Thursday 28 August 2014

How to stop muscle wastage as we age

You've heard the old adage, "Use it or lose" when it comes to anything from fitness, flexibility, keeping the mind engaged to prevent senility, alzheimers etc, and if like myself, that would seem to make common sense, well this article explains how research has proven it to be true!! Shock! Horror! 

It also means, I shall have to remain a regular gym bunny to retain my shapely bum & legs and continue with freestyle choreography to maintain my brain is firing on all cylinders.  Here's to the next 40 years then......

Read the article here http://bit.ly/1qM58lw

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MB

Monday 18 August 2014

Popular Treatment Playlist

Many clients recently have expressed how much they have enjoyed listening to one particular playlist I have been using in treatments, that I feel duty bound to put up the track listing.  Unfortunately titled "Ballad Massage" (I was stuck for a name, honest :)) this 2.5 hour playlist has some cracking relaxing tunes as well as some surprises, with artists picked from the 70's all the way through to the current day.  If after reading what's on the playlist and you fancy listening to it the next time you are having treatment, feel free to request it.


  • Alexandra Burke - Hallelujah
  • Judy Garland - Over The Rainbow
  • Dusty Springfield - If You Go Away
  • Cyndi Lauper - La Vie En Rose
  • Alicia Keys - Empire State Of Mind
  • Randy Crawford - Almaz
  • Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love and The First Time I Ever saw Your Face
  • Florence & The Machine - No Light
  • Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly
  • Annie Lennox - Why
  • Randy Crawford - One Day I'll Fly Away
  • Annie Lennox - A Thousand Beautiful Things
  • Barbara Streisand - Memory
  • Annie Lennox - Many Rivers To Cross
  • Neil Diamond and Barbara Streisand - You Don't Bring Me Flowers
  • Coldplay - Princess of China
  • Katie Melua - I Cried For You
  • Julie London - Cry Me A River
  • Paloma Faith - I Just Wait
  • Elbow - One Day Like This
  • Florence & The Machine - Spectrum
  • Tony Bennett with K D Lang - Blue Velvet
  • Adele - Skyfall
  • Mary Jess - Did I Make The Most of Loving You (Theme from Downton)
  • John Williams - Hedwig's Theme
  • Gloria Gaynor - Feelings
  • Kontact - Show Me A Sign
  • Alison Moyet - The First Time, Only You, That Ole Devil
  • Madonna - Take A Bow, Forbidden Love
  • Marc Almond - Glorious, For One Moment, Just Good Friends
Other Playlists are available, even one dedicated to all things Eurovision

Michael