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I found out about the Meridian Flexibility System through a seemingly random conversation with a stranger in the Phoenix, Arizona airport. At the time, I was not interested in fitness, sports, or alternative medicine, nor had I ever been. The only steps I had taken to live a healthy lifestyle was by improving my diet, which I was forced into due to the ulcer I developed two years prior at 17 years of age.

The doctor had told me that my diet was not bad enough to cause the ulcer. He also [...]

Sometimes, I like to freeze, and then consider how it is that I am positioned. I go to wherever my attention goes, whether it's the tension in my shoulders, a memory, an uplifting or depressing thought, or whatever it happens to be. Then, I start isometrically resisting in that moment.

So, right now, I'm sitting at my computer typing this blog.

Freeze.

Unfreeze.

Ok, so, I started by pusing my elbows down into my thighs, on which my arms were resting. I [...]

One of my favorite activities is to stretch myself, get stretched, and stretch others using a method called Resistance Stretching (Resistance Flexibility Training).

This type of stretching is different from traditional stretching in that instead of elongating the muscles and holding the stretch while trying to relax, this modality encourages the participant to elongate the muscles while continuously contracting them.

I stretch myself by elongating my muscles while continuously r [...]