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Runner's Yoga or Crotalus oreganus helleri
Runner's Yoga or Crotalus oreganus helleri

In the middle of the winter, I dream of the beautiful scenery of hiking and running trails at the Torrey Pines Reserve. Oh, how I miss those exquisite runnable trails of La Jolla! Rare Torrey pine, miles of unspoiled beaches, and a lagoon that is vital to migrating seabirds. It was like a paradise for me. The hiking trails are with stunning views and I loved to run on the beach. One can also continue north along the beach to Solana Beach and Del Mar. Those were the times. My thighs were tighter, my cheekbones higher, my skin was absorbing sun 11 months a year. Even on Christmas, I would sit in a bikini on our balcony, having breakfast. There was a paradise-like atmosphere. Except for the rattlesnakes. They are born with tiny buttons at the end of their tails. Each time they shed their skin, a scale remains behind which, in time, becomes the infamous rattle. I heard that sound more than once.

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Running, yoga, Mindfulness, CroatiaAleksandra Horwoodyoga, running, wellbeing, wellness, fitness, health, mental health, exercise, CaliforniaComment
Top Ten Tips - a Guide to Your Health and Sanity by a Yoga Teacher
Top Ten Tips - a Guide to Your Health and Sanity by a Yoga Teacher

My expertise is in using yoga and meditation to improve quality of life for older people - as a prevention or as a part of stroke recovery, mobility issues, chronic pain due to arthritis, osteoporosis, etc.

In light of the recent lockdown measures I have pivoted my business, not only to provide a regular daily online yoga schedule of support digitally but creating a gift certificate system for family members of elderly isolated people to purchase which will allow them to access guided activity sessions. It has been created for those who worry about parents or grandparents not getting enough exercise in isolation but can also help with fall prevention and breathing exercises.

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Meditation, yoga, senior health, Chronic Pain, Gift vouchers, Regular exercise routineAleksandra Horwoodyoga, meditation, senior, osteoporosis, chronic pain, arthritis, stroke, heart attack, multiple sclerosis, breatihing, pranayamaComment
Confidence & Competence: The Power of Self-respect
Confidence & Competence: The Power of Self-respect

A wise woman once said: “Whenever I get stuck on something, I'm like, 'What would I do if I wasn't afraid? What would I write if I wasn't afraid? What would I say in this situation if I wasn't afraid?”

Phoebe Waller-Bridge is one of the most celebrated persons in the UK. She is cute, smart and brave.

“Nothing is slower than the true birth of a man,“ Marguerite Yourcenar wrote and I can really testify that.

My husband now tolerates my Netflix marathons. Thank God, there are not many shows I like, but if I do, I watch three series in three nights. I have no self-control. I am not patient. And I am terribly curious. That is why I am so slow in my process of rebirth. I get so easily distracted. That is why I chose to be a journalist! You are an expert for a day or a week, as long as you work on a piece. Then you move on.

Tonight I decided to write, but tomorrow I might get mesmerized by some other idea.

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London, yoga, MindfulnessAleksandra HorwoodHappy Stance Yoga TherapyComment
Success Stories or Encountering Failures and What Really Matters
Success Stories or Encountering Failures and What Really Matters

The award-winning Outset Start-Up Experts inaugurated me as a success story, one of those people who turned their ideas into successful businesses. What an irony? I have never been in a worse situation in my life, seeing a failure shadow in the mirror and I am 49 years old and lived through war, divorces, abuse in the spiritual community, etc.

It was a good idea, a good start and a good foundation. But then, when everything was supposed to start rolling out as planned, La Vida Lockdown became our reality and six months of hard work evaporated in the covid19 polluted air.

How can I “offer a safe, supportive environment for the older generation to promote better health”, when all care homes, residential homes closed their doors and I cannot see or touch a single senior person?!

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yoga, LondonAleksandra Horwoodyoga, startup, business, success, covid19, corona, senior, longevity, LondonComment