30 Days of Yoga: The good, the bad and the ugly
Monday was the final day of my 30 Days of Yoga mission, which I’ve been doing at the Fierce Grace hot yoga studio in Primrose Hill (which you may remember from my previous...
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Yoga: ass-kickings and self-mastery
If you think yoga’s about becoming flexible, you’re wrong. It’s not about meditation either. Or about breathing. No. It’s all about you. The mastery of your body and all the control...
2014 – A Year To Learn (things to do and not do)
One of the things I realised in 2014 was that I would like to “help people be more awesome”. There is a lot to “awesome” (besides being an overused and increasingly...
2014 – A Year To Teach
When reflecting over my 2014, what stood out most is how the balance of teaching to learning in my life has shifted towards the former and, whilst I’ll probably write another...
In the news
As usual, this post is way later than I intended, but hey – bite me, I’ve been busy. Here’s the round-up of some of the most interesting articles, posts etc. that...
How to do a pull-up
Pull-ups are one of the staple exercises in a bodyweight training routine, along with dips and push-ups. Since I’ve just re-launched the blog to be much more focussed on this type...
Getting better at sport (Part 3)
[You might want to read Part 1 and Part 2 of this series, if you haven’t already] Sometimes I write posts with specific people in mind. Whether they realise that’s...
Why keep a training log?
I started keeping a training log back in June, and when I got the new domain decided that I’d move them here from their previous home on the Bar-barians forums. I used...
Getting better at sport (Part 2)
This is the half-sister post to this one, which looked at how breaking down and analysing the physical movements in sport can help you to understand and become better at it....
“Type 3 Diabetes”
In the first of what is still planned to be a series of three posts (*kicks self up ass*) I spoke about why I think sugar is evil. Specifically, about why...
