Interview with Sharmila Kamte: Dance, teens and self-image

Ever meet people where you think, “Wow, they are doing exactly what they were meant to be doing in this world”? They’re passionate, live and breathe their work – which they don’t consider as work – and have this unwavering, refreshing honesty and confidence about who they are and what they do. Well that’s the […]

Proprioception: what is it and how you can improve it

Proprioception is basically how your brain “thinks” your body looks like and how it moves in space. This representation of your body is like an internal GPS that is created using a lot of data, including information the brain gets from our sensory receptors when we move. The brain uses it every time you move so […]

Parkour: what is it and why it’s so cool – Expert interview

I love movement, more specifically, I love full-body movement because I think it’s the most beneficial kind. And last week, I finally got to interview a pioneer in a full-body movement practice that is gaining a lot of traction worldwide these days: Parkour. Here in Dubai, you may have already seen Parkour classes where adults and […]

Regaining a balanced body

In sports science, there is a concept called the SAID principle, which stands for Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demand. It basically means that your body gets better at what you make it practice. So if you are always doing the same sport, your nervous system will adapt itself and create the synaptic connections required to become […]