Healthy Forever Fitness Motivation

Paddle Boarding Fitness SUP (Stand Up Paddleboarding) has become increasingly popular over the past few years. If you travel regularly you will have noticed the amount of paddleboarding lessons advertised at local beaches or the many paddleboards heading towards the sunset of an evening. Enjoying paddleboarding means getting outside and connecting with friends (new and old), engaging in the pleasures of the ocean, absorbing your daily dose of vitamin D and increasing your core strength and fitness levels. There are so many health benefits associated with paddleboarding, including increased cardiovascular fitness leading to a healthier heart, decreasing your risk of type II diabetes and obesity, improving your core strength and balance and connecting with nature leading to a calmer and more relaxed mind and body.   The Overall Benefits of Paddleboarding SUP is a wonderful way to exercise outdoors, in the fresh air and with amazing health benefits. Perhaps more enjoyable than a lot o...

  What does Energy Givers and Energy Takers mean? We are human beings, dynamic and energetic souls. We feel energy all around us, in nature and with the people we meet and share our lives with.  We feel motivated, inspired and positive in some activities we do and feel happy and energised with some of the people we connect with. Energy is given to us through the things we love and enjoy. We do however, feel the opposite with activities we dislike or with people who seem to drain every ounce of vitality from our body. These are the energy givers and takers we allow into our lives. With everything in life there are activities and people we love and those we don't. There would be no challenge to our existence if every day was full of energy givers. As nice as that sounds, we do need to balance our daily activities and responsibilities. We have a duty of responsibility and care towards tasks and towards others and not all of these will be energising.  What we actually need to...

  Health and Vitality Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being. It is the absence of illness and disease, of being mentally in a 'good place' feeling happy and when all social relationships are contented and of sound health.  Vitality refers to a feeling of 'aliveness' both physically and mentally. Vitality derives from the Latin word 'Vita' meaning life. Physically you need to feel healthy, capable and energetic and mentally to feel a sense of purpose and meaning. All these components need to come together as one to improve our health, vitality and well-being. We have to work on our physical, mental and social skills to lead a strong and healthy life and to achieve optimum health.  Living a life of full health and vitality takes a lot of self-care and reflection. Building healthy habits and removing bad habits from your daily living takes time, patience and consistency. Knowing where to begin and what to do is the first step to any p...