The Craig Van Cast

Send me a message! What if you could unlock your body's fullest potential and transform the way you move, breathe and live? Join us in a captivating conversation that explores the deep connections between our spinal core, breathing and overall movement performance. We shed light on the often overlooked impacts of our daily habits, especially the effects of prolonged sitting and busy schedules...

Send me a message! Ever wondered why that nagging back pain just won't leave you alone? Are you tired of compromising your movements because of it? Welcome to our enlightening session where we demystify the cause of your discomfort and introduce you to the Kinetic Keystone protocol. This transformative program not only provides relief for back pain sufferers but serves as a proactive measure...

Send me a message! Time preference could be the key to unlocking health, wealth, and fulfilment.  Explore the power of delayed gratification and how it influences every aspect of your life.  Learn about the profound consequences of making choices with a low or high time preference and uncover the illusion of sacrifice when delaying gratification.  Unravel the transformative power of compounding an...

Send me a message! Welcome to the first discussion in the UnSit Your Back series. This discussion aims to give you the information you need to start with the UnSit Your Back movement protocol as soon as possible. We will uncover that the movement protocol is part of a larger whole. Sign up for the UnSit Your Back course that follows this crash course at craigvan.com/cv/unsityourback Movement thera...

Send me a message! The simplest way to optimise your lower body IMMEDIATELY.  #feet #posture #pain #injury #therapy

Send me a message! #ESG #climatechange #bitcoin  Some in our community are strongly distrusting of any ESG narrative or promoter. There is a legitimate fog of war around so many important topics that should cause everyone to question the information they receive from central authorities. However, let us not throw the baby out with the bathwater, or be responsible for any further confusion. craigva...

Send me a message! #optimism #perspective #mind #meditation “The optimist is right. The pessimist is right. The one differs from the other as the light from the dark. Yet both are right. Each is right from his own particular point of view, and this point of view is the determining factor in the life of each. It determines as to whether it is a life of power or of impotence, of peace or of pain, of...

Send me a message! Following on from the idea of cause and effect, that every action of ours is creating countless consequences, we have no choice (if we want to master our destiny) but to take responsibility for our actions, and thus be responsible for our experience. Physical and mental.

Send me a message! Cause and effect, action and reaction, choices and consequences - this is not new information, we all know these terms, but do we really understand their meaning? Before we can talk about anything regarding health and self mastery, we must have a full and shared understanding of this concept.

Send me a message! Welcome to this live vlog, a short hello and some of my thoughts on service ideas I had. Service is a spiritual path, may we all benefit from its practice.

Send me a message! Rhys has been a professional chef for many years and has specialised in nutritionally dense plant-based eating for a while. We got a chance to explore what he has learnt on that journey. Rhys is also committed to his highest transformation, and also serves to help others achieve theirs. We discuss a few elements of his process, including trauma and meditation. Rhys is an absolut...

Send me a message! I got the chance to ask Candice a few questions about eating eggs: What is the difference between organic, pasture-raised, free range Are organic eggs better? If so, why? Are eggs a good animal-based supplement for vegans and plant-based eating? If I'm only eating plants and eggs (veggan) what else do I still need to think about supplementing with, if anything? How much is...

Send me a message! This is the first class in the series on the core. The core should be the first priority for most people on their movement journey. We cover what the core is structurally. 4 layers of abs many paraspinal muscles diaphragm even lats and traps We look at six different functions to consider when working with the core in movement. spine stability connection of upper and lower body l...

Send me a message! Health is not simply the absence of disease but is the polar opposite of it. We have a much greater capacity for feeling good than simply being free of illness.

Send me a message! Meet Micahel, my teacher, friend and spiritual brother. We finally got a chance to chat about so many things that we love talking about, except we recorded it this time. From meditation to the art of letting go, Vipassana courses and trauma healing hacks, Michael really has been around the block when it comes to doing the work to grow forward and heal. Find him on Facebook and I...

Send me a message! I can tell you that when I think about getting old, I'm not scared of wrinkles or grey hair. What I am afraid of is becoming weak, disabled, losing my independence along with my grace and confidence. At the heart of everything I hope to avoid as I age, is the loss of my movement ability. I'd prefer not to become more uncomfortable in my body, and able to do less of lif...

Send me a message! When we lie, we choose a story over reality. When we give our energy to the story instead of reality, then we become more invested in our mentality than reality. Where attention goes, energy flows. Losing touch with reality is a definition of psychosis. None of our actions is free of consequences - how we think now will shape how we think later. If we lie now, then it will be ea...

Send me a message! 🌐 Website: craigvan.com 🪑 Course: unsityourback.com 📕 Book: https://www.amazon.com/UnSit-Your-Ultimate-Guide-Sitting-ebook/dp/B096QYSM4Z You have to learn to walk before you can run. You have to learn to crawl before walking. And you won't stand up before you can sit. We develop our abilities in compounding layers, and it happens in order because more complex skills are...

Send me a message! I shared previously, in my post on the ambiguity around dieting, that it is not wise to copy someone else's way of eating (diet) for anything more than seeking ideas or experimenting. We are unique snowflakes, and our personal needs are constantly changing - those are what we need to meet, not a set of rules. A few principles that I have used, and which have helped me navig...

Send me a message! Website: craigvan.com Book: https://www.amazon.com/UnSit-Your-Ultimate-Guide-Sitting-ebook/dp/B096QYSM4Z Course: unsityourback.com If you open any book on biomechanics, you'll find a central concept that describes the base layer of functional human movement - Proximal Stability, Distal Mobility. Healthy bodily movement is built on being stable toward the centre - spine, cor...

Send me a message! If what we eat fuels us, becomes us, interacts with all our layers, and shapes what we become, then we have a host of implications to think about when choosing what to pass through our system . Not many foods are absolutely good, nor many absolutely bad, and dose can turn something good into bad, even water. Each of us is as biologically unique on the inside as we are on the out...

Send me a message! Many ideas I want to share about health and vitality require us to agree on a perspective. I've been using a framework to interpret events in my body and mind, and it has served me well. “The optimist is right. The pessimist is right. The one differs from the other as the light from the dark. Yet both are right. Each is right from his own particular point of view, and this...

Send me a message! Health expresses itself through our genes, which are controlled by the inputs they receive. Of the many inputs which determine our fate, the way we eat, move, and think are the most important, for three reasons: far-reaching , they have significant system-wide effects inescapable , there is no pause to our process, for better or worse, these inputs never cease  every moment we a...

Send me a message! Is it possible that the very bias we have called self-serving is one of the ways we do ourselves the most disservice? Let me know what you think!

Send me a message! I have made an effort to get up to speed with Bitcoin over the past few weeks. I quickly discovered that Robert Breedlove and Michael Saylor should be listened to when it comes to money dynamics and Bitcoin. Robert Breedlove hosts a podcast called 'The "What is Money?" Show', and it started with a series featuring Michael Saylor - double-barrel brains. They a...