Take a gorgeously sunny Hong Kong day and add a beautiful alfresco location, superstar Flex yoga instructors, the USA’s YogaSlackers, Hong Kong’s most exciting wellness providers showcasing and selling healthy products, services, foods and drinks, and a wonderful crowd of Hong Kongers of all ages… and you have Flex’s first ever Family Yoga Festival! The […]
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News flash!Along with our wonderful classes in Slacklining, adult, teen and kids’ yoga, hoop and more, we now have over 35 health and wellness partners signed up to join us this Saturday 14th November at Cyberport Podium. Pre-register and pay for yoga classes in advance – spaces are filling up fast – or just turn up and enjoy a wonderful day of demonstrations, performances, wellness retail and deliciously healthy food, from 9am to 6pm. Plus all benefits go towards the Hong Kong Adventist Hospital, so come and support a wonderful cause!
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It can be bewildering how many different types of yoga there are to choose from. At Flex, for example, we have many kinds. So… which one is best for you? Which one suits your temperament, your goals and your physical, mental and spiritual states? Read on to discover the differences between Hatha, Ashtanga and Vinyasa. Hatha
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Yamuna Zake is 60, but you’d never know it. Her body and her energy belie her age, but most of all her face is so radiant it just doesn’t seem possible. Her secret is no secret – she is famous for inventing Yamuna Body Rolling (YBR) and Yamuna Face Rolling. Her face balls, when applied in a regular routine to various areas of the face, stimulate not only the skin but also the underlying muscle and bone, toning and conditioning the complexion. Learn how to turn back the clock in as little as 15 minutes a day at her upcoming Save Your Face workshop on 22nd October, the first time she has introduced it to Hong Kong.
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Micha Chan embodies the calm, spiritual energy we are all lacking in Hong Kong. He discovered yoga for himself in 2001, by 2004 was teaching, and his career has included studying with numerous famous instructors around the world, notably in India. Micha has distilled his understanding and experience into a unique yoga style which focuses on combining body alignment and the harnessing and control of prana energy in his heartfelt classes of PRANA Flow Yoga at Flex.
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Prior to Michelle Ricaille’s upcoming workshop Understanding Food Intolerances: Symptoms and Remedies, here is some basic information on how to tell allergies, intolerances and sensitivities apart. While most food allergies cause relatively mild and minor symptoms, such as rashes or gastrointestinal discomfort, some allergies are more severe and can be life-threatening. Eight foods account for 90 percent of all food-allergic reactions: milk, egg, peanut, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, soy, and wheat.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A FOOD ALLERGY, FOOD INTOLERANCE AND FOOD SENSITIVITY? Read More »
A personal trainer, Elle Kealy has been in Hong Kong for eight years and started working at Flex at the beginning of the year. She leads HIIT Cardio Body Blast and Xtend Barre, putting her mixed dance and fitness background to good use. “I love movement,” she says. “I love finding ways for women to stay fit that are fun and engaging. The classes at Flex have a welcoming and inclusive vibe about them, and they’re achievable for all sorts of people with all sorts of fitness levels.”
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Do your kids like music? Dance? Yoga, martial arts, action and fun? In that case they’ll love the new Les Mills BORN TO MOVE™ group classes launching at Flex this month.
Les Mills is no ordinary fitness company. They created some of the most popular classes playing across gyms worldwide, like BODYPUMP™, BODYCOMBAT™ and RPM™. With BORN TO MOVE™ they are teaching a positive attitude to physical activity that will stand each child in good healthy stead for the rest of their lives.
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VIE Active is one of our favorite apparel brands here at Flex. The mix of high performance fitness fabrics and the gorgeous, fashionable Bondi-cool look is a sure-fire winner. The apparel brand’s co-founder Noa Ries walks, or rather runs, jumps and leaps the talk, and here her beach workout session is taken from her blog.
There’s nothing like a beach session with your besties to motivate you to workout! VIE Active co-founder Noa, takes us through her favorite beach workout on the sand.
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Most of us have a summer vacation planned, whether it’s a staycation, road trip, or vacation to the beach. Vacations and traveling can be tricky. If you’re not prepared it’s easy to veer off track with the healthy habits we’ve integrated into our normal daily living. The first step to take when traveling is planning. Just as you would plan ahead to get a hotel, a car, or book activities, apply the same planning to your nutrition and exercise while on the road.
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