Parvati Magazine May 2014 - Feeling Alive | Page 15

FITNESS
exposure of our bodies and skin - a sure fire
way to motivate you to
bump up the fitness regime if you have fallen
off the wagon over the
colder months. There are
many benefits to allowing yourself to move in to
an expectation of looking and feeling your best
this year. Excitement and
never ending energy,
beyond what you have
ever known before, are
available to you, if you
are open. Moving into
the wonder and euphoria of life just takes the
decision to do so. It’s not
complicated. Taking a
few action steps daily will
go a long way to increasing overall wellness and
energy.

uneatable, you probably
do not need to ingest it. If
the food comes in a box,
bag or plastic container,
your body most likely
does not know how to
process it fully. Eat foods
that came off a tree,
vine, bush, or grew in the
ground, or flew, walked
or swam. Drink a minimum of half your body
weight (lbs) in water
(oz) daily. Adopt a daily
meditation practice.

needed, but not more
than needed. You want
to keep the intensity high:

For me, one of the fastest ways to get out of a
funk and feel alive is to
move. Dancing, taking
a yoga class or doing a
body weight workout will
get the energy moving
through me and before I
know it, I am feeling alive!

Spend five minutes
stretching when finished.

Ingesting “dead” food
items will never help you
to feel fully alive. If you
are eating items that
resonate zero life force,
how can you expect
your body to work at
ideal levels? If a “food”
can sit on your countertop or fridge and after
one week has not wilted,
grown bacteria or looks

Try this at home workout
to get energy shifting in
you:

10 Jump Squats
10 Burpees
10 Pushups
I suggest that beginners
complete one to three
rounds. Those with intermediate to advanced
fitness levels should aim
to complete four to ten
rounds.

Life is short. Spend each
and every minute making choices that move
you towards a state of
joy. Discover ways that
allow you to maintain this
feeling. Commit to doing
these activities daily.
Namaste,
Sandra

First, warm up with five
minutes of skipping, jumping jacks or running.
Now, repeat the following set of exercises, keeping your core engaged,
and breathing. Rest as

Sandra O’Brien is mother to the world’s three most fabulous children. She
is also a Law of Attraction Life Coach, Personal Trainer, yoga instructor,
published author and Reiki healer. Her work has been featured on CityLine
Television, and The Toronto Star. She is owner of Muskoka Hot Yoga,
and Muskoka Goddess, offering hot yoga, tabata bootcamps, personal
training and coaching. She created the Goddess Creation system, a
female fitness program to blowtorch body fat, sculpt sexy lean muscle and
empower women everywhere to be the best version of themselves, inside
and out. She enjoys dancing, reading, hiking in the forest, meditation.
For more information on Sandra, please visit www.muskokahotyoga.com.