FREE - Ease your knee pain in 10 minutes?

Do you ever get those pains in the knee joint that feel like your getting shot by an arrow?  Your okay 70% of the time but move in one particular way and zoink!  And it's not cupid's arrow either.  Often times it's ligament pain right between the bones.  I'm not talking about a serious injury here but soreness that can be sharp.

I  have had these before.  In fact AEROFORM is one of the few exercise regimnens I've done where we actually do support for the knee. 

I always explain to students:

1. Always be gentle with your knees.  Don't push them.  Be aware of your movement and conscious of deliberately moving them with your breath.
2. If you have bad knees or knee pain - skip the exercise.

The other day I was working out and doing the knee joint gate release section of AEROFORM and later on I noticed some joint pain in the side of the knee.  This could be a combination of things.  I may have overworked it on the treadmill.  I may have aggravated it jumping around at an event which I'm constantly doing.  Or I may have been a little overenthusiastic when doing the exercise. 

And of course it could be a combination of them all or a few.  Nevertheless, knee pain can be very annoying and debilitating on the body and mind.  In my training I have learned two very effective techniques to alleviating the pain, often within minutes, and it stays away.  One I learned from my martial arts Sifu.  The other from a very gifted chriopractor.  My pain when it triggered was about a 7.5. I applied the technique and within 10 minutes it had subsided to a 1. Within a 30 mintues it was gone and didn't come back.

First a word of caution:  This technique should not be used in place of qualified professional medical advice. If you have a serious knee injury and you have to evaluate if it's an immediate medical need or not see a doctor.  However, if it's something you can evaluate as chronic or temporary, give this a shot. No technique is going to prove effective for everyone, but I'm continually amazed and grateful for the relief it brings on those rare ocasions when I've overstepped my limits (pun intended after the fact).

The good news is if it works for you you will not need to use anti-inflamitories, drugs, props etc. If you would like to learn this simple amazing technique and ANYONE can do it, (and you can even do it for someone else), and see for yourself the fast relief it will bring, click on my website and go to the CONTACT page, and opt in.  Just send your name and email address and you'll receive this great information FREE.  If you have sensative knees, knee pain, or know someone who does it will be well worth the 15 seconds to sign up.

In addition to the technique for alleviating joint pain you will also get a audio and text file how to perform the 3 dynamic breathing techniques we use in AEROFORM.  The breathing techniques by themselves will be of great value to you in working out, preparing for any kind of big presentation, for relaxing, becoming present and energizing.

So you get this extra bonus and for anyone with joint pain, sometimes a little relief is worth a lot. 

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Michael Sage Schindler
AEROFORM Health Fitness and Longevity

Aligning yourself for a Great Outcome

Emotion and energy go hand and hand.  If you align your mind with the proper intention you move all the energy in your body and outside your body to your benefit. 

This is the benefit of being in the Zone, and as anyone who has been there can attest to you cannot get to the Zone with a fearful attitude or one that is focused on anything other than where you want to be and your intention to arrive there. 

Some Zone experts say that you need a state of performance arousal to get yourself into the proper pre-Zone space, but I've found that personally intending a great outcome and putting nothing in its way naturally aligns you with enough energy to be there.

Here's a video I found that can possibly put you emotionally in the good spot to go forward with great intention.  Enjoy.

AEROZONE - Back stetching and Spine Opening Exercise

One of the series of exercises from the AEROZONE - 7 minute AEROFORM Warm up Series




This exercise is fantastic for the back and spine.  This connects with one other exercise to truly release and assist with back issues. 

This one is done with 3 specific breathing techniques.  You can learn them free by signing up on our Contact Page at http://www.aeroformhealth.com/ and click on the contact page.  Just put in your email address and info and we'll send it right out.

Preventative Measures are Very Valuable as we Age

Last Friday morning I received a call from my mother.  I said "How are you?'' She said "I've been better.  Don't get alarmed but I'm in the hospital.  I've had a minor stroke."  Now this is not the kind of Friday morning pick me up news you want to get, but she seeemed fairly lucid and in good spirits.

