Be Fit London: Women's Health and Fitness Festival

Be Fit London: Women's Health and Fitness Festival

An event you wont want to miss!!! Get whipped into shape, Learn from Wellness experts, Free Nutritional checks, Live Cookery Demos, Restorative sports Massages and a Performance and Recovery Clinic.

We would like to give our viewers the chance to attend this prestigious event for women the likes of which have never been done before, bringing together high quality brands that together provide the overall health and fitness solution you need.

The UK's best-kept fitness secret

Imagine beating the stop watch. Imagine strength. Imagine confidence. Imagine 15,000 women becoming healthier and happier. Join the movement.

The likes of Ankh Rah Ltd high quality food supplements will be teaming up with Ex-Olympic champion and Ambassador for the 2012 Olympic Games Tessa Sanderson and Kangen Water in London.

For 3 days, Be:Fit London will take over the Business Design Centre to equip women with the tools to ditch the fads and become healthier and happier.

With everything you need to upgrade your lifestyle under one roof, you’ll train with the UK’s master trainers in our bespoke fitness studio, learn from the capital’s top wellness, nutrition and health experts, meet Olympic icons and discover over 125 hand picked premium brands.

Ankh Rah Ltd will exhibiting at the event, providing you with the Highest Quality in natural nutritional supplements including our Award Winning High Quality Moringa Leaf Powder, amongst others.

Ankh Rah Ltd will be attending this event. We will be at the Tessa Sanderson Foundation Stand #F91, come and meet us.

The UK's only Health and Fitness Festival for Women, tickets starting at £18 for more info or to book your ticket now visit;

http://befitlondon.com/

High Speed Yoga

Indian Man Performs Motorbike Yoga at high speed

Yoga to speed up your metabolism

 

 

Yoga for complete beginners

Yoga for complete beginners

20 minute gentle yoga class to give you more relaxation, energy etc.

At 93, world's oldest yoga teacher still going strong

Age is also no obstacle for oldest female competitive bodybuilder

Tao Porchon-Lynch started teaching yoga at 73, and now, 20 years later, still teaches four days a week 

in New York. Great-grandmother Edith Wilma Connor, 77, entered - and won - her first bodybuilding 

competition at the age of 65.

By Jillian Eugenios
Tao Porchon-Lynch considers her hundreds of yoga students to be her own children. The 93-year-old has been practicing yoga since she was 8 years old, and was just named the world's oldest yoga teacher by Guinness World Records.

Based in New York, Porchon-Lynch has taught hundreds of students around the globe for over 45 years, and has followers in India, France and the U.S.

Accolades aren’t anything knew for the famous yogi. Born in a French colony in India, she once won a contest for the “best legs in Europe” after working as a cabaret dancer in London during World War II. Her win led to a modeling career in Paris and then acting roles in America, followed by a career in script writing and documentaries.

It wasn’t until the age of 73 that Porchon-Lynch decided to concentrate on teaching yoga, founding the Westchester Institute of Yoga in New York.

Porchon-Lynch teaches yoga four days a week and also keeps busy ballroom dancing and guiding wine tours in New York State. And she certainly knows how to overcome a challenge. At 87, she had hip surgery but a month later she took to the dance floor, starting lessons. According to her website, “Tao is a living advertisement for how to tap into our human potential. She is unique in her ability to overcome the effects of aging to control her body and mind in harmony with yoga’s principles.”

“I believe that we can always reach just a little bit further," said Porchon-Lynch. "I’m inspired to bring yoga into others’ lives along with helping people unearth new talents.”

She has called her discovery of the sport her “salvation.”

Oldest bodybuilder
When great-grandmother Edith Wilma Connor, 77,  began to feel like the time spent behind her desk was making her stagnant she decided to take up fitness. She was in her sixties, and what began as simple gym routine with her son turned into a serious pursuit of bodybuilding.

Connor, who lives in Denver, Colo., entered her first competition on her 65th birthday when she won first place at the Grand Masters in Las Vegas. The win prompted her to embark on a new career as a personal trainer with an emphasis on helping the older set reach their fitness and nutritional goals.

