Our Top 10 Yoga Tips
As you journey into your yoga practice you’re likely to sometimes feel a bit out of your comfort zone. It’s completely normal and to help you through it I’m sharing the 10 most helpful things I’ve learned along the way. [...]
What Is Yoga: A Brief Intro
A huge part of what we do at 5EW is yoga and as more and more of you are heading into the studio I thought now would be the perfect time to talk about the power of yoga, starting with [...]
What is Primal Burn?
Nicole and Jack, Jack and Nicole, these two spirited individuals have created something truly unique, a class they’re calling Primal Burn, which draws on both of their eclectic histories, a class with no rules, encompassing absolutely everything they’ve collectively absorbed [...]
Wild and Sober This Season
Alcohol is very very very... very hard to give up. People come to 5EW because they want to get healthy. But what does that really mean? Most people can give up ice cream and pancakes and nacho hats, but alcohol [...]
Joe Dispenza: Man or Light Being?
Why should I mediate when I could spend that time doing absolutely anything else? How can a silent mind be productive? What does Joe Dispenza do when he’s not being an alien? These were the questions on my mind when I [...]
Caffeine vs Suprachiasmatic Nucleus
Sleep is elusive at best, something we look for behind closed doors, in little dark rooms, under special duvets. Some of us prefer hammocks over beds, or beds with millions of pillows over a sack next to the fire, but [...]
Food Wars: Soy
When I started lifting weights back in 2008 I thought it would make sense to do something about my diet. At the time, a normal meal looked like two bits of toast with some designer ham and cheese - the [...]
The Stress/Fertility Conundrum
Stress. There’s that word again. But what does it actually mean and how does it relate to fertility? The dictionary definition of bad stress is: “A state of mental or emotional strain resulting from adverse or demanding circumstances.” Doesn’t sound [...]
Empowered Through Positive Pain: My Birth Journey
I’m not sure about other mums or mums-to-be out there, but I think most of the time as we move through pregnancy and towards birth we've got a rough idea of how we’d like our birthing experience to go. We [...]
The Semi-Psychic-Lift-Off of The Ancient Gym Warrior
I started lifting weights when I was fourteen because I wanted to be a man. To me, men appeared to be complicated, contradictory creatures, but I really wanted to be one anyway. Still do. The act of manhood appeared, at [...]
