Love the skin you're in - BODY BRUSHING LOVE

Love it pamper it – it’s only your largest organ!!!!

Why would you add anything else to your already busy morning routine? Let me assure you, the extra five minutes this takes is well worth the investment.

The investment 

• Shed dead skin cells - brighter skin.
• Increasing the circulation to the skin could possibly reduce the appearance of cellulite
• Improving vascular blood circulation and lymphatic drainage. By releasing toxins, it encourages the body’s discharge of metabolic wastes so the body is able to run more effectively.
• Muscle tones
• Helps your skin to absorb nutrients

The directions are pretty simple:

•                Start on dry skin before bathing. 

•                Work in gentle circular, upward motions, then longer, smoother strokes. 

•                Always begin at the ankles in upwards movements towards the heart - the lymphatic fluid flows through the body towards the heart, so it's important that you brush in the same direction.

•                Your back is the only exception to the preceding rule; brush from the neck down to the lower back.  

never brush over inflamed skin, sores, sun-burnt skin, or skin cancer.

•                Ensure you shower to wash away the dead skin cells and impurities. 

•                Tip: alternating temperatures in the shower from hot to cold will further invigorate the skin and stimulate blood circulation, bring more blood to the outer layers of the skin.  

Then follow it up with a slick moisturizer to nourish the skin 

ENJOY!!!!

Get ready, get steady & Boost your immune system

To boost your immune system and keep strong over this new Autumn period use the power of gentle exercise. Don’t let cooler temperatures stop you from moving your body!

Join us at Breath of Life Clinic for one of our yoga classes

http://breathoflifeclinic.co.uk/yoga-classes/

Eat food in season

Eat fresh seasonal foods and live in alignment with nature. 

Embrace the yummy foods that Autumn offers. Enjoy fresh pumpkins, parsnips, yams, winter squash, sweet potatoes, turnips, apples, pears, figs, elderberries and even cranberries!

Find the Farmers.  There’s many community sponsor farmers markets each week where farmers bring their seasonal haul to consumers. Farmers markets are a great way to see what local produce is available in your own community. You can find many stands promote organic fruits and vegetables. Farmers markets may also be the right place to get organic meats and dairy products fresh off the farm.

Check out these website to find your local market

http://www.localfoods.org.uk

http://www.local-farmers-markets.co.uk

http://www.lfm.org.uk

Yoga and Massage offer

Yoga and Massage offer:

Are you making the most of all the Breath of Life Clinic has to offer?

In order to get a full understanding and first hand experience of as much as possible of what the Breath of Life offers, we would like to offer you a voucher to buy as the perfect gift to someone or yourself; a voucher for two introductory yoga sessions and an hours rejuvenating massage treatment. 

This voucher is the perfect natural ‘pick me up’ honoring where our energy actually comes from…

In the city we are lead to believe that we can ‘gain energy’ from the likes of Red Bull, expensive coffee, ‘energy bars’ and many more gismos that ‘give us energy’.  With all of this advertising it is no wonder that we believe that energy is something we can ‘get’ by putting our hand in our pocket, paying for and then simply ingesting. 

Unfortunately its not that simple and this erroneous belief is leading us down a dangerous path of exhausting our adrenals to the point of no return. 

In Chinese Medicine it is understood that we are born with a certain amount of essential ‘energy’ (Heavenly Qi) and this amount varies for everyone, however, on top of this we also have ‘earned’ energy (Post Heavenly Qi) which is what we want to be using in order to fuel our daily lives so we don’t need to dip into that precious store of finite energy we were born with.  We have forgotten this very important fact in the West and do very little to make more energy naturally. 

When we drink coffee for example on a regular, consistent basis all we are doing is stimulating our bodies so that we ‘function’, however, by overriding our bodies voice which is saying ‘I am exhausted please let me rest’ we are forcing our bodies to tap into this precious finite energy source.  This is a vicious cycle as we all know and leaves us far more exhausted and strung out than before…

We have to give ourselves time to restore this ‘earned’ source of natural energy so that we don’t deplete ourselves too much which undoubtedly leads to disease.  In order to replenish this kind of energy we have to have a balance of work and rest, be eating a plant based diet with lots of nutrients and as little processed food as possible, laugh as much as we can, surround ourselves with those we love and develop energy enhancing practices such as Yoga and regular massages.

So today instead of making elaborate plans to give up coffee, take a gentle approach and see that your energy will really come from developing an energizing yoga practice and indulging in a massage from time to time to give your body the opportunity to repair and restore naturally. 

