Exercise helps people to keep their weight at an optimal level and can help to lower the risk of some diseases. Exercising to maintain a healthy weight decreases a person’s risk of developing certain diseases, including type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure.
The importance of good posture cannot be stressed enough in modern times. It extends far beyond our outward appearance and aesthetics. Posture refers to our body’s alignment and positioning with respect to gravity. Gravity exerts a force on our joints, ligaments and muscles whether we are standing, sitting or lying down. Good posture distributes this force through our body with minimal muscular effort and so that no one structure is overstressed. Sitting or standing with proper postural alignment allows us to work more efficiently with less fatigue and strain on our body’s ligaments and muscles.
Just taking a few minutes a day to focus on breath will not only calm the Body & Mind but will also revitalise the spirit. Following are a few samples. Even if you feel you do not have the time available, try just 3 deep breaths while driving between home and work, shopping, kids and… Continue Reading
Physical injury isn’t something you’d associate with an office job. Despite what you may think, there are more grievous physical dangers in an office than getting a papercut. Sitting for long periods of time in front of a computer can cause other types of pain: primarily back pain. However, this doesn’t have to be the… Continue Reading
Here are 5 posture and core connection exercises for increased fitness, better sleep, productivity and more… It is becoming increasingly well known that poor posture will affect everything in your life and that good posture gives you more energy, less stress and better productivity. Without good posture, you are not able to be physically fit. Good… Continue Reading
Daily life gets SO busy doesn’t it? It’s so full of stuff to do all the time! Sometimes it feels like time is being sucked out of you without you really even realising it, like a leach when it’s attached unbeknownst to you and before you realise, it’s taken loads of blood without you even noticing…Yuck! The never… Continue Reading
Yoga Nidra is described as the waking sleep, as it can take the participant to a state of conscious deep sleep. It is a systematic method of inducing complete physical, emotional and mental relaxation. The practitioner appears to be sleeping but the unconscious mind is functioning at a deeper level. It is sleep with deep… Continue Reading
Finding downdog difficult? You could be in the wrong class! Here are the top 5 tips for choosing the right yoga teacher. The rise of yoga in Australia has been meteoric in recent years. A 2015 study in the American College of Sports Medicine has found yoga has climbed from 20th to 7th in popularity when looking… Continue Reading
I’m sure by now you’ve either used one yourself or seen these long or short cylinders, they are most often blue. You would have most likely seen them at physio, chiro, in the gym, Pilates or even watching sportspeople train or play. They are being rolled onto various parts of the body and are often… Continue Reading
Participation in something athletic is a great way of keeping active; whether it’s a round of golf with business colleagues, going to the gym to do weights or yoga, jogging along the waterfront, tennis, swimming or biking at the weekend. Conditioning to improve performance is the best way to achieve the results you really want. Most… Continue Reading
Core Stability is a frequently used phrase in the health, fitness and the sporting industries. But when I look around at the quality of training that presents itself, I can see that training the “Core” is a very misunderstood subject. What Is The Core? If you take away your arms, legs and your head, you… Continue Reading
So many people have pain and discomfort in their bodies and often feel that they have tried everything to get themselves better. They come to see me with piles of forms from all the different practitioners that they have been seeing over time. Some have experienced short-term relief but nothing that can be sustained and… Continue Reading
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