If you are new to essential oils here is a quick guide to help you get the most out of using them. The best way to achieve results using the essential oils is through daily use. Think ‘Little and Often’! This daily use will also help lessen the severity of sickness when it does arise and is the best way to prevent illness in the first place.
I’ve always believed you create the best recipes when there is nothing much in the cupboard! It was so warm and humid today and I couldn’t decide what I wanted for lunch while I was at the supermarket so I bought nothing and went home and created this! It was so good! I think I will be having it for breakfast every day until winter. Ingredients For Raw Chocolate (gluten free) Granola: 1 cup Shredded coconut flakes 2 cups Melted Coconut oil 1/2 cup Cranberries without sugar or any other… Read more White Chocolate Strawberry Smoothie Bowl and Raw Chocolate Grawnola →
The following guide is designed for anyone who is pregnant or seeking to become pregnant! Whether exercising or not. Pregnancy is a great time to start exercising and improving your lifestyle, but it all depends on a few key guidelines!
I come from a running background. I started athletics before I started school, and competed twice a week until I was 18. In young adulthood, running was my go to… Read more Can You Run During Pregnancy and Postpartum? →
So you’ve noticed that both Pilates and yoga are growing in popularity. All your friends are talking about it and your Instagram is saturated with beautiful fit half naked people posing in their over priced gym gear doing it. To be honest, I haven’t really tried Yoga. Don’t get me wrong, I would like to, because it has many physical benefits, and some days I long for a big long stretch out, but Yoga classes contain a very spiritual element that conflicts with my own religious beliefs. However, even if… Read more Pilates vs Yoga – What’s the Difference? →
Following up the the previous post regarding abdominal separation, I thought it wise to follow up with a bit more on the pelvic floor. Previously I had written a post all about this delicate muscle group but as I mentioned earlier, it has been deleted permanently by something or someone unknown. Possibly it could have been my three year old playing around on the Ipad …. but I seriously hope not. Anyway. Before I start, lets just do a basic refresher of the Pelvic floor. What is the Pelvic Floor? … Read more Pelvic Floor Screening Tool (for men too!) →
Do you have Diastasis Recti? Rectus abdominal separation (diastasis recti) is a completely normal and necessary part of pregnancy where the connective tissue (linea alba) between the two sides of… Read more Do You Have Ab Separation? →
I was hesitant to post again because I recently found out that approximately half of my posts have been permanently deleted which included all the posts from 2014!! But when life gives you lemons, make banana ice cream……? Also my thermo-cook super duper Aldi brand Thermomix recently broke down, for the third time… Actually this is replacement number 3 so from now I am going to give Aldi brand electrical appliances the boot. Anyway I am actually using my magimix food processor to blend the frozen bananas, which is working… Read more SuperFood Ice – Cream for Breakfast →