Exercise in Nature

Find a place to train that takes your breath away…

Exercising in nature is the best!  It has a calming and balancing effect on our senses that brings us back to the essence of who we are.  When exercising to reduce or alleviate stress it is important that we make our exercise sessions as pleasurable as they can be.  It is possible for your workout to take your breath away in more ways than one. Continue reading “Exercise in Nature”

Causes of Stress

We are all affected by stress, however, we all have different perceptions of what is stressful.  What gets under the skin of one, may go by unnoticed by another.  At different times in our lives we may be able to cope perfectly with a particular situation, while at others times, a similar situation may feel completely overwhelming.  Our ability to cope with stress depends on many things, including congenital and circumstantial factors. The effects of stress are often cumulative and as we battle to deal with the pressures of our every day lives, we don’t always realise just how stressed we are – or the effects that stress is having on our overall health.  In order to deal with the effects of stress, we must first be aware of the things in our lives that are causing us stress. Continue reading “Causes of Stress”

Effects of Stress

Stress is an essential human response. It is part of our human survival kit. The way that we react to stress is very individual as it is based on our own perception of a situation.  What one person finds stressful may have zero effect on another. Therefore, it is important for us to be able to identify our own personal sources of stresses, so that we can make the necessary lifestyle adjustments to reduce them. Continue reading “Effects of Stress”

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Eating to Fight Adrenal Fatigue

Your health depends on the choices you make and what you choose to eat is one of the most important choices of all.  Especially when dealing with Adrenal Fatigue, your food choices can be extremely healing or detrimental.

When you are highly stressed and your adrenals are fatigued what you eat (and when you eat) becomes all the more important.  Eating foods that are highly nutritious and easily assimilated by the body will be instrumental in your recovery. Continue reading “Eating to Fight Adrenal Fatigue”