I spent a great (if not overwhelming) afternoon with the wonderful Helen Hall. Generous with her time and wisdom I learnt a great deal, a lot fo which I am still processing – both as there was so much to take in and a lot of it neurological, leaving my brain feeling confused as it … Continue reading The wonderful Helen Hall
Our diaphragm has 3 roles, respiration, digestion and stablisation. All equally important, all key to how we work. All wonderfully related and connected by our bodies. What I hadn’t considered, and have been musing on is the challenge the diaphragm has in doing more than 1 job at the same time, ie stablisation and respiration. … Continue reading Things I’ve learnt this week
Having been running injury free (in terms of mechanics and muscles) since I begun my recent half marathon block, and making good progress it was frustrating to injure my one / some of my hamstring muscle group on Thursday. Exactly why it screamed at me could be a number of things – overload from too … Continue reading Listening to pain & learning about the breathing mechanism
I’ve finished this book, this week and considered some of the areas it discusses whilst running. The two that I have been trying to understand better are meta cognition (the idea of thinking about thinking) and perceived effort. The first I have tried on a couple of occasions this week, when running round Regents Park. … Continue reading How we think, when we move
There are so many wonderful pieces of advice / wisdom within this book I’ve started folding pages when I read something that resonates. The first page I did this to was in response to a combination of Victor Frankl and Edith Eger: “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of … Continue reading We can always choose how we respond
Last weekend was not fun, Friday night though to Saturday morning I had serious stomach pains – in what seemed to be focused around my right hand side. The spectre of appendicitis reared its head again, so to be safe I went to A&E on Sat morning, using the new found positivity learnt from Victor … Continue reading Breathe to heal
The new year begun in good fashion, freezing cold swim. I learnt that any swim under 5 degrees was known as an ice swim – so pleased to find that this qualified. There was no-one else in the water when I got in, just me and the birds. 2 1/2 minutes of swimming from in … Continue reading 2021 starts with an ice swim
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