Take control of your life now and give to yourself the gift of peace.
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Look inside yourself
Make the time to find peace!
In the silence of the morning, just before the sun rises is a time when your thoughts have not yet started to zoom around your brain.
This is the perfect time for meditation and light yoga, so you can start each day fresh with a clear mind and a limber body.
I like to finish each day with the sunset to remind myself to bring closure to events, thoughts and decisions of the day.
I am lucky to see the sunset while my evening yoga class is on and I feel this creates a significant impact on the body and mind connection.
The sunset re enforces the need to let go of the stuff each day brings even though some altercations or actions though the day have made us uncomfortable or angry or fearful.
As humans we are organic and our bodies will absorb peoples words and actions everyday. If you let this build up within you, it creates a stressful environment mentally and physically. We must learn to let go of all events daily, this is why it feels so good to unwind the body through yoga so the mind follows and both become relaxed and calm.
We are reminded that our wellbeing is of upmost importance and nothing is more vital than health and happiness.
Love yourself and set yourself free through yoga.
Namaste !
Mantra for the week!
″JUMP OUT OF THE CHAIR AND ON TO YOUR FEET
GROOVING NOW TO YOUR OWN SPECIAL BEAT!″ ♥
Melbourne visit
While visiting St Kilda I took the chance to share the view and imprint the memory on my brain. So of course sealing it with a pose, that I thought appropriate to the seaside. The eagle so much more than just a bird, as it glides across the skies it shows strength and power just by its presence. Next time you find yourself in eagle pose or garudasana, take a moment to feel the strength,power and freedom of the eagle.
Sexy Summer Skin
When you first fall in love, you have the WOW! factor, you look amazing and you feel fabulous.
The skin glows and your eyes sparkle, but unfortunately this cannot last forever. So we have to help the body to keep the love up look, below is a few ways of doing so.
Laughter is number 1: The feeling of a good belly laugh releases endorphines these help send wellbeing messages via the central nervous system, to the largest organ of our body which is the skin.
The skin works hard to eliminate toxins and creates a barrier for our internal organs so in return dry brushing in a circular motion towards the heart will help keep pores clean and skin supple.The lymph system is also effected by the circular dry brushing, this assists the lymphatic system in eliminating excess fluid that causes puffiness, cellulite and that grey unhealthy tinge.
Get some Vitamin D from the sun but don’t get burnt. Spend 15 mins in the sun without sunscreen in the early hours of the morning or late afternoon to get your dosage of Vitamin D. This will give you a lovely glow as well as warding of lots of diseases like heart disease, diabetes, depression, cancer and rheumatoid arthritis.
Make sure whatever you use on your skin is as natural as possible, nasty chemicals lie hidden in a lot of creams for example some sunscreens have octyl methoxycinnamate which has been proven to disrupt brain and thyroid function. Another chemical in sunscreens is oxybenzone which disrupts the endocrine system and creates organ toxicity.
Yoga is a great motivator to all the organs of the body to eliminate toxins through the asanas, particularly the twists. As we move through our poses. Yoga creates a pure environment which makes us feel good through chemical release from our glands and the natural source of deep breathing enhances the oxygen levels within the body, this is a special tool to help make the skin glow.
As we know the skin is a mirror of the gut so lets eat clean from a rainbow of coloured fruits and vegetables which are full of antioxidants especially Vitamin C and A which promotes collagen and aides in repair.
Eat a good source of protein with each meal to keep cell renewal active and zinc levels up.
Drink heaps of filtered water daily as all the systems of the body require water for function.
Eat sauerkraut which is full of probiotics to allow gut bacteria flourish.
Drink apple cider to stimulate your enzymes to help break down food so you can absorb the nutrients efficiently.
Lastly hug and love your partners, children and animals, spread the love and feel the love in return.
The 5th Chakra is called the throat chakra or Vishuddha.
The throat Chakra is situated between the cervical (neck) spine and the throat area. When this Chakra is open, we feel a sense of freedom to express ourselves, inner calmness and peace.
When it is unbalanced or blocked, our energy seems scattered , we may lack confidence or feel as though we can’t clear our throat. Sometimes people say, I feel like I have a frog in my throat, an uncomfortable uneasy feeling.
This is when we need to work on opening this particular Chakra.
The colour sky blue is connected to the throat Chakra and the physical areas of the body that are influenced by this chakra are
the Laryngeal nerve plexus, vocal cords, thyroid, parathyroid glands,larynx.
Asanas or poses to help free energy to the throat Chakra are:
1.cat/cow
2.hare
3.shoulder stand and head stand
4.fish pose.
When an unexpected yogi turns up to class
Yoga at Alex welcome all personalities
