugly, brown-colored, intimidating dry good you see in plastic bins at the health food stores.For more yoga poses, flexibility, an stretching resources, visit: <a href="http://www.yogabodynaturals.com/articles">Yoga Flexibility Exercises</a>  less

http://www.yogabodynaturals.com – WANT TO IMPROVE YOUR FLEXIBILITY? Free, 7-day email course reveals 7 secrets of nutrition and flexibility. ARDHA BADDHA PADMOTTANASANA – Free Yoga Video Stretching   more...exercise video series with Lucas Rockwood, founder of YOGABODY Naturals. Lucas demonstrates ardha badha padmottanasana for flexibility of the knees, hips, and ankles.ABOUT THIS YOGA POSE Yoga is a really safe practice, but people do hurt themselves regularly, usually when they are trying to move too quickly into a posture they are not ready for. Also, in yoga, often the poses that heal our weak areas of the body are ALSO the same poses that can hurt us if we’re not careful. Ardha badha padmottanasan, for example, is excellent for building strong knees, angles, and hips, but you need to be careful anytime you bend and rotate your knees. FLEXIBILITY IN JOINTS http://www.yogabodynaturals.com/articles Often, we talk about “opening up our hips” or “loosening up our spine.” But the truth is, when we want a joint to have more range of motion, what we want to “loosen up” is the connective tissues supporting that joint. So the knuckle on your index finger has a small amount of connective tissue supporting it compared with your hip joint. For this reason, you can “open up” your hands much quicker than you can your hips. You can also accomplish more with less, meaning less time and energy will produce greater results… this is why many us struggle with stiffness in the big joints. The hips, the knees, the shoulders. FLEXIBILITY CAN BE LEARNED I used to be extremely stiff… so stiff, I honestly never thought I’d make it through an entire yoga class much less become a teacher. But flexibility is not magic. It’s not genetic. There’s a science to it, and I’ve done a good job of cracking the code. Nutrition is essential. Let me show you: http://www.yogabodynaturals.com/about.html  less

http://www.yogabodynaturals.com – FLEXIBILTY SECRETS REVEALED in a FREE, 7-day email course. Yoga teacher, Lucas Rockwood, shows the secret connection between nutrition and flexibility. Yoga students   more...only. LEARN TO DO ASHTANGA-YOGA DROPBACKS (BACKENDS) Before your try this posture, you need to have a fairly open back. What I mean by that is you should be able to hold a full wheel pose with straight arms for at least a minute. You should be able to walk around in wheel pose (like a kid on the playground) without any sharp pain or loss of breath. Finally, you should be able to come up on your tip toes, and alternatively, come up on the tips of your fingers (not at the same time though).DROPBACKS STEP-BY-STEP http://www.yogabodynaturals.com/articles Traditionally, dropbacks are taught straight away after 3 wheel poses held for just 5 breaths each. For some people, this is OK. For most, it’s awful. Most of us have a lot of tension in our bodies and 3 backbends at 5 breaths each has only just touched the surface. So here’s what I do…1) Do full wheel pose with straight arms for 30 breaths 2) Don’t move or adjust or anything 3) Do it again for 30 breaths 4) Do it a 3rd time for 30 breaths and then take a rest 5) On your forth go, you might be pretty exhausted, but that’s OK. Rock back and forth, feet-to-fingers 3 times and then lower down.*optional next steps*If all of the forward above steps went OK, the next step to actually come up to stand. Anatomically, this is simple. In practice, it’s a little tricky. Here’s what you do: 1) Rock 3 times, and on the 3rd rock, press all the weight into your heals 2) Try to look BACK at your bum (do not lift your head) 3) Let your arms hang 4) Push your hips and press into your heals 5) Your body will either ROLL up to stand, or it won’t 6) If it doesn’t, and you’re looking at your bum, you’ll just gently lower back downGAVITY POSES & NUTRITION IMPROVE FLEXIBILITY FAST http://www.yogabodynaturals.com/about.html  less

http://www.yogabodynaturals.com – STRETCHING SECRETS REVEALED in a FREE, 7-day email course. Discover the secret connection between nutrition and flexibility. Yoga students only. FREE YOGA DROPBACK   more...VIDEO Yoga backbends are one of the most fun and challenging of practices because they involve making the front of our body extremely vulnerable. Genetically, we’re hard-wired to guard our chest and protect our heart center; so in some ways, backbends are going against nature—but in a good way. DROPBACK BASICS Before you can do a yoga dropback, it’s essential that you are able to practice full wheel pose with straight arms comfortably for at least 30 breaths. Also called Urdva Dhanurasana, full wheel pose builds the foundation for this more advanced variation. HOW FLEXIBLE DOES MY BACK NEED TO BE? http://www.yogabodynaturals.com/articles I know many guys who are very stiff in their backs who can still do really nice, clean dropbacks. As mentioned, you must be competent at Urdva Danurasana (wheel pose), but after that, it’s mostly strength and balance. As in most backbending poses, the focus is on a strong and stable lower body and a loose and soft upper body. The further back you go, the more your body will instinctively close off your heart center, so you have to consciously tell yourself: “legs strong, heart open.” ROCKING BACK AND FORTH When you first begin learning dropbacks, it’s a good idea to practice the rocking technique. This is accomplished simply by “rocking” the weight primarily into your feet, then your hands, then back to your feet again. On one of the rocks, when the weight is on your feet, the next step is to gently push off with your fingertips. GRAVITY POSES & FLEXIBILITY When I was first learning this posture, practicing Gravity Poses (and eating the right foods) made huge difference. I have a free, 7-day course that explain how it works. Click here: http://www.yogabodynaturals.com/about.html  less