Dragonfly Fitness Nutrition and Yoga
A holistic approach to wellness
Dragonfly Fitness Nutrition and Yoga
A holistic approach to wellness
Do you feel stuck, or are you struggling to change? Here’s a simple tool you can try. It involves asking yourself two questions that, at first glance, might seem a bit odd. That’s because they’re the opposite of the way we tend to think about change.
Are you a woman in mid-life looking for an effective way to reduce stress and increase flexibility? Are you looking for a new way to stay active and healthy?
Then yoga is the perfect solution! With its gentle stretches, strengthening postures, and calming breath work, yoga can help you improve your physical and mental well-being.
In this blog post, guest author Grace Henderson has compiled 5 beginner-friendly yoga poses specifically tailored to mid-life women looking to experience the benefits of a regular practice.
Sleep More to Eat Less?
Most people don’t want to make weight loss harder. Or weight gain easier. Yet if you don’t get enough sleep, that’s exactly what you’re doing. Keep reading to learn more.
When you feel muscle soreness after a workout, it can seem like a sort of a badge of honor. It’s a kind of reminder that you’re following your plan, you made time for exercise, and you pushed yourself. But if you’re still feeling that same soreness a day or two later, should you still work out again?
Meditation can be whatever you choose it to be. For me personally, it’s a science-backed wellness practice that really helps keep me balanced.
The problem is not in having high standards or in working hard. Perfectionism becomes a problem when it causes emotional wear and tear or when it keeps you from succeeding or from being happy. The emotional consequences of perfectionism include fear of making mistakes, stress from the pressure to perform, and self-consciousness from feeling both self-confidence and self-doubt. It can also include tension, frustration, disappointment, sadness, anger or fear of humiliation. These are common experiences for inwardly focused perfectionists.
There’s a lot of confusion about the value of stretching. Should you stretch before a workout? Or afterwards? Or not at all? Well, as with most things in fitness (and life), there’s no one right answer. Let’s talk about the key variables so you can decide when and how to stretch based on your own needs and goals.
Keep in mind that the way your body looks doesn’t necessarily reflect your overall health or wellbeing. Someone with a flat stomach or “washboard abs” isn’t necessarily healthier. It’s the same with scale weight. Someone with good muscle tone and a healthy level of body fat may actually weigh more than someone who appears heavier due to a higher proportion of body fat.
It’s time to re-think what it means to have balance in our lives. Not everything has equal importance at any given time. Here are some strategies for implementing a more balanced life.
Did you know that no matter how hard your workout might be, the real changes happen when you’re not exercising?