Secrets to a Good Night’s Sleep... If you are having sleep problems, whether you are not able to fall asleep, wake up too often, don’t feel well-rested when you wake up in the morning, or simply want to improve the quality and quantity of your sleep, try as many of the following techniques below as possible to find one that suits and helps you: 1. Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT). This is a popular energy psychology tool. Most people can learn this...

Training Clients with Arthritis... 3  Major Types of Arthritis 1. Rheumatoid: An inflammatory, multi-joint, multi-system disease. Affects wrist, hands, knees, feet and cervical spine. Suffers morning stiffness >30mins, acute and chronic inflammation and loss of joint integrity. 2. Osteoarthritis: A degenerative joint disease. Affects hands, spine, hips and knees. Joint pain and stiffness, osteophyte and cartilage destruction. 3. Psoriatic: An inflammatory,...

Common Errors in Running... Pain – Pain comes from only one reason – you are doing something wrong. It is a warning that something is happening or about to happen, while you are interacting with support and through it with gravity. Errors: Landing with the heel first. Heel striking with a straight leg Landing ahead of the body – over striding Using the quad muscles instead of the hamstrings – push off Landing on the toes with the body behind Landing...

Training and rest... It is a well-known fact that most people need about 7-9 hours of sleep every night to recuperate from stress of daily activities. And it is a similar situation in sports - people participating must always remember to get adequate amount of rest between training sessions. There are those of us that couldn’t handle more than a couple of days of exercising or running a week. Then there are those few that have the...

LaVanda’s BioSignature Package... Has your training reached a plateau? Are you finding that increasing your workout still isn’t leading to increased success? BioSignature may be the answer for you. BioSignature is a novel concept in the field of functional medicine and exercise science, developed by world-renowned strength coach Charles Poliquin. His theory is that where people store their body fat is an indication of their hormonal profile. You...

Natural Production of HGH for Longer Life... Wouldn’t be amazing if you could build lean muscle, burn fat and stop ageing?  Some people believe that they can become stronger and stay young by taking H.G.H. ( human growth hormone ), but in fact, they could be risking their lives.  Indeed, people will spends thousands of dollars to get stronger and younger no matter the cost.  They don’t care- and they could pay with their lives. H.G.H is produced by the pituitary...

Stress - Friend or Foe?... Stress, friend or foe… Stress is not the enemy in our lives. Paradoxically, it is the key to growth. In order to build strength in a muscle we must systematically stress it, expanding energy beyond normal levels. By doing so causes microscopic tears in the muscle fibers. At the end of a training session, functional capacity is diminished. However give the muscle twenty four to forty eight hours to recover and it grows...

Pathology testing... Lavanda and ARL Pathology At Lavanda we specialize in all areas of health and well being including pathology testing. We use an independent service to gain the in depth knowledge of our clients inner health. Who is ARL Pathology? •    ARL Pathology specialises in laboratory testing for Complementary Medicine practitioners. •    ARL Pathology is accredited for the Medical testing by the National Association of...

The mind and body are one... The mind and body are one The primary markers of physical capacity are strength, endurance, flexibility and resilience. These are precisely the same markers of capacity emotionally, mental and spiritually. Flexibility at the physical level, for example means that the muscle has a broad range of motion.Stretching increases flexibility. The same is true emotionally. Emotional flexibility reflects the capacity to move freely...