Just a few weeks ago I blogged about undertaking a Bikram yoga challenge – 30 daily sessions of gentle but challenging 90-minute hot yoga classes – read here. Well, I have good news – I did it and my lovely trophy now has pride of place on my mantlepiece! I’ve written and spoken many times [...]
Much to the amusement of many friends I undertook a Bikram yoga 30-day challenge a while back…. and lasted all of 3 days! Well, I have news for the doubters out there… I registered for a fresh 30-day challenge a few weeks ago at Manchester’s lovely Bikram Yoga studio and guess what? I am on [...]
I can’t quite believe I am typing this particular blog – I am the last person to get all excited about exercise trust me (!) and yet I have signed up for a 30-day Bikram Yoga aka Hot Yoga challenge. I will drop in on here and log my progress but for now just the [...]
So, what got me interested in health and well-being? In the coming months I will be writing a lot more on health and well-being. It is an area I have both written about and worked in for many years. I am very fortunate to have met and interviewed some very inspiring writers and practitioners including [...]
Gym-Maniacs: Health & Fitness Without The ‘Burn’
This article appears on The Huffington Post – Lifestyle GOODBYE January. Perhaps the over-enthusiastic gym newbies can calm down now? Every year I observe with a wry smile – but more often frustration – as my local health club is packed to the rafters with sweating ‘January gym-maniacs’. However, February is here now (hurray) and [...]