It is part of festive tradition to see New Year as a time to make plans for change. New Year resolutions are usually concerned with lifestyle changes; giving up bad habits, being healthier, creating a life that is happier, and being nicer to others. Health and fitness usually dominate plans and if you feel 2015 is the year to initiate positive change in your life, then make sure you don’t make any classic New Year’s fitness resolution mistakes!

Even if you use the first couple of weeks of January 2015 devising plans to change for the year ahead, it doesn’t matter.

New Year is a time of new beginnings and a great time to look back and review the past, as well as look to the future for positive changes ahead; including a change in your diet too. Make 2015 a year for eating fresh, healthy foods and change the menu for the entire year to a more nutritious range of dishes, throwing out the old and getting excited about new culinary creations that are good for you.

Feeling stuffed and bloated after the festive season is no fun. Constipation, gas and acid reflux are all the hallmarks of a digestive tract that is struggling, whether from lifestyle issues such as lack of activity or simply from overindulgence. It’s little wonder that this time of year you might find yourself groaning on the sofa as your stomach expands uncomfortably.

Are you planning to change aspects of your life come January 2015? If so, you are not alone as millions embark on breaking bad habits, beginning new exercise regimes and generally creating a balanced life and healthy lifestyle. So, what’s the plan? If you really want to get going in a positive direction after New Year, then you need to get set and get ready now!

What happens in the future is a reflection of what you did in the past.

Food, fun and festivities; the holiday season is a time when we all feel a need to loosen up a little and enjoy the last remnants of the year. With more social occasions and family get-togethers than usual, it is tempting to let healthy eating patterns and exercise fade away until New Year.

The shoulder stand is really an iconic pose in yoga; it not only looks dramatic but the benefits practitioners purport this pose brings are many and varied too. Anyone who is serious about really understanding and experience the real power of yoga can really find that sense of integration through the shoulder stand pose; one of the most wonderfully satisfying yoga inversions.

So, it’s nearly the end of the year and the festive season is upon us, so a great opportunity to relax and slack off on the exercise for a while, right? Well, actually, the opposite is true, as this is the perfect time of year to keep on working out to make sure you don’t undo all the positive changes you’ve made during 2014.

Without doubt the holiday season and New Year celebrations do bring changes.

The end of year buffet tables are like dietary optical illusions, where before you know it, a small plate becomes a huge meal, laden with saturated fats, sugar and calories, and this might be on top of your three meals a day too. The festive season, while fun, can be a food nightmare for anyone watching their weight or on a diet.

After a hard day running around, or even a time spent in a sedentary job, which can be just as tiring, you might want to put your feet up and get the blood flowing. But before you slump in front of the TV relaxing on the sofa, why not ease the tension in your legs with a couple of yoga poses that will really refresh and revitalize your lower body?

Have you ever noticed that if you are experiencing stress and tiredness in one part of the body then you can often feel it radiate out to the rest of your body? Often, we feel pressure in our legs because we are constantly pounding down on them as we walk and when we exercise.

If you have an iPhone that you use for business it can be tempting to be constantly connected, after all, the device and various apps are designed to give users the ability to do almost anything. While this is great for business, it may not be ideal for a healthy work-life balance or if you really need to concentrate on a specific task.