Why I love mountain biking When mountain biking, I have to concentrate fully on the terrain and the bike. Trouble at work or stress becomes inessential. I can speed up when I want to, search for challenging passages uphill and downhill or easily crank and just let the bike roll. I can bike alone or…
Sport and digestion
Everyone is familiar with this situation: the food was once again very tasty, but now unfortunately heavy on the stomach. Now it’s time to stimulate the digestion to get rid of this feeling of fullness, but how? The more calories our food has, the slower is the digestion. 70% of our immune system is set…
What is Pilates all about?
My first experience with Pilates goes back to 2003 and at the beginning it was just a name added to a long list of methods and therapies I was interested in to try and improve my well – being. After experiencing a few sessions of Pilates I understood what it meant to me and mostly…
My experience with Booster Pilates+
Last week I talked about my passion for staying active. Today I want to take a step further to share with you my experience with Booster Pilates+. I have been pilates fan for years now, but I discovered Booster Pilates+ only in the beginning of this year. The first time I didn’t actually take part…
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Boost your mind, body and energy level @ Booster [Pilates+] – where pilates meets cardio and strength training
Human beings were designed to move, not sit on chairs. So exercise is an essential part of good body function but can also have a positive effect on your mind. Not only does it keep the heart healthy and gives you the physical changes you desire but it helps deplete stress hormones and releases mood-enhancing…
Just for the love of being active
Everyone that knows me, knows that I love being active, I love working out, and I love being outdoors. I grew up playing tennis, so being active was a very big and natural part of my life since a very young age……and it still is up to this day! Whit so many possibilities out there,…
The benefits of yoga for children
We have a lot of options today when it comes to our kids. The world is a merry-go-round or roundabout of opportunities, a playground that has almost everything to offer future generations. Yet we find our children to be under more social pressure and academic achievement than ever. The rate of prescription drugs, ADHD diagnoses,…
Children and sport
Children are curious, curious about new things, curious for movement. Shout and scream, race, jump, these are children’s needs. When children do sports, the following is promoted: the development of motor activity, and hence responsiveness, sense of balance and motor coordination. It will not only strengthen muscles and bones, but will also increase their balance,…
Meditation and Yoga – How do they relate?
I am often asked about the connection between yoga and meditation. The answer is simple, but may come as a surprise. Mediation is traditionally seen as an aspect of yoga. Meditation relates to yoga like any limb relates to the whole body. Unfortunately, nowadays yoga is often seen almost exclusively in terms of its physical…
O – make it your own yoga
O is the zero, the blank, the multivalent yet undetermined. O is your personal slogan, make it your own yoga It is with an O, minimal, complete, round, undetermined, void, that I better describe my own yoga practice, the one that I know about and share with my students. I believe yoga is much more than the tribal…