It was a typical Monday. Waking up to a client crisis, followed by a day of nonstop mails, calls and meetings by the time it was 7pm I had a serious case of cabin fever and all I could think about was getting to my mat. Considering the current Cape Town chill factor a 40 [...]
I get really frustrated. Us girls always having to do what the boys want to do. Either it’s rugby, soccer, rugby, some other kind of sport, or, um, rugby. To be honest I can think of a lot better use of my time and my weekend thank you very much! So – that said, women’s [...]
Fear is something that holds us back. It’s not because we can’t do it’s often that we won’t, due to fear. How often do we catch ourselves chanting “I can’t” or “It’s not possible”
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I was quite taken aback by something our yo yoga instructor said in class the other day. “It’s called yoga practice; we don’t expect you to be able to do it immediately”. That really hit home for me. I just wish the same principle was more commonly applied in life. Today, in our fast paced, [...]
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I’ve come to the sad realization that in just a few months I will be on the wrong side of my twenties. This is a depressing thought. The days of walking down the street and the local bergie’s calls of “Haai Gul” (Hi Girl) are distant memories. Just this morning as I parked my car [...]
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It was a typical blue Monday. Having not been the greatest day, I was less than inspired to hit the gym, never mind my yoga mat. But challenging myself I managed to not only get through my regular Monday Pilates class, but an hour later found myself flat on my mat at yo yoga.
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If you’ve been to yo yoga before you’ll know how crucial it is to wear the right gear. Unlike regular yoga the room heated up to temperatures of 40°C or more, so you’ll be sweating out of places you never knew you had, so ideally you’ll want wear as little as possible, or at least something as [...]
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This morning’s yoga class was a nice change from the usual flow class. Generally when I go to a flow class I expect to be kept on my toes as we move quite quickly through the different postures. This morning’s class was a little different though in that it was a lot more controlled, and [...]
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The common misconception most guys have is that yoga is for sissy’s and real men play rugby. Well it’s not true. Yoga no longer remains the domain of women or guru types. It can quite happily be said, that real men do yoga. Do you think the All Blacks are a bunch of sissy’s? I didn’t think so.
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Fitness is a fickle thing. You take your attention off it for a moment and ‘poof’ it’s gone. Well that’s my experience anyway. Missing one week of exercise and I’m right back down to square one. Last week I was quite sick and so was forced to take it easy. No gym, no Pilates no [...]
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