Get Your Kids Started With Healthy Activity

Get your kids started with healthy activity from a young age. They will likely continue being active their whole lives in one way or another. Better yet, join in with them and let their youthful energy give you a boost in your own activities. You’ll never be this young again, nor will your kids. How many times have you already…

Three Planes Of Movement

Last week I mentioned planes of movement and about making sure that you moved well in all of them. But what are planes of movement and how do you make sure that you are moving well in all of them? There are three planes of movement for the body. Coronal, Sagittal, and Transverse. Words which don’t really mean a lot…

Take Advantage Of Your Youth

Take advantage of your youth and get started with a program of strength training this week. And yes, you still have enough youth at any age to have a little fun with new experiences. Such as getting yourself into the gym or starting a new exercise regimen. But what if you don’t like gym environments? That’s ok. Not all strengthening…

You’re the Youngest You’ll Ever be, Right Now

A common theme spoken about at Astral Fitness is about how it is never too late to start improving your fitness or learning something new. Right this moment, you are the youngest you’ll ever be again. You won’t get back your youth. The ease of movement as a teenager or the quick bounce back and recovery of your twenties. That…

Online Digital Courses

April is nearly finished, the weather is getting nicer, and it might finally feel like the time for you to get your health and fitness in hand so that you can enjoy a pain free summer this year. Chloe has been working hard behind the scenes to bring you a new way of working with her with online digital courses…

Mastering Mobility

Exciting news here at Astral Fitness.! Chloe has created a brand-new way to work with her, should your geography or time interfere with your ability to schedule an appointment directly with her. Ever since the lockdowns a few years ago, there was a clear gap in the offerings at Astral Fitness and Chloe has been working hard on finding exactly…

Benefits Of Vitamin D

Did you know that you need 5 to 15 minutes of sunlight a day in the summertime to enjoy the boosting benefits of vitamin D? The sun needs to penetrate your skin, and the amount of skin needed is just that of your face, hands, and arms. Which can be a little tricky during the winter when we are cossetted…

Seasonal Affective Disorder

Do you find it much harder to get up and out of the house now the days start darker, and the temperature is colder? You’re not alone It could just be the natural change of the seasons have got to you and you have not yet adapted to colder weather, or there could be something a little more going on…

Movement Is For Every Family

Hello and welcome to this week’s blog. Movement is for every family, and with Jen Llewellyn starting at Astral Fitness NEXT WEEK I thought that I would talk about how we handle movement within our families. We are both married and have two teenaged sons each. So we understand the challenges of what teenagers are interested in doing with us,…

Movement Is For All The Family

Hello and welcome to this week’s blog. Movement Is For All The Family, as I have handily mentioned in the title. If you feel like you lack time to be active, or to exercise, or to move particularly with intention and variety, mostly because of work and familial commitments, then perhaps you need to get the whole family involved with…