Welcome to this week’s Newsletter.

I hope you have had a good week! I’ve had one of those weeks that has felt long, and disconnected — do you know what I mean? When you get to Friday and you know you have been doing things throughout the week and yet you have no idea how you have managed to get to the end of the week!  

I think sometimes it’s if your routine has been interrupted, so for me I was at the hospital for most of the day on Tuesday, having various tests done for my Ulcerative Colitis, and usually I teach on Tuesdays so it was very different and I think this was enough to throw me out of sync! Anyway, I made it and as I sit and write this Newsletter I am heading into the weekend to rebalance and restore.

By the way, I was reminded yet again, by how brilliant our NHS is at the point of delivery of care, and how grateful I am for that.

Now for the week's classes.

I wanted to share this lovely little exercise for the waist this week. 

The challenge is to stabilise and use the obliques to bring the knee to the elbow. As the obliques are an important part of your core and also responsible for mobility and stabilising the spine, this will help to improve in all these areas. I demonstrate an alternative for those who are unable to kneel. 

As with every Exercise Of The Week, work at an appropriate level for your body and keep away from pain.

If you have any questions please get in touch.

Often when I write and talk about Your Whole Self, I talk about the small changes that you can make to lead you to a better place. Whether that be taking 5 minutes to stand outside in the fresh air and just breath, or going on a hike with a friend. 

It’s all about doing things that will lift your spirits, and give you an opportunity to take a break from what causes you stress, or creating better habits and introducing new routines into your daily life.

An interesting podcast that talks about making a change is Just One Thing with Michael Mosley. It’s from the BBC. In this podcast Michael Mosley discusses one thing that can help with health and wellbeing. Here’s the link to the podcast if you're interested.

Creating good habits to take care of your whole self, mind, body and soul is easier than you think, and remember its not always the big stuff that matters, its the smaller, more achievable, simpler things that will make the long term change you want. PLUS just one thing, don’t set yourself up with a whole to do list, choose just one thing to focus on this week.

Have a great week, keep moving, feeling and looking good.

With love from

Jane xx