This Healthy Homegirl

Yoga? I’m down dog.  The first time I tried Les Mills’ BodyBalance, I knew it was a game changer. Like a Russian nesting doll, instead of constantly looking outside for the answers, I feel like I have unlocked the person I want to be. Similarly having dipped into yoga and meditation, in this class I have found the right combination for me. Another day, another namaste .🧘🏼‍♀️  Bodybalance is a holistic hybrid of three particular practices: Yoga, Tai Chi and Pilates. It follows a particular pattern which focuses on stretching and strengthening every part of your body. If you’re looking to increase mobility and build core strength while also massaging your mind, this is the wellbeing workout for you.  In this class, mobility, muscle and meditation majestically merge to form a tremendously therepeutic trifecta. Instructor training took place over two days and focused on the principles, techniques and beliefs that each practice promotes. The Les Mills mantra cen...

          One of my all time favourite poets, the wondrous wordsmith that was Seamus Heaney once remarked at a university graduation: I absolutely adore the assertive nature of this statement. It implores you to ask yourself: what am I doing every day to take me closer to my goal? It invites you to answer the question: do you want to trundle through life or thunder along the ground of convinced action? He goes on to describe this rhythm we should experience, the momentum we must manufacture in order to be the best version of ourselves. If we don’t do this, we run the risk of merely filling a set mould rather than intuitively creating and carving out our own.  In essence, this quote struck me because it provides the simplest instruction on taking charge of your life. My sister asked me recently how she could work on achieving her goals. In my last post I referenced my fuzzy focus in February. I think clearing a path is  pivotal for ...

As  January folded into February I collected my thoughts in a calm corner of a cute cafe. There is something about the start of a new month that ignites something exciting in me. A wave of realization rumbles within, a lightning spark of enlightenment, it is a phenomenon I like to call thunder and enlightening . The main reason I love a new month is because it is an opportunity to overwrite anything that didn’t go to plan in the four weeks preceding it. My February goals focused on practicing BodyBalance for my upcoming instructor training course, drinking 2 liters of water daily, gratitude posts, blogging, getting my greens and varying my exercise activities. I incorporated more running, football training and cycling into my routine but this then took from my strength training. I became frustrated that I was letting some goals go in my persistent pursuit of others. It was time for a two pronged approach: downsize and minamalise. While I had heard the term minamalism...