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Low-impact exercises such as yoga and pilates involve a lot of stretching. Both activities improve the individual’s flexibility and range of motion. This is essential in keeping the body safe from injuries and improve the health and stability of our joints, which is important as we grow old. 

Yoga, in particular, focuses more on stretching compared to pilates that only generally involves the back, pelvic floor, and hamstrings. While the basic poses done in yoga are simple and don’t necessarily require a lot of bending and stretching, the more advanced and complex ones demand a higher level of flexibility which can only be achieved through regular stretching. 

At The Hundred Wellness Centre, we are proud to conduct yoga classes that incorporate contemporary tools while working out such as the RecoveRing. Let us get to know this revolutionary new product brought to you by our very own Sophie Boo.

The Philosophy Of Archery, Reborn As RecoveRing 

RecoveRing’s philosophy is inspired by the physics behind archery. In this sport, you take an arrow and draw it onto the bow’s string, pull it behind to form tension, take aim, and release. With the RecoveRing, the action of pulling, holding, and releasing is at the core of its unique design.

Pulling 

Its ‘pulling’ effect helps release the nerves in muscles, subsequently enhancing blood circulation and the function of the lymphatic system.

Holding 

Contracting the muscles by way of “holding” enhances the user’s strength, mobility, and range of motion. 

Releasing

Recovering’s “releasing” reduces muscle pain, helps in the recovery from fatigue, and relieves existing muscle tension.

This remarkable fitness tool is designed to aid in the stretching movements for fitness activities such as yoga, pilates, and personal training. The idea behind RecoveRing is helping individuals recover and improve their body and mind. 

It Is Made From Sustainable Materials

The raw materials used to create RecoveRing are eco-friendly. Its makers believe that using sustainable resources is a necessity and never an option therefore, it is made from PEFC certified materials. This means it has passed all the qualifications to be awarded The Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification.

The RecoveRing is also 100% toxic-free and biodegradable. The RecoveRing emulates the feeling of nature and this is effectively achieved through its composition of wood fibers from Germany. 

Benefits Of The RecoveRing

This exercise tool is the perfect companion for anyone who wants to upgrade their yoga or pilates experience. It effectively relieves tight and sore muscles, reduces edema or swelling in the muscles.  

RecoveRing diffuses built-up pressure and tension.  It also efficiently targets the specific muscle areas that need work. In addition, its unique shape provides a massaging effect. Through these benefits, individuals can make the most out of their pilates and yoga workouts, effectively augmenting the positive effects of both exercises. 

Experience The RecoveRing With Us At The Hundred

Take advantage of the amazing effects of RecoveRing with us at The Hundred Wellness Centre. Enroll in one of our yoga classes with RecoveRing pioneer, Sophie Boo today! Visit us at our wellness center in Jumeriah for more information. 

According to research, 1 in every 15 women worldwide is affected by Polycystic Ovary Syndrome or PCOS. It is a complex condition that affects the female endocrine system and causes hormonal imbalances in the body. Women who have PCOS find it difficult to maintain a healthy weight, a regular menstruation cycle and conceive. 

Ladies who have a chronic condition such as PCOS can greatly benefit from regular exercise. But choosing the right physical activity can be challenging. With PCOS, it’s not only about exercise routines that promote weight loss but also about stress alleviation and improving the body’s hormone levels. 

One of the best exercises that is ideal for women who suffer from PCOS is pilates. Apart from toning the body and improving core strength and flexibility, pilates reduces cortisol levels that are associated with stress. Let us further discuss how this workout can help women manage the symptoms of PCOS. 

Pilates Strengthens The Pelvic Floor Muscles

This group of tissues forms a dome-shaped muscular sheet underneath the pelvic area. It supports the abdominal and pelvic viscera or the internal organs in the human body’s lower abdominal cavity. These include the intestines, bladder, and most especially the uterus. Along with the muscles located in the back as well as the abdomen, pelvic floor muscles are all part of core strengthening – a major component of pilates classes.

