Words cannot express how amazing this video is.

it's a valid question. work on the delivery... lol

Thank you, I will try to never give up.

I have seen this already and yes, it is inspiring but anyone can really do this if they want to. That used to really be me as well, disabled veteran (medical discharge april 2002), couldn't walk, I got up to around 450 lbs I think anyway and now down to 245. It really is amazing what yoga and martial arts can do for the body.

thanks Salt!

this shows the strength of the spirit, that spark, the life-force, that sometimes only needs love and encouragement to help it rise up

yoga is awesome, it should be taught in schools

where there's a will, there's a way

fixation leads to death
fluidity leads to life

much love to you
that one day
you will run again

yep. before i got sick, i was a gym rat. not the body builder type, but tons of cardio, resistance training, yoga. after i started getting sick, the things i normally did became impossible. if a muscle group is not there, you simply cannot perform the action. i had to learn to do things different.

i got really pissed at first, then depressed.

i'm still pissed, but i have accepted the fact that i have to do things differently.

started doing yoga again a few years ago. at first i looked like the guy in the vid. kept falling, couldn't do very many poses. now, you have to understand, i was an advanced yoga practitioner prior. i had to start completely over and utilize alternative muscle groups to overcompensate for the ones that have atrophied.

i did this in the privacy of my own home because there was no way i was going to a class and looking like a chump.

anyway...
it's not easy, on the body or the mental part.

Great for him but it was no tear jerker...

This really is amazing. Really touched my heart. Thank you.

i dont get it , a cold blooded murderer who got fat learnt to walk again and get over his greed , what is sad about that ,

all his doing ...'?

can anyone help me out with what im missing ...

Thank you for this video, inspiring indeed whether staged or not.
I must ask does anyone know the song and artist? I find the song just as inspiring as the video.

And I think I detect a touch of humanity in Brief's responses in this thread. There may be hope for you yet friend. All in good fun of course.

You will only notice thise, if you accept this. To those that do not, those words do not describe their entire life.

thank you very much

i think somebody in the thread mentioned Coldplay.

Amazing, thanks Salt! Gave me goose bumps watching it.

5 *'s

Hooray for that fella.....what a huge accomplishment...I admire people like that....Kudos!!

Yeah emphasis should have been more about the addition of a good quality then the removal of bad ones but on the bright side by using weight as an example the video should connect to more people.


And that would be a VERY good thing.

watched the video i cant Believe someone hadnt even said anything about the symbolism in this video toward the in keeps throwing up the Pyramid Even on his Shirt Ruined it For Me.....

clearly staged bullshit , having the want , wont grow back new knees , just like it didnt help super man get liquid through that straw any quicker , gimi a fricking brake , come down to real life ...

lol... i know, i saw it too. but, it's not the pyramid sign in this case. it is a diamond, which is the name of the yoga man who helped him.

Thank you OP for positing this video! Wonderful and inspiring! Love when you can see someone like Arthur achieve so much with such fortitude and determination! Need to pass this on!

word.

It's me it's me it's DDP

That is amazing

Cool! The human body is so amazing!

You poor poor sad person. Cant stand even a little inspiration and success in someones world. Go get a hug somewhere.

I just scrolled through all the comments again and I was surprised at all the cynical nasty responses from the Brits. What happened to the Dunkirk spirit? I have always been impressed by the kindness and humanity of GB people. Don't say it's been beaten out of you.

Fibromyalgia (chronic constant pain) has made me one hard bitch, dealing with pain is so soul sucking that you feel like nothing could possibly phase you. I looked at the video thinking no way this is going to make me cry. Well it did...ALOT
I'm young but I walk with a cane...and people rudely ask about it
I hardly eat anything but somehow am 90 pounds overweight.
It's impossible to exercise when exercise makes your pain increase.
I'm trapped in my house bcause I no longer have the strength to drive my stick shift mustang that I bought when I was healthy.
If I do leave the house I have to take my wheelchair, so I can have a place to sit because walking is painful and exhausting.
My wheelchair is manual, so I lack the strength to push it and sometimes I end up just sitting on the sidewalk somewhere looking pathetic.
So fat, in pain, and drugged out on painkillers is no life.
No I dont WANT a handicap spot...I'd rather walk
No I dont WANT disability...I had a great career I had workd hard for
No I dont WANT drugs...even though the pushers oops doctors give me tons of the good stuff
No I dont WANT pity...you can shove that pity
I WANT a normal life

No amount of condescending "encouragement" from friends and family could lead me to believe in myself again. I even had someone call me lazy because I am overweight....wth I can't walk. and I don't wish it on anyone. I had alot of anger, disappointment that my life was not what I had imagined it to be, resentment...regret....depression...suicidal thoughts...you name it.

But this man and his story really touched my heart...no my soul. I've been crying for ten minutes straight...thank you OP...I needed this...he is a million more times inspirational that any Jared or BiggestLoser...he was where I am...and if he could find his way home...then so could I

You don't know that.
A certain prescription made me gain weight, I tried very hard to stay slim. I was 105lbs when I got sick. Some of them have to be taken with food too, and you have to take meds several times a day. Don't do it and your noncompliant.