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Where's My Mojo ?
something shifts. It’s small, subtle, and easy to miss. But that is the moment the dopamine loop rewires. The anticipation begins to return.
So the work of coming back is not about proving anything to anyone, including yourself. It is about creating conditions in which the body can remember the precise, unmistakable sensation of belonging to the moment you are in.

Sonya Brotherton
5 days ago8 min read


Breathe
I did not breathe to chase oxygen. I tolerated the subtle rise in CO₂ without panic. Underwater, urgency speaks loudly. The instinct is to gasp, to pull air in quickly. But the ocean rewards slowness. When I breathed with patience, my lungs increased in volume, my buoyancy shifted, and I rose just enough to float above the precious coral so as not to touch it.

Sonya Brotherton
Oct 317 min read


Data or Intuition?
This is part 1 of an article exploring the nervous system, identity and motivation. I didn’t always believe in things I couldn’t measure. When my daughter was six weeks old, I took her to a cranial osteopath. She was colicky, inconsolable, arching her tiny back as if trying to escape her own skin. I remember sitting there, watching this stranger hover her hands near my baby’s head as though adjusting invisible threads. I thought it was utter voodoo nonsense. I wanted monito

Sonya Brotherton
Oct 295 min read


IMPROVE YOUR PERFORMANCE WITH 360 BREATHING 🫁
The lungs are not merely passive air pumps; they are critical, dynamic players in endurance, helping athletes harness oxygen 🌬️ and maintai

Sonya Brotherton
Jan 187 min read


Purposeful Recovery: The Key to Optimal Performance
Beyond rest, purposeful recovery facilitates physiological and psychological adaptations that amplify athletic potential.

Sonya Brotherton
Jan 185 min read


"Sandbagging" What Is It? 💭
Sam Long at T100 in London 2024 Speaking candidly, I know I am definitely guilty of this. It may be backing off training, swapping to...

Sonya Brotherton
Jan 184 min read


Squat Mechanics - Short Femurs
Shifting the Emphasis to Hips When You Have Short Femurs Having shorter femurs generally makes it easier to maintain an upright torso in...

Sonya Brotherton
Jan 54 min read


Interval Training
When people talk about “intervals” (e.g., HIIT, sprint intervals, threshold intervals), it often sounds counterintuitive that short bouts...

Sonya Brotherton
Jan 55 min read


From Whole Muscle to Myofilaments
A skeletal muscle can be visualised as a series of nested tubes. At the outermost level, you have the whole muscle; as you move inwards,...

Sonya Brotherton
Jan 54 min read


Mitochondria and Muscle Fibres: Why They Matter
Mitochondria are often called the “powerhouses” of the cell because they generate the majority of the cell’s energy (ATP) through...

Sonya Brotherton
Jan 45 min read


How Your Proportions Shape Your Squat
Femur Length and Squat Mechanics: Have you ever wondered why some people sink into a squat with ease and maintain a near-perfect upright...

Sonya Brotherton
Jan 43 min read


"Tissue Lays Down Along the Lines of Force"
The Science Behind Myofascial Trains and Mobility The phrase “tissue lays down along the lines of force” succinctly describes how our...

Sonya Brotherton
Jan 24 min read


Is Compression For You?
Compression wear - is it truly a performance game-changer or just a fashionable trend? Weymouth 70.3 Ironman 2024 In essence,...

Sonya Brotherton
Dec 31, 20243 min read


Brain Fog
From walking into a room and not remembering why, to other memory problems, lack of mental clarity, poor concentration and inability to...
coreflowsup
Oct 21, 20238 min read


ICF SUP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS GDYNIA POLAND7 – 11 SEPTEMBER 2022
GREAT BRITAIN ON TOP OF THE WORLD WINNING A GOLD, SILVER AND BRONZE IN THE INDIVIDUAL EVENTS AND SILVER AND BRONZE IN THE TEAM NATIONS...
coreflowsup
Feb 28, 20237 min read


White Water SUP Symonds Yat April 2021
Coreflow's first lessons in White Water SUP

Sonya Brotherton
May 8, 20215 min read
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