Exercising for post natal recovery

After the birth of your baby, your body goes through big changes. Your  abdominal muscles need recovery, your back is susceptible to injury, your abdominal organs can also shift forward due to a lack of support. Then there is also the case of wanting to go back to your previous body shape.
Postnatal Somatics plays a vital role in your recovery. Exercising, especially Somatics, has many health benefits. These are all the more important to new moms as they assist with weight loss, fitness, muscle recovery, toning, and even boost your mental & psychological wellbeing.

• Help restore muscle strength, and restores the body's firmness.

• Increases your energy levels, making you less tired.

• Helps shed weight.

• Is a great way to improve your cardiovascular fitness.

• Targets and conditions the weakest abdominal muscles 

• Very importantly, it aids in preventing postpartum depression and alleviates stress.

A few advantages of Postnatal Somatics -

A question that naturally arises at this point is, when can you start exercising again?

The answer is simple. Gentle exercises like walking can generally be started as soon as one wants, after giving birth. It depends from woman to woman. Consult a doctor to see if you've recovered enough to start exercising. Usually, the time of recover is 6 weeks. If you had a caesarean birth, a difficult birth, or complications, it may take a little longer to feel ready to start exercising. It's recommended to start lightly and avoid high impact sports.

Creating time for postnatal exercise -

When you're caring for a newborn, finding time for physical activity can be challenging. Some days you may simply feel too tired for a full workout. But that doesn't mean that you should put aside physical activity. Here are a few things you can try -

• Exercise with friends or family. Company is great!
• Keep your baby around while exercising. Like, while you do abdominal exercises on the floor, keep your baby next to you.
• Break down the exercises into ten minute chunks through the day.
• Don't be too hard on yourself. Remember, this has bee a big shift. You will take time.
• Take your baby for walks, if you've completely missed exercising.

For everything, I am here to help. I will take sessions with you to guide you, take you to your best self, and help you recover. With years of experience and knowledge, I can assist you in the way you and your baby need. Feel free to get in touch with me for more information. 

Something to remember: Dust if you must

 

Somatics for expecting moms

Somat­ic Train­ing is a term applied to a way of work­ing WITH the body. So you understand yourself better. Today there are many types of Somatics. Like it is used by pro­fes­sion­al dance com­pa­nies, pro­fes­sion­al sports teams and ath­letes to improve per­for­mance and pre­vent injury. One more use of Somatics is helping you during Pregnancy as a form of prenatal care.

For your pregnancy, it is important that you and the baby feel one. As your body changes you need to be aware of everything going on. And this can be very difficult. This is where Somatics can help. In your rapidly changing world, Somatics slows it down and helps you understand yourself and your child better.

So how do we work during the prenatal period? By training your mind. The mind can have a profound effect on the body and our health, going as far as to say that the mind can heal the body. You just need to awaken your inner chakras. This is the sense that tells you all you need to know about space: the space inside your body...the space around you. Introducing a pregnant woman to feeling space, body breathing, and positive messaging is an effective way to wake up and empower her inner chakras. And, trusting your chakras is essential for the pre and perinatal journey. Having children brings many unique challenges and stresses that often surprise parents. While practicing muscular release exercises may not be the first thing you’d think of as a way to deal with these stresses, Clinical Somatics exercises reduce stress levels, makes you more present, and helps you deal with both the physical and emotional challenges of having a child. How do we do this? In a few ways like - 

1. Feeling Space - Close your eyes and bring your awareness to your body. Take a tour of your body. See where you feel the stress. See where it feels different. Know yourself.

2. Body Breathing - When you breathe through your body, you live in the present moment. Then with every inhale and exhale you are able to let go of the tensions and stresses. Body breathing helps a mom-to-be relax at the moment. As the pregnancy advances and the uterus begins to crowd the front, the back and side ribs expand to allow more breathing space.  So when you’re pregnant and doing somatics, you create a rhythmic flow with your child with your breaths. This makes you one with your child and leaves the infant very comfortable. There’s a reason that birthing coaches encourage women to practice breathing and body-centered meditation in preparation for labor and delivery.

3. Strengthening Core Muscles and the Pelvic Floor -  For all the pressure created in the body as the baby makes space, the core muscles need to be strengthened for stronger breathing. Somatics helps create proper core balance. Also, just as important is managing the tight back muscles along with the inactive abdominal muscles. New moms often face this issue, making them stand with an arched back that hurts their hips, spine, and stomach. So Somatics helps fix this as well.

4. Posture correction - As the mother’s body changes, the posture adapts for the baby. But it is important to revert to the original correct posture to reduce stress, and ease recovery. With a balanced posture, new moms can take care of their baby all day long without feeling fatigued, or face stress.

5. And Beyond  - Beyond this, there are many exercises that I will take you through to make you feel healthy and fit. You can contact me today for a free consultation and know more. All my contact details are on my blog.

HEADACHE AND MIGRAINE RELIEF IN 1 WEEK WITH SOMATICS

Those who get frequent headaches will know, a migraine is a disorienting problem that almost defies description. Otherwise, you wouldn’t be here to know more about it. Apart from experiencing pain on one or both sides—which often begins with a sharp know at the base of your neck —you feel like your head is going to just blast. The smallest movements hurt. There's a pounding in the head that feels almost blinding and crippling. And then, your symptoms can be felt throughout your body. During an episode, the sufferer can become really sensitive to light, and sound as well. Then there's nausea, vomiting, sweating, chills, diarrhea, and mood changes. 

If all of this sounds familiar, carry on reading. We’ve got something for you.