Our package is two yoga classes at the Breath of Life and a rejuvenating massage treatment with Philly for a total of £85

To book please call Natasha at the Breath of Life Clinic on: 02074863373

Father’s day & yoga at the Breath of Life

Father’s day & yoga at the Breath of Life

Its curious that in the West yoga has been marketed overwhelmingly to women while the men have been somewhat left in the cold to find release through more ‘traditional’ forms of physical exercise, while in the East yoga was traditionally only practiced by men. 

One reason the Western man has shunned yoga is the erroneous belief that it is not strenuous enough for them!  Any man reading this who has done a yoga class will be able to vouch for the fact that this is pure myth! In reality it is an intense hour or 90 minutes where you are able to stretch your self in more ways than one.   

However, now Yoga is moving into a new era where we are beginning to see just as many men in a class as women – some of the most unlikely of suspects are turning their day to their mat as they salute the sun for both physical and mental release of the pressures of city life.

To celebrate Fathers day next weekend and to give a shout out to all the dads that haven’t come into contact with the transformative effects of yoga, gift your dad with a Breath of Life Yoga voucher.

At the Breath of Life we offer two types of yoga; Kundalini Yoga and Vinyassa Yoga.  While both focus on your breath Kundalini Yoga is known mainly for its exceptional personal transformational ability, while Vinyassa Flow is more an energetic and physical set of postures that detox you both mentally and physically.

At the Breath of Life we believe whole heartedly in the power of yoga and its lasting ability to bring about change within the individual, we believe it is an essential part of healing to put the care of ones health back into the right hands… your own. 

So this Fathers day offer the gift of physical and mental transformation to your Dad and change his old ideas that yoga is just for the girls!

Timeless Meditation

No-time alignment

Sending back all energy that belongs to other time co-ordinates.

Visualise a horizontal line spreading out to the left and right and the left represents all your past and the right all your future.  The centre holds the present moment, and golden sun rest there.

Imagine that you breathe onto the central sun to split it in two, then see these roll to the left and right.  As they do so affirm that all vibrations that are currently in the 'present' moment that belong to the past or the future are being dropped off to their correct time co-ordinates by the two suns.  Visualise these vibrations perhaps falling out of the rotating suns like sparks of light.  At some point the two suns will naturally stop, and then begin rotating back to the centre.

As they roll back affrim you are retrieving any and all vibrations in the past and future that rightly belongs to the present moment.  The suns meet again in the midline and sense your increased awareness and stability in the present moment, feeling freer of past and future events and projections.

Affirm the following

'The past never was.  The future will never be.  I am totally in the present moment, which is more than it seems'

ACT YOUR AGE (Of Aquarius)! FIVE TIPS to Keep You Connected…

After long research we’re happy to pass on the five basic rules that allow you to connect to the new consciousness of the Aquarian Age. 

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice.''

~ Steve Jobs (an inspiration in the Age of Aquarius)

1. Go with your Intuition

We make decisions based on knowledge rather than on present time. Break free from the cultural trance of technology, which tries to provide us with the solution that spirit gave to us before.  True masters such as Buddha all the way to modern day businessmen like Steve Jobs, have acted on wisdom without fear, with self-belief and have connected with their intuition.

2. Be in your Element

The element is the meeting point between natural attitude and personal passion. When people arrive in their element, they connect with something fundamental, to their true identity and purpose.  Being in one’s element provides a sense of revelation, of defining who you really are and what your life’s journey is about. 

Recommended reading - The Element by Ken Robinson

3. Attitude is Gratitude

With modern day consumerism, we are constantly looking to have the next best thing. We are bombarded with choices from all angles from the Internet, advertising and TV.  Free your minds and stimulate the imagination, for the moment we become aware of the world around us, we begin to wonder about our place within it. 

Feel gratitude and give thanks for what you have around you.

4. Revolution is Evolution

The human race is constantly evolving – from caveman to spaceman – in natural progression. Take a minute to focus on the personal evolution you would like to make. See your success.

The New Year is a good way to think about easy, manageable adjustments you could make to your life (personal, family, work, health, spirit) to keep you evolving towards your goals and growth.

5. Health is your Wealth.

We often take our health for granted, unless we fall ill. Take this holiday break to perfect and examine all areas of your health - physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.

The key is to balance all four.

If you’re not satisfied with one, don't just accept it. Like everything in life, your health needs to bee worked at too. Make time for your health.