How sitting is making you a tight arse
Our glutes are our biggest muscle group and excessive sitting can make them weak and feel tight. This can cause lower back pain, hip pain and knee pain. Additionally, exercise can make the glutes tight. By strengthening weak glute muscles and rolling tight ones, we can help our hips move better, feel better and restore our ranges of motion.
Can meditation change your brain? - Changing how we view our self
Meditation is associated with a change in how we see our self. It helps us see how self as not-permanent and reduces the parts of the brain associated with thinking about the self. This reduction is associated with improvements in our health. However, more research is needed to understand how this occurs.
Feeing tired? Having trouble sleeping? Exercise could be the answer.
In Australia, a study found sleep difficulties, including issues falling asleep, issues staying asleep, lack of sleep, daytime fatigue and irritability, was found in 20-35% of people.
This is a significant public health concern and insufficient sleep can have come severe consequences.
Recent trials have found exercise is associated with improved sleep quality, longer sleep times, more efficient sleep and a reduced time to fall asleep.
So, if you are feeling tired or having trouble sleeping, after checking with your health professional, perhaps try getting your sweat on. It may just help you get the sleep you need and crave.
Think Win/Win - Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Covey proposed 6 types of human interactions
Win/Win
Win/Lose
Lose/Win
Lose/Lose
Win
Win/Win or No deal
What kind of interactions do you have?
Do you need others to lose so you can win?
Do you let people walk all over you and let them win all the time while you loose?
Do you act out of spite so both of you lose?
Do you always want to win?
Do you only accept Win/Win?
Do you have what it takes to achieve win/win situations?
Do you have integrity, maturity and a sense of abundance?
Can you see things from another’s point of view?
Neck and shoulder pain from staring at your phone? It could be tight traps.
Hours of looking down at laptops, tablets and smartphones shortens and weakens our traps and can cause neck-aches, shoulder-aches and headaches. Strengthening our traps using shoulder and neck mobility exercises, releasing tension using trigger balls and foam rollers and lengthening them using yoga can help relieve the stress and tension in our neck and shoulders.