Cyclist, Lifestyle Consultant & Yoga Instructor
As a women involved in sports and lifestyle, including sports and fitness modelling, I know well how difficult it can be at times to find the right information about the right products for women wanting to stay feminine in sport and cycling. I also know how easily we can can be seen not as athletes, but simply as women, and too often as simply objects – and yes, that’s frustrating.
Too often, cycling websites fail to produce the right content for women. We are left as a second option, and not treated as we deserve. Being a women , being athletic and stylish, and wearing feminine clothing is our right. It’s also our right to feel stylishly sexy at times too – having the right to be free to express ourselves. That’s what this new lifestyle blogs section is about; and it’s where I’ll be creating lots more women’s lifestyle content and other great women’s cycling blogs, in the future – viola!
Living and riding in the South of France, I’m lucky to be embedded within the global cycling scene… and, I’m French too – viola, again! And so, you see; cycling and style is in my blood.
As an experienced Yoga teacher, I also know the value of living a healthy lifestyle, and how yoga can help you to cycle better, to improve your core fitness and to live a more relaxed life. I’ll be creating lots more content about this, and giving you some tips to tune up your own cycling core – so keep checking in. Now though, it’s time to ride – so choose a blog from below and contact me here if you’d like any topics being covered. Remember, women are the new revolution in cycling – so, let’s set our spirit’s free!
Diane Vilarem: Yoga teacher and cyclist
Let’s get flexible and fit
Time to talk yoga and cycling I guess; and to open up your body and mind to the benefits for cyclists in doing Yoga, as we begin our journey into a better well-being together. First of all and importantly, Yoga helps your movement and breathing, opening up access to the tools that you’ve had lying dormant which will allow you to take control of your breathing and to be better able to control your heart rate – meaning better and more stable fitness performance. It will also keep your muscles and ligaments more supple and reduce the likelihood of injury, meaning more time riding – that got you interested didn’t it! Add to this the mental well-being and increased mindfulness, then you start to wonder ‘why haven’t I tried Yoga before!’ Don’t worry, we’ve come to your physical and mental health rescue, as we explore the benefits of yoga for cyclists – say hi to Diane, our Yoga Instructor and all around cool cyclist from the south of France.
Diane is here to get you into a Yoga state of mind as a cyclist and to help you to help yourself into a better lifestyle – with cycling and yoga at it’s heart – time to get flexing!
