Are you doing what you love? Think about what you did naturally as a child and you will often find the answers to what you life purpose is. From a very young age, I have always been upside down, climbing trees, doing handstands, cartwheels and contorting myself into different positions.  I remember starting off doing gymnastics when I got into the infants and really enjoyed that.  Then at the age of twelve, I got into yoga.  This was very unusual back in the early eighties as yoga was seen a weird thing for aging hippies.  I just remember being given a yoga book from my Aunty that she picked up form a jumble sale and thought it might interested me. The lady in the book had a number of brown and green all in one leotards, whic...

The Obesity Crisis   The obesity crisis is now reaching epidemic proportions.  I have been working in the health service for the past twenty years and have seen a rise in weight related illnesses and the problems that it courses.  Back in the 1970s, there were only a few people who where over weight.  People used to consume more calories back then, but did more manual labour, such as washing by hand, walking to the shops and walking back with heavy shopping.  More people cycled to work and children would walk to school.  Many people had their own allotments and gardens and would grow their own vegetable.  We would eat food that was fresh and in season.  Now food is transported thousands of miles around the world, which lo...

Feeling physically unfit? Worried about a loss in mental acuity? See yourself as intellectual but want to hit out when things aren't going your way? Like sports? Like board games? Then why not take up Chess Boxing! Combination sports are all the rage these days and Chess Boxing is no exception. Devised by cartoonist, Enki Bilal in 1992, and fully realised in 2001, Chess Boxing combines the noble art of boxing with the ancient game of chess. Each bout is contested across eleven rounds, beginning with a round of chess, followed by a three minute round of boxing and so on. This is not a competition between boxer and grand chess master but between two contestants equally proficient in both fields. Sound good so far? My only questi...