I have figured out how to change the passcode on the recorded classes, so all the Zoom class's passcodes are much simpler.
Hoorary
It is going to be a long summer break, Would you like to exercise at home? Why not do a Zoom class - with me, live or do a recorded. whenever you want.
Let me know by commenting below or send an email if you are interested.
Cooking for me is relaxing and joyful.. My Italian heritage I guess. I love my Recipe Keeper App. I have been using it for more than 12 years now. I never ever print out recipes any more.
Instead, I use this app on my tablet in the kitchen and it stays open while I am cooking. There is no need to touch the screen with floury to switch it back on all the time because it stays on while the app is open. I stand the tablet on my book stand.
It is easy to import recipes and super easy to share them.
Shared from my Recipe Keeper - the easy way to collect, organize and share your recipes on your mobile, tablet and PC.
I haven't even used all the features, there is a shopping list function, and a menu log.
It is EASY It is called Recipe Keeper. See for yourself.
Download at https://recipekeeperonline.com
Our muscle mass can waste away, without our knowing. We lose a couple of kilograms of lean muscle tissue every decade. Doesn't seem like much? Agreed. However, when we start stringing a few decades together, it does start to add up.
So let's check. Two questions.
Can you get out of a regular chair without using your hands to push off?
Can you walk up or down a set of stairs without using the handrail? Caution! No swan dives down the steps now.
Try it out. We are wired to find the easiest, most efficient way to move. However, efficiency might lead to muscle wastage.
Chairperson
So our habit of the week is firstly test, whether you can manage this chair action. Then make a regular challenge out of trying to stand up without your arms. There is a trick you know. While sitting put one foot in front, tip forward from the hips then launch.
Whereas the steps
Firstly, I recommend you try to walk up the stairs. There is less danger of falling.
This especially applies to those who don't have stairs at home.
If you don't use it you lose it... If you do use it you get it back..
There are things we should know about ourselves. Lots of things for our peace of mind and our health. There are four important numbers that are indicators of our health.
Blood Pressure
Blood Sugar
Cholesterol
Bone Density.
I am prompted to write about this because of renal failure in a close friend. There were no symptoms, still aren't. The only way that this diagnosis came to light was by way of blood tests. So now my friend is closely monitored. She keeps a two litre jug of water on the bench in her kitchen.
Even though the numbers can be pointers to potentially scary problems, it is so important to know. Then, if we know, we can take steps. Information is power.
Be brave, find out your numbers. You have two months.
Habit of the week
Start making the appointments necessary to find out this bio-marking numbers.
Here is a reprint of a previous blog post. YIKES
The Guardian , 25th November 2014 had a great article Homa Khaleeli:- " Tech Neck, How smart phones are damaging our spines".
Habit of the week - Let's change the way we regard the view from our window. Or look through a different window.
The article came from the New York Times. In the "city that never sleeps", anxiety may have been quite high around election time. I found a few treasures in the article by Melissa Kirsch, called "The View from a Different Window" 4th November, 2020.
Window Swap
"A new perspective is a click away". A Singaporean couple who had grown weary of the view from their window during the pandemic, launched a programme called Window Swap. Go to the website, click, and a random view from a window will appear. It is a video clip - so you might see birds or insects. You can watch with or without sound. Here is the link:-
The link will ask if this is correct - It is.
The words for you and me.
What do these words have in common:- Crop Top, Gobsmacked, Backlit and Meltdown.
These words came into print in the year I was born. There are many more words for that year and some have already gone out of use. Double click here and have a look at the year you were born:-
https://www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler
The link will ask if this is correct - It is.
In a YouTube by Jeremy Ethier and featuring Dr. Stuart Magill we learn that what feels right might be wrong.
The deceptive stretch reflex
Allowing our spine to curl inwards, forwards, while giving temporary relief from pain, is probably increasing the pressure that caused our back pain in the first place. Forward flexion puts pressure on the spine and can lead to bulging and herniated discs. No thank you. These unhelpful stretches all include forward flexion of the spine, for example, a poorly-performed toe-touch, or bringing both knees in toward the chest... whoopsie, we do that one in class- not any more.
Sitting too much
Instead, there are movements we can perform which mobilize the spine to
decrease stiffness and still
others that stretch the psoas muscle. This muscle goes from the top of the leg to the
low back. It can become chronically tight from sitting, or, say, driving and when it is tight, it can pull on the lower back. So it is beneficial to do a good psoas stretch to open up the hip joint.
Head Forward Posture
Believe it or not, head forward posture can have an impact on the lower back. As we age our head travels further and further forward. Those of us with a smart phone. Yikes. Let's start holding our phone in front of our face. Bonus - if we did hold our phone up higher, we might actually put it down more often.
Dr Stuart Magill famously has measured the actual stresses on the spine during
and after various
movements. He measure the impact from various movements and "beneficial stretches. The message is - don't necessarily trust your instincts. This temporary relief can be quite
deceptive.
I am really excited to share these quite revolutionary ideas in my classes.
