Modern life can be crazy hectic. I may be training as a yoga instructor (which you’d think would make your life calm and laid back), but even I struggle to find the time to de-stress between training clients, studying, blogging, running the household and raising our 8-month-old daughter. Mini relaxation exercises may seem like they’d …
There are so many different kinds of stress, sometimes it can be difficult to figure out where to start when trying to reduce it. Don’t let stress get to you! Recent research has shown that you don’t have to change your life to reduce stress; what you do need to do is change how you …
The importance of keeping your blood pressure down can’t be overestimated. Statistically, a 35 year old person with a blood pressure of 160/100 will live 16 years less than the same individual with a ‘normal’ blood pressure of 120/80! There are a number of natural ways that can help: Reduce your weight, if you are …
Cortisol – more commonly termed the ‘stress hormone’ – is a necessary hormone produced in our adrenals that regulates and mobilises energy. Our bodies produce cortisol in response to physical, mental or emotional stress. If we have too much of it, it can produce a number of negative side effects, such as raising our blood …