Strengthening these muscles reduces the risk of having pelvic floor dysfunction, which is a common occurrence for women with PCOS. The muscles, ligaments, and tissues of the pelvic floor will not only become stronger, but individuals will also experience relief from pain and discomfort and other debilitating symptoms of PCOS such as hormone imbalance. 

Taking Part In Pilates Classes Decreases Stress Levels 

You can engage in the right exercise or maintain a proper diet, but without controlling your stress levels, it will be difficult to alleviate the symptoms of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome entirely. Effective stress management is crucial for women experiencing PCOS, and one way of ensuring they maintain healthy psychological wellbeing is through pilates. 

A wellness center that offers pilates provides a safe and comfortable environment for individuals to relax and release built-up stress and tension. This low-impact exercise allows your mind to focus on the body and its breathing. Concentrating on how you breathe enables the body to supply adequate oxygen in the blood and distribute it to the organs. This, in turn, encourages the brain to calm down while efficiently reducing cortisol levels associated with stress.  

It Helps Address Hormonal Imbalance

Pilates, when combined with yoga, can prove to be beneficial in managing PCOS. Doing both exercises regularly can improve your hormone levels to a great extent and this is made possible by the relaxation benefits that both activities have on the body. 

This enhances the communication process between different organs, thereby effectively managing the release of hormones. Our trainer at the Hundred can further help you find the right pilates exercises that will work best for your condition.  

If you want to learn more about how pilates can help manage your PCOS, head over to our wellness center in Jumeirah to enroll in one of our classes today. 

As humans, we are sentient beings. We have the capacity to sense feelings, empathize, perceive emotions, and build relationships through shared experiences. We have an awareness of our surroundings and are easily affected by different sensations. Each of us is complex, and we have different goals that keep us motivated and moving forward. 

Being an individual, we are driven by our emotions. What we feel influences our cognitive behavior. Whatever decisions we make, the actions we take, and our judgments and perceptions are all shaped by the emotions we feel at any given moment. And for some of us, we can be so overwhelmed with all these feelings that it could cloud our judgment, affect our relationships, and hinder us from achieving our goals. 

Emotion and relationship coaching can help us redirect our focus and address any unresolved feelings, pent-up emotions, and interpersonal challenges. Let us explore more about what benefits this therapy offers for an individual.

What is Emotion And Relationship Coaching?

Emotion and relationship coaching involves different methods to explore personal patterns of feelings, thoughts, and actions. This type of coaching includes establishing goals and developing different approaches to help individuals form fulfilling relationships and create meaningful experiences. 

As emotion and relationship coaching is client-centered, the individual’s personality, unique experiences, and needs to determine the type of approach the therapist will employ. Methods for emotion and relationship coaching may include humanistic, cognitive-behavioral, existential, Gestalt, Neuro-Linguistic programming, and Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing or EMDR. 

The Benefits Of Emotion And Relationship Coaching

• Healthier relationships

A better understanding of your emotions and learning to refocus these feelings towards positive aspects will help you form healthier relationships with your family, friends, and loved ones. 

• Improved self-awareness and self-management

Having self-awareness will enable you to manage your self and work better with other people. It also allows you to achieve a higher level of happiness and contentment.

• Establishment of new/helpful patterns of behavior

With the help of a relationship coach, you’ll be able to develop positive behaviors and focus on taking advantage of opportunities for self-improvement. 

• Clarification of values, purpose, and goals

Emotion and relationship coaching allows you to understand your goals better and clarify your values and purpose in life. 

• Improved self-esteem

Through emotion and relation coaching, you’ll gain confidence in yourself and become more comfortable in your skin.

• A richer repertoire of life and social skills

Your relationship coach will empower you to develop better interpersonal skills that you can use in different social settings.

• Resolved internal blockades

Past traumas, bad experiences, and emotional baggage are only a few of the internal blockades one can experience. These things can hinder you from experiencing life to the fullest and prevent you from achieving your goals. With emotional and relationship coaching, you’ll be able to overcome and resolve such conflicts with ease. 

Learn more about how emotion and relationship coaching can improve how you handle your feelings and form stronger relationships. Visit us at our wellness center in Dubai to consult with our experts today. 

