Exercise

My tricep muscles were at risk of looking like a turkey’s neck until I started to lift weights in my midlife. A few years back I was in the supermarket reaching for something on a high shelf when the unimaginable happened. I caught myself holding my under-arm so that it didn’t wobble. Those things under…

Starting to exercise in your 50’s seem a daunting task if you’ve not exercised regularly before. Where do you even start? I imagine the idea that to exercise we need to drag our lumps and bumps down to the local sweat-soaked gym and get amoungst the testosterone and muscle is unappealing to most women over…

Has your belly started sticking out far more than you would like since you turned 50? Do you now rank clothing on whether it will show your newly formed muffin top or not.   For women in menopause and beyond excess fat around your middle is a hazard caused by lowering estrogen levels, imbalanced hormones and…

Yoga can benefit us in many ways especially, in midlife when menopause and age can take its toll. When you get out of a chair and take a little time to straighten up, do you gasp a little as you do? Sitting for long periods can lead to pain and stiffness in our joints as…

Currently, I am 14 days into a free 30-day yoga challenge which feels like it will be just the beginning of a very long and enjoyable journey. Yoga is a 5000-year collection of Indian knowledge and wisdom. It is harmonising the body with the mind and breath. It does this through the means of various…