Monthly Archives: July 2020

Pranayama

Take a second to become aware of your breath. Are you taking long deep breaths, filling your diaphragm and lungs fully, or are you taking short quick breaths, from the top of your chest?  So many people take such shallow, quick breaths and don’t even realise they aren’t using the full capacity of their lungs. Did you know that breathing from the top of your lungs stimulates the sympathetic nervous …

Intermittent Fasting

I started fasting basically, just to keep myself in a calorie deficit for the week. Since lockdown and the nice weather (well before this week anyways) I’ve been drinking more than usual on the weekends and ordering more take-aways than I usually would. To have the freedom to do this and not pack on the pounds, I usually lower my calories for the beginning of the week so I have …