So how do aesthetics and yoga tie in together?
I believe that there are many women like me- struggling to juggle life and stress, a little unhappy with ageing and determined to feel and look their best into middle age and beyond.
Society places a lot of pressure on us all to stay looking young- particularly in the workplace.
Maybe healthy ageing should be our ideal so we can recognise our potential into later life. Look at iconic women like Dames Helen Mirren and Judi Dench; successful mature ladies; not trying to look younger than their years but simply looking their best with long lasting careers.
Unfortunately, in some, particularly the young, aesthetic interventions appear gone to the other extreme, fuelled primarily by social media and resulting in unnatural and distorted features.
Aesthetic medical practitioners have a responsibility to behave ethically and professionally and to refuse to carry out inappropriate treatment on unsuitable clients. The industry needs much better regulation to ensure public safety and most importantly of all, treatment should only ever be carried out by suitably qualified, medically trained aesthetic practitioners.
Exercise, is I believe another essential way of making ourselves feel (and look) our best. I took up yoga quite late in life. At the time I was running a very stressful business single-handed and it helped manage my stress and improve my fitness. I believe we all need to find the exercise that is the best fit for us and our body. Enjoying our exercise is essential to maintaining it, long-term.
Taking good care of our bodies by eating healthily and exercising also makes us feel and look our best. Rejuvenative treatments tend to work best if our bodies are healthy as these create a controlled wound healing and our response results in the stimulation of collagen and elastin.
