3 Aspects Of Yoga

What is yoga? Why are you doing yoga? Do we really want to understand yoga? Lately these questions went through my head again and again. The trigger for these thoughts is usually when people ask me what kind of yoga I am […]

Two Things About Stress

1. 95.5 % of all illness and disease is linked to stress according to research done in Stanford Medical School. Stress can come from any situation or thought that makes you feel frustrated, angry or anxious. What is stress to one person is not necessarily […]

Blessed Brisbane

I can’t quite recall how I came across Blessed Brisbane’s Che Johnson and her Instagram profile, but if you believe everything happens for a reason, then finding her was obviously meant to be! Blessed Brisbane is the only Brisbane-based and focused site promoting […]

Kylie Lowe #SheInspires

Kylie Lowe is one of those people who thrives on giving. The ever-smiling mother of two daughters is the inspiration and driving force behind the innovative social enterprise Joining Hands which is dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of homeless and […]

Working Out Which Workouts!

I have never been a fan of exercise – I played basketball during my youth but since my 20s physical activity has been intermittent to say the least and I have been comfortable with that. Oddly a few years ago during my […]

Downward dog anyone?

When a star All Blacks player—Beauden  Barrett ( number 10)—is crediting yoga for his recent sensational form, you realise it must work some magic. Once thought of as a little alternative and a bit of a soft option in the exercise world, […]

Wow, this is a workout

It’s been a long time since I pointed a toe, stood in first position and donned a tutu. But don’t be alarmed reader; I haven’t subjected any member of the public to that spectacle. Instead, I tried a workout at Xtend Barre. […]