Jun 15, 2021
This week the amazing Lizzie Brooks joins me to discuss her approach to breathing, yoga and exercise, and their benefits on the body and the mind. She is a fantastic, funny, energetic yoga and fitness teacher, and also a wellness writer. Tune in to find out more about meditation techniques, breathing, yoga, strength training, auto-immune diseases, and much more!
In this episode, we share:
- Lizzie's approach to life through levity
- The importance of body-mind connection
- Combining movements to meditation
- A step-by-step explanation of the breath-focused meditation
- The ‘minimum effective dose’ approach
- A phenomenal book about breathing
- Respiratory training as a routine to help your brain
- How Lizzie got into yoga practice
- How to reduce stress with yoga and breathing techniques
- Using your non-dominant side to challenge and train the brain
- HIIT and weight training in addition to yoga to strengthen the muscles
- Lizzie's weekly workout routine
- Do your own research to find out what's the right yoga for you
- How to channel emotions through movements
- How Lizzie's lifestyle helped her cope with autoimmune diseases
- Taking time for yourself is key to happiness
- Lizzie explains what biofeedback training is
- How the brain can get overwhelmed by continuous stimuli
- Issues and benefits from online
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