The Truth About Calcium (and How to Manage It)
Yoga Lifestyle
The Truth About Calcium (and How to Manage It)
Believe it or not, most humans are born with plenty of calcium and the trick is to enjoy a diet and lifestyle that doesn’t cause too much of it to leach from the bones into the blood. This can happen (for one example) if the system is too acidic and the body is trying to…
Read MoreHappy 2017: The Importance of “Satsang”
The word “satsang” is a sanskrit word that means something along the lines of community gathering. Satya is the yogic yama meaning truthfulness or honesty and “sanga” means community. Along with the laughs, what I realised after my week in Bellingen, was the importance of community and connection and how the creative arts – and indeed all group activity – is so important on a deep level.
Read More“Get Your 2017 Yoga Body Now!” (& Why This Matters Much but Should be Ignored)
Every New Year, many of us embark on self-improvement plans and challenges. Some resolves and intentions we may stick with for the longer term, but mostly, the standards we can set ourselves at the beginning of January are so high and unattainable, that we often fail miserably and revert back to normal habits pretty quickly – only with an…
Read MoreMango & Cashew Salad
The original creator of this salad was Neil Perry for the SMH’s Good Weekend magazine. It’s so tangy and delicious that I make it all the time, but I generally never follow recipes to the letter so it always changes a bit depending on what I have. Neil’s original recipe for example was with macadamias but…
Read MoreEasy Poached Pear with bircher-style oats and almond crumble
This is so easy and you can prep the eve before or do a small batch to last a few days. – Soak a handful of organic oats in water or milk or coconut/whatever milk overnight. – Cook the oats in the morning – add more liquid if you need. – Pop the sliced, peeled…
Read MoreRaw Chocolate Organic Fruit & Nut Energy Bites
Finally, here is the recipe for the raw chocolate energy bars I made a few weeks ago as sustenance on an almost 30k walk without having to stop to eat a meal. I wanted to take something that was easy to nibble on the go, wouldn’t feel too filling and contained all the essential ingredients…
Read MoreIt’s All About the Balance: Why I Love Them (and you should too!)
I love the challenges of unsupported balances and include lots of them in my sequences. I find that at different times my balance changes – sometimes I have it and other times, it’s not so good but it’s the same with all of us! For me, instead of frustration, I open up a line of…
Read MoreWhy we all need to Go The XXXX To Sleep!
Although balance is often discussed in our modern life in terms of diet and exercise, sometimes I think we forget about one absolutely vital element that costs nothing, but yet is often difficult to source; rest and proper sleep. The effects of not sleeping properly are many and varied and none of them are positive. How many times have you heard…
Read MoreRethinking Core Movement for Effortless Strength & Flexibility
“When a child is born, he is rooted in the navel, in the hara. He lives through the hara. Look at the child breathing – his navel goes up and down. He breathes with the belly – not with the head, not with the heart. But by and by, he will have to drift away.“…
Read MoreFeeling un-co? Why You Should Challenge your Somatic Awareness
As young children, all being well, we are motivated to develop somatic awareness or communication pathways between the brain and the body. It’s how we learn to move a particular body part in a particular way. Over time, we become more coordinated in our movement patterns and for the most part, with simple things, we…
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