There are 2 big reasons for your headache. One is our repetitive daily movements. Like the way you move, or sit, or stand. That is your posture. In these muscles needed for continuous movement, we end up building tension The other main reason is of course, as seen a lot in this fast-paced world - stress. It’s hard to imagine, but our muscles tense up even with psychological stress. Believe it or not, it’s a fact.

Many headaches, including tension, sinus, and migraines, can be healed during our Somatics session. We help reduce muscular tension wherever you may store it. Be it your neck, jaw, or even your shoulders and back. It helps you gently take the power of your own health, so you can regain the life you have without migraines. Because with Somatics you learn to be present in the moment. Too feel each and every movement and sensation in the body and learn how to let it go completely. That way, you can let go of the migraine as well. With our somatics classes, we do particular movements that will help solve your headache issues. 

First, we’ll close your eyes. and then with your hands behind your neck, you will turn your head to the side and raise it ever so slowly. As slowly as you possibly can. Feel it. Feel the movement completely. Simply by helping you notice the areas of your neck, head, etc wherever there is stiffness or tightness, we will let it go slowly and steadily.  And come back. Continue this 5 times by turning your head to the left and right every round. 

But this is a very small step of the entire procedure we will take you through. It’s a part of a huge process. And to know the perfect way to do this, plus to experience the rest of the session, contact me today for a free consultation session and see the magic yourself.

Today's nugget of knowledge

 

Self-Care lessons from gardening.

We are here. On our wonderful planet. And most of us would agree, our purpose is to flourish. But how can we flourish? Where do we learn how to flourish? The world doesn’t come with guidebooks. Or does it?

When a seed that we plant, does not grow or does not bear fruit, we say that the plant did not flourish. The same could be said for us. When we do not fulfill our potential, we can say that we have not flourished. So when in a rut, we can learn to turn it around from plants as well

Here are some lessons on flourishing I learned from growing an avocado plant:

This avocado was gifted to me by my friend. I decided to keep the seed and grow the plant. So what we have, keeps giving when we decide to nourish it.

When feeling down, water. Hydrate yourself.

When not blossoming, nourish. Eat well. Take care of your nutrition. Clean your diet. See the changes.

When nothing seems to be working, re-pot. Check your soil - your foundation. Find the cracks. Then rework. 

Once you are growing, let your focus be unwavering. Get yourself some light, and go upwards and onwards. Be like a plant. All of your growth lies in stillness. No one will notice you growing. But one day, you will be strong as a tree. Give yourself time and patience.

 

 

Skincare for Women and Men

 We’re conditioned to seeing self-care products separated into 2 categories - “For Men” and “For Women”. The first category is typically presented with “masculine”  forms, like beer shampoo, or cigarette soap, even “tough face washes for tough men”. This stereotype can be harmful because is there really any solid reasons why skincare for men and women should be different? 

In fact, men have an advantage over women in skincare - They shave. Once a day, men gently peel away the outer layer of dried dead cells from their faces. This makes the skin look younger! This process of abrasion is actually called exfoliation and it is very healthy for your skin. So, although men and women do have differences in their skin, the skincare routine isn’t dependant on gender. It’s actually skin type. So today, we are here to bust the myth of beauty and self-care being reserved only for women.  Here’s a handbook on skincare. Now remember, this is valid for both men and women. Men shouldn’t be shying away from looking like the best version of themselves.

Your skin is not just a delicate covering on the surface of your body that needs pampering. It is a complete living organ. In fact, it’s the largest organ of the human body. How good it looks, depends on firstly your genes. And then, how well you look after it. That is, how you protect it from the environment and you care for it. Your skin very accurately depicts how your health is and how your body is functioning. In fact, it can tell when you’re stressed too. Seriously. Stress pimples are a real thing, look it up! So it’s super important to take care of it. Understood. But how do we do it?

The 2 most important things in play are diet and exercise, before anything else.

It is impossible to maintain healthy and glowing skin without exercising regularly and keeping your pores unclogged + detoxed. Then what you eat, vastly fluctuates how your skin feels. The cleaner, more unprocessed food that you have, the better your skin will feel. It tends to not like fried unhealthy food. Some people are lactose intolerant as well and it will show on their skin. So, find the diet that suits you best. Notice what makes you break out and what keeps your skin fresh.

And then we come to the rest of your skincare. 

Your skin fights daily rough environments. Whether it’s pollution, the sun’s rays,  lack of moisture, or dust, your skin is faced directly with it. This challenges its natural state of living. Your skin starts reacting. It shows signs of premature aging, eruptions, dryness or oiliness, and bland pale skin. So you need to be aware of how to keep clean. Know what nutrients help it heal. How to treat it and protect it. And so much more.

So it is important for you to make daily skincare a part of your routine. 

First, cleansing, removing the dirt.

Then using a serum to give your skin radiance and remove fine lines.

And then occasionally using a mask to remove dead cells from your skin to retain your natural youthful look.

Now, the chemically pumped products n the market do more harm than good. They fluctuate your ph levels, your oxidation, and many more things internally. You need something natural, that treats your skin gently. The way nature has intended.

That is why I am providing a basket of these skincare essentials. They are vital for your daily routine. Plus, they are all-natural, vegan, chemical-free, and can be customized to your skin type to be the exact way you want it. 

The box of 3 contains -

Nourishing Face Cream for sensitive skin

Anti-aging face serum

Clay pack mask

The nourishing face gel contains enzymes, 
minerals, vitamin A, C, E, B12, folic acid, choline 
and different essential oils 
customised to every individual's needs.

These can be purchased individually as well. Simply get in touch with me here, and I will personally take care of your request.