I didn’t think this pose had a name but found the The Inverted Lake Pose which most closely resembles the aim here. And generally practising yoga It’s wonderful for aiding revitalization at the end of a busy day, especially that time just after dusk that breaks up the day from the evening. It allows a [...]
Current Science And Exercise
03/02/2012 By Leave a Comment
Today we’re going to look at the myths of exercise where the information is largely based on a report I found in the New Scientist recently. This report draws together the threads of information that scientists have been gathering from their studies and surveys over the last 30-yrs in the form of how much exercise [...]
Learn Some Trampoline Tricks
01/02/2012 By Leave a Comment
Exercise can be fun – it’s official! And why not, because if we have to do it … then it may as well be something we really enjoy isn’t it lol. So just think of all the different sorts of exercise you might enjoy enough to sustain it by continuing to enjoy a particular type [...]
Tadasana
30/01/2012 By Leave a Comment
Today I want to talk about the starting point … the Foot … to stand on our own two feet something I heard as a child but it didn’t really sink in! Mountain Pose With regards to Yoga we are talking about doing that on every level … as being in Tadasana (Mountain Pose) for [...]
Power Training
25/01/2012 By Leave a Comment
What I like about the Health Mark VF81003 outside the clumsy name is how compact it is in comparison with other similar models on the market as well as the simple and efficient way to apply the whole-body vibration therapy machine and get the body toned without fuss. The size and storage means it [...]
Balasana
23/01/2012 By Leave a Comment
There seem to be different names for the yoga pose Balasana, often known as The Pose Of A Child and an Iyengar Yoga Class I began in 2001 did it somewhat differently. Their Pose Of A Child was the one where you take your arms to the side and towards the back of you where [...]
Yoga – Down Face Dog …
04/01/2010 By Leave a Comment
The Popular Down Face Dog Yoga Pose Let’s get 2010 off with a bang … Its time to get down to some deep and meaningful … exercise that is … and for my money there is nothing better than a good session of Yoga … especially the not too fearsome variety … It need not [...]
Beginning Gentle Yoga …
31/08/2009 By 2 Comments
An Ancient Art of the Orient I just saw this tweeted round by @yogaweb … so thank you … Take a look and see what you think! Although the word Beginner is used here … for me – 8-yrs on into my practice – I’ve come full circle and feel more strongly than ever that [...]
Yoga with Pete Blackaby …
14/08/2009 By 6 Comments
The Breathe I recently attended a workshop (2 of 2 on the Breathe) (a few months back now) with Pete Blackaby http://www.peteblackaby.co.uk at Cora Kemball-Cook’s lovely yoga studios in Canterbury, Kent (I’m also a member of Cora’s regular Health and Healing group). Pete’s style of teaching casts away a veil of what other teachers shirk [...]
Bouncing Like a Kid …
13/08/2009 By Leave a Comment
The Naughty Power of the Subconscious Strangely, one morning a few months ago I fell … was it because I’d mentioned it in the previous days posts (as a fleeting reference!) and so awoke something in my bodies history … but what was remarkable was the automatic and quite different response I had … Is [...]