Her family supported her as she went for the title of Guinness World Records’ “Oldest Living Bodybuilder,” including her husband of 57 years who passed away last year.

Connor works out three times a week and follows a set of nutritional guidelines that she developed for herself. She's also inspired her entire family -  three sons, seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren - to lead a healthier lifestyle.

What does she advise other older women who are interested in weight training?

“Start with setting reasonable goals and educating yourself on what foods cause an increase in body fat. Remove the word ‘diet’ from your vocabulary,” she said.

Connor beat out previous record holder Ernestine Shepherd, 75, to win the title. Shepherd, who hails from Maryland, held the record for the oldest competitive female bodybuilder in the world in 2010 and 2011.

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10 Yoga Poses to ease Digestion and Bloating

10 Yoga Poses to ease Digestion and Bloating

Bye Bye Cottage Cheese Thighs - 5 Minute Workout Video

Bye Bye Cottage Cheese Thighs - 5 Minute Workout Video

Yoga Core Workout

YOGA & MEDITATION CAN RESHAPE YOUR BRAIN

KIRSTEN COWART

You can physically change your brain through Yoga and Meditation.  Science has found Neurobiological evidence to support what meditation experts have been claiming for years; That people are healthier and happier when they meditate.

“Neuroscientist Sara Lazar’s amazing brain scans show meditation can actually change the size of key regions of our brain, improving our memory and making us more empathetic, compassionate, and resilient under stress.”

As we age our brains loose grey matter.  However, if you meditate by age 50 you will have the same amount of gray matter as a 25 year old.  Meditation literally keeps your mind healthy and young!



tedxcambridge-sara-lazar-on-how-meditation-can-reshape-our-brains-youtube_dvd.original. The area of the brain that controls emotions, empathy and compassion actually grows in the brain when you practice yoga and meditate.  The region of the brain connected to our feelings becomes bigger and there are more connections there.  That is why meditators are more able to connect with the world around them, love everyone and are more able to find happiness.

Also the parts of the brain that respond the most to stress gets smaller with meditation.  This means that anxiety and depression naturally fade with a meditation practice.

Scientific evidence strongly supports meditation, with that in mind will you begin practicing yoga and meditation?  If you do already let us know in the comments how it has influenced your life.

Thank you for reading,

Kirsten
http://thespiritscience.net/categories/healing-2/

Provocative Yoga - Video

Provocative Yoga for beginners

Super Brain Yoga - video

Super Brain Yoga

An ancient exercise for balancing and increasing oxygen to the brain.

Yoga For Beginners Simple Breathing Exercise

Ananda Yoga
To get more benefits from asanas and other yoga exercises your nasal passage should be clean so that you can easily concentrate on your breathing. http://youtu.be/qdJU43MuqjM

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The One Yoga Pose You Should Practice Daily

Yogi Irene Pappas shares her go-to pose.

I've noticed that no matter how hectic my life may get, there is one yoga pose I can't go a day without. Our bodies are all different, so different poses may appeal to us, but Uttanasana (standing forward bend) is the one pose I make sure to practice at least once daily. Two minutes is all it takes to completely revitalize my body and mind with this easy stretch.

When practicing this pose I gently bend my knees as I visualize hinging from my hips in order to fold in half. By keeping the breath in my chest and making my stomach as small as possible I can fold like origami. Every inhale I lengthen through the crown of my head and every exhale I fold deeper, keeping my upper body heavy and relaxed.

Some benefits of this pose:

Stretches the hamstrings and spine

Improves digestion

Diminishes fatigue

Relieves stress and headaches

Remember to always listen to your body, and to ease gently into and out of this pose. Do not get discouraged if you can't touch your toes- devote two minutes at least once or twice a day and see the difference in how you feel after a few weeks. Allow this time to connect you to your body and your breath, and to practice acceptance with yourself.

http://www.worldlifestyle.com/health-fitness/the-one-yoga-pose-you-should-practice-daily