How often do you make up excuses not to exercise? You are simply ‘far too busy’ to look after yourself. Sounds silly when I word it like that doesn’t it. The simple fact is if we don’t compromise somewhere in our life then nothing will ever change. One of the advantages of yoga is that …
My first PT mentor was a Tasmanian performance coach that I met at the FitPro Convention at Loughborough, close on 15 years ago. Andrew May said something in that lecture theatre that has stuck with me ever since. slow down Andrew May He called the concept ‘hapa, hapa’. A Swahili term, translated as ‘slowly, slowly’. …
Stop making choices that make you feel miserable. Make sure there is joy to be had around your house. Look for joy EVERYWHERE
How to Succeed It is easy to lose faith in what you are doing. I had a wobble on my Synergy 21 Day Challenge last week, as you may recall. Today it was over the commitment to write every day. At the start, 39 days ago, I did wonder if it might be too much …
Books are a place of wonder. The second you pick one up you can enter a different world. Leave the troubles of this one far behind. For me, books are a source of comfort, and a place of mindfulness, a source of solace.
With intervals you have the double whammy of feeling breathless running, and out of breath during the all too brief recovery between repetitions. So how do you control your breathing when running?
Losing My Religion That’s me in the cornerThat’s me in the spotlightLosing my religionTrying to keep up with youAnd I don’t know if I can do it R.E.M. Have faith in the process I tell my clients. This was the week when I had to tell myself the very same. I gave up. It all …
I have spent years trying to make a decent hummus at home. It always feels a bit wrong to go with shop bought when all you need is some tahini, chickpeas, olive oil and garlic. But no matter which recipe I use they always turn out rubbish. I can make a brilliant beetroot and walnut hummus, but the traditional one, until now, has been out of my reach.
Albums you will love (as long as you are me) Time moves in mysterious ways. Three years ago Tom Petty followed Prince down the same tortured, tragic, path to Rock n’ Roll posterity.Three years ago, for Movember, I tried a mindfulness experiment of listening to my favourite albums properly, like I used to as a …
Another lucky break in the weather for this weeks session. Singular, not plural you will note. That was because I made a bit of a mistake. I was almost ready to head off on Tuesday morning when I got a message from one of the group asking if the session was on as they couldn’t …