Some people can go through episodes of anxiety, depression, and distress.  These cause them to draw back from experiencing life to the fullest. It also prevents them from achieving happiness, contentment, and feeling a sense of fulfillment. 

Whatever the causes of their issues, these challenges have affected their daily activities, relationships, and interactions with the people around them.  For people who have gone through or are still experiencing such problems, it is never too late to seek help, be heard, and overcome their personal obstacles using apt treatments. One such method includes Rapid Transformational Therapy or RTT®.

The Power Of The Mind

For years, people have been talking about the connection between the physical body and the mind beginning from René Descartes’ famous postulations back in the early 1600s. We have also heard of the power of the mind over matter. That explains using our will power to overcome our physical challenges.  

The principle works in a way wherein the mind uses its willpower to heal, and subsequently,  the individual starts feeling better as a result.  Several therapies that address mental health issues, such as RTT®, harness the power of the mind, especially the deepest recesses of our consciousness – or the subconscious. 

Exploring The Subconscious

Rapid Transformational Therapy is the culmination of the best practices in hypnotherapy, psychotherapy, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and neuroscience. Using these methods, the allied healthcare professional assesses the subconscious mind to gain insights into the individual’s beliefs, suppressed emotions, values,  defense mechanisms, long term memory, and desires. 

It should be understood that the subconscious mind, unlike our conscious thoughts, stands true without reason or logic; it does not recognize criticism nor judgment. It is where our instincts reside- those that are innate and the ones that we have acquired through different experiences throughout our lives – including both good and bad.  Therefore, it is in the subconscious where one can bring root issues to the surface and render it invalid. 

RTT® And The Subconscious

Using the process of hypnotherapy, the RTT® provider directly inputs positive suggestions to the subconscious mind that’s aimed to deliver therapeutic benefits, including releasing past trauma and negativity.  RTT® sessions usually involve different processes or stages wherein you enter a state of relaxation and peace of mind. 

Clarity and Focus

Step one includes a pre-session concentrating on clarity and focus. This is usually a talk session with your therapist.  This is done to establish your goals and identify which issues you want to address, such as anxiety, procrastination, trauma, self-sabotage, smoking, weight, etc. 

Accessing The Subconscious

After your pre-session, the actual RTT® Session commences as your therapist leads you to a state of deep relaxation. This is done through hypnosis, where your subconscious is revealed, and the therapist works to reprogram any negative thoughts and feelings to help achieve your goals. 

The Ongoing Process

An audio recording is given to you by the therapists. You will then be instructed to listen to it daily at your convenient time. It should be noted that you need to be in a relaxed state when listening to it. This can continue from 30 to 40 days. 

If you wish to learn more about the amazing benefits of Rapid Transformational Therapy, you can always visit us at The Hundred Wellness Center and speak to our experts today. 

Since 2004, the term ‘brunch’ has been growing as a popular meal trend. While a lot of people consider it a millennial fad that will soon lose its mileage, many have embraced it as a positive food experience. Today, brunch is not just an Instagram worthy meal, but rather presents an opportunity for people to bond. Over the years, Dubai’s brunch scene has developed from being a fancy meal shared by friends and family to more of a healthy weekend meal. 

A brunch provides a deeper sense of belonging and connection to everyone as we are validated by spending time with our loved ones. Although there are many cafes and restaurants around the city that offer brunches, very few of them can boast of a menu that is not just tasty and flavourful but also highly nutritious. Our cafe in Jumeirah, the 100 Cafe has now entered Dubai’s brunch scene with promises of healthy and mouth-watering foods. 

 

What The 100 Café Brings To The Table?

Our Saturday brunch offers everyone a place to meet and get together while indulging in our specially curated foods for just 99AED. Our kitchen serves the brunch offer from 9 am to 4 pm every Saturday with one nutritious dish along with fresh juice, tea or coffee served according to your taste. 

We source local and imported ingredients of the highest quality and guaranteed freshness to create our delightful dishes. Our dishes not only satisfy your hunger but also nourish the soul. We also bring seasonal fruits and vegetables to the table, promoting a balanced diet with all foods in moderation, encouraging all our guests to bite into nurturing and non-restrictive foods.

