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I know I’m not posting my usual stuff at the moment. It’s not the time for it but I do want to let you know about an event happening between 31st January and 4th February 2024. Anyone facing a cold, wet, miserable weather longs for an escape and this will certainly be that. Yes it’s got Zumba®, and traditional bachata (which is from the Dominican Republic!) but it also has jungle and beaches, yoga and meditation and a ton more. If you have the means, come on out here! There’s $100 off per person using my name TREASA as a code until midnight on Wednesday 15th Nov!

Www.zumbaretreat.com for all the info and here’s a wee taster.

https://youtu.be/RwEHAAY-mIU?feature=shared

Zumba Retreat I 31 January - 04 February 2024 I TRAILER Welcome to your dream ZUMBA vacation in the Dominican paradise!A trip to the heart of the Caribbean jungle to dance and recharge your energies in one of the ...

This is extraordinary!! Prince Ea hits pretty much everything in here.

If I was the DEVIL If the devil was on earth, here’s what he would do...Inspired by Paul Harvey’s 1965 version of "If I Were the Devil" Check out what I've been working onhttps...

“Accessing pleasure from effort itself”

An incredibly interesting take on doing what we want to do for the end goal rather than for the journey itself. Thoughts?

NEUROSCIENTIST: You will NEVER LACK Motivation Again Neuroscientist Andrew Huberman explains how implementing certain habits in your day to day life can HELP you stay motivated and disciplined.Andrew Huberman ...

A very powerful message here. Dr Rangan Chatterjee has spoken often on the mental health benefits he’s witnessed in teen patients once he’s helped them spend less time on their phones.

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This Sunday morning has been more of a working one but I had a gorgeous breakfast with two of my favourite men last Sunday 😉 Dr Chatterjee speaking with ZACH BUSH MD. Zach makes all his listeners realise how fascinating we humans are. I’ve been listening to him for several years and his knowledge about the wonderful interplay of bacteria and viruses within us changed how I felt about the micro biome years ago and contributed to my never feeling any fears about the great unmentionable 😉 of the past few years.

Do yourself a favour and subscribe to the podcast and check this episode out as well as so many fabulous others.

FYI: the third pic shows turmeric in the olive oil. Add it with a black or cayenne pepper to give a big boost to your brekkie.

These are the little nutrition superheroes we came up with in a previous business. The company is no more but I still use these genius ways of reframing foods and what they do, to this day.

Seeing food only in terms of protein/fat/carbs or worse, only in terms of caloric value, is so unhelpful and uninspiring.

When you know what food truly does - how it can help or hinder your body, your repair and recovery, your longevity, even your mood! - you really are in the driver’s seat regarding your aims. My aims are flexibility, fluidity, functioning, pain-free and longevity. What are yours? 🥰

When your friend says your cooking is better than a restaurant’s, it’s good to snap it 😉 I’ve been using a great deal more eggs than usual after hearing the terrific information from Dr. Gabrielle Lyon when she appeared on Dr Chatterjee’s podcast last week (link to the episode in the comments below - highly highly recommend having a listen particularly if you’re a woman in peri/menopause).

Protein matters.

Huge!!! Just extraordinary to hear two doctors I admire so much talk about “evidence-based” - they eyeroll at the term, they’d love to throw it out of the lexicon. says it’s not evidence-based practice but practice-based evidence. He calls it pure science. Rangan calls it myopic evidence based medicine.

One of the few I recommend isDr Chatterjee .

I had the privilege of spending time with this fabulous deep-thinker and his now-wife earlier on this year. I really appreciate Wojtek’s work and words. This one touches on many topics in my workshops and indeed in the ones too.

Have a watch, subscribe and enjoy Wojtek’s older videos too.

You Can't Rest When You Are Dead "You can rest when you're dead" is probably one of the least intelligent sayings I've ever heard. You can't rest when you are dead.Rest is crucial for the cr...

If you’re someone who loves to take a break by having a bop in their kitchen, do swing by and check out this YouTube channel where I’ve started (after almost 11 years of being a Zumba instructor 😂) to upload choreography videos. It’s mostly so that I don’t forget what I’ve choreographed as my memory hasn’t retained most of what I’ve choreographed for class over the decade. This is a fun swing. Enjoy and let me know if you dance along. Yes I’m normally in Zumbawear to record these but I’d been walking and listening to this great song and I knew I’d lose the steps if I didn’t just record them 😁.

Caliente - Sweety Boop Zumba dance fitness choreography swing

I knew it wasn’t good. I didn’t know it was this bad. Seriously if you want , get yourself a nut milk bag and make your own with JUST organic porridge oats and filtered water.

Always be a . Since consumers got smarter and rules got *slightly* tightened, producers began renaming ingredients.

Btw one of the biggest brands is one of the worst. I’m not going to name them, just see the labels. “Almond” milk with a measly percentage of almonds. Ireland had its own homegrown almond milk company whose products were totally delish thanks to the high percentage of almonds used but of course that’s not sustainable as people are used to paying less for inferior products that they usually think are doing them good.

How wonderful is this? You could be like this fab lady who's 83 and believed that she could never learn to dance but all it takes is a great teacher.

Did you know that there are dozens of reasons to take up ? Learning combinations of movements and choreographies helps to keep conditions like dementia and Alzheimer's at bay. It's a scientifically-proven way to your . You'll maintain (or regain) and in your body which aids and prevents joints from seizing up. Dancing is one of my immediate ways to .

