Urban Health

08/04/2026

Are you an early bird?
Do you like to move your body for your mental health?

Join our yoga classes in Brackenfell.

We also offer yoga classes online -
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23/03/2026

As the seasons shift, your body naturally looks for steadiness. Shorter days, cooler mornings, and a change in light can all influence your energy, appetite, and mood. A simple routine, even a loose one, gives your body something predictable to anchor to. It’s not about rigidity; it’s about rhythm.

Think of it as creating small pockets of stability in a busy life. Waking up at roughly the same time, eating regular meals, or taking a short walk at the same hour each day can calm your nervous system and make healthy choices feel less like effort and more like flow. When life feels full, let your routine hold you instead of trying to hold everything yourself.

Start with one thing. Keep it gentle. Let it grow naturally.

20/03/2026

18/03/2026

Some stories deserve to be shared, and this is one of them 🌸🌻🪴

“Hi Adrian,

I am writing a post for you. With a photo. Use it. Don't use it. Because no one ever sees the very real changes that happen when visiting you. And when I look at this photo I see health. I see a smile reaching my eyes.

You told me losing weight will be a side-effect of eating healthy. And I nodded because my only intention was losing weight. I had tunnel vision in my goals.

However - you have opened up my world and taught me everything matters. How I sleep, how much I stress, what I do with my free time.

Health matters! Not just weight.

I have weighed a lot less than where I currently am. And my intention is to side-effect myself all the way back there again. But never have I felt this healthy. As a complete human being. I now know soul activities matter and I had a good laugh when I realized it was just your much nicer term for stress management.

I think I will forever hate cooking! And even here you helped me find ways around it. But I find so much joy in food now. Nothing is restricted. Food is considered a celebration and the guilt that has been taken off my shoulders for enjoying a treat has been immense.

I still have a journey ahead of me, but it doesn't stress me. At all. Small changes with a big impact have made this sustainable. And I am completely secure in the knowledge I will never ever go back to being unhealthy. Or overweight. Because this is my life now. Good choices are my every day now. Not something I do to lose weight and see-saw into gaining back when I stop.

I am immensely grateful for the support, the guidance and the laughs.
For the fact that you taught me exercise needs to be fun.
And for the fact that never once I have felt judged. Not even for a moment.

If I can do this, I truly believe anyone can.

Regards,
Anel”

17/03/2026

Ready to start your yoga journey?🌼🌸🪻

Why this class is perfect for you:
🌱Suitable for Beginners
🌻Enhance Flexibility and Strength
🧘🏻Improve Posture and Balance
🌙 Calm Your Mind
♥️Cultivate Meaningful Self-Connection

Contact us: 0763236767

09/03/2026

Join the yoga movement 🌼🌸🪻

Why this class is perfect for you:
🌱Suitable for Beginners
🌻Enhance Flexibility and Strength
🧘🏻Improve Posture and Balance
🌙 Calm Your Mind
♥️Cultivate Meaningful Self-Connection

Contact us: 0763236767

24/02/2026

You wake up early. Perhaps a half hour before the rest of the house wakes. An hour, if you can. You avoid coffee first thing, as has become your habit and have a glass of warm water with a slice of lemon instead. You climb into something comfy and set out your mat. You sit on the floor with your warm lemon water, light a candle and some incense, and pull your journal closer. You close your eyes for a while before picking up your pen.

You’re grounded, and settled, you’ve journaled your thoughts for the morning and you’ve started the day with the dust mites frolicking and dancing in the soft light of morning, as the dawn seeps its promises through the gap in your curtains…with the birds stirring outside and the gentle rise and fall of your chest as you breathe in and out…you turn your thoughts towards breakfast, a warm shower, getting dressed for the day with clothes you already put out the evening before…

Hahahahahaha. Who are we kidding?

Here’s what really happens. You hit snooze a couple of times before your eyes open with a sense of impending doom. You throw the covers back, scattering the cat and not getting clawed if you’re lucky, your daily heads-up display already overlaying your tasks and responsibilities on the ceiling above. Whispers of conversations from yesterday, emails that must be sent today and calls that must be had and shopping that must be done and oh-dear-when-last-did-I-wash-the-windows follows you to the kettle. You all but gulp down that first cup as you drop two slices of bread into the toaster. You shower. You dress. You search for the shoe that got kicked under the bed the night before. You fumble for your keys, grab your phone, chuck them into your bag and head out. As the car pulls out of the driveway…already knowing full well that you are not on time to miss the traffic this morning and already picturing that withering look from Susan the Bookkeeper…you suddenly remember:

Your toast is still in the toaster.

Go ahead and read on at

https://urbanhealth.co.za/2026/02/10/why-being-healthy-feels-hard-when-youre-busy/

24/02/2026

Join Ilana today on Radio DISA… en dan gesels ons lekker oor die gesin

17/02/2026

10/02/2026

Every second Tuesday 🌻🌻🌻

🎙️Vandag in die program "Ek my gesin" om 14:00 gesels Tessa Gaffley saam met, Ilana Serfontein van "Live inside out" n dinamiese veelbekroonde Berader. Die onderhoud handel vandag oor "Nuwe jaar Nuwe begin" skakel gerus in op radio disa 95.9fm 📻of klik "Listen" op ons weblad www.disafm.co.za jy welkom om jou vragies in te stuur op ons whatsap📞 lyn 0820427784 🎧

29/01/2026

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