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Simple Self-Care Routine For Busy Women To Relieve Stress And Overwhelm and Feel Better

25 April 2019 By Ntathu Allen 3 Comments

In today’s post, I share a simple self-care routine you can use to relieve stress and overwhelm so you feel better better and enjoy the rest of your day.

Be honest. Much as you enjoy life have you ever woken up, feeling jaded, tired and desperate to spend a little longer in bed?

Your body aches and you don’t have the energy to wake up and get up?

You lie in bed, dreaming of taking -time out yet in the back of your mind you know you have to get up.

You wish you could stay all day snuggled deeper into your duvet.

Maybe your eyes feel puffy, your nose bunged up, shoulders ache and you feel bloated and heavy.

Perhaps your body is screaming out for you to stop, unwind and rest yet, you can’t take time off work because you have too much to do.

So you ignore your aches and pains and carry on.

If this sounds like you, it’s definitely time to take a self-care break,

Go ahead, read the following seven self-care activities, pick a couple and make a commitment that you’ll schedule time in your diary to fit them in as part of your self-care routine. [Read more…] about Simple Self-Care Routine For Busy Women To Relieve Stress And Overwhelm and Feel Better

Poem of the Week, Love in Abundance, to get more Me-Time

17 September 2013 By Ntathu Allen Leave a Comment

Bless you and greetings gentle friends and a heartfelt welcome to new friends. Today’s post, is a poem, Love in Abundance, to get more Me-Time, I’d like to share with you to gently remind you to keep your needs for self-care and self-love on your agenda. First of all, thanks to all of you who took advantage of my recent Special Offer and purchased your copy of my eBook A Woman’s Book of Yoga, A Guide to Relax and Nourish Your Body and Soul. YAY!! I’d love to hear your feedback! And if you didn’t get a chance to buy you can instantly buy here.

I wrote “Love in Abundance” during my recent 3 weeks rest from work and it sums up the whole ethos of Surrender to Love and how I wish to live now.

Who Else Wants More Me-Time?

Like most super busy women, I have a deep desire for more Me-Time, time to ourselves just to relax, enjoy your own company and not think about other people’s needs – just for a while. [Read more…] about Poem of the Week, Love in Abundance, to get more Me-Time

Beginners’ Yoga -4 Ways Yoga Helps You Stay Stress-free At Christmas

6 December 2011 By Ntathu Allen Leave a Comment

Blessings and welcome, I trust you are well. If you are a new subscriber, CLICK HERE to subscribe to my FREE enewsletter . Thanks for visiting!

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In today’s post we look at four ways yoga helps you to reduce stress and gain a few minutes of peace and quiet, especially at this time of year when office parties, work deadlines and Christmas shopping has to be slotted into your already crammed schedule.

How Do You Fit It All In?

Life as a busy working woman, especially at this time of the year with Christmas Office Parties and school nativity plays coming up, stress takes on a whole new meaning.
Christmas is supposed to be fun, but when you are a working mum the pace of life is unbearable.

You have bosses on your case demanding end-of year projects are completed and to top it all, school nativity plays to fit in, which for some reason always seems to be in the middle of the afternoon; this meant, when I worked in Probation I had to sneak out of work before lunch to get a seat in the front row.

Add to this mixture, extra food shopping, getting the Christmas decorations out of the loft, buying presents, visiting family plus your children being home, your stress levels are already at boiling point- and you still have to fit in your everyday activities and commitments.

To manage all you do, it is vital you take time out to care for yourself, to rest and rejuvenate. [Read more…] about Beginners’ Yoga -4 Ways Yoga Helps You Stay Stress-free At Christmas

Beginners Guide To Yoga-5 Different Types Of Yoga Styles

29 November 2011 By Ntathu Allen 2 Comments

Blessings and Welcome to another yoga post dedicated to encourage you to look after yourself and to find more moments of calm in your busy day.
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The other day I received a phone call from Mary, a potential yoga student.

Mary was stressed, overworked and exhausted. Life was getting her down. A work colleague advised Mary to try yoga as a way to find relief from her worries and to boost her energy.

As I listened to Mary recall her daily struggle -from waking up feeling tired , anxious and clock-watching about getting her children ready for school time; they were old enough to get themselves ready and dressed for school, but Mary liked to be around to make sure they left home on time to go to school; this left her feeling rushed and anxious on days when she had to go into work early. Mary tried to leave work by 5.00pm so she could pick her children up from their AfterSchool Club. Her work day felt rushed and Mary often felt demoralised at the amount of work she had to do, often without support and proper resources from her manager.

I remembered how anxious I used to feel working as a Probation Officer and juggling heavy workloads with a young family. I was always tired and fed-up of playing catch-up at home and at work. [Read more…] about Beginners Guide To Yoga-5 Different Types Of Yoga Styles

Yoga For Beginners – Benefits Of Yoga To Inspire You To Be Healthier And Happier

10 May 2011 By Ntathu Allen 1 Comment

Bless You Gentle Reader, how are you today? I trust you are well and in fine spirits…thanks for stopping by…feel free to scan and browse through the various blogs, all designed to inspire and support you maintain balance and calm in your daily life.

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I would like to share with you an extract from my daily journal. I tend to keep a notebook and pen by my bedside and when I wake, just write whatever comes to mind.

I went to bed the other night wondering what “the next step” is to grow my business, what area to focus my energies on and how to sustain my energy so that I can step up and grow. [Read more…] about Yoga For Beginners – Benefits Of Yoga To Inspire You To Be Healthier And Happier

Yoga For Busy Mums – Five Quick Ways To Overcome Stress

4 May 2011 By Ntathu Allen

Is your life busy? Do you ever feel like downing tools, pressing the Stop button and screaming “No. I have had enough…”

As a busy mum, three active teen daughters and running my own business I certainly do. And as my girls will tell you, I frequently shout and lose my calm…My daughters will look at each other and say “you’re stressed, calm down, rest and take a deep breath mum…”

Do you ever feel like this?

Thankful, over the years in addition to the “screaming and shouting moments” I have learnt a few more effective yoga and relaxation techniques to quickly calm me down, recharge my batteries and nurture myself!

I would like to share five of these techniques with you. [Read more…] about Yoga For Busy Mums – Five Quick Ways To Overcome Stress

Declutter Your Home – A Simple Meditation To Help You Release Your Clutter

25 January 2011 By Ntathu Allen 9 Comments

I am on a journey. Every day I wake up with the intention of “clearing out the living room, decluttering my bedroom closet or just shifting one of the stuffed boxes from the garden shed.
If you are like me and have a house full of stuff – memories of children growing up, their art work proudly framed and displayed, images of past birthday parties tucked away, scraps of material from ideas started, discarded and put down as interest waned and the next new idea came into play; how do you begin to decide what to keep, what to recycle and give away? [Read more…] about Declutter Your Home – A Simple Meditation To Help You Release Your Clutter

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