Can Karate Help You?
Karate serves as a conduit for sharpening focus and concentration. Whether mastering a new technique or executing a sequence of movements, karate demands unwavering attention. This heightened focus extends well beyond the dojo.
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Why it's OK to treat yourself during lockdown
Your cravings for treats may be a signal you're missing something in your diet, such as quality carbohydrates. But if you are eating foods out of habit or craving as a result of restrictive or unstructured eating patterns, then some changes may serve you well.
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All about Yoga and which type is best for you
Yoga is one of the most popular forms of exercise at the moment. It’s endorsed by celebrities and seems as though it’s everywhere you look. What you may not have known is that there are all different types of yoga … in fact, we can name 21 different types.
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How to avoid stress at Christmas time
We often tell ourselves that December is the most wonderful time of year. It's Christmas. It's the holiday season. There's plenty to see and do. There's sales in the shops... but it can be stressful. This article includes six tips to help reduce your stress levels during the silly season, so that you can power through and make the most of your holidays season!
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Can I help you Perform
What you do on the day of the event is certainly important, but your training and nutrition leading up to it, in my opinion, should be your initial priority. If you don’t train or refuel smart then you’re dancing with the chance of injury, getting sick or psyching yourself and missing the event. If you prioritise training and refuelling like a machine, hello to the potential of a personal best sporting performance.
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Food isn't nutrition until you eat it
We need to make sure our immunity is bullet proof before the winter bugs threaten to invade. Well, as bullet proof as we can make it anyway. This is to help prevent the onset of sickness so we don’t have to rebuild back to baseline, so we have the energy to try new crock pot recipes, or the energy to go snowboarding.
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Kids personal trainers – what you should know
Kids personal trainers are fast becoming very popular and it’s not surprising given that we’re living in a world where childhood obesity and juvenile type 2 diabetes rates are on the rise. In fact, in 2014/15 a survey found that 1 in 9 children in New Zealand, aged between 2 and 14 years old, are obese and a further 22% of the kids surveyed are overweight.
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Bring the good of lockdown with you into level 2
One thing we had more of during lockdown is time at home. And considering a common complaint is that there isn’t enough time, and assuming we take on similar commitments, we may need to be realistic with our copy and paste method.
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Day spa do's and don’ts
A day spa offers a variety of services focused on improving a client’s health, beauty and relaxation through a variety of personal care treatments. This services can include massages, nails, facials, body treatments and beauty services, which may include manicures, pedicures and spray tans. Different to your typical beauty salon, a day spa often combines hair and beauty salon with spa services. Here are the things you need to know before heading to a day spa for some relaxation.
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5 barriers to stopping smoking and how to overcome them
Chances are you’ve tried to stop smoking in the past so you know that during your quit journey you may experience setbacks and hurdles. Just keep in mind though that many people have traveled this road and succeeded in becoming smoke free for good. You need to prepare yourself for any challenge; it’s helpful to know what you’re up against. This article discusses five common barriers to quitting smoking and how to overcome each one.
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Food is sexy, hydration is not.
A ‘diuretic’ is a term chucked around in reference to food and drink components that make you pee more. Alcohol is a diuretic. Not drinking enough fluids alongside alcoholic drinks may be a part of the reason you wake up with a headache after a few too many.
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9 changes to make when you’re stuck in a rut
Stuck in a rut? Finding it difficult to get your groove back? We all have these moments that creep up on us when we least expect it. Being stuck and feeling like you can’t claw yourself out of it is an awful feeling. Whatever the reason for you feeling like this - relationships, work, physical or mental health - it’s normal for us to have off days! The strategies outlined in this article will prevent this feeling from lingering.
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Coeliac disease
Currently the only treatment for coeliac disease involves giving up all sources of gluten for life because eating foods that contain gluten will cause the symptoms, such as bloating, diarrhea, weight loss and fatigue to return as well as cause long term damage to health
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Choosing the best retreat for you
Whatever your goal is, there are plenty of different retreats to suit all kinds of outcomes depending what you’re looking for. You may be trying to learn something new about yourself, to challenge yourself in a different environment or to achieve full relaxation and a well-deserved break.
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YOUR BODY IS SPEAKING TO YOU – Are You Listening?
Ayurvedic wisdom offers many little gems of advice to help you gain a better understanding of your body: through your body type and its relationship with the environment to foods, herbs, lifestyle choices and the seasons. But many of these insights can also be gained simply by listening and following a few simple rules.
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What your partner eats, and how it impacts you
But we all know how easy it is for your partners food choices to start becoming your food choices. Just saves time right, saves heated discussions right.
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Cooking with kids – from digging to dishing up during the lockdown
The tasks delegated to children will differ and be determined by a few factors, such as age, food preference and the child's overall interest in food.
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