It is Mental Well-being in May at Women Living Well After 50 so let’s start by giving some love to our body,mind and spirit with a short stretching/yoga style session for Self-Care Sunday. I love how my body, mind and spirit feels when I stretch and do a yoga practice. Balance and flexibility as we age is so important for functional fitness and to maintain bone strength. We need to keep or bodies strong to Be able to bend down…
Spring has arrived and although the early mornings and evenings are still cool the days are warming up. I love Springtime because it fills me with anticipation. Nature is starting to bloom and one can’t help feeling good despite the year of COVID-19! Do…
Have you been on a retreat? Do you know what a well-being retreat is? I looked up the meaning of the word ‘retreat’ in this context and discovered it means: a quiet or secluded place in which one can rest and relax. a period…
OOOh I love a big stretch when I wake in the mornings. Apart from the fact that I have lower back problems and stretching helps, I just love stretching up and feeling my body wake up. You can even stretch before you get out…
Fit & Fabulous : Yoga does not have an age limit – 5 benefits of Yoga
Over 50? Do you know why Yoga is so good for you? Do you know the benefits of even 10 minutes yoga practice daily? I have discovered a few things about yoga since I started practicing over the last year. At first I had…
The Best Ways to Exercise without breaking the budget
What are the best ways to exercise without breaking the budget? This is a question we ask ourselves when we want to start a new exercise program. One of the reasons people give for not even starting to exercise is that they ‘can’t afford…
I didn’t discover Yoga or it’s benefits until midlife, but I soon became a convert to the practice. When I think of yoga, I think of incense burning, vegetarians, people who run away to India, chanting ‘Ommmmm” – a little weird, whacky and…
Well we did it! Let’s celebrate completing our ’30 days to a More Flexible You‘ Challenge. When I started the challenge at the beginning of the month I couldn’t touch my toes and that was my goal! My P.T. Nikki Wakerley, is always promoting…
Have you kept your Fitness in Winter on track? It is the middle of Winter and most people are finding it difficult to face the cold weather or perhaps even snow, to keep their exercise and fitness routine going. I was recently asked to…
We all experience stress, anxiety and depression at some point in our lives. For some these feelings are only temporary but for others it goes deeper and requires the assistance of medical intervention. In my post Why We All Need A Mental Health Day,…