Holistic health for experiencing biological

Naz De Bono

Founder & Fitness Coach at XALI

Redefining What 50 Can Be I welcome it.

I am passionate about supporting my physical and emotional body and helping others reach their potential.

I had a fitness app that helped people do precisely that. Still, as I experienced my journey, I realised I wanted to combine my knowledge with my own experiences to build a safe, supportive community for women to access.

As a trainer and woman, I know that we need to move in diverse ways, especially as our bodies constantly evolve and change. I would be a fool if I didn't respect that basic human chemistry. I felt many online fitness apps were not helping women undergoing hormonal changes. We are not in our 20's anymore, and we can't do HIIT after HIIT without it affecting our joints and energy. I experienced this myself, having sampled so many fitness apps that didn't work. I realised that something was missing - and that was 'Emotional Training.'

I was inspired to draw together a team of women through manifestation, intention, and my vision board to build XALI. (OK, I also had help from our amazing creative digital marketing agency, New Beach!) This required that we develop our platform from scratch to be able to offer tailor-made programs for women based on emotion. Our team was not entirely female, but I was careful to choose the male counterparts that would support our journey to help the divine feminine emerge.

I feel it's important to have female role models who inspire you - I am lucky to have Shelley Craft and Mandy Nolan, who helped me realise my potential in creating XALI. For the first year, we brainstormed what we wanted in the marketplace as a group of intelligent women. Our ages ranged from 21 to 55, so our ideas had a wide variety, which I loved. Although I was going through menopause myself and wanted to cater for women going through hormonal changes, I knew that the level of care in my workout design would help women of all ages.

The whole concept of XALI is to ask women how they feel today and how they want to feel. So, after inputting their personal goals, each time they log in to XALI, they are asked if they want to be energised, happily motivated, nurtured or calmed and soothed.

I found it easy to design a session for a woman who wants to be energised or happily motivated. Still, the challenge I faced was developing programs for when the emotion "nurture" was chosen. I still wanted to give them a workout their body NEEDED - and that may be Strength or Power rather than Yoga. The solution I came up with was to provide a workout that let you feel you had nurtured yourself after completing your session.

For me, it's always about how you feel after the workout - not all my nurturing sessions are yoga on repeat - some of them may harness your strength and power but still result in a satiated, nurtured outcome.

By Susannah Pask

I wanted the same concept for nutrition. One size does not fit all, so offering a menu plan did not sit well with me. So, I invited Samantha Gowing, an award-winning clinical nutritionist and former chef, to our tribe of growing women. Sammy put the ‘food as medicine' concept on the map with her expertise in nutrition, and she brought happiness to the plate! So now XALI asks - Do you want to boost brain power? Refuel me please/immunity boost / Anti-inflammatory, Gut healing food, or I want to increase my energy.

And finally - but maybe most importantly - when I film my exercise videos, I really show up. I am present. I channel my highest wisdom and let it flow throughout me. There is a clear intent that I put out for women to reclaim their superpower once they connect to themselves.

We are not small men, but we need to work with weights to help keep us strong and ready for all life throws at us. We wanted to build a platform that makes sure you have all the different training you need to keep you healthy, strong, and full of vitality but also have FUN! Trust me, I love ...A LOT! It's who I am ...and it gives me ABS!!

Do you know what? I have chosen a biological age, integrated with my current wisdom, awareness, and powerful consciousness. Our chronological age is measured in years, but our biological age is assessed by our diet, exercise, and stress. So I am choosing acceptance of being fifty but redefining what fifty can be. XALI can help you do that too!

Many women feel as I did - lost, confused, wondering if my best years were behind me. I was desperate to find a new reality for myself – and this is it!

XALI has been designed with emotion and intuition and is specifically for women facing biological changes. You are taken on an individualised journey of daily workouts, recipes, and articles to keep you on track with your physical and emotional health.

How do you want to feel? We'll get you there.

When women are operating at their best potential, men can harmonise into that balanced state of being. To quote the Dalai Lama, "The world will be saved by the western woman."

So, step up, ladies!!

“Having my workout recommended by Naz based on how I want to feel is genius. As we age, we can’t keep doing what we’ve always done, not because we are not capable - it just doesn’t work anymore. I love the fact that after putting in my dietary preferences I had a meal suited to me too. Naz has been my trainer and it really is like having her with me.”

Shelley Craft - (TV Personality and Founder of The Aging Project and inspirer of women!)