Mother’s Day 2011 falls on 8 May. In Singapore it is common to take Mum out for dinner and we will also buy her Mother’s Day flowers and gifts.

And so we have been seeing florists, restaurants and hotels getting ever more creative with their Mother Day’s promotion to make you spend more money to spoil Mum on her special day.

Mother’s Day Credit Card Promotion

If you do own credit cards, you probably are aware of the banks’ Mother’s Day promotion. Citibank, HSBC and UOB offer generous discount when you use their credit cards to pay for the Mother’s Day dinner, flowers and spa packages.

Mother’s Day Gift Ideas: Cartier, Gucci and SKII

Over the recent years, husbands are splurging on Mother’s Day! We are talking about the husband pampering his wife with spa packages, SK2 skincare products, expensive designer handbags and Cartier watches.

So which Mother’s Day promotion are you getting for your Mum and wife?

Came to know about Fitness First at the SEO Web Design Course today. I was told it is the largest privately owned fitness club group in the world and has over 540 Fitness First clubs in 24 countries including Fitness First Singapore.

Now, I know there are more to fitness and health than Pure Yoga, True Yoga and whatever yoga.

Is it Health/Fitness or Weight Loss?

When we think of fitness, we can’t help but think of images of slim body, slender limbs, bicep muscle, six-pack abs and etc.

But fitness clubs are not weight loss centres. You can be heavy and fit. And training for fitness is not about losing weight but gaining a healthy body.

So why not go jogging around one of our beautiful parks? Why spend you money on fitness clubs?

Well…

Not many of us have the self-discipline to exercise regularly.

That’s why we need a professional fitness trainer to encourage and help us to become healthier, to peak our perform and live life to the fullest!

Doing the various Yoga poses can be challenging to many of us. I prefer Chinese Qigong to Yoga because of my perception that Yoga poses could be painful because of the stretching of all those tendons and joints! Today, I discover that I was wrong.

Yoga Relaxation Technique

I found this hub about Guided Relaxation for Stress Management and the relaxation technique is very simple and easy to follow.

Step-by-Step Yoga Relaxation Guide

The Shavasana or corpse pose is an easy pose even if you have not practised any form of Yoga or qigong. This is probably one of the easiest relaxation techinques I’ve ever come across.

All you need to do is lie down on the floor to practise this very simple relaxation technique. Use a yoga mat to avoid lying on cold surfaces like marble or ceramic tiles directly.

Preparation

• Lie down on your back, with feet slightly wider than hip width apart.
• Place your arms slightly away from the body, at a 45 degrees angle.
• Keep your palms facing upwards. Make sure that your body and head is not slanted.

Breathing

• Take in 5 deep breaths through the nose.
• As you inhale, feel your abdomen bloating up like a balloon.
• As you exhale, let it drop down naturally.
• Each time you inhale, feel the oxygen filling in the lungs.
• Each time you exhale, feel the toxins being expelled from the body.

Visualization

• Feel the circulation of energy within. Just like water flowing in streams.
• Relax your entire body. Release all tensions away.
• Let your worries go.
• Visualize yourself in a deep blue ocean.
• Feel yourself getting lighter and lighter.
• Feel your body sinking down deeper and deeper.

When you are done with the exercise, it is important you come out of the relaxation pose gradually.

• Slowly bring your awareness to the finger tips and toes.
• Wriggle the fingers and toes to awaken the body and give yourself a good stretch by elongating the hands away from the legs.
• Slowly push yourself up to a sitting position.
• Keep your eyes closed and sit quietly for a couple of minutes before opening them and standing up.

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