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 classes
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