 

The 100 Café Menu

At our healthy cafe in Jumeirah provides a nutritious and balanced cuisine that suits everyone’s tastes. The brunch menu includes Bluemoon Oats, a delicious dish of oats soaked in cashew milk overnight with natural blue spirulina, cinnamon, and fresh berries. We also serve gluten-free fluffy pancakes that are topped with fresh strawberries, blueberries, bananas, and served with a choice of maple syrup, local honey, or homemade Vegan Strawberry Yogurt & Granola. 

For those of you who prefer a more savory meal, we offer our popular Pumpkin & Pesto Sandwich, made with sourdough bread and filled with roasted pumpkin, enoki mushrooms, spinach, and a rich, mixed herb and nut pesto. The Vegan Cheese & Tomato Sandwich, on the other hand, presents a sourdough bread filled with homemade vegan cheese of cashew nuts alongside alfalfa sprouts and rich tomatoes. Lastly, the classic Poached Eggs & Mushrooms on Sourdough Toast can invigorate your taste buds all at once.

We also offer in-house desserts including a rich, velvety gluten-free Chocolate Cake, which was inspired by the memory of sweets served within the founder’s university halls, and a vegan warm Berry Crumble made with blueberries, blackberries, and chia seeds. The 100 Café also serves specialty coffee, fragrant tea, and a delicious selection of fresh, cold-pressed juices and smoothies.

 

A Power-Packed Brunch

At the 100 Cafe, we take pleasure in providing a blend of healthy cuisine, with dairy-free, gluten-free, and vegan options, without compromising on flavors. If you are looking for a place to catch up with your family and friends this weekend while enjoying a tasty, nutritious meal, look no further than our healthy cafe in Jumeirah. So drop by The Hundred, your favorite wellness centre in Dubai this Saturday. 

Yoga and meditation have emerged as popular spiritual practices in modern times that promise refined well-being to all practitioners. There are several documented benefits of both yoga and meditation that help people in improving their health and daily life. 

When we talk about holistic health, it does not concern the physical well being alone. Our mind, body, and soul are interconnected in such a way that complete wellbeing can be achieved only when all three are in harmony with each other. This is where yoga and meditation come in. Regularly attending yoga classes can help you regain the much-needed balance that ensures mindful wellbeing.

 

Why Yoga and Meditation?

Our minds and bodies are continuously working to meet and satisfy our everyday needs and desires. Starting with office work that spans from 9 to 6, taking care of your family to fulfilling the many responsibilities that come your way, you are rolling in the continuous loop of life. These cycles of stressful waking hours and exhausted sleep can lead to both physical as well as mental breakdowns. 

By practicing yoga and meditation daily, you can beat this exhaustion and enjoy several other benefits that impact your lifestyle. Unlike many other exercise regimes that you can try from watching videos on the internet, yoga and meditation are best learned from a certified trainer. Our yoga classes in Dubai, for instance, focus on helping your body to relax, find peace, and re-energize thoroughly in order to prepare you to meet with the everyday demands of life.

Yoga involves a series of physical and mental postures or asanas that originated in India about 5000 years ago. At our wellness centre in Dubai, we propagate the Ashtanga Vinyasa method of yoga, which is a dynamic practice that involves a continuous flowing sequence of movements that are only briefly interrupted by a series of static asanas. Along with the postures, your yoga master will also train you to focus and direct your mind towards the larger spatial movements that will align and relax your mind, body, and soul. 

With the help of fine meditation techniques, you will further learn to control and calm your mind, redirecting positive energy into your body. Practicing yoga and meditation together will help improve flexibility, balance, endurance, and strength of the body as well as reduce stress and enhance self-awareness of the mind. Let us take a look at 8 major benefits of yoga and meditation that will rejuvenate you from the inside-out.

Pain Relief

There are special yoga postures that help improve core muscle strength and provide long-term pain relief, especially for the back and abdominal muscles. These postures can also condition the muscular network of the spine to help improve posture, flexibility, and mobility of your body.