By the way, if you're in , check out the teacher above Jorge "El Bomba" Infante for Cuban salsa, son, Dominican bachata, timba, rumba and more. Highly recommended.

El Maestro estudio de baile on Instagram: "Ella es Mercedes es Catalana y tiene 83 años, si crees que no puedes ella te enseña porque la Coreografía se la enseño ella a @jorge_infanteb 😍😍 #elbomba #elmaestrostudio #viveyexpresa...

You've undoubtedly heard about intermittent fasting over the last few years. Whether it's brand new to you or you've been eating this way for a while, there are some incredible gems in this conversation between Dr Jason Fung and Dr Rangan Chatterjee. Rangan's podcast is the first podcast I recommend to anyone who asks me. You can listen in the usual way or watch the episodes on YouTube.

If you or someone in your life has Type II Diabetes and would like to be supported in reversing this, get in touch with Siobhan Dee or Rachel Graham The Menopause Nutritionist.

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Be and takes so little from us but can mean the world to someone else.

“It was Halloween night. I got radioed to a call so I walked through the hospital and jumped in the elevator. On the next floor, this little boy with a huge bandage over his head got into the elevator with his Mam. He looked at me and asked, ‘What are you doing here?’ I was like, ‘Well, I’m here to check on you! How are you doing?’ He said ‘I’m fine… but I don’t like the fireworks and the bangers. They’re too loud.’ So I said ‘You know what? I’m going to get a big bucket of water and I’m going to collect all the fireworks and put them in it.’ He laughed, and as we walked out of the elevator he asked me my name. I said ‘My name is Eimear!’ And he replied ‘That’s great, now I know two Guards!’ About two weeks later, I was doing nights, and while walking around the hospital I heard a lady say ‘Are you Garda Eimear?’ I said ‘Yes! How can I help?’ She said ‘You probably don’t remember but you met my son a few weeks ago in the elevator and he couldn’t stop talking about you ever since.’ I said ‘Aww! Of course, I remember! How is he doing?’ She got very upset then. She told me they were looking for treatment for him abroad. I felt like I had to do something, to at least acknowledge him and show that I was thinking of him. I wanted to cheer him up. My initial idea was to give him a goodie bag, but when I told a sergeant he suggested that I make him an ‘Honorary Junior Garda’. So a few weeks later, this little fella was going around the hospital in a full custom-made Garda uniform with a hat and a badge. Unfortunately, he’s no longer with us. But he taught me a lot about the importance of being nice at all times. That little chat in the elevator had a huge impact; not only on him and his family but also on me. He gave me a reason to become one of the volunteers with Little Blue Heroes.”

How beautiful. I’ve been helped over many thresholds in my life by wonderful people. May we all have these people in our lives always.

When someone encourages you, that person helps you over a threshold you might otherwise never have crossed on your own. There are times of great uncertainty in every life. Left alone at such a time, you feel dishevelment and confusion like gravity. When a friend comes with words of encouragement, a light and lightness visit you and you begin to find the stairs and the door out of the dark. The sense of encouragement you feel from the friend is not simply her words or gestures; it is rather her whole presence enfolding you and helping you find the concealed door. The encouraging presence manages to understand you and put herself in your shoes. There is no judgement but words of relief and release.

JOHN O'DONOHUE

Excerpt from his book, Eternal Echoes
Ordering Info: https://johnodonohue.com/store

County Kerry, Ireland
Photo: © Ann Cahill

It’s always wonderful when friends come to my classes and it’s such an added joy when pals from the wonderful Sun and Co. - Coliving Coworking Community come along. It was so fab to have Sarah come along during her stay at the house. It hadn’t occurred to me until seeing Sarah’s video how unusual our Tuesday morning setting for class is 🤪. It’s quite handily only a few steps from coffee and breakfast and the fabulous staff at La Ermita Local Market. 💚

If you’re wondering about the whoops and giggles pre-class, we are either the bane or the love of barista Xabi’s life 😁.



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Being conscious and happy about how you nourish your body (with food, movement, connection and mental work) is easier than you think. It doesn't have to be the chore that Foil Arms and Hog hilariously portray here. 😆

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH25DnNe8J0

Confessing your Sins to your Fitness Instructor Confessing your Sins to your fitness instructor If you'd like to support us making these videos we have a Pat...

Some of you will know that I teach classes as well as in person. I've been putting up my 30 min daily classes since November 2020 and, although many people are now back in the happy atmosphere of real-life classes, many still want to have a boogie at their own convenience at home.

Check out the link and I'll be delighted if you want to join us online in June!

https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/30x30-with-treas-june-2022-tickets-353979601517

Those who know me know that I normally dress for movement - be that walking, cycling, dancing, Zumba or flinging myself into the sea - and am rarely to be found in a dress (My thanks to girlfriends for supplying some of the wardrobe 😂).

Sometimes work calls on us to do things we would rarely do.

These are not photos from successive days but rather a series of hair and clothing changes required in the space of an afternoon whilst recording 10 pieces of video content on for for inclusion in an amazing coaching programme for those with .

If you or someone you know is dealing with the of , I highly recommend contact Karen Dwyer about her and other coaching programmes.

with friends you respect is always a joy