Natural Ageing
We are what we eat. When we pack our diet with vibrant foods loaded with antioxidants, healthy fats, water, and essential nutrients, our body will show its appreciation through its largest organ: our skin.
We are what we eat. When we pack our diet with vibrant foods loaded with antioxidants, healthy fats, water, and essential nutrients, our body will show its appreciation through its largest organ: our skin.
Do you ever crave certain tastes such as sweet or salty? Can you regonize the difference between food cravings and genuine hunger? Hunger Hunger is a normal sensation that makes you want to eat. Your body tells your brain that your stomach is empty. This makes your stomach growl and gives you hunger pangs. Hunger …
My eldest, Alex, started high school this year. His house motto is ‘No Reward without Effort’. It’s a quote from Horace, a Roman poet, ‘Palma Non Sine Pulvere’. literally meaning ‘no palms without dust’, translated from Latin – has something to do with winners of chariot races. I love it. ‘No Reward without Effort’. We are using …
This month, I hit a milestone in life, the Great Dividing Range between being young and – not-so-young. Am I living my life on my terms? Yes, I am. No longer am I wide-eyed entering the journey of life, full of euphoric energy ready to take anything on, I am now on the switchback trail, …
Now more than ever, you should work on building your immunity. If the Corona Virus or the Flu touches you, you’ll be strong enough to fight it. A healthy lifestyle will ensure your defences are as good as they get. When your immune system comes into contact with a pathogen (a bacterium, virus or other disease …
The benefits of yoga are always being touted and I’m often told of how yoga has profoundly changed someone’s life. Yoga serves for the greater good of mankind, it unites all beings as one, it can reform the lost soul, it tones the body, reduces stress, brings you into presence, brings health and strength to …
Have you ever floated out of your weekly yoga class and wished you could feel just as light, aligned, calm and energised every day? The benefits of practicing yoga regularly extend far beyond being able to set your own timetable. As a teacher, I’m often asked to design a home practice for a student, so they can reap the physical …
Beauty is more than skin-deep; as are the products we use to beautify and nourish our skin which absorb them. We are becoming increasingly aware of what we put into our bodies – acknowledging ‘we are what we eat’ – and we know eating and drinking processed products does absolutely nothing for good health and wellbeing. But …
This time of year is powerful when setting goals to establish a pathway to success, health, fitness and/or wellbeing. It is the perfect time create space to develop new habits and to discard those that no longer serve us well. I am currently creating an intention for the year and putting together goals – keeping …
I sometimes feel like a newborn, learning anew from being ‘aware’. This is fairly new to me, being aware. I’ve lived so much of my life on the edge; being too busy travelling, partying, working, mothering, trying to get ahead and perhaps being a little too shallow. Certainly not paying attention to things until too …