Joy of Ageing Esoterically

THE POWER OF GENTLE EXERCISE

29/3/2018

As we age, exercise does not have to be the ‘no pain, no gain’ pursuit that most of us have done some time in our life. Recently several older women had the opportunity to attend a class with an instructor who encouraged participants to exercise at their own pace – to connect with their body first and to allow the body to give feedback during the various exercises.

THE PURPOSE OF EXERCISE – BEING FIT FOR LIFE

30/1/2018

As we age, we may think to ourselves that we don’t need to exercise as much. We may no longer play competitive sport, we don’t do heavy work, our partners still love us no matter what, so we don’t need to do it for them…but what is the purpose of exercise? Is it about being firm and strong and attractive or is it about being fit for life?

EXERCISE CLASS FOR ELDERS

30/12/2017

A month or so ago, I went to a great exercise class for elderly people. An exercise instructor from Sydney, Stephen Gammack, came to our area and offered a class with people from age 64 (I think I was the youngest of the class – I still have to get used to being in the elder group!) to 77 years old. It was quite revealing and I was shocked at how weak and unfit my body was.

SUPPORT YOUR BODY TO MOVE WITH GRACE AS YOU AGE

30/11/2017

Our bodies have done so much for us over the years and as we get older we can often feel how that has affected the body with our posture and with the way we move. In many cases the body can feel tired, sore and not as vibrant as we remember in our youth. With this can come ‘comparison’ of how it used to feel and what you used to be able to do.

EXERCISE AS DAILY MEDICINE

31/10/2017

What are our pictures of what it means to age? Is there an inevitability that we will decline into a shadow of our younger self as we grow older? We are often clouded by the view of what went before. If our own grandparents and parents were not a picture of health in their later years, if they were frail and weak, had pain or medical issues then sometimes we may expect things to be similar.

AGEING WITH BEAUTY AND GRACE

13/9/2017

In the last decade I have come to realise that there is one thing that is with me for every thought, action, choice and behaviour in my life . . . and that is my body. I will be turning 40 next year, and to be honest I have no hang-ups about that, in fact I am looking forward to growing older.

Why? The answer is simple . . .

EXERCISE FOR THE OLDER PERSON

30/5/2017

As a qualified exercise instructor, I have been teaching exercise to people of all ages for nearly twenty years, especially older adults, and there are some common questions I am asked when it comes to exercise - the first question being:

Why should I exercise?

MY COMMITMENT TO EXERCISING - QUALITY NOT QUANTITY

29/4/2017

Having a small figure for most of my life, I didn’t think I needed to exercise but one day I realised that I was not fit and had no strength. I may have looked okay on the outside, but my body needed more support from the inside, and I knew that through exercise, I would be able to develop a deeper connection with my body. I decided to make a commitment to exercise, to go to weekly classes and to practice on my own as well.

OUR BODIES AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE AS WE AGE

1/2/2017

The connective tissue is our body’s foundational tissue. As a baby we are all connective tissue that then specialises into brain, bone, muscle and organs etc. The Connective tissue also makes up a network of tissue that supports every part of the body from the tiniest cell to the largest organ or muscle. In the structural system of connective tissue it is like a fine, flexible and strong web that holds everything in place, keeping everything connected and providing nutrients to each part of the body.

Exercising without the Huff and the Puff

23/8/2016

‘No pain, no gain', ‘go harder, go faster, do more’. How many times have I heard this mantra when I have reluctantly attended exercise classes or even more so, the one time I enrolled in a Gym program. When I looked at the people in the classes, (instead of concentrating of doing more, going faster) I often wondered what their motivation was to put their body through so much pain and stress.

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THE POWER OF GENTLE EXERCISE

THE PURPOSE OF EXERCISE – BEING FIT FOR LIFE

EXERCISE CLASS FOR ELDERS

SUPPORT YOUR BODY TO MOVE WITH GRACE AS YOU AGE

EXERCISE AS DAILY MEDICINE

AGEING WITH BEAUTY AND GRACE

EXERCISE FOR THE OLDER PERSON

MY COMMITMENT TO EXERCISING - QUALITY NOT QUANTITY

OUR BODIES AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE AS WE AGE

Exercising without the Huff and the Puff

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