 

Heart Health

Yoga plays a key role in improving the health of the cardiovascular system, stimulating better blood circulation throughout the body. As the practice is highly relaxing, it essentially lowers stress and increases blood pressure, thereby maintaining optimal heart rate.

 

Healthy Digestion

Many people suffer from digestive issues like constipation and Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) these days due to changing food habits and routines. There are specific yoga postures that can help relieve the symptoms and improve digestive health with regular practice. 

 

Weight Reduction

Although the postures may seem a little subtle for your taste, regular yoga practice can also help you lose those extra pounds you carry around. As this exercise focuses on strengthening, toning, and improving the overall flexibility of the body, you will naturally lose weight and get in shape over time.

 

Combats Stress and Migraines

Yoga postures that focus on relaxing the neck and shoulder muscles help in combating stress knots and constant migraines by releasing tension from the body. The postures improve blood and lymphatic circulation, thereby reducing stress-related pains.

 

Increased Self-Awareness

Practicing meditation along with yoga will increase your ability to perceive the self and surroundings in a more mindful manner. With increased awareness of the body, your mind will also become self-aware by connecting with the physical self and allowing the energy flow to form a synergy between the two halves.

 

Overcome Addictions

Regular meditation helps increase attention and willpower. Many people who are addicted to alcohol, cigarettes, and more find it easier to break out of those habits by controlling their impulses. Through meditation people also come into peace with the reasons that have caused the addiction in the first place.

 

Combat Memory Loss

Mindful meditation helps people improve their memory power. As the technique is focused on increasing brain function, regular practice of meditation can combat both long term and short term memory loss. Today meditation techniques are used widely to help dementia patients to retain at least a part of their memory.

Yoga and meditation shouldn’t be seen just as an exercise routine, rather, they should be practiced as a way of life. If you are interested in learning yoga and meditation from a certified trainer, visit our wellness centre in Jumeirah today.

 

Over the years, people have become more open to the idea of seeking therapy to help them navigate their daily mental and emotional problems in a fruitful manner. Therapy is a proven way to improve many known mental health conditions where people not only learn to cope with symptoms but accept and overcome the underlying reasons for distress. As the benefits of therapy last longer than medications, even traditional medical professionals recommend therapy for their patients, especially when they are recovering or rehabilitating from physical trauma.

Today, there are many kinds of mental therapies that all aim at healing people from the inside out. Rapid Transformational Therapy™ (RTT™) is one of the latest and most popular methods among them. Founded by world-renowned therapist Marisa Peer, RTT uses a combination of the most beneficial principles of hypnotherapy, psychotherapy, Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and neuroscience. 

This therapy is also endorsed by multiple organizations including the National and International Council of Psychotherapists, American Board of Hypnotherapy, Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council, and the International Association of Complementary Therapists. So what exactly is RTT and what can you expect from a session? In this blog, we will learn more about this revolutionary therapy and its many benefits.

 

RTT: The Core Idea

As the name suggests, RTT is known to provide visible and highly positive results rapidly. This transformational therapy involves the use of hypnosis and hypnotherapy and their aspects like trance, regression, and hypnotic conditioning for positive reinforcement and establishing breakthroughs. 

Unlike regular hypnotherapy, here the therapists help the patient dive into their subconscious mind and communicate directly with it to fix mental blocks and/or traumatic experiences. This helps create new neural pathways that bypass old trauma and restrictive beliefs to form new empowering behaviors and lifestyle changes.

As the techniques and tools used during an RTT session are much more refined than most regular therapy methods, many patients experience a transformational change in a single session. Additional training, ongoing support, and supervision are provided by the therapist to help patients improve and reinforce their positive changes.

 

What Can RTT Resolve? 

RTT can help bring powerful and permanent changes to the mind and body through its specially designed therapeutic techniques. 

Apart from resolving mental issues like stress, anxiety, and depression, RTT can also help in overcoming learning and speaking difficulties, behavioral challenges, parenting issues, and abuse. During a session, the therapist will teach the patient various techniques to empower the mind to tell the body what to do. This particular method called Command Therapy helps people overcome addictions. 

