Last week I finally got my yoga teacher training certificate. Does this piece of paper make me a true yogi? I don’t know. I find myself judging people on an hourly basis, having bitchy thoughts about others, feeling jealous, getting pissed…all the things a yogi should never do. So by those parameters I am really,… Continue reading Week 6: How to be a yogi
I have a confession: I almost gave up on yoga last week. I wanted to take up kickboxing just to get away from Patanjali’s preachiness. As we went deeper into the sutras, things started getting heavy. According to the old yogis, life is just a big circle of pain. I think Nietzsche could have been… Continue reading Week 4: How to be a yogi
I like being good at things. More accurately, I hate being bad at things. It’s a quality that looks like a virtue, but really is not. Because while it means I enjoy the things I have an affinity or natural talent for, and work very hard to be even better at them—I tend to cut myself off from everything that doesn’t… Continue reading How to get over your fear of working out
You may be able to hit snooze on your gym appointment, but it’s near impossible to scroll down your Instagram feed without getting an eyeful of Malaika Arora Khan acing a new Pilates move, even as Jacqueline Fernandez demonstrates aerial yoga with all the dexterity of a weightless fluffy bunny. But credit where credit’s due:… Continue reading 5 celebrity fitness trainers who train everyone from Katrina Kaif to Deepika Padukone
Know how you can make your favourite workout even better? Do it underwater. “You can kick higher, stretch further and since you’re working against both the resistance of gravity as well as water, your exercise becomes even more effective,” says Sucheta Pal, who conducts Aqua Zumba classes in cities across India. “The water provides a… Continue reading How to get over your fear of swimming
We could all do with a little more motivation to reach for our trainers, and science says music is your best bet. Exercise and up-tempo music make a winning team, improving endurance and metabolism, and warming up with a pre-run listening session can actually have you looking forward to a 7am sprint. If you’re looking… Continue reading ELLEPlaylist: Running music
