I’m Miriam Christie, a Yoga, Pilates and Fitness Instructor working in and around South East London. Find out more about me and my classes via the tabs above – and feel free to get in touch.
How To Navigate Your Media Footprint as a Counsellor
If you’re about to meet someone new for the first time, what do you do? You look them up online, right?
Let’s face it, we all do it. Whether it’s for a job interview or a first date, the lowdown on other people is at our fingertips these days so why wouldn’t we use it? There’s no reason to think it’s any different for people going to see a counsellor for the first time. Many of my clients are in their early twenties and I’m not going to fool myself that they haven’t at least Googled me.
This raises a bit of […]
How To Choose The Right Yoga Mat
Reviewebee has put together this helpful infographic to help you figure out what you need from your yoga mat.
They have also done all the hard work for you and come up with this top ten list of the best yoga mats on the market at the moment, based on consumer reviews, professional opinion and manufacturer info.
Life Lessons Learned Teaching Over 60s Yoga
A few months ago, the members of a fitness centre for older people auditioned and chose me to teach a weekly yoga class. All swotted up on information about working with injuries and the positive effects of yoga on aging bodies I was all set to ‘instruct’ and completely naïve to the real life-lessons that were in store for me. Here is what I have learned from those who have learned how to live.
1. How to ‘say it like it is’
As a general rule, I hate those people – the ‘say it like it is’ brigade. The phrase often comes […]
Four Ways to Keep Your Body in Shape
Guest blog by Alycia Gordan, a freelance writer loves to read and write articles related to health and lifestyle and sometime on health-tech as well. Alycia is a contributor at BookYogaRetreats.com.
Four Ways to Keep Your Body in Shape
Media, men and society require women to take care of themselves and look their best. We must invest in ourselves if we want to be beautiful, but you must remember to do it for yourself and not for anyone else.
There are quite a few healthy choices women can make to feel and look better, from eating habits and regular physical activity to yoga and […]
Five Life Lessons I Did Not Expect When I Started Training To Be A Counsellor
1. You know that person you don’t like? Turns out they’re a gift
From day one I had a number of reasons I didn’t like one of the women on my course: she was confrontational; she was loud; she was ‘in your face’; always interrupting and questioning things; insensitive to other people’s feelings – my list went on. I would avoid sitting next to her and even avoid her eye contact when the class had to pair up for skills practice. I even brought my gripes to personal therapy and I’m glad I did, because my therapist helped me to confront […]
5 Unexpected Ways to Practise Self Care
When you think about self-care you might think of pricey spa days, holidays, and the sort of indulgences that many of us either can’t afford or just don’t have time for in our busy lives. While there is certainly nothing wrong with a bit of pampering you may be surprised to read that relieving stress can be as simple, and inexpensive, as shrugging your shoulders.
Here are five ways you can practise self-care that might surprise you.
- Have a good cry – Cultural and societal attitudes towards crying often mean we gulp back our emotions when in fact you’d be better […]