Another technique called the Role Function is a powerful method that explores the importance people attach to their issues and assist them in finding a safe way to release pent up emotions. Command Cell Therapy is another commonly used healing technique that addresses past traumas in the patient’s life and offers an effective way to overcome them in a secure environment.

With the help of these unique techniques, therapists practicing RRT can help their patients make rapid and cathartic changes in their life. Interested in attending an RTT session? Visit our wellness centre in Dubai today for more details.

 

The world around us is chaotic and constantly changing. While some of us choose not to dwell on the chaos and focus on the positive side of things, many people out there are continuously influenced by them. Ever wondered why?

According to experts, cognitive distortions are at the core of most cognitive and behavioural issues that people suffer from. If your mind tends to convince you of something that isn’t true, by reinforcing negative thoughts and emotions that leave you feeling hopeless or distressed about life, it’s called cognitive distortion. 

Psychotherapists regularly interact with such individuals to slowly unwind and correctly identify this kind of negative thoughts and help them deal with it productively. By refuting these dark thoughts and perceptions over and over, psychotherapists help you to automatically replace them with rational and sensible thinking. 

People who constantly suffer from anxiety and panic attacks are victims of multiple cognitive distortions. Their mind is wired in such a way that the immediate reaction or response to a situation is elevated anxiety and panic. To help these individuals cope with their negative thoughts and feelings better, psychotherapists have devised a set of proven methods to fix cognitive distortions.

In this blog, let us learn more about cognitive distortions that lead to anxiety and panic attacks and how psychotherapists help people suffering from them find positivity in life.

Cognitive distortions: A Brief Study

In 1976, psychologist Aaron Beck proposed the initial theory of cognitive distortions. Over the years, this was widely studied and interpreted to understand common distortions and their examples. A popular theory proposed by David Burns in the 1980s helps break them down further; some of them are discussed below:

• Filtering

Here, a person applies a cognitive filter that only allows them to see the negatives of an everyday situation by filtering out all the positive aspects of it.

• Polarized Thinking (or “Black and White” Thinking)

Also known as ‘black and white thinking’, people with this type of cognitive behaviour place all situations into good or bad. They don’t recognize grey areas and only see things in extremes.

• Overgeneralization

If a person comes to a quick conclusion based on a single piece of evidence or a single incident, it is a cognitive distortion called overgeneralization.

• Jumping to Conclusions

As the term suggests, jumping to conclusions is a cognitive distortion where the person determines what another person is thinking or feeling as if they could read their mind without fact-checking their thoughts. 

• Catastrophizing

This is a negative thought process where a person expects a disaster to strike and imagines the worst possible scenarios to occur.

• Personalization

Here, a person tends to believe that everything that another person says or does is directed at them. They literally take everything personally.

• Control Fallacies

Control fallacies cause a person to have beliefs about being in complete control of every situation in their life. When something goes wrong, either they see themselves as a victim of fate or assume responsibility for another person’s feelings.

• Fallacy of Fairness

As the name suggests, here a person feels upset, hopeless, or resentful when people don’t agree with their idea of fairness or impartiality.

• Blaming

If a person holds others responsible for their negative emotions such as pain and anxiety, or blame themselves for every problem that is outside their control, it’s termed as blaming.

• Emotional Reasoning

Emotional reasoning is a kind of distorted reasoning process where a person believes their feelings to be the absolute truth.

Most people experience some kind of cognitive distortions from time to time. They also have an innate ability to cope with them and move on in life. However, when a person suffers from a strong case of cognitive distortions, it can lead to anxiety, panic attacks, and even deepen depression and cause a host of other complications.

Coping With Distorted Thinking

To help a person suffering from anxiety or panic attacks cope with their feelings, physiotherapists dig deep into their cognitive distortions. When you feel bad about something, it is necessary to learn from the situation and take life in stride rather than reverting and reinforcing a pattern of feeling bad about yourself. 

With the help of experts at wellness centers and a lot of practice, it is possible to analyze a situation rationally and think positively and sensibly. Let’s see how it is possible:

Stage 1 – Identify Your Emotions

Cognitive distortions negatively impact one’s emotional intelligence. Often, people fail to see or understand that they are under emotional distress that could lead to anxiety and panic attacks. Failure to recognize one’s emotions causes people to go on a downward spiral of negative thinking.

