The exercise program is only for persons with less severe forms of Hypermobility (those who are still physically active) & who have not advanced to Fibromyalgia/ wasting disorders (who should begin an exercise only in warm water & until they are ready for walking on land).

My theory how persons with Fibromyalgia, wasting diseases & severe fatigue should exercise is that they should start with very gentle activities whereat gravity is negated & then through gradations of activities whereby exposure to gravity is gradually increased.
The first phase of exercise for persons with Fibromyalgia & wasting diseases should be similar to what was done with polio in the 1900’s: Warm water relaxes spastic muscles & enables joint range of motion exercises with gravity relatively negated.
During warm water physical therapy, efforts include specific exercises to strengthen muscles supporting a body tower able to stand on land; the goal. Trapezium, Serratus ant., Rhomboids, Rectus abd., Transversus, para-lumbars, Glutes, & all leg muscles must be strengthened.
Once standing on land has been achieved, then moving on land is the next goal. Moving would include crawling & walking. During this phase, people might need extra support of a sacroiliac joint belt &/or perhaps even knee supporters in the beginning. Walking sticks might help.
Once a person has progressed to standing on land, physical therapy efforts in the water should continue & advance from stationary muscle building efforts & walking around inside the pool and to greater efforts at gentle swimming.
Walking on land should be gradual and guided by fatigue & pain, which can be used to judge how much walking can be tolerated. Of course fatigue and pain were also the limiting factors during the Aquatherapy efforts of Phase I (see discussion above).
Other body restorative efforts, once standing on land has been achieved, might include Tai Chi & Yoga. Of course these modalities will need to be modified from the usual routines and into exercises that are gentle and abbreviated at first.
Over time, body restoration will advance to greater amounts of walking (Phase II), a major exercise for physical restoration. Successful walking provides opportunity to advance physical endurance of the body by gently increasing the force of gravity: ellipticals & rucking.
Phase III of body restoration includes gently increasing force of gravity. This follows a successful walking exercise program. Ellipticals are a way to expose muscles that support a body not exactly vertical, & in this way further strengthen the body tower to move vs. gravity.
Phase III of body restoration has goal of person being able to independently conduct basic activities of daily living: dressing, bathing, toileting, & food preparation. Advanced exercises in Phase III include increasing gravity forces upon the body tower: rucking & trampoline.
There are 2 simple ways to increase stimulus of gravity on the vertical body tower: Rucking includes walking with 10-15% of body weight added to a backpack; placing weight along body long axis, & when waking around with this weight the muscles of upright posture will strengthen.
Another way to strengthen the muscles of upright posture in Phase III is a small round floor trampoline. Gently jumping up and down will strengthen the muscles of upright posture. Additional strengthening of these muscles will enhance walking times & distances.
Goal of progression through Phases I-III (described above), is to enable the body to transcend from a totally bedridden state to upright posture & able to accomplish activities of daily living. Progressive exercises are intended to use graduated gravity as the exercising force.
An important aspect of body restoration from bedridden to functional activity is nutrition. As body is restored, efforts must be made to introduce nutrients dense in raw materials for growth of soft tissues that provide for upright body support, i.e, ligaments, tendons, & muscles
Certainly, while pursuing gradually escalating exercises to restore upright body functioning, the patients themselves are the meters that measure levels of pain and fatigue. These meters are what guide the degree & intensity of the exercise efforts.
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HYPERMOBILE YES! These are exact postures chosen by hypermobile patients with unilateral sacroiliac joint disorder & low back pain on that side. One leg bolsters the other so as to hold up the hemi-pelvis on side the SIJ is subluxing; because it hurts to sit on that buttock.


Another posture that attends unilateral sacroiliac joint disorder in hypermobile people is the Trendelenberg posture. This is to sit flexed forward with elbows on both knees. When brought to their attention, many are apologetic, “I know I shouldn’t slouch”.

The Trendelenberg posture is in fact the wisdom of the body finding the most comfortable position; in this seated bent over position the femurs leverage each sacroiliac joint into an anatomical neutral station; so joint ligaments are not stretched.

Standing posture liked in low back pain due to unilateral sacroiliac joint (SIJ) disorder: keep same-side leg straight & slightly flex knee on stable SIJ side; posture that lowers normal hemi-pelvis down & horizontal with loose sagging side. Body likes horizontal pelvis platform

People with sacroiliac joint (SIJ) disorder sleep restlessly like “rotisserie chicken”, but favored sleeping posture is on the non-subluxing-SIJ side; whereby injured loose SIJ floats upward; better if subluxing-SIJ-side leg is thrown up & over husband, dog, or large body pillow.
MICROBIOME AERODYNAMICS & SEDIMENTATION RATES are studied & known. Who would have guessed that studies would uncover cloud formation & precipitation phenomenon as function of bacteria ubiquity & size.


Korean scientists quantify lift off, descent, & propagation of various bacteria “species” in the atmosphere & as high as 1,000 meters. These micro-spaceships average about 8 micrometers (if I got that right).

