A friend who has been listening to me ramble on for over a year now about how marvellous yoga is recently sent me a link to an article featured in Time magazine last year.
Titled ‘When Yoga Hurts’ the article ‘hightlights’ a rise in yoga-related injuries in America. So should I give it up? Is it [...]
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Fitness crazes that start off in America always, sooner or later, make it across the pond.
Most of them the Americans are welcome to keep. For example, spinning. I can understand the appeal of such a high energy workout but spending 45 minutes on a bike going nowhere while being shouted at to “find more fuel [...]
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For quite a while now I’ve been taking an advanced yoga class on a Sunday evening. I thoroughly enjoy the class, there’s only around ten people present and the instructor is friendly and helpful.
I get a lot out of the exercise and over a year I’ve seen a rapid improvement in my fitness and [...]
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So, it seems my pilates instructor really did listen to me when I asked her to work some equestrian-related exercises into our class (see post below).
Last night, I spend more than 30 minutes just working on my leg muscles with the help of an exercise band.
What was slightly horrifying was when I was called [...]
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I recently stumbled across equestrian pilates.
I do at least two hours of pilates every week but after doing a bit of research I’ve found that there are specific exercises that you can concentrate on to help you become a better rider.
Pilates improves your general fitness and strength but equestrian pilates helps you focus [...]
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I love my yoga class. It brings so many benefits – perfecting my balance and creating a union of mind, body and spirit.
What I don’t love is what happens in the last 15 minutes of the class. There’s nothing like the words “relaxation” or “meditation” to really set me on edge and want to [...]
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