“One is better than none”. It’s a little motto I chant to myself to give me a little encouragement to get moving. It means doing one small exercise is better than none at all. One small amount of exercise is one step forward to staying happy and healthy. I started repeating the phrase to […]
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With a young baby, I once asked a nutritionist for some ideas on healthy meals I could produce in an instant. You know, on days where everything seems to fall apart, nothing goes to plan and your last ounce of energy is used to clean spilt milk off the floor. Rather than take-away, what’s […]
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So many people I speak with are struggling with a sleep disorder which impacts their day to day functioning. Insomnia affects up to 30% of the population and is defined as a chronic or acute sleep disorder characterized by a complaint of difficulty initiating, and/or maintaining sleep, as well as a subjective complaint of […]
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Stress seems to be a challenge that most of us are faced with in our lives today. There are so many demands on our time and energy and an expectation of the 24-hour society. It seems to be a side-effect of modern life and can become overwhelming. But we can learn to recognise it […]
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Friendship is a crucial element to your health and well-being, especially now when we are adapting to self-isolation, working from home, schooling from home. We don’t have the usual outlets available to connect and seek support. Developing a trusted circle of friends is key to building a meaningful life. We were designed to journey […]
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When perfectionism is driving us, shame is riding shotgun – Brene Brown Striving for excellence is a great motivator; but what happens when perfectionism takes over? I’m really struggling with this as my working and family-life landscape has changed overnight. Sure, it was challenging before COVID-19 trying to cram a full-time job of running […]
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COVID-19 is on everyone’s mind at this time, and looking after your immune system is more important than ever this year, especially with the change of the season into the cooler months nearly upon us. Nutrition: Eat plenty of vegetables, spices and herbs with every meal. They are jam-packed with essential vitamins and minerals, […]
Read More ›After practising yoga for nearly 10 years, Pirita completed a 350 hour yoga teacher training in 2019 and started sharing her practice with others straight away. Since then, she has been teaching Yin, Hatha, Vinyasa yoga as well as meditation. My classes are all about exploring the balance of yin and yang […]
Read More ›Jennifer started practising yoga in 2013 when her daughter was a baby and they attended Mum’s and Bub’s classes together. Jennifer then moved onto Hatha Rise and Shine Yoga classes followed by Prenatal classes when she became pregnant with her second child. Yoga fulfilled a different need in every class but a consistent […]
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