Motivational Quote - Mind and Body

"Wholesome exercise in the free air, under the wide sky, is the best medicine for body and spirit."

Sarah Louise Arnold

I chose this quote having been to the gym at lunchtime. I get a real buzz and energy kick from my exercise classes and believe that exercise is just as good for the mind as the body. And I believe that's its good to take an hour or so of gym classes 2-3 times a week.

But what I know more than anything is there is nothing quite like a week's walking in the fells of the lake district.

I can't wait.

Healthy body, healthy mind

I ran into an old colleague at the gym today.  I didn't know she'd been off sick but apparently she's had a nervous breakdown.  This isn't some normally jittery person, this is a naturally strong very capable individual.  It just goes to show what pressures we are all under in the modern lifestyle we're all leading.  Its one of the reasons i believe so strongly in coaching.  If we can all equip ourselves with some of the basic tools we need we'll all be a lot stronger.

I'm very pleased to say that she's well and truly back on the road to recovery and was at the gym because she, like me believes that a healthy mind can stem from a healthy body.  I've always found that by leaving work and heading straight to the gym or my Body Pump exercise class, I can gather all my frustrations on the way and dump them at the gym.  There's a little pile of crap in one corner - just behind one of the treadmills that used to belong to me.

I go home shattered, but with a free mind.