It is that time of the year in London, when the calendar is filled with seasonal parties from every group, club, school and music class you and your family belong to. The first gatherings are usually fun and fill you with the excitement of the holiday season, the unfortunate last ones (with yet again mince pies and mulled wine) become slightly more of a chore.
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Anger happens. It is a natural feeling that can be useful in some situations, but one that we have to control and use constructively. It is generally not effective to talk when we feel very angry, as we end up saying things we don’t mean, and by doing so we hurt other people.
You have been moving around for most of the day, maybe decorating the house, gardening, lifting boxes, playing sports … and by the afternoon your back aches. It worries you because you don’t know how to shift this dull and heavy pain.
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Do you sometimes wake up in the morning and you immediately realise something is seriously wrong: your neck gives you stabbing pain on one side and you can hardly move your head? It may even be so bad you can hardly lift your head off the pillow… You must have ‘slept wrongly,’ with your head on the ‘wrong’ pillow. It can take a week before turning your head to one side becomes easier. What is causing this??
If you are one of the many people who think that yoga only increases flexibility, then please read this blog! Many yoga poses increase strength, and indeed one of the physical aims of an all-round yoga practice is to both relax and strengthen the body.
If you feel worried about your posture and find that your shoulders are rounding forward, if you would like to stand tall and straight, this blog is for you.
In our time many people sit for long periods, slouch in comfortable sofas or car seats, stay hunched over phone or computer, and then suddenly discover their back is weaker and less straight than they would like it to be.
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If your muscles feel tight and they do not seem to respond sufficiently to stretching, you may be stretching in a wrong way.
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It feels a bit like your body is falling apart. You are not too far over 40 and you realise with some annoyance that your body feels more tight when you get up in the morning, that your back and shoulders ache after doing your favourite sports. It never used to be like this!
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