Good morning,

How are you all doing. Are you looking forward to Christmas. Are you organised or very stressed. Apart form the food shopping I am sorted.

I would like to wish you all the most wonderful Christmas and to thank you for being part of my little community whether online or face to face. It has been another roller coaster of a year but we did it. 😀

Thank you to everyone who joined me last Thursday for our Xmas jumper lunch, it was lovely to see so many people come along.

It was Aileen's last Yoga class on Monday as she has moved out of the area so travelling would be tricky. I would like to wish her all the best and for being a fab Yoga instructor for the last four years. Robert will be replacing Aileen in the New Year so I would like to say welcome to the team. We will see Aileen again as she said she would cover for Robert when he is on holiday so that will be nice.

Classes finish on Thursday 23 December 2021 and will hopefully start again on Wednesday 5 January 2022 depending on what the Government decide for the new year. I am always here online in my VIP Group. I have scheduled lots of workouts for everyone to do in the group over Christmas and New Year if they wish. My timetable for January is below.

I am looking forward to time off with the family and will not be sending out newsletters, using social media etc for business I am going to completely chill. Sometimes when you run your own business it is hard to switch off. 

My health has not been good for the last 12 months. I have been having various tests and was referred to ENT at SHH back in June. I wasn't seen until October and have been diagnosed with Laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) which is also known as silent reflux. It is a condition in which acid that is made in the stomach travels up the esophagus and gets to the throat. I have a sensation of a lump in the back of my throat all the time, breathlessness, tiredness, struggling to talk as well as some other symptoms. I am finding teaching difficult as I am out of breath just teaching a warm up. I have dug out my microphone for January to see if that will help and you may have noticed that I am not using equipment or doing high intensity.

I am having to change my diet and avoid various foods, even healthy ones, plus coffee, alcohol and chocolate (not amused) 😀. I have been told that stress and anxiety may provoke acid reflux or make the symptoms worse and of course the last 19 months with my business have not been easy but I am determined I won't be beaten.

Again thank you so much for supporting me. Take care, stay safe and have lots of fun.🧡

Paula xx