Spiritual fitness is achieved through exercising out capacity to care for and help another person. Too often we are victimised by cultural existence that our work be the sourse of our greatness and purpose. We are taught to measure our success by the money that we earn, the promotion that we achieve or the material goods that we possess. The health of our soul depends upon exercising our abilities in service to others. As we give ourselves away we find purpose and spiritual fitness.

A healthy soul needs to exercise a close loving relationship. Intimacy means being vulnerable to another person experiencing your true self. It means being entrusted with the same self-disclosure made by someone else. Intimacy is one soul touching another. It is the lover listening to and acknowledging his lovers deepest concern and feelings…

Happy Valentine

YouTube

Alive have moved with the times and will be uploading videos with ‘trainers tips’, classes, events and much much more…

We have a first ever video of the wonderful Jenny Dunn (Wonder Woman) give an all important tip of her brand NEW Kettlebell Class… so go and check it out.

We would also like to invite some of our amazing members to give a little testimonal about their experience at alive… so if you are open to that please see Stephane at Reception and he wil organise a time and place with you.

Register for updates here or click on the photo above. Thank you

Bittersweet Chilli

Firstly Happy New Year!  I hope you all had a lovely break.

We have some exciting new events to kick start 2012 and thought you’d be interested in either participating in or helping out at the event.  If you would like more information just drop me an email.

Rockinghorse Firewalk – 24 February

Come and join us for a fun packed evening of entertainment and firewalking on Brighton seafront!  All firewalkers receive two hours training on the night and a certificate and complimentary glass of bubbly.

Registration fee: £30 Minimum sponsorship: £150

Monkey Business – Throughout the month of March

Want to shake off the winter blues and kick start 2012?  We invite you to take up the ultimate entrepreneurial team building challenge throughout the month of March and help raise money for sick children near you.   An award ceremony will take place on 29 March with entertainment, nibbles and wine.

Rockinghorse 5 a-side Football Tournament – 18 March

Teams of 5-8 players are invited to this indoor tournament at Sussex University.  Teams play a minimum of six games and there’ll be great prizes for the top three teams.

Registration fee: £30 Cost: £240 per team

Rockinghorse Rock and Roll Quiz – 22 March

Get swatting up and go head to head with some of Brighton and Hove’s brainiest for a fantastic night out with colleagues or friends.  Entry cost will include food and a drink.  There will also be a raffle and auction prizes up for grabs too.

Cost: £20 per person

Skydive – All year round, all over the UK!

Always wanted to jump out of a plane?  Now’s your chance to experience the awesome thrill of a lifetime.  Make this year your leap year and jump for Rockinghorse!

Registration fee: £70 Minimum sponsorship: £400

Brighton Marathon – 15^th April

Now in its third year the Brighton Marathon is quickly becoming one of the most popular marathons in the UK.  The route starts with a loop of Preston Park and winds through the city centre before passing the iconic Brighton Pavilion and fabulous stretches of coastal road where the South Downs meet the English Channel.

Registration fee: £30 Minimum sponsorship: £450

Contact Rockinghorse for more information

Rockinghorse
Unison House
179 Preston Road
Brighton BN1 6AG
t: 01273 330044
e: ria.wilson@rockinghorse.org.uk
w: www.rockinghorse.org.uk

Making life better for sick and disabled
children in Sussex and Surrey

Sunday, 5 February 2012

Time 09:00 until 15:00

Choose an obtainable goal. Resolving to look like a super model is not realistic for the majority of us, but promising to include daily physical activity in our lives is very possible.

Avoid choosing a resolution that you’ve been unsuccessful at achieving year after year. This will only set you up for failure, frustration and disappointment. If you are still tempted to make a promise that you’ve made before, then try altering it. For example, instead of stating that you are going to lose 30 pounds, try promising to eat healthier and increase your weekly exercise.

Create a game plan. At the beginning of January, write a comprehensive plan. All successful businesses start with a business plan that describes their mission and specifics on how they will achieve it. Write your own personal plan and you’ll be more likely to succeed as well.

Break it down and make it less intimidating. Rather than one BIG end goal, dissect it into smaller pieces. Set several smaller goals to achieve throughout the year that will help you to reach the ultimate goal. Then even if you aren’t able to reach your final goal, you will have many smaller, but still significant, achievements along the way. For example, if your goal is to complete a 10K race, your smaller goals could be running a 5K in less than 30 minutes, adding upper and lower body strength training to increase your muscular endurance, and running 2 miles with a personal best completion time.

Ask friends and family members to help you so you have someone to be accountable to. Just be sure to set limits so that this doesn’t backfire and become more irritating than helpful. For example, if you resolve to be more positive ask them to gently remind you when you start talking negatively.

Reward yourself with each milestone. If you’ve stuck with your resolution for 2 months, treat yourself to something special. But, be careful of your reward type. If you’ve lost 5 pounds, don’t give yourself a piece of cake as an award. Instead, treat yourself to a something non-food related, like a professional massage.

Don’t go it alone! Get professional assistance. Everyone needs help and sometimes a friend just isn’t enough. Sometimes you need the help of a trained professional. Don’t feel that seeking help is a way of copping out. Especially when it comes to fitness, research studies have shown that assistance from a fitness professional greatly improves peoples success rate.

Limit your number of promises. You’ll spread yourself too thin trying to make multiple changes in your life. This will just lead to failure of all of the resolutions.

On average only about 20% of us keep our New Year’s resolutions. Unfortunately, some of the biggest failures are found in fitness resolutions. But don’t let the statistics get you down. By following the tips above you’ll be better equipped to fall into the successful 20% category.

Please don’t hesitate to ask one of the PT’s here for help kickstarting your new year.

Christmas Opening Times

Normal opening before the Saturday 24^th December

Saturday 24^th December – 9:00-16:00

CLOSED: Sunday 25^th and Monday 26^th December

Tuesday 27^TH December –10:00-16:00

Normal opening after the Tuesday 27^TH December

New Year Opening Times

Saturday 31^st December – 9:00-16:00

CLOSED: Sunday 1^st December

Monday 2^nd January – 10:00-16:00

Normal opening after the Monday 2^nd January

Hearty and wholesome, slow-cooked beef stew is the ultimate taste of Ireland perfect to warm your insides.

Ingredients

1½kg/3lb 5oz stewing beef, cut into cubes
175g/6oz streaky bacon
3 tbsp olive oil
12 baby onions, peeled
18 button mushrooms, left whole
3 carrots, cut into quarters or 12 baby carrots, scrubbed and left whole
salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 tbsp chopped thyme
2 tbsp chopped parsley
10 cloves of garlic, crushed and grated
425ml/15fl oz red wine
425ml/15fl oz chicken or beef stock

For the Roux

50g/2oz butter
50g/1¾oz flour
champ (mash with spring onions) to serve

Preparation method

1. Brown the beef and bacon in the olive oil in a hot casserole or heavy saucepan.
2. Remove the meat and toss in the onions, mushrooms and carrots, one ingredient at a time, seasoning each time.
3. Place these back in the casserole, along with the herbs and garlic.
4. Cover with red wine and stock and simmer for one hour or until the meat and vegetables are cooked.
5. To make the roux, in a separate pan melt the butter, add the flour and cook for two minutes.
6. When the stew is cooked, remove the meat and vegetables.
7. Bring the remaining liquid to the boil and add one tbsp of roux.
8. Whisk the mixture until the roux is broken up and the juices have thickened, allowing to boil.
9. Replace the meat and vegetables, and taste for seasoning.
10. Sprinkle with chopped parsley and serve with champ.

Taken from Rachel Allen on BBC