Many of us start every new year vowing to do more exercise and live a healthier lifestyle and thanks to Active Parks, Abu Dhabi residents are off to a good head start. Over the next four weeks, the new initiative is hosting an incredible 380 fitness classes across 12 of the emirate’s most picturesque and popular parks. And the best bit is that each session is absolutely free. This means that you can work up a...
Transcendental Meditation produces ongoing research on the benefits, both cognitive and physical.
If you are having suicidal thoughts, click here for expert advice and for links to support groups, medical help and hotlines. “I slowly opened my eyes, the place was filled with police officers and one was gently talking to me as I gained consciousness.” Chris Haill, 54, is retelling the story of his suicide attempt in 2020. After living with depression for almost four decades, he made his second attempt at ending his life on...
I have never been on social media – nor close to being a fitness influencer – until last year. When I created my account in November, my only purpose was to share my knowledge with my family and friends. However, the account grew to 50,000 organic followers in less than one year, without any paid promotions. I have shown people what I do in order to have a healthy and balanced lifestyle, how I exercise;...
When it comes to the health, fitness and wellness industry there are certainly some unusual concepts out there. From cupping to tuning forks, you probably thought you’d heard it all. But have you heard of ‘ASMR’? For years now, people have been taking to the internet to produce Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response — aka ASMR — to relax perfect strangers and lull them to sleep. ASMR is said to be the sense of euphoria that starts...
One thing metrics help us do here at Livehealthy is get a window into what exactly everyone who reads us is into. And from this list of our top 10 stories of 2021, it seems that includes good food, work, being true to oneself, relationships – pets and otherwise – and of course, a little bit of rain. 1) Agreeing just to get along? Don’t Judging from the enduring popularity of this story by Dr...
Try this gentle yoga practice to relax, recharge and restore your mind and body during this holiday season. Are you feeling the holiday blues? While the holidays may be “the most wonderful time of the year”, they’re also dreaded by many. Once the sleigh bells ring, people become more susceptible to depression and anxiety. Those who have mental illness are significantly affected. In addition, many people are negatively impacted by loneliness, isolation, and grief, while...
The holiday season can be overwhelming and overstimulating. With our regular routines not in place, children out of school, healthy diets put on hold, while we are dealing with the hectic pace of traveling or tourists, holiday parties and family gatherings, it is easy for things to start to feel emotionally flooded. And for empaths, introverts and highly sensitive people, as well as those who typically spend a lot of time alone, this flood of...
Sujith Koshy Varghese works in the treasury department at Emirates NBD but he is no ordinary bank employee. He has pulled a 1.25-tonne car with his bare hands, jumped out of a plane, given a TedX talk, released a rap song and is now a qualified personal trainer. He is also in a wheelchair. A cycling accident in Bangalore eight years ago left Varghese in a coma for three days and close to death. But...
Aziza Sbaity is the fastest woman in Lebanon, but her journey of breaking records has been filled with challenges. It started as a child, fleeing her mother’s war-torn country of Liberia. Then there was the racism she experienced during her first years in the country, and the injuries that have hampered her performance in sports. Aziza tells the Livehealthy Arabic Podcast about how she overcame them all — and about what she plans to do...
When the UAE announced that it was cutting the national working week to four and a half days at the start of 2022, the pioneering move made global headlines. The sound of staff in human resources departments across the world choking on their morning coffee was all but drowned out by the clatter of keyboards as nine-to-fivers everywhere Googled “Living and working in the United Arab Emirates”. The UAE has taken this step – a...
