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May 10 2023

Yoga for Bloating | Backed Up? Try These 10 Yoga Poses To Stop and Prevent Bloating

Bloating is a feeling of tightness and pressure in the belly, ranging from merely uncomfortable to downright painful.

Bloating and constipation are linked, but constipation is more the result of bloating than a standalone condition. You want to avoid both, of course, and yoga combined with nutrition and lifestyle changes can prevent this uncomfortable, embarrassing situation from arising.

If you’re bloated, performing a few yoga moves like the ones below will provide immediate relief. But think of bloating prevention as another benefit of a regular yoga regimen.

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Oct 15 2020

What Is Clean Eating? – How to Eat Clean

What does “clean eating” mean? What is a “clean eating diet”? These are questions I’m often asked by people trying to gain muscle and or lose weight. To me, clean eating means eating as many unprocessed and natural foods as possible. This means eating a lot of vegetables, high-quality meats, wild-caught fish, and healthy oils. As the Mayo Clinic describes

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May 21 2020

Yoga For Obesity: A Weight Loss Guide

Can You Lose Weight with Yoga? Yoga can be very helpful for treating obesity and losing weight, but only if it’s used with healthy eating, stress management, and better sleep. The last thing I want for you is to read this blog, do the poses, and then expect you’ll magically lose 25 pounds in one month. Weight loss is a

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Jan 29 2020

How I QUIT Junk Food!! (What I Did, & What Happened)

In January of 2020, I’ve been doing a Challenge on building better habits, and one of the challenge participants suggested that I included some personal stories about my own habit formation. So here goes… Here’s the 1 action I took that led to quitting junk food… for good The one big action I took to get rid of the habit.

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My Bulking Blog: Habits, Diet, Exercise, Sleep, & Overall Takeaways

Jan 24 2019

My 3 Month Bulking Results: Habits, Diet, Exercise, Sleep, & Overall Takeaways

A Comprehensive Account of My 3-Month Bulking Experience & The Results It’s been just over 1 month since my “3-month bulk” officially ended, but I feel like I’ve been able to fully digest the bulking process, and I’m ready to share what I hope to be an informative and useful account of my bulking experience with you. This blog post

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Nov 6 2018

3 Biggest Tips for Getting Started with Man Flow Yoga

I’m writing this to give you the 3 most important pieces of advice I tend to give to people starting Man Flow Yoga. You might even be surprised by what they are! The biggest issue isn’t exercise-related – it’s that people do not understand how important certain aspects of their life have on their overall health and wellness.

I know what you might be thinking. “Dean (that’s me) – you’re a yoga guy. Just give people the yoga workouts they need. Why would they need anything else?” It comes down to this – all aspects of your fitness are interrelated. Just like your body being interrelated – with seemingly unrelated body parts having huge effects on the performance of another body part – your mental approach to fitness is just as important as the workouts you do.

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