Tag: fitness
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The 5 Keys To Proper Protein Absorption
Do you have a favourite go-to post-workout protein supplement? Do you make sure it’s full of beneficial ingredients and not filled with chemicals? Do you rely on it for a substantial nutrition boost? Do you know how to properly absorb that protein? The conversation around whether additional protein is ‘good’ or ‘bad’ is debated throughout…
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Springtime Self Care | Pt.3: Coconut Oil + Coffee For All-Day Energy (and lots more….)
The use of coconut oil has grown incredibly rapidly over the past couple of years. From using it as a moisturiser, cleanser, or natural hair softener, to cooking with it and using it as an ingredient in vegan cooking; coconut oil is everywhere, and it seems it can be used for almost anything…. A wonderful…
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Healthy Banana Brownies
Genuinely healthy and packed with protein, magnesium and potassium – these brownies are the ideal post-exercise snack, and make for a totally satisfying yet ‘clean’ dessert too. This recipe is so easy, you’ll be able to prepare it in minutes, cook it whilst you’re having dinner, and devour the brownies hot from the oven…
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Self-Care Spring Clean pt.1 | Body Brushing
Thinking about Spring cleaning yourself? Over the next couple of months, I’ll cover some of the most effective (and 100% natural) ways to revive and renew, and restore your body and mind this season! Boosting circulation and ridding the body of toxins isn’t just done by changing what we eat and how we move, but how…
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Home Made Raw Chocolate Bars (Vegan + Gluten Free)
This recipe provides an abundance of good things…. not only are the ingredients full of antioxidants, healthy fats, natural fat-burners and rich in minerals, making your own chocolate also means you get to choose what you put in it! Whilst shop-bought bars can often contain sugar and artificial ingredients, by making your own you can…
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Mushroom Magic & Four Sigmatic
The association of Mushrooms with drugs and hallucinations, or with strange-looking fungus growing in unwanted places, means we haven’t been making the most of mushrooms in every-day life for the past few decades. But thats all about to change…. Thankfully, as we’re ‘rediscovering’ the benefits of natural superfoods and adaptogens, these nutrient-dense foods and elixirs…
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Interview Special | Esther Ekhart: “Stay Real, Loving & Honest”
Esther Ekhart is an internationally renowned Yoga teacher, trainer, and founder of EkhartYoga.com. From her studio in the Netherlands, I conducted this very special interview with her to find out more about her long journey through Yoga, health and wellbeing. Esther offers advice on how navigate through life without attaching to the ‘stories’ and habits…
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Interview: Suzanne Wylde & Moving Stretch
It’s not Yoga, Pilates, and isn’t even classed as standard ‘resistance stretching’; Moving Stretch is the new practice, treatment and therapy that has everyone feeling better. It ‘works on the fascia, releasing the body from pain, stiffness and limitation and helping to create a naturally healthy body, which is strong, flexible and graceful’. I recently…
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Men & Yoga – An Interview With OHMME
At this year’s Brighton Yoga Festival, four of our teachers collaborated with OHMME, who specialise in a new range of men’s Yoga clothing. Created with the intention to bring more men to the mat, and to bring about a sense of community amongst male practitioners. While women seem to have endless options of colourful leggings,…
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Your Healing Home
When we seek out relief from pain, athletic enhancement, mood-boosters, or need to relax, many of us reach for something man made. We take pills of pain-relief, drink alcohol to relax, or consume sugary & processed food and drinks to boost energy levels. But did you know – these processed substances can actually do…
