What is Vinyasa?
What is Vinyasa? Vinyasa refers to the movement between the poses in power yoga. This movement is more of a focus than the poses themselves. Whereas in other forms …
Parivrtta Parsvakonasana Pose
Parivrtta Parsvakonasana Pose Start by standing at top of your mat, then swing your right foot out, turning your full body to the right and place your right foot …
Utthita Hasta Padangustasana
Utthita Hasta Padangustasana INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Begin by standing with your feet 3-4 feet apart and your knees unbent, then raise your left knee up towards your belly. 2. With …
Anjaneyasana
Anjaneyasana INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Prepare a padded surface, such as a yoga mat or a folded blanket or towel. Begin in the ‘Downward Facing Dog Pose’, but on an exhalation, …
Natarajasana
Natarajasana INSTRUCTIONS:(note this image shows an advanced version of this pose. these instructions are for the easier version which involved holding the foot with the hand, rather than the …
Prasarita Padottanasana
Prasarita Padottanasana INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Begin by standing with feet 3-4 feet apart with your feet parallel to each other and your knees unbent, with your hands resting on your …
Vrikshasana
Vrikshasana INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Begin by standing with feet 3-4 feet apart with knees unbent. Keeping your left foot firmly on the floor, bend your right knee and put your …
Hanumanasana
Hanumanasana INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Prepare a padded surface, such as a yoga mat or a folded blanket or towel. Begin by kneeling on the floor. Step forwards with your right …
Prapadasana
Prapadasana INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Prepare a padded surface, such as a yoga mat or a folded blanket or towel. Begin standing on the floor with your feet together, then bend …
Garudasana
Garudasana INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Begin by standing with your feet 3-4 feet apart and your knees unbent. Bend your knees slightly, and while balancing on your right foot, raise your …
Bridge Pose Yoga
Bridge Pose Yoga You need to consider this in the work environment too. Don’t hold grudges against someone. We all lose our rag occasionally. But be slow to criticise …
Want to lose weight? Try upping your prebiotics
POP PREBIOTICS Want to lose weight? Try upping your prebiotics. Prebiotics, non-digestible food ingredients (mostly types of fibre), help stimulate the growth of good bacteria already in the gut. …
Best Ways to Treat Sore Muscles
PAIN-PROOF your workouts! Is your gym session damaging your joints? Here are the mistakes you could be making. Creaking knees, painful back, stiff shoulders… it’s easy to dismiss sore …
Zoe Saldana’s Full-Body Workout
GET GAMORA’S BODY Try this full-body workout from Zoe Saldana’s PT Steve Moyer (themoyermethod.com) – used to get her in shape for Guardians of the Galaxy and Avengers: Infinity …
Brie Larson Workout Routine
Brie Larson has so far put in nine months of training to get in shape for her lead role as Carol Danvers in Captain Marvel. Larson’s Instagram feed has …
Breathing Ashtanga Yoga
AND BREATHE You know meditation is good for you, but did you know mindful breathing creates new neural pathways in your brain, too – potentially reducing age-related cognitive decline? …
SOOTHE YOUR SKIN
Q Someone told me I should be drinking bicarbonate of soda to help ease eczema symptoms – is there any truth in this? A Drunk as a solution, bicarbonate …
PROTECT YOUR GUT LINING
Is your gut ‘leaky’ – letting improperly digested foods, toxins and bad bacteria through that could have an impact on your health? Though mainstream medicine used to dismiss the …
How to Breathe For Yoga and Ways to Breathe Better
TAKE A BREATH Think you know how to breathe properly simply because you’ve been doing it since you were born? Think again. Athletes have known for eons that breathing …
THE SECRET TO STAYING MOTIVATED WHEN TRYING TO LOSE WEIGHT?
THE SECRET TO STAYING MOTIVATED WHEN TRYING TO LOSE WEIGHT? ‘Motivation comes from within, as cheesy as that sounds. So take the time to stop and think what you …
Strength training Dumbbells
WHY LIFT? Need convincing to hit the weight rack? Terri Siabi, YMCA Club personal trainer, reveals why strength training is a must-do. IT REDUCES BODY FAT Weight training increases …