If you’re anything like me you’ve probably seen a BOSU Ball at your gym, wondering what that strange “half-ball thingy” is. I had never really known what to do with it until I saw a great Bosu Ball workout. That’s when I started researching what workouts to do with it and collected the best BOSU Ball workouts here. A little bit on the history of…
Right now I am sitting on my balcony, enjoying the last ray of sun and wishing I could go back to Italy. I already started complaining about what had gone wrong this week but then I stopped myself. I want this blog to be super positive and get rid of any negative vibe whatsoever. Instead, let me tell you about my new Yoga stretching philosophy…
Sometimes there are things causing you sleepless nights. We all have them - it’s totally normal. We all have responsibilities, deadlines, fears and stressful days and it is absolutely understandable that those things can even cost us our well-deserved sleep. Whenever I’m having a hard time sleeping, some goodnight yoga exercises are my go to in…
After more than a year of not having gone on any vacation, I was really looking forward to my seven-days-trip to Italy. All I wanted to do was enjoy the sun, have a swim in the pool and do some nice outdoor workouts. Of course, I also wouldn't say no to a nice glass of vino ;) So often, you start out with all these good intentions. However, in the…
I always wanted to go horse riding through the countryside. I had never even really been on a horse and still I thought that it must be magical, riding through the countryside and seeing the things from an upper level. Especially riding through the vineyards had always been a dream of mine. When we were on vacation in Umbria I finally had the…
Sometimes life is like a balloon ride. We have to get rid of old ballast first before we can fly, live and dream again. I actually didn't want to start this post with this cheesy greeting-card-like quote but it was totally fitting. This post today is not really fitness related, yet I wanted to share it with you. It sort of explains how I got to…
Last month I travelled to Italy for a long overdue holiday. Although I live in Europe, it was my first time in the country of Pizza, Pasta and Wine. As work was pretty stressful the weeks before my vacation, I was really looking forward to some quiet time. My dream was to work out in the morning, go for a swim, read a good book and pet the animals…
