Don't let winter beat your fitness goals
If you are like me, winter is not your favourite part of the year and trying to achieve your fitness goals when it’s cold, is hard work! The shorter days and colder weather definitely challenges my willpower and energy levels to keep working out – but I still manage to get it done... yes staying fit over the winter is that important to me! Become a winter morning warrior with these tips to get out of bed and start your workout routine each morning.
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Anxiety and stress – what's the difference?
Hypnotherapists often meet clients who say ‘how scared and overwhelmed’ they are when they experience Anxiety & Stress. As part of client therapy, some hypnotherapists make time to explain and clarify what Anxiety & Stress is and how they are linked. It can be important to communicate the differences because this means, clients have an understanding and awareness of what is really happening. It takes away any ‘unknown and associated fears’. This article explores the difference between stress and anxiety, so you can get the best treatment.
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5 easy tips for better breathing
Our modern stressed sedentary lifestyle has shifted our breathing patterns away from our natural breath. Many of us have adopted poor and ineffective breathing patterns, negatively impacting our physical and mental health.
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Triathlon Transition Tips
Every second counts. The poor mans practical transition tips for Triathlons. From swim to bike to run.
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Fueling Success on the Court: The Role of Nutrition in Basketball
During games and practices, coaches should closely monitor players' hydration levels. Ensure that water breaks are frequent and players have access to water throughout the session. Signs of dehydration should be addressed immediately.
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How deep conscious breathing relieves stress
An easy and effective breathing strategy to reduce stress, build life force energy and bring you into presence. When we bring consciousness to our breath we can affect our body, mind, and the involuntary sympathetic nervous system responsible for the fight or flight response. These simple tips will show you what you need to do.
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Preparing for a half marathon (21km) race
Half Marathon season usually runs through the colder months but you should bargain on at least 3 months of training required, even if from a standing start. Literally, you are not running and then you run a half marathon 3 months later. I have run the SMH half marathon and the Blackmores half marathon now a number of times in sub 2 hours, not a great time but OK. As a beginner moving to intermediate running these are my half marathon running tips.
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New Research Reveals the Secret To Happiness
The General Social Survey is reported to be one of the best sources of US happiness data. The most recent survey shows the top three things that impact people’s happiness most are health, relationships and financial circumstances:
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How a massage can help your pregnancy
Pregnancy can often be a confusing time. Physical changes, varying hormonal levels, emotional upheaval can be mixed with feelings of joy and excitement. This article explores how massage can help you to relax, and other ways it can improve your pregnancy.
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F45 - Functional 45 Training
What is F45? F45 is a high intensity systemised 45 minute work out, done in a facility or studio environment. These facilities are licensed on a franchise basis by suburb. According to the F45 Training website, F45 is described as an "innovative, cost effective and incredible systemised training facility". F45 is the branchild of Luke Istomin, a Sydney Eastern Suburbs trainer and has Daniel Conn as the face of the franchise. What is a workout? There are are 800 odd filmed exercises which are shown on large screens during the workout and which are all timed, allowing each participant to work at their own time. The workouts are billed and we quote as "insane".
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Do you lose control during hypnotherapy?
Hypnotherapy uses a light or a medium trance. This means that while your conscious mind is distracted or in a state of relaxation, your subconscious mind becomes fully awake and active, thus facilitating rapid transformation. You remain in full control, aware of your surroundings and actions at all times.
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Seven strategies to improve your quality of sleep
How well do you sleep? Is sleep, the most important aspect to maintain good health? The reality is you can have a really healthy diet, get plenty of exercise, practice yoga and be on the best quality supplements, but if you don’t get quality sleep, your health will be compromised. Keep reading for more strategies that will help improve your quality of sleep.
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Yoga for Beginners: A Comprehensive Guide to Getting Started
Discover the essentials of Yoga, including styles like Hatha and Yin Yoga, with this beginner's guide.
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Just breathe – 3 calming techniques for you and your child
Check-in with yourself in this very moment. How are you feeling right now? Take a minute to watch what your breath is doing. If you are relaxed you will find that your breath is slow and calm. If you’re having a difficult day you may find that your breath is short and shallow. Our breath centres how we feel and it influences how we respond to what is happening around us.
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How yoga and mindfulness can help kids with Asthma
Inversions are a great way to shift excess mucus from the lungs and balance out the immune system; they’re also fun to do. Most age groups can practice Supported Shoulderstand or Legs Up The Wall. Both Downward-Facing Dog and Bridge pose are inversion too.
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The gift of pain
Pain really is our most honest voice. It is a gift designed to protect us from further pain and tell us that we have incredible value and need to be protected. Pain tells us what is not right and informs us about the things that are unsustainable and emotionally damaging that need changing. This article explains how you can listen to pain and use it to learn for the future.
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How you are within directly affects how well you lead.
You might lead a small team, or maybe a few hundred or even thousands of people. If you are a leader in any form within your organisation then you have either, or will need to, transform yourself into a larger possibility. Growing your business means growing yourself and taking others on the journey. And they will look to you as their leader.
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Discover the Health & Recovery Secrets You've Been Missing Out on!
Tracing back centuries, cold water immersion, known in various cultures as cold therapy or cryotherapy, was embraced by ancient civilisations such as the Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians for health and spiritual purification. In Scandinavia, Vikings regarded it as a rite of passage, and in Japan, it became integral to the onsen and samurai traditions.
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Eye spy a trauma cure
Accredited experts and organisations, including the World Health Organisation are giving the thumbs up to Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) as a way of treating trauma. Find out why.
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Anatomical Breakdown of the Squat
. Being a highly functional exercise the squat provides strength for real life daily activities as oppose to simply being able to push gym equipment. It is however an exercise where too often poor technique or initially too much weight is used leading to fatigue, poor technique, injury and frustration.
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