"They may release me today."  Rather than get upset I took my cue from her tone.  I listened patiently to her taking me through it.  And then I called my sisters.  My sister Lisa went to visit her in the hospital.  When I called later she explained it was an Ischemic Stroke, but not one caused by a blood clot which the majority of them are. 

They did end up releasing my mother and the only telltale signs when I saw her the next day was a pirate patch over the right eye and very infrequent slurring of words.  By the end of the day she wasn't even slurring.  So a rapid recovery was certainly underway.

As I dove into research for this stroke it turns out that blood flow to the brain gets interupted. As we age many people opt not to exercise and live a sedentary lifestyle.  This is a big risk for all kinds of issues.  While strenuous exercise will not work for people entering the later part of their lives, regiments like Chi Gung, Tai Chi and certain yoga will offer a more gentle style of exercise that circulates the blood and energy in the human body. 

Chances are pretty good that without a blood clot, with better circulation and flow in the body, my mother may have been able to reduce her risk for that minor stroke or even a bigger one down the line.  Breathing and gentle stretching, circulation and movements can be of immense help with agility, balance, energy levels and circulation.  It also balances out blood pressure which is also a risk factor for stroke.

I showed my mother some basic breathing and movement techniques and maybe for the first time in her life she was open to doing them. 

Don't wait for a wake up call.  Get yourself prepared for a long live filled with excellent mobility and health.  Pick out a regimen you can do now for the rest of your life to reduce your risk for a myriad of issues.

If you want more information on AEROFORM which is another great means contact me from the AEROFORM website. 

Talk to your parents and elderly relatives and friends, do something for yourselves.  You will appreciate yourself for it.

Help your child cure their own colds

There is a section in AEROFORM where we combine energetic healing through tappin  in our warm up. This material comes from EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), however there are a few other parallel energy meridian healing practices out there as well.

I was recently on the EFT website and with school starting those of us with kids know that it's also the beginning of cold season.  I found this resource that a 4 year old was able to tap her way to reduce her symptoms.   It's pretty simple to learn and could be something to help you through the season.

http://www.eftuniverse.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=220&Itemid=177

Robust energy to you and make it a great day.

AEROFORM Breathing Tip 1

Your free health tip. Practice the breath and become aware of the changes. Post comments and questions and I will respond to you. Enjoy and breathe.

Get yourself in the Zone

Most people know me as an event master of ceremonies. I have been entertaining at events as an emcee for 16 years. I was also an actor, professional mime, dancer, and athlete for 26 years, practicing martial artist in an internal Kung Fu style  for 6 years, Chi Gung and yoga practitioner for 10 years. Fewer people know I have been a golfer for over 30 years with a 5 handicap for most of my life.  This of course makes me 140 years old. Now I really look good to you.

I took this 20 years of performances,classes, sports training and movement training with emcee motivational mastery and my interest in the healthy minded martial artsto create AEROFORM for Health Fitness and Longevity.

Surprise, performers (athletic or artistic) don't always wake up perfectly out of bed ready to go.  They need to warm up their bodies, voices, get their minds right and focused at the task at hand. AEROFORM began as a way to warm myself up before a performance.  It was the culmination of all my favorite exercises in martial arts, yoga, dance performance, theater art ritual, the Chinese healing arts and breathing.  It provided me a  short but powerful way to get to a peak state before a big event. 

Over time it evolved and expanded into a daily practice.

In my studies and practice 2 things that made a huge impact on this work.

#1 was the  power that our breath has over almost every aspect of our lives. As yoga and chi gung masters and practitioners learn, it’s actually quite magical in its ability to heal ailments, transform emotions, center the mind, and calm the nervous system. In martial arts I learned the power of breath as a martial force as well as for healing and strength. 

#2 is how movement in performance can become a timeless, exhilarating experience, and seems to invigorate  every aspect of a person from the body all the way to the spirit or soul. Moving the body moves energy. Moving the body in certain ways unlocks energy, draws in energy, extends energy, cultivates energy, and circulates energy.

