This is my last JTP Newsletter before the Christmas break (the next Newsletter will arrive in your Inbox on 7 January). So I want to take this opportunity to wish each and every one of my Newsletter Subscribers and JTP Members a Very Happy and Healthy Christmas and New Year. 

May you get all the things you wish for, and enjoy a peaceful and relaxing break. I hope you do nice things, see nice people, receive and give nice gifts, and generally have a lovely time.
 

This week I am sharing a lovely stretch sequence which reaches the calf area along with the front of the thigh and hip, plus it opens the chest and gives some upper back extension … you can achieve so much in just a few minutes. If you spend a lot of time at your desk, on your computer, driving, sitting, then this is a fabulous stretch sequence to introduce balance into the body.

Work appropriately for your body, keep away from pain, and enjoy the feeling this gives you. 

If you have any questions about this or any of the Exercises Of The Week, please just message me.

This Newsletter will land in your Inbox on Sunday 17 December, and at the moment everything on TV is about preparing for Christmas, cooking shows, clothes to wear, gifts to buy, parties to go to, family to see, all of it giving us the ‘perfect’ ‘happy’ Christmas.

It can bring lots of pressure and stress, but I think what is important is for us to remember what Christmas means to us as individuals.

It can be happy, it can be sad, it can be about faith, it can be about family, it can be about partying, eating, drinking. For some it can be about work — not everyone gets a holiday at Christmas. 

It can be about visiting and spending time with people, or it can feel lonely and being alone. 

Whatever your Christmas looks like remember these three things:

BALANCE — eat and be merry but also fit in some exercise and fresh air.

BREATHE — if it feels it’s all getting too much, take 5 minutes and focus on some mindful breathing, in for a count of 4, hold for a count of 4, out for a count of 4, hold for a count of 4 and repeat, to calm the mind, body and soul.

BE — be grateful, be generous, be kind, be thoughtful, but mostly just BE in the moment, and remember that the best present is being present in the here and now.

Have a wonderful time, whatever you get up to, and I will be here and waiting for you in 2024!

With love,

Jane xxxxx