When imagining meditation, we often think of a very stereotypical image but this is quite a common misconception. You don’t have to sit in a uncomfortable position for hours humming. Life today is stressful and hectic, meditation helps to calm and silence your mind and it provides a greater self- awareness.
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We all know the feeling, we eat a delicious meal and within minutes we begin to expand rapidly like we’re ready to give birth to triplets! And this time of year makes it all the more frequent. Stomach bloating has many causes. Generally speaking it causes a swelling and feeling of tightness and extreme fullness in the abdominal area.
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Yoga is thought to have originated over 4,000 years ago somewhere on the Indian continent. Over the years it’s developed into various different disciplines and philosophies. With all the great health benefits – stress-relief, metabolism boosting, toning, anti-ageing and immune boosting – it’s hardly surprising that so many of us love to do it.
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We go to great lengths to try and avoid sweating, but we’d actually be in big trouble if we didn’t sweat. Sweating doesn’t just occur in the gym but can happen when you’re anxious, excited, in a crowded space or even during a particularly spicy curry! The average person has about 2.6 million sweat glands across their body. It is a mixture of water and salt and is also known as ‘perspiration’.
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There are times that stress gets on top of us and all we want to do and curl up in bed until the bills go away, your responsibilities stop being so demanding and all the problems in your life magically disappear. Although, a comfortable way to hide from your stress, it’s important to begin to manage this so that you can cope better.
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Everyone wishes that the ‘siesta’ would become a compulsory afternoon activity in Britain but unfortunately we’re still waiting for this to happen. So, in the meantime, it’s very important to be concentrating on getting proper sleep when you go to bed of an evening. (more…)
Beth Win takes us through your fourth yoga pose of the week.
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In the third of our ‘Yoga Pose of the Week’ series, Diego D’Aquino of InstructorLive shows us how to perform Ustrasana or ‘Camel Pose’ as it’s also known.
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It can be very difficult in today’s society to avoid comparing yourself to the images of the airbrushed celebrities that the mainstream media regularly promotes. Having confidence in your body affects the way you look and feel is important to your overall happiness. We’ve discovered some great ways to conquer confidence issues and ways to learn to love our reflection!
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