Welldoing
  • Log in / Register
  • FOR THERAPISTS
  • Search

    • Read our posts about body

    Can Exercise Make You More Creative?
    21Jan

    Can Exercise Make You More Creative?
    Lucy Marcovitch
    creativity, exercise
    Body
    I’m tangled in the threads of an idea for a story. Everything’s there, but I can’t bring the different aspects of the piece together in a meaningful way. I need to free up my thinking, so I go for a run. After 45 minutes I have worked out what’s missing, where I’m going wrong, and how I’m going to start.For me, running allows thoughts to bounce around my head and sort themselves out. If I don’t have a specific problem to solve, I often find ideas for stories wandering into my mind – some of the best have come while running. There is no definitive answer as to whether...
    » Read More
    What is Iyengar Yoga?
    14Jan

    What is Iyengar Yoga?
    Lucy Greeves
    yoga
    Body
    Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja (BKS) Iyengar is the best possible advertisement for the yoga movement he founded. At the age of 95, he still practises regularly; anyone who thinks they are “too old for yoga” should take inspiration from recent photographs of BKS in postures he first learnt ...
    » Read More
    What is Bikram Yoga?
    07Jan

    What is Bikram Yoga?
    Lucy Greeves
    yoga
    Body
    Bikram Yoga is the creation of Bikram Choudhury (b. 1946), who began studying asana at the age of three. At 20 (so the story goes) he was badly injured in a weightlifting accident and despite a grim prognosis from the doctors, managed a full recovery with the help of yoga. Since the 1970s,...
    » Read More
    What’s Turning Men Onto Yoga?
    05Dec

    What’s Turning Men Onto Yoga?
    Lucy Marcovitch
    men, yoga
    Body
    In ten years of practicing yoga, I have never been alongside more than the odd man, usually glimpsed once and never seen again. Yet a quick head count at my class the other month confirmed my suspicions of a growing phenomenon: the women were outnumbered. What brings men these days to a yoga class? The newest recruits have a quick answer: Ryan Giggs. For Euan, 42, the footballer was the deciding factor. “I didn’t really know what I was getting into,” he says, having been persuaded to try yoga to relieve the aches and stiffness that often followed sports sessions....
    » Read More
    Build a Better Relationship with Food
    04Dec

    Build a Better Relationship with Food
    Brigid Chunn
    nutrition
    Body
    Food is so much more than nourishment. While it keeps us alive, it is also a crucial part of our social structure. There’s nothing nicer than sharing a meal with friends and family. Partaking of food  divides our day into useful compartments - breakfast , lunch , dinner, and the in-betweens. It  is an important component of how we celebrate, for instance  birthdays, weddings, christenings, religious events and more. However there are times for all of us when food can be used in other ways. Eating can be a coping mechanism or a strategy for managing our feelings.  We...
    » Read More

    Categories

    Tags