0 Shares 3 Easy Tips To Help You Quickly See Real Physical Benefits From Yoga By Mercedes Aspland / November 30, 2015 Guess What?…… You won’t believe this but I practised yoga for at least a couple of years before I saw any real physical benefits. Surely Not. But it is true which is what make me so passionate about helping you get real benefits. The main reason for the lack of improvement is inconsistent practise, doing […]
0 Shares 4 Simple Steps To Help You Achieve More In Your Sport By Mercedes Aspland / October 16, 2015 What gets you going, I mean really going? Something that makes you want to put in more effort, fight harder and give more? We all have those things and this post is about the thing that works best for me. I grew up with an alcoholic father and a lot of disruption in my life but […]
0 Shares 6 Tips To Help Any Athlete Select A Yoga Class Right For Them Plus BONUS Yoga Styles Explained By Mercedes Aspland / October 12, 2015 As yoga becomes more and more popular anyone that wants to take a class has the advantage of being able to find one in so many places, there should be several available at your local gym but there are also studios that do only yoga. With all the places to practice yoga and the fact […]
0 Shares 15 Awesome Songs That Are Perfect For Any Yoga Session By Mercedes Aspland / September 23, 2015 I am going to start by saying that when I teach Yoga for Athletes I rarely use music, but there are times when it can work with the relaxation. However when I do use music I like to use something non-traditional, especially when I introduce it to athletes, this can help to keep it more relevant […]
0 Shares Top 10 Benefits of Yoga to Footballers By Mercedes Aspland / September 18, 2015 If you play football at any level then you are sure to have heard of one professional or another using yoga in a variety of different ways. However many misconceptions about yoga still exist, for example, many players might think it is a thing women do or you may just think it is a series […]
0 Shares My Running Journey and Kinetic Chain Awareness By Mercedes Aspland / September 16, 2015 I wanted to bring you this post as a bit of an update of where I am with my person fitness. To give you a bit of background, I started running when at the beach in June and have been pretty religious about doing it at least 5 times a week since then. This is […]
0 Shares Why I Always Use Props For My Yoga Practise & My Top 6 Props By Mercedes Aspland / September 14, 2015 When I first started practising yoga I did classes in gyms and props were never offered. This meant I got used to practising yoga without props part from when I did the odd class online that was restorative. My attitude to props is that they were to make the poses easier, make them more restorative […]
0 Shares How Yoga Can Help You Through a Sporting Injury By Mercedes Aspland / September 10, 2015 When you are an athlete at any level then suffering from an injury, depending on the severity can be devastating. Personally I am a runner and try to run 6 days per week which usually means I am running through some level of pain. Most of it is not serious and I am constantly looking […]
