While yoga is often regarded as simply a series of stretches and postures, yoga practice offers many physical and mental benefits. Yoga usually incorporates three practices: postural poses, meditation and controlled breathing exercises. The incorporation of breathing and mindfulness makes yoga a unique practice which has the benefit of calming the nervous system and balancing the mind and body. Mental benefits Just like strength training and cardio target different needs, so does yoga – which is often […]
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Rest… Relax…It’s all in the mind
Experts say that you need at least 14 days of leave from work in order to begin to properly relax. But often that is a luxury few of us get to enjoy. I’m not referring to leave where we still have access to our emails and check them once a day or have a phone call or two from the office here and there. I mean a complete break, with zero work contact. This means that […]
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Time to reflect
When last did you take time out to reflect on where you are and where you are going? Most of us tend to do this once or twice a year, if at all, either at the beginning or the end of a year. The problem with this is that before we know it we are sucked into the busy routine of life, doing things that demand our time and energy without achieving what is really meaningful. […]
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5 ways to manage stress
1st November 2017 marks National Stress Awareness Day in the UK, and the South African government even declared the whole month of October to be Mental Health Awareness Month, “with the objective of not only educating the public about mental health but also to reduce the stigma and discrimination that people with mental illness are often subjected to.” Even though there may not be a public holiday to mark the event in South Africa, stress is […]
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Fashion for the sake of your finances
Watches can now double as fitness trackers… and if you ask anyone who has one – they are considerably more aware of their activity. Sure – they may not actually exercise more, but with an easier way to monitor how active they are, they are more likely to change any behaviours that they are unhappy with. Building on this principle comes a brand new wearable… A hip new bracelet by Sanlam called the MNA NAM bracelet […]
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