When we are able to get completely in sync with the input and output of energy, physically and mentally and we let go of every extraneous thing something so miraculous happens: we become present entirely and free.
Dancers, artists, musicians and athletes know this specific place as being in the Zone.

This pinpoint moments of flowing in the Zone is such an incredibly wonderful timethat once felt it, it is never forgotten, and always desired. And then we want to re-experience it as often as possible. Some have described it as better than sex. And while maybe not as intense, I'd have to agree in the uplilfting freedom department. It is so vital to the best part of being a human being that it begs to be experienced.

The legendary soccer player Pelé described his experience of being in the Zone: "I felt a strange calmness... a kind of euphoria. I felt I could run all day without tiring, that I could dribble through any of their team or all of them, that I could almost pass through them physically."*

This is a state that all athletes, all performers, all people wish for every single time they go out to do their what they love. Can they get to that inspired place where the very best comes out? Can they become one with their desire and efforts where the goal and the journey are interchangeable? Can they transform themselves into that place of the zone? They know that’s where their best is. They’ve been there before but how do they get back?

And in everyday life wouldn't it be great to achieve this?  How do we achieve this? The point where you merge into the best of yourself and everything happens exactly or better than imagined or in complete synchronicity. Thought slow, feelings calm, worries stop, health problems seem to disappear, pain eases and an enlightened and super state of being takes over.

My greatest most memorable moments are those moments in the Zone as well. I've heard people wax poetic about it, columnists rhapsodize, often getting very animated and excited, and anyone who has ever been there listens with baited breath to see if they can glean any nugget of insight from their experience.

We are physical beings and need to express ourselves physically in a purposeful way everyday or we can get grumpy, down, anxious you name the sensation.  But thoughts lead energy.  And thoughts lead the quality of our actions.  For the Zone to happen the thoughts have to either sync perfectly with our intention or let go for a higher intelligence (the human organism) to take over.  I've experienced both.

The combination of mind-body-spirit has been around for centuries yet is timeless. Moving where all are integrated working together makes us the most powerful we can be. Renewing, refreshing, centering, grounding and energizing. That’s what the AEROFORM exercise evolved to.

At its very best doing AEROFORM has produced an in the Zone experience or prepared me for the experience as a warm up to a sporting event or performance event.

Yet whether I make it to the Zone or not, the value is in the moment I practice and the hours following I feel I’m at my optimum energetic capabilities and primed for my finest achievements. I know I have properly prepared my mind and body for success. And the fact that I have provided myself an optimum way to proceed is very satisfying personally and empowering.

As a master of ceremonies for entertainment events I am a constant flow of energy and often a whirlwind of activity and performance. These range from full out high energy dancing to ballroom partnering a guest, to dealing with unexpected snafus and having to be at my improvisational best. 
Events like these are anywhere from 4 to 5 hours and I am “on” most if not all of that time. Some Saturdays I do this twice in one day. Two events of up to 5 hours long each. Think if you will of doing 6-7 hours of continual aerobics at a 70% capacity range. That’s the job.

I’m no longer in my 20s or 30s when that kind of energy came easy to me. Doing AEROFORM has allowed me to have that kind of energy naturally then and now without drinking coffee or caffeine laced power drinks. I am able to rise to the occasion and if for some reason I do get tired a few minutes of any of the techniques can recharge me.

Why not find out if AEROFORM can do the same for you?  For very many people it does. And there's many ways to learn it and you will know if it’s something for you within a very short period of time. If it is this is something you will have the benefits for the rest of your life.  Talk to some friends and schedule an AEROFORM day at your house or in the park.  Pre-order the video.  Set up a private class.  Call your yoga or martial arts studio to host a class.  If nothing else you will have an experience you most likely will never forget, you may pick something up you can use for a lifetime. And then there's the benefits to look forward to if it does work for you.  You've got to try it to see.


*Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology)