Movement as a way of life<\/p>\n
\u00a0Dubai-based Akshata Bhat Gupta has always been surrounded by movement, perhaps as long as she can remember. It\u2019s a journey that began with Bharatnatyam at the age of four, and belly dancing at 18. And then teaching yoga and dance. \u201cSo, when my daughter was born, or even when I was pregnant, it was just natural progression, to continue this fitness practice, because I felt incomplete without it, so I made every effort to evolve my routine with this new human who doesn\u2019t always follow the rules,\u201d she chuckles.<\/p>\n
\u00a0Adjusting to life with a baby wasn\u2019t always easy. \u201cIn the beginning, it does feel a little frustrating that you cannot do the workout that you used to do, or put in the kind of time, but, what it taught me was, creativity.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00a0She sought ways to entertain and engage her \u2018little human\u2019 as she puts it. And of course, the little one thoroughly enjoys it. \u201cIt\u2019s so nice to see that,\u201d reflects Gupta. \u201cFor her, there\u2019s happiness in just being around me. She sees the practice as something important.\u201d And beyond the fun, Gupta also observes fine changes in her daughter\u2019s flexibility and motor skills too.<\/p>\n
\u00a0As Gupta explains, before you have a child, you tend to think in terms of strict routines. But, after the baby is born, you can\u2019t think like that any longer. You shouldn\u2019t hold yourself to such high standards, else you will be disappointed. So you learn to be okay with the phases, the lows especially, and enjoy those days as best as you can,\u201d she says. And as you realise, \u201cWorking out together is just so good, for both, your child just enjoys time with you,\u201d notes Gupta.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Movement as a way of life \u00a0Dubai-based Akshata Bhat Gupta has always been surrounded by movement, perhaps as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":184728,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[6647,102,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-184727","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fitness","8":"tag-fitness","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}