Atmospheric density of bacteria particles relates, in part, to their ability to nucleate with other airborne particles. Scientists can even differentiate the aerodynamic properties of these bacteria from larger (factor of 10x) pollen spores & larger fungal spores (factor of 5x).

Most surprisingly, these bacterial-driven spaceships can live & propagate while in the atmosphere via nutrient atmospheric milieus & sources of alcohols & other organic substrates.

In the mid-1980’s, Princess Stephanie (sister of Prince Rainier of Monaco) invited me to present at an intimate “Energy Medicine” symposium in that small kingdom. I remember it was their national holiday of fireworks & celebration.
A video for people to test for hypermobility.


An experience I have with patients who have stigmata of hypermobility is that I will comment on their widespread joint Hypermobility & their rejoinder commonly is, “of course I do Yoga”.

When patients tell me that my heart sinks. I was excited to tell them that I think that I have an explanation for several of their seemingly disparate symptoms in several of the dysautonomia & MCAS spheres.

Instead, disheartening disappointment takes over as I realize that their yoga devotion has now forestalled my ability to teach them about hypermobility & many attendant dysfunctions they suffer.

When I examine women with hypermobility I sometimes say, “you would be great in yoga”. Often they tell me, “well, that is why I can bend like this, it is because I take yoga”.
BOTOX FOR MIGRAINES: Key to success is depositing the Botox in the best tissue: mid-body & occipital insertion site of the most spastic Superior trapezius muscle; chronic spasm of which induces chronic muscle tension headaches and reflexive Migraine.


Way to discern spastic unilateral Superior trapezius muscle: look in mirror, view your auto driver license photo, & to pinch leading edge of each Superior trapezius to determine which leading edge is painful to pressure & also thicker; from supporting a chronically tilted head.

Looking in the mirror enables the person to view which shoulder is lower. The head usually tilts toward the lower shoulder side; causing Superior trapezius muscle on the higher shoulder side to be spastic from chronically supporting a tilted head (weighs about 10#).

The drivers license photo often confirms which shoulder is lower and provides clue as to which direction the head usually & chronically tilts. Some people pick a posed posture & straighten up when they pose for a photo. Therefore, other and more candid photos might be examined.

Often, especially in hyper-mobile women, the spine is curved with a functional scoliosis (straightens when reclined), and this is explanation for the asymmetric shoulders and tilted head.

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Corbyn opposes the exploitation of foreign sweatshop-workers - Labour MPs complain he's like Nigel

He speaks up in defence of migrants - Labour MPs whinge that he's not listening to the public's very real concerns about immigration:

He's wrong to prioritise Labour Party members over the public:

He's wrong to prioritise the public over Labour Party
Rig Ved 1.36.7

To do a Namaskaar or bow before someone means that you are humble or without pride and ego. This means that we politely bow before you since you are better than me. Pranipaat(प्राणीपात) also means the same that we respect you without any vanity.

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Surrendering False pride is Namaskaar. Even in devotion or bhakti we say the same thing. We want to convey to Ishwar that we have nothing to offer but we leave all our pride and offer you ourselves without any pride in our body. You destroy all our evil karma.

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We bow before you so that you assimilate us and make us that capable. Destruction of our evils and surrender is Namaskaar. Therefore we pray same thing before and after any big rituals.

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तं घे॑मि॒त्था न॑म॒स्विन॒ उप॑ स्व॒राज॑मासते ।
होत्रा॑भिर॒ग्निं मनु॑षः॒ समिं॑धते तिति॒र्वांसो॒ अति॒ स्रिधः॑॥

Translation :

नमस्विनः - To bow.

स्वराजम् - Self illuminating.

तम् - His.

घ ईम् - Yours.

इत्था - This way.

उप - Upaasana.

आसते - To do.

स्त्रिधः - For enemies.

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अति तितिर्वांसः - To defeat fast.

मनुषः - Yajman.

होत्राभिः - In seven numbers.

अग्निम् - Agnidev.

समिन्धते - Illuminated on all sides.

Explanation : Yajmans bow(do Namaskaar) before self illuminating Agnidev by making the offerings of Havi.

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The entire discussion around Facebook’s disclosures of what happened in 2016 is very frustrating. No exec stopped any investigations, but there were a lot of heated discussions about what to publish and when.


In the spring and summer of 2016, as reported by the Times, activity we traced to GRU was reported to the FBI. This was the standard model of interaction companies used for nation-state attacks against likely US targeted.

In the Spring of 2017, after a deep dive into the Fake News phenomena, the security team wanted to publish an update that covered what we had learned. At this point, we didn’t have any advertising content or the big IRA cluster, but we did know about the GRU model.

This report when through dozens of edits as different equities were represented. I did not have any meetings with Sheryl on the paper, but I can’t speak to whether she was in the loop with my higher-ups.

In the end, the difficult question of attribution was settled by us pointing to the DNI report instead of saying Russia or GRU directly. In my pre-briefs with members of Congress, I made it clear that we believed this action was GRU.