How to Have Great Skin
Our skin is the place where we both meet the world and show ourselves to it. How we are feeling and our level of vitality often shows up on our skin, with many of us using make-up to change or … Continued
Exercises to Strengthen and Protect Your Knees
Our knees hold us up and allow us to propel forward, yet we often give them very little thought until they start to tell us that strain is taking its toll. When we consider that they can bear 5-12 times … Continued
How to Maintain Mood Levels
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Happy, regulated mood is where life can feel most calm, easy and enjoyable. Yet many often feel in the grip of a rollercoaster rise of emotions, inner criticism, worry and self-doubt. These can include periods of low mood that can … Continued
Food focus – Cinnamon
Did You Know Prized as a gift fit for kings in ancient cultures, cinnamon is mentioned many times in the Old Testament, first when Moses uses it as a holy anointing oil. Main Cinnamon contains methylhydroxychalcone polymer or MHCP that … Continued
How to… Relieve Stress in the Belly
Many of us know when we’re started to feel the effects of stress – we can ‘feel it in our gut’. Like many cop shows where the lead detective gets her or his ‘hunch’ from these gut feelings, we are … Continued
Easing Lower Back Pain
With experts estimating that 80% of people will experience lower back pain at some time in their lives (Neurol Clin. 2007;25(2):353-71), this is an issue that is only getting worse as we spend more time sitting on chairs. It is … Continued
How to… Stay Motivated
With so much to do and so little time to do it in, staying engaged, energised and continually involved in all that stuff we’re supposed to do can wear us down. When there is so much to do that we … Continued
Food Focus: Buckwheat
Did You Know Buckwheat is not related to wheat or even a grain at all, but a fruit seed in the same family as rhubarb and sorrel. Main Buckwheat has a rich supply of youth-enhancing flavonoids, particularly rutin to keep … Continued
Yoga for Belly Health
• Hunching or slouching puts pressure on the digestive organs with little opportunity for stretching or twisting them. • Any simple opening and stretching of the front body (with progressive strengthening of the back to support in asanas) makes more … Continued
Benefits of Nature
Nature Fix As the need to protect our natural world becomes more pressing than ever, understanding its importance for the healthy function of our bodies and minds can highlight our need to feel part of nature. A closer relationship to … Continued