Your Body & The Benefits of Movement

How do you move your body? Our bodies were designed for movement, not to be sat behind a desk all day or being glued to a couch. The fact is in today's society it is very easy to get lazy. You drive to work, then you sit behind a desk all day and because it is such a long day all you want to do is collapse on the couch when you get home...Does that sound familiar? Ok so maybe not everyone sits behind a desk all day, you may be on your feet, which is why that couch is even more tempting. The fact is not everyone likes the gym... and thats ok because you don't have to go to the gym if it's not your thing. There are plenty of other ways to get your body moving. It's only excuses why you don't get moving, but today I'm going to let you in on a few benefits to keeping your body moving, even if its only 30 minutes a day. I'll also be letting you know a few of my favourite exercises (and least favourite) that you can do anywhere, so there are NO EXCUSES. 

So here are a few of the benefits to getting your body moving are:

It helps with Weight Control - Engaging in physical activity burns calories, the more intense the activity the more you burn.

Helps combat health conditions and diseases - By being active, this boosts high-density lipoprotein (HDL), or "good," cholesterol and decreases unhealthy triglycerides. This keeps your blood flowing smoothly, which decreases your risk of cardiovascular diseases. Not just that, regular physical activity can help you prevent or manage a wide range of health problems and concerns.

It improves your mood - Physical activity stimulates various brain chemicals which improve your mood, helps you feel happier and more relaxed.

It gives you energy - However tired and lethargic you feel before exercising you can bet you feel 100 times better once you've actually done it. Something to do with it delivering oxygen and nutrients to your tissues and helping your cardiovascular system work more efficiently.

It promotes better sleep - Exercise is great for helping you get a good nights sleep just don't do it too close to going to sleep as you may be too energised.

It can put the spark back in to your sex life - Due to exercise giving you more energy and of course looking better, this can easily have a positive effect on your sex life, not only that but exercise can lead to enhanced arousal in both men and women. 

It's Fun  - I have a rule, if it's not fun don't do it. Choose exercise's, sports and activities you enjoy. If you do this it will never be a chore and you will find yourself looking forward to this part of your day.

Click HERE for a link to 20 great body weight exercises that you can do anywhere. This shows the basic exercise, however you can easily make alterations to up the intensity or lower the intensity depending on your fitness level.

My favourites are the burpee, switch lunges and frog jumps:-)

Have a Fit and Empowered Week:-)

Much Love & Gratitude

www.empowering-matters.com

Feeling Stuck?

Feeling stuck feeling usually comes from three main reasons. Either you don’t know what you want next in your life or career or you know what you want but have no idea how to go after it or you feel trapped. Sometimes you just feel stuck and aren’t sure why.

Everybody feels stuck from time to time. The question is, how do you get yourself out of that rut?!

The following things can help..

• Do something constructive. This can be something as crappy as washing up the dishes, making your bed or clearing a pile of clutter. It can be as simple as drinking a glass of water, eating an apple or going for a walk. Just get of your ass and do something constructive.

• Challenge your thinking. When you are feeling stuck, and that's all it is by the way, just a feeling but if you are feeling this way then typically you are resisting something in your now-moment. Usually what you resist is not the thing itself, but what you imagine about it. So, ask yourself, “What am I making up about this?”

• Expand your awareness of what is possible. When you are stagnating, you have stopped being curious about possibilities. Expand your awareness of real, tangible potentials you have that can be acted upon with the time, energy and money you have right now. Explore the alternatives to what you are doing right now, and take care that you do not pre-judge a possibility before you have had a chance to investigate it.

• Break your pattern! Feeling stuck and stagnant follows a pattern. Find the pattern in your thought process, your behaviour and your choices. Choose something in your pattern and do one small thing differently to change that pattern.

• Do what you can do, one thing at a time. If you are feeling overwhelmed it probably means you’re taking on too much at once. You may not be able move a 500kg pallet of boxes, but you can probably lift and carry one 10kg box. Divide up the task at hand and do just what you can do right now.

• Take care of yourself. Rest when you are tired. Eat when you are hungry. Get off your aching feet. Avoid medicating with alcohol, drugs or food. Don’t veg out in front of the television or lose yourself in cyber space. If you tend to over-function, the world won’t fall apart if you stop to look at a sunset, read a chapter in a good book or slip into a hot bath. Taking care of yourself also depends upon not responding to the needs of others when doing so puts your own self-care in jeopardy. 

You can of course also book a FREE 'Breakthrough to Fulfilment Discovery Session' with me. By doing this you will get a clear path of how you can start making the changes you desire right now. We will explore your biggest concerns and how we can fix them and we'll discuss your next steps and plan of action. After this session you will have renewed energy and motivation for creating your life your way.

Have an Empowered and Motivated Week

Much Love & Gratitude

www.empowering-matters.com

Create your best life by Goal Setting...

Are you the kind of person who has a clear picture of where you want to go and what you want to achieve but you never seem to get round to doing anything about it? Or are you just living day to day with no particular focus on what you want? Almost everyone wishes to change something in our lives. Whether it is family life, friendship, career or finances, health or relationships. We all want to change something and the way to get started on this is to set goals.

There are loads of benefits to goal setting and the following are just a few benefits...

1. You take control of your life

Setting goals gives you direction and helps you choose where to go in life. It gives you vision about your ideal future and how you can turn it into reality. When you have achieved the goal, you improve your life and become a better version of yourself.

2. You focus on the important things

Goals help us to sort out what is important and what isn't. You will spend more time focusing on what you want to achieve and establish your priorities based on the long term view of whats important to you.

3. You will be self-confident and enthusiastic

When you set a goal and measure the achievement, you are able to see what you have done and what you are capable of. This process of achieving goals gives you the confidence and a belief in your self and you become enthusiastic too.

4. You will make progress

After you have achieved one goal, you will set your sights higher to achieve higher goals. In the long term, you will see the massive progress you have made.

Always make your goals SMART. 

You can make goals for all areas of your life but for now choose an area your the most motivated to work in.

Then set goals for what you want to achieve in the next 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months.

Once you've done that write down your actionable steps and start making them happen.

Have an empowered and focused week.

Much Love & Gratitude