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5 Great Ways to Use a Birthing Ball For an Easier Childbirth

As those of you who are taking my pregnancy classes know, I am a huge fan of using birthing balls during your pregnancy, labour and birth. I strongly advice all students to get a ball as soon as they know that they are pregnant and spend as much time on it as possible.  Use your ball at home, relaxing, watching TV, at your desk, at your kitchen table and use that ball to ease any back pressure. Don't forget to use your ball for your daily exercises too!

For more info, check out this article by April Asorson, either read below of click here

JENNIFER ANISTON'S ABS - Yogalates

I’m a fan of Jennifer Aniston's abs and yoga. When you combine the two in Yogalates (Yogalates Classes Dublin Tuesday & Wednesday 18.15), it works our midsections. In this video, learn from Jennifer’s trainer Mandy a mixture of yoga and tummy sculpting moves featuring three poses with variations. Ditch the crunches and join a Yogalates Class NOW!!! Click here for details





Star Wars Yoga

Check out your favourite star wars figures doing Yoga Poses.
If you like what you see, pop along to class tonight. Yogalates at 18.15 or Yoga Flows at 19.35, Dublin Holistic Centre, Dublin 2
Twenty-Eight yoga poses are depicted in this print, and each pose includes the sanskrit name. Poses included are: Goddess, Crow, Bird of Paradise, Half Lord of the Fishes, Scorpion, Camel, Extended Side Angle, Warrior 2, Chair, Eagle, Gate, Salutation Seal, Plow, Feathered Peacock, Boat, Warrior 3, Reverse Warrior, Extended Triangle, Tree, Downward-Facing Dog, Supported Headstand, High Lunge, Mountain, Side Plank, Lord of the Dance, Supported Shoulderstand, and Half Moon.

7 Minute Abs

For all my diligent Pilates and Yogalates students, here is a link to a great You Tube video 7 minute abs.
Introduced to me by my sister Kate this weekend, I was surprised how challenging and comprehensive it was.  Tony (the trainer) recommends doing it  3-4 times per week. He gives great instruction and motivation throughout the 7 minute routine.
Roll out your mat and give it a try NOW! Let me know what you think….
 
If this wets your appetite, join me for Yogalates or Pilates classes in Dublin Holistic Centre, Dublin 2.

Qualities of The Ultimate Yoga Instructor

So here we are in January. Everyone feeling a bit fuller and rounder after Christmas Festivities and most people resolving to get fitter, healthier and leaner. January  is a month where you e will finds most fitness classes booked out, full of enthusiastic people, all eager to try something new. With this in mind, how do you know what to look for. What makes a good yoga teacher?
 
Last year saw the guide to the Ultimate Yoga teacher written. It identified 11 traits for the ultimate Yoga teacher to possess.

New Year’s Resolution: To laugh like the laughing Buddha!

New Year’s Resolution:
To laugh like the laughing Buddha!
I’m sure most of you have come across the funny little round Buddha with the big smiling face. This is the laughing Buddha. In folklore he is admired for his happiness, abundance, and wisdom of contentment. One belief popular in folklore maintains that rubbing his belly brings wealth, good luck, and prosperity.
All too often life can become very serious so for the New Year, my only Resolution is to Laugh like the Laughing Buddha and to try to radiate a happy loving energy no matter what is happening.

Yoga Girl Music Video

Check out this rendition of the Beastie Boys “Hey ladies” by the Fog and Smog Team. They have changed the lyrics to “Hey Yoga Girl” and make it much calmer and more chilled out.
Click below to see what you think, and come to class to get the feel good factor for yourself. Beginners Pilates  Class tonight at 18.10, or Drop into Yogalates class tomorrow at 18..15
 

What people really think about during Yoga class

What People Really Think About During Yoga Class (Hilarious Videos!)
This video is REALLY funny. If you ever find your mind wandering during a yoga class, well you are not alone. This video is PERFECT for a bit of a laugh on a rainy Friday afternoon. Press Play above orPlease click here to watch.
 
 
And for a bit more of a giggle, what people think about after their long hard Yoga or Pilates class, during Savasana (Dead body pose), please see below!
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Nude yoga fueled Kim Kardashian-Kris Humphries breakup

Check out why Kim K's Yoga practice was blamed for her split from husband Kris by clicking here.
 
For fully clothed Dublin Yoga Class, pop along tonight at 20.20, South William Space

Rock Star Yoga

Maroons 5’s Adam Levine has recently come out praising the benefits of Yoga. Levine is one of the growing ambassadors of Yoga crediting it to his feel good factor.
 
“Weights made my neck thick, and I would be like, ‘I’m turning into a monster!’ Yoga takes what you have and moulds and sculpts it, which is a much more natural way to look and feel.” 
 
The Maroon 5 lead singer is all about his pre-concert ritual.“Playing a show before thousands of people is a highly unnatural state. When I get on the mat and do an hour of yoga before the show, I come out physically relaxed,”