The Age-Well Project

How do you define ageing well? And turning 60

What does ageing well mean to you? Do you have a definition of the physical, mental and cognitive health you desire as you get older? If you do, please let us know. It’s all very well thinking ‘I’d like to be sound of mind and body’, but harder to define what that actually is. Personally,...

WALK TALL: WHY POSTURE MATTERS

Welcome back! We hope you’ve had a wonderful summer and didn’t find the heat too oppressive. I found myself slouching in the heat. I didn’t seem to have the energy to carry myself properly, whether I was standing, walking or sitting. I was reading some books by Marion Milner at the time, and found myself...

The one where I interview Annabel, and summer recipes

I recently had the chance to interview Annabel at our local book shop as The Walking Cure was Waterstones book of the month. I can recommend interviewing your friends! Particularly if it’s in front of a highly engaged and thoughtful crowd. Leaving aside the walking for a moment, my biggest take out was that, by...

WILL YOGA HELP US AGE WELL?

I was chatting to a personal trainer this week who specialises in coaching the military. Naturally, I asked him what exercise we should all be doing for optimal health. His answer surprised me: ‘Walking, yoga and swimming,’ he said. ‘That’s the holy trinity of exercise and that’s what I always recommend.’ ‘What about weights and...

THE 3-MIN EXERCISE THAT’S BETTER FOR LONGEVITY THAN A WALK

Annabel and I spend a lot of time walking….. and talking about walking….. talking of which…… come and join us when we talk together about Annabel’s book The Walking Cure on June 17th. Details are at the end of the post. Oooooh AND while I was writing this, The Walking Cure hit the Number 1...