Stability, Mobility, Flexibility – Getting it right
While the act of moving may seem simple enough, there is more than one factor at play, determining the quality of our movements As human beings, nature designed us to move. Power, agility and suppleness vary not just amongst different people, but also among various body parts. This is where […]
Some easy to perform stretches post workout
After a workout a stretch feels good to release tension from taut muscles. Here are some easy to perform stretches. Hold each stretch for 30 seconds or more, to relax muscles and increase mobility Neck To stretch the neck gently tilt head to one side (bringing ear close to shoulder […]
Could Emotional Patterns Make Us More Susceptible To Cancer?
There is a lot of research, clinical data and statistics related to cancer – types, causes, and treatments – available to anyone interested in looking them up. There are, of course, the usual suspects /causes of cancer (more on that later). But there could be a case made out to […]
Poor Posture Alert! These habits could be ruining your posture.
Poor posture doesn’t just affect us negatively physically, but also mentally and emotionally. Most of us go through our daily actions unaware of our posture – sitting, standing, walking, or sleeping. Recurring aches, pains and niggles are a constant source of discomfort. Poor posture doesn’t just affect us negatively physically, […]
Do most Corporate Wellness Programs actually work?
Corporate wellness programs are fast becoming part of an organization’s stated practice to keep employees at their optimum performance levels. Designed correctly, they can help in another critical area – to reduce costs incurred due to absences, low productivity, attrition etc. But are these programs really effective in giving results that […]
That Gut Feeling
Let’s face it. At one point or the other in our lives the topic of food and what it does to our body has surfaced. It may have been your mother valiantly admonishing you to select your greens over the in-your-face junk, that energetic friend with a fab body dishing […]
Natural resource
An underutilised body is the root cause of so many of our physical- and mental-health problems, but really, all we have to do is moveMy mother lay completely paralysed for several years, a beautiful woman with a sharp mind, trapped in an immobile body. The crushing ferocity of MS (multiple […]
Let’s Press ‘Play’
“You see a child play, and it is so close to seeing an artist paint, for in play a child says things without uttering a word. You can see how he solves his problems. You can also see what’s wrong. Young children, especially, have enormous creativity, and whatever’s in them, […]
Stop Wishing, Start Doing.
A New Year has started. Resolutions have been made. Now what? Will it be another year of first month euphoria followed by a downward slide into the familiar and comfortable, or will this be the year you really hit it hard and earn your stripes? In my facebook post “New […]
Nostalgic Romanticism or Changing Reality?
Is it the queer irony of our times? We are more in-tune with the idea of health but are less healthy. We have more conveniences and comforts in our lives but less time. We have greater access to means but less intent to avail. Could we be a living contradiction to […]