My biggest struggle with my personal training clients is having them eat a nutritious breakfast that isn’t boring to them, can easily be made, and can be taken on the go. Doctors have been saying for years now that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and this hasn’t changed! For those of […]
There is no possibility of one’s becoming a yogi, O Arjuna, if one eats too much or eats too little, sleeps too much or does not sleep enough.~Bhagavad Gita Verse 6.16 As people deepen their yoga practice there is an inevitable shift in awareness and perspective. One of the most common places people look with this
To celebrate International Falafel Day, we’re paying homage to those little balls of delicious flavour with our two favourite healthy falafel recipes. We’ve all seen pots of falafel in the supermarket and you may think that purchasing a pre-packed pot is the easier option, BUT these recipes are not only cheaper, they also have fewer
Once thought as the seat of emotions and intelligence, the heart has always been a recurring topic of discussion in the search for a better understanding of the body. Here nutritionist and yogi Elisa Pineda looks at the foods we can eat for maximum heart health. We now know that alongside the heart’s real function of
I am turning into a bit of a sleuth/scientist. So much so that I reckon I could give Sherlock Holmes and Marie Curie a run for their money. No longer able to read a single paragraph of a blog, book or report without double checking and cross referencing everything. I have taken my investigations even
There is one thing that you can guarantee all yoga teachers will share: a love of yoga. Apart from that, the only other thing you can guarantee is that they will be entirely different. And that’s what’s so great about them! But, there is a clichéd view that if you’re a yoga teacher you should
When it comes to snacking, there’s so much on offer it’s hard to pick something that actually satisfies. When I was studying, the mid-afternoon break could not come soon enough. However, with dinner in sight and a potential gym trip to fit in, it was a challenge to find the perfect snack. Enter power bites.
