Give yourself a relaxing Abayanga full body and head massage with warm Vata oil - I do this after a shower and make sure to include my ears and feet. Abayanga means 'self-massage with oil' and this is one of my favourite rituals and something I have done several times a week since having Covid back in 2020. Traditionally you’d do this before a shower and then wash the oil off after resting for 20 minutes or so, but doing it this way works for me!

You make it pretty small and rich and it's dairy free, so the opposite of a tall milky hot chocolate. Think of it more as the espresso of sweet drinks. It’s not healthy per se but it does contain a number of great nutrients and is a balanced alternative treat to a traditional hot chocolate or chocolate bar.

I use organic raw cacao which is less processed and very different to cocoa in terms of nutritional content. It has a high magnesium content plus iron, antioxidants, zinc, copper, selenium and calcium.

The key to how I like to teach Strength Training lies in a mindful approach.

When you do these movements slowly and with real attention to where you feel muscles working, where you can relax and where you need some positive tension, how you are breathing and how you feel doing the exercise, they can become a little more like a moving meditation and you learn so much more about how your mind and body work together

Think small.

Even doing 1 minute of some sort of movement adds up over days, weeks and months.

Small, stacked habits steadily growing are always better than an all or nothing approach.