So the first step towards productively dealing with your negative thinking is to identify your exact emotion. Ask yourself what you are feeling in a given situation. Is it fear, sadness, anger, or pain? Note down your feelings in a book whenever you are feeling bad about yourself or your life in general.

Stage 2 – Accept Your Feelings 

The next stage is to accept your feelings. Understand that you are driven by your emotions and not logic, which is the reason for your predicament. But do not panic. Take a deep breath and tell yourself that it is okay to have these feelings. Accepting your negative feelings should be a liberating experience. Start loving and believing in yourself and give yourself the same encouragement that you would give a friend who’s in a similar spot. 

Stage 3 – Uncover the Reasons

Once you accept your feelings, take the necessary steps to uncover the reason behind the said emotion. Ask yourself why you feel sad/angry/scared? Is it because you hold yourself to a higher standard than one that you use to judge others? Or is it because you think your feelings of self-criticism are the absolute truth?

Once you identify experiences and situations that have caused you distress, there are several ways to productively deal with them, which helps reduce your anxiety.

Stage 4 – Reality Check

Now that you have uncovered the reasons behind your distress take conscious steps to cope with them. Try removing yourself from the situation to examine it more objectively. Don’t be hard on yourself. Understand that not everything is completely right or completely wrong. Learn to accept the grey areas in life.

Instead of self-blaming, dissect the situation that has caused you distress. Was it triggered by another person? If so, assign them the responsibility of being a catalyst to your current emotional distress. It doesn’t mean that you are deflecting the issue and blaming another person, but rather understanding that you are not the sole reason for a failed situation.

Encourage yourself to think rationally. Your brain has a unique ability called neuroplasty to rearrange and grow neural networks that help in improving your cognitive abilities. Utilize it effectively and train your logical side of the brain to override the emotional brain. Your psychotherapist can guide you in this aspect through Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, making it easier to deal with future stressful situations.

Final words

Emotional distresses are caused by cognitive distortions that are quite innate to an individual. Even so, it is possible to deal with it healthily, which allows you to live a fuller life. Your mind has so much power to break free from negativity and fantasies and stay rational in the face of adversity. 

With the help of dedicated psychotherapists and some much-needed self-belief, you can easily overcome mental and emotional issues leading to anxiety, panic attacks, and depression. As the famous Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung once said, “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” So take charge of your life today!

A hearty meal with the whole family is something everyone enjoys a lot. But quite often, we continue savouring heavy meals and munch on holiday treats for much longer than we should. While we know that these foods are comforting to a lot of you during these tough times, a cleansing diet is overdue. 

Cleansing or detox diets do not need to be as restrictive as you originally thought. There is no need for you to stick to a strict diet of fresh-pressed juices all day through to clean out your system. At our healthy cafe in Dubai, we encourage a mix of solid and liquid foods that are not just good for your body but tastes awesome as well. In this blog, we wish to introduce you to the benefits of detox meals and the latest dishes you can try out at our healthy cafe.

Benefits of a detox meal

As you may have already guessed, a detox meal will get rid of the many toxins in your body that have been accumulated through unhealthy eating habits. A good detox diet will rejuvenate and energize your body and improve your body’s overall functioning.

Studies show that removing toxins from your body leads to healthy and glowing skin, increased absorption of nutrients in the digestive system, and increased metabolism. The rich antioxidants in your detox diet will also improve blood circulation, repair your vital organs and boost immunity. So, the idea of a detox diet is to get back into a healthier lifestyle. With mindful eating habits, you appreciate and take care of your body better than before.

What to expect from our healthy cafe

The 100 Cafe was designed with the idea of encouraging healthy and mindful eating among the people living in the UAE. We’d like to believe that the clients who visit our wellness centre in Dubai have already taken the first step towards better health and lifestyle. With their constant support and well wishes, our healthy cafe is now serving detox meals, with a focus on fresh ingredients, full of flavour and joy. 

