There are few things more refreshing than the feeling of waking up after a good nights sleep. A night when your body got just the right amount it needed of pure uninterrupted bliss. A morning where you woke up on your own terms feeling fresh and full of energy. Unfortunately around 20% of us fail …
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If you look at a picture of the spine and a bicycle wheel they are very different to the eye. However when you look closely at the components and arrangement of each we can draw some important parallels that enhance our understanding of our body. The analogy of the bicycle wheel is useful to explain …
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It’s no secret that behind every beautiful garden is regular maintenance including pruning. One very important area of our body is also constantly undergoing pruning and that is our brains. This is known as neural pruning. So why do our brains need pruning? The answer to this is fairly straight forward. Efficiency. Our brains store …
It is easy to overlook breathing as a simple way of getting oxygen into our body and removing carbon dioxide. However when you look into it a bit more, you see that breathing has an important effect on our nervous system and more specifically in the balance of our “fight and flight” response with our …
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Our bodies are an amazing collaboration of different parts that each have their unique functions. It is easy to think that a single exercise recipe (such as 3 x 10 repetitions) works for all parts, however to get the most out of exercise you need to make subtle variations in your programming to account for …