WannabeYogi Tips for Yoga Beginners
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by Monika Maurer
3y ago
Still mulling it over? As a postscript to last week’s guide to yoga styles I thought it might be helpful to lay down a few pointers if you are still finding going to a yoga class daunting. Yoga is an incredible tool that will not only help make you fitter, stronger and more flexible but can also support your mental and emotional wellbeing. What’s not to like? Wannabe Tips for Yoga beginners Never feel you are too old or too inflexible or that yoga is only for young, lithe things. Anyone can practice yoga, whatever their age, shape or ability to touch their toes. Find a class at the right entr ..read more
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WannabeYogi Guide to Yoga Styles
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by Monika Maurer
3y ago
Back to Basics I can’t be the only one breathing a sigh of relief now it’s nearly January. It feels as if there’s one final push now to take us through to the New Year. Although I love December and all its Christmas sparkle, I welcome the quiet introspection that January brings. If you too find the excesses of December occasionally overwhelming, then what better time to hit the reset button than January? It’s hardly an original idea, but it makes a lot of sense. Friends often ask me what kind of yoga they should take up. Asking that question is not all that different from enquiring about what ..read more
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‘Tis the Season: Festive Yoga
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by Monika Maurer
3y ago
A Seasonal Practice to Create Calm Now that it’s December and it feels natural to be lighting candles and perhaps seeking a bit of calm in the manic build-up to Christmas, I thought it might be good to take a look at restorative yoga and even suggest how useful it might be to practise it at home. Particularly at this time of year. Yoga for calm Restorative yoga is really helpful in our frenetic world as it encourages our bodies to surrender and relax. Restorative postures, which are often supported by blocks, blankets and bolsters, are designed to maximise comfort and allow practitioners to fu ..read more
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Bone Broth: The Ultimate Recipe
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by Monika Maurer
3y ago
In my previous post I promised you a recipe to make the best, collagen-boosting broth: so here it is. (Don’t worry, any vegans out there can skip straight to the end). If you were paying any attention at all to my earlier ramblings (and I absolutely don’t blame you if you weren’t – we all have busy lives – but some things are worth repeating) you’ll know that collagen isn’t just the stuff that makes our skin look as smooth as a baby’s bottom. It is, in fact, a crucial protein also found in our hair, bones, joints, muscles and ligaments. Boosting our collagen levels as we age keeps degenerative ..read more
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Collagen: The Facts
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by Monika Maurer
3y ago
It’s everywhere Collagen is the most abundant natural protein in our bodies, making up around 30% of our body mass. I’ve written before about how collagen is the plumping agent in our skin responsible for its strength and elasticity and how our body’s production of it drops off around 1% every year from around the time we reach mature adulthood (around 21). Yes, that’s depressing news. But collagen is not just responsible for a youthful, peachy skin. The rest of that 30% is found in our hair, bones, joints, muscles and other types of connective tissue. It is the glue that holds our ligaments ..read more
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Skip to It
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by Monika Maurer
3y ago
The Wannabe teen has recently got into boxing, something I find wrong and terrifying on many levels. However, along with the obsession with hand wraps, Muhammed Ali and (horror) Conor McGregor (not strictly a boxer, but that hasn’t deterred him), it has introduced a new phenomenon into our household: skipping. And although it is new to us, I have to admit it is old to me. For I write as former Wye Valley Skipping Champion circa 1982. Oh yes. Impressive, I know. When I divulged this snippet of former glory to the Wannabe teen, he was as unimpressed as you are and, rather sceptically I thought ..read more
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Five ways to bone health
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by Monika Maurer
3y ago
We all know the many benefits of a plant-based diet. In terms of health and sustainability it’s better for your body, as well as the planet. In addition to that, it’s also an excellent way of practising Ahimsa, the Buddhist principle of non-harm. But one thing that concerns me about a vegan diet – not just as the mother of two growing boys but as a woman of a certain age – is how it affects our bone health. Bone density for all of us is key. This is especially true for children building up bone mass and women in the first few years after menopause. At this point in their lives women go in a pe ..read more
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Hum yourself to sleep
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by Monika Maurer
3y ago
Is it just me or is everyone exhausted these days? I recently wrote a post about undoing in yoga. It seems to me as I grow ever more busy in my life, less is definitely more. If there’s one thing I have learnt by practising a more mindful form of yoga and being lucky enough to be able to go on retreats now and then, it’s that although it often feels counterproductive to slow down, recharging my batteries in such a way ultimately makes me more efficient. So if I know that, why don’t I pay as much attention to my sleep hygiene as I do to my physical practice? Don’t I want to improve my sleep? Br ..read more
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Vitamin D: Sunshine Vitamin
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by Monika Maurer
3y ago
As we have now moved beyond the autumn equinox and seem to be charging inexorably towards the dark days of winter I thought I’d take a look at Vitamin D, otherwise known as the “sunshine vitamin”. But why is it important and how much of it do we need? There’s always lots of press about Vitamin D this time every year, but our modern lifestyles (wearing clothes, working indoors, using sunscreens) means that it is estimated that half of the world’s population is Vitamin D deficient – so certainly still a subject worth raising.  Focus on Vitamin D Vitamin D is essential for healthy bones ..read more
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City Living and Mental Wellbeing
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by Monika Maurer
3y ago
Not a week seems to go by without another piece of research saying country folk have it better than city dwellers in terms of their physical and mental wellbeing. There is no doubt that being nature has its benefits, and I can’t deny that we had the most wonderful fortnight in Cornwall this year, enjoying all that Mother Nature has to offer (as evidenced in the photograph above). But where does that leave us city-dwellers? Those of us who either have to live in a city for work or choose to because we like it here? In reality the evidence is surprisingly scant and not as clear-cut as you might ..read more
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