The healthy cuisine we provide is specially created to not only feed your body but nourish the soul. The dishes are delightfully light, tasty, and they cleanse your body of all the toxins you consume unknowingly.

At our cafe, you will find dishes that are a fine blend of natural ingredients sourced locally as well as from around the world. Aligned with the teachings of the Holy Quran, we have incorporated all kinds of foods in moderation, without compromising on nutrition. At the 100 cafes, there is something good for everyone- from dairy-free and gluten-free options to vegan options, you will find foods that are non-restrictive, yet catering to your specific needs.

If you are looking forward to visiting our cafe in Jumeirah this September, there is more awaiting you. We are adding a few more scrumptious and equally nourishing foods to our menu this month for you to savour while on your detox diet. Here are some of them-

• Vegan Strawberry Yogurt & Homemade Granola

A great all-day breakfast option for vegans. This amazing dish has cashew milk yoghurt blended with fresh strawberries and topped with homemade granola made from gluten-free, whole grain rolled oats, coconut oil, maple syrup, raisins and pumpkin seeds. 

• Pumpkin & Pesto Sandwich 

A definite try for all your comfort food lovers out there. Try this yummy sourdough sandwich filled with roasted pumpkin, enoki mushrooms, spinach and a rich, mixed herb and nut pesto as a hearty snack!

• Spiralled Zucchini & Green Apple Salad 

A fine choice for those who favour a gluten-free vegan meal. Fresh and crunchy zucchini with grated green apple, mint and pistachios, served with a dash of white balsamic vinegar, thyme and mint dressing coming together to make a delicious salad that is blissful in every bite!

• Quinoa & Broccoli Salad 

For those who love a simple vegan salad to keep things light, this is a go-to dish. Fresh, steamed broccoli with mixed quinoa, served with a honey & mustard dressing will satisfy your hunger just the right way.

Want to check out more of our dishes? Visit the 100 Cafe and dig into our delectable, healthy and detoxing dishes this September.

What does it mean to have a healthy body? A person is said to be healthy when their bodily functions are at its peak. In these modern times, a healthy body is hard to come by and needs some effort to be maintained well. Proper and regular exercise, balanced nutrition, adequate rest, and a stress-free mind all contribute to good health.

But, does one plan fit all when it comes to maintaining a healthy body? Not necessarily. First of all, people need to understand that no two bodies are alike. Even two visibly healthy people who are of the same age, gender, and general physical structure will have varying health based on their body’s composition. This is why it is important to understand your body at a deeper level to get the most out of any nutrition or fitness regimen you follow.

Body composition analysis is a process that is widely used to understand what the body is made of. A non-invasive scan called the Body Composition Analyser (BCA) helps nutritionists and fitness experts study your body in detail by differentiating between fat, protein, minerals, and body water and understand beyond weight statistics and metabolic rate. The analysis provides the right information that can be used to personalise your diet and fitness routines that will help you get healthy and maintain your body better.

BMI Vs Body Composition Analysis

Before long, health experts used to depend on body mass index or BMI for their clinical practices. However, BMI has many limitations when it comes to predicting an individual’s health. More often than not, this number oversimplifies a person’s health risks as it fails to identify underlying issues that he or she may have.

When your diet and exercises are tailored based on BMI, the focus will be limited to fat loss and muscle gain. However, with body composition analysis, we can determine how much fat, muscle, or water weight is contributing to your overall body structure and effectively use the data for making better lifestyle choices.

Benefits of Body Composition Analysis

There are many benefits to understanding your body’s composition. Experts say that this method allows them to calculate your body’s baseline, which gives a better idea into how much of what component you need to lose, gain, or maintain.

Further, BCA can assess your body fat percentage, which is highly insightful in customizing a fat loss fitness program. Your body’s overall composition also helps nutritionists create a unique nutrition plan that supplements your long term fitness goals.

Final words

Having and maintaining a healthy body requires some hard work and time. At the same time, it is important to have realistic goals where you can actively monitor progress. With a better understanding of your body through body composition analysis, you can now make educated decisions in regards to your body, which will definitely show better results than before. 

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