The minute you read the title of this article, I am sure most of you thought of a spa or a hot bath or may be a hammock with a book. But I mean it in a very different sense! Women tend to think ‘pampering’ is allowed only on special occasions. ‘Because you’re worth it’...

I have always wondered why I never burn calories and lose weight for brain activity. After all it does take a lot of energy to think, learn, memorise, recall, imagine, analyse, comprehend and so much much more that we simply take for granted that our brain actually does. Well, I’m sure so many of us...

  Most old people lose their mobility when they begin to have stability issues. Higher the stability, lower the mobility and vice versa in the normal unbalanced and untrained form. But this can be rectified if we can begin to train our body within the stability-mobility continuum. The factors that determine our level of stability...

Your blood carries oxygen and all the nutrients needed across your body. When your heart beats, it pumps the blood around. As the blood moves, it pushes against the sides of the blood vessels carrying it. The strength of this pushing is called Blood pressure.  I am sure most adults at some point in their...

If you have exercised regularly as a child and young adult, you have helped maximise your bone production! If you continue to exercise during the middle ages post 35 and beyond, you probably have reduced the risk of osteoporosis. While people with osteoporosis may believe their bones are too brittle to risk exercising, the truth...

The first few pounds are the easiest to lose. Any one who has tried it will vouch for it. But unfortunately, for many they don’t remain ‘lost’. Adhering to a fitness regime for a few months can help you lose the next bunch of pounds. But again, it is the long term that we are...

Everyone knows and understands that to take up any kind of a resolution we don’t need a ‘New year’! The day we decide we want to accomplish an specific objective, is the day we need to begin. However, the reason so many of us resolve to achieve greater things in the new year is the...

Very often we find that despite our intensions to visit a gym, we get so caught up in the daily chores that we miss out on our strength training sessions. You can walk almost anywhere. So we compensate with a brisk walk. But it has been scientifically proved several times that everybody - especially women,...

Birthing is considered a second birth for the mother - the ravages her body endures to deliver the new life is probably the most miraculous part of living. In the process, even with scientific pre-natal and post-natal care and exercise, the woman is a lot more vulnerable to succumb to certain frailties associating with her...

A study by Harvard researchers found that women tend to gain an average of 20 pounds in 16 years as they reach middle age. Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh found an average gain of 12 pounds eight years after menopause. The bad news is this weight gain is not sudden - it creeps in...

Working out together can be Fun ! Provided, we don’t intrude into the other’s ‘space’. Every individual has a unique requirement of fitness. We are living creatures that respond creatively to all external stimuli dynamically rebalancing at every moment in order to survive. Fitness is a continuing process and not an end result that can...

Childhood obesity is a cause for grave concern among parents. On the other hand anorexia is also becoming a dreadful obsession among growing teens. As responsible adults, while we certainly wish to help, to most of us our own fitness regime is a challenge. How to make exercise a habit? Start them young… Every child...

We have become so conscious of needing a ‘flat tummy’ that we very often believe ‘looking thin’ is ‘being healthy’! Why is it then that the ancient science of yoga never gave any credence to a six pack ab? Because it is more important to have a ‘functioning’ abdominal corset than a ‘flat’ abdominal corset....

Most of us fall under one of two distinct categories. There are those of us who believe that if we workout every day for 1 hour, we need do nothing more to be fit. And then there are those of us who believe that if we spend most of our day at work and household...

There are different types of exercises - those that use varying muscle movements at varying speeds to work on a muscle group and those where your muscles don’t move but are still working as it is pushing against a solid object or holding muscles in a constant pressure. The former is called Isotonic exercises and...

Looking good is certainly one of the most dominant motivators to join a gym or any structured form of exercise. I only wish, feeling great precedes that for you will look your best only when you feel on top of the world! The body is a reflection of the soul. When our body is efficient...

Research shows that people who remain active right through the day have a far greater resistance to falling ill, than even those who gym merely twice a week and remain sedentary the rest of the time. Of course, if exercise is a daily routine, you will be gifting yourself amazing resilience. So why not spread...

Motherhood is considered the pinnacle of existence as a woman. I certainly attest the feeling of absolute bliss that only our children are capable of making us feel. There is no denying the awe of holding a new life in your hands. Yet... one look at the mirror may bring our soaring spirits to ground...

To an uninitiate who has never exercised in a structured way, any form of activity is a beginning. So it stands to reason that we motivate them by ensuring they ‘walk’ if that is all they will ! However, walking is really not an ‘exercise’. It is an activity that we ought to do -...

What ever the age, looking good always boosts the morale of a woman! While everyday is a celebration of life as a woman, it does feel nice to dedicate March 9th as ‘woman’s day’ and celebrate all that she stands for.  When I completed a certification program from CHEK institute USA called ‘Equal but not...

Every moment spent in the presence of your loved one is indeed special. But some more so than others! Valentine’s day is just a reminder of what your life partner means to you and the occasion to celebrate that togetherness with a renewed commitment to each other. What better way to reiterate that promise than...

It is that time of the year - the beginning - when we make several resolutions, only to give up within a few short weeks! Shall we change that this year 2013? Let me begin by saying ‘Cheers’ on the arrival of another new year and the chance to get it right this time! So...

According to a survey conducted by the United Nations, the world population of people aged above 80 by the year 2050 will be 379 million. Of that India alone will account for 48 million, which is 12% of the world. The life expectancy over the ages has certainly increased! The early humans did not generally...

Among the several fundamental homeostatic controls in our body the Autonomic nervous system is considered to be the Master regulator. The Autonomic nervous system (ANS) consists of the Sympathetic Nervous system (SNS) and the Parasympathetic nervous system (PNS). The SNS is our fight or flight syndrome. If there were a threat in front of you,...

The health insurance sector shows an annual growth of over 20%. In our search for guarantees, we compete with each other to insure our future, our belongings and even our health. But have you ever considered the fact that health insurance doesn’t actually guarantee you health? In seeking permanence, we have forgotten that life is...

The human body works on a principle of compensations. Unlike the sectarian view we have now developed, where each organ or process has a ‘specialist’ who observes only that part of the bodily functioning, every cell in our body works in consensus with all the other cells. If the calcium level in the blood stream...