Hey everybody, welcome to another episode of the Genius Life. I'm your host Max Lugavir,

a filmmaker, health and science journalist, and the author of the New York Times best-selling

book Genius Foods. In this episode of the show, I'm super excited to introduce you guys to

my good friend Aaron Alexander. Aaron's an accomplished manual therapist and a movement coach

with over 13 years of professional experience. He's the founder of Align Therapy, an integrated

approach to functional movement and self-care that has helped thousands of people out of pain

and into health. Andy hosts the top rated Align podcast featuring some of the biggest names in

movement and wellness. In this highly entertaining episode of the Genius Life, we're going to talk

about how squatting can help not only your posture and your risk for developing low back pain,

but could also help you eliminate better when you're going to the bathroom. We're going to discuss

the benefits of strengthening the pelvic floor, how gut health can improve sleep, the numerous

benefits of human contact wants it's unwrapped from the societal hang ups that equate it with sex,

where common issues like back and joint pain come from and how we can avoid them, the physiological

origins of anxiety, the biological consequences of carrying feelings of guilt, hate and anger,

what getting a little bit of sunlight on your nether regions can potentially do for your health,

and so much more. I have a feeling that this is going to be one of those episodes that you book

mark and come back to again and again in the future. But before we get to the show guys,

I want to give a shout out to my podcast sponsor, Genuine Health. I'm very grateful that they've

chosen to sponsor this podcast and one of their products, Speaking of joint pain, is called

Fast Joint Care. It's made with fermented turmeric and eggshell membrane. I was not familiar with

the research on eggshell membrane before I discovered this product, but eggshell membrane,

which is what we more often do not throw away, it's what lines the interiors of eggs, and you can

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