As providers and caretakers, adults tend to view the world of children as happy and carefree. After all, kids don’t have jobs to keep or bills to pay, so what could they possibly have to worry about? Plenty. Even very young children have worries and feel stress to some degree. Sources of Stress Stress is […]
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What is Hot Stone Massage? Hot Stone Massage is a beautiful combination of Manual Massage and Hot Basalt Stones. Mainly focusing on relaxation, the stones can allow for deeper work due to the gentle penetrating heat. These can either be placed around the body or used physically with the massage. Top 5 reasons to have
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Have you ever thought about what is actually happening inside your body when you are receiving a massage? Firstly, taking the time out of a busy schedule to lay down and put yourself in the hands of a massage therapist is already starting the calming process. The feeling that someone cares about you and is
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Diet can have a huge effect on the way you are feeling. Ever had too much coffee one day? You might have felt edgy and irritated and even a bit panicky, with a weird sense of some kind of impending doom? There’s no doubt that what we eat and how we feel are related, and
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Do you often ache all over and feel exhausted? If you’ve been to the doctor and they haven’t been able to find anything specifically wrong with you then it’s possible you are suffering from fibromyalgia. What It Is? Fibromyalgia is characterised by chronic widespread pain as well as fatigue and tender points on your body.
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Seeing our children sick is awful. A lot of the time, we feel powerless and reach for Panadol and antibiotics because that is all we know. Studies show that using Panadol in the first year of life for fever greatly increases the chances of asthma in 6-7 year-olds as well as being associated with an
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Most of us think of massage as indulgence. We get one as a treat, and if we’re really lucky, our spouse might give us a massage at the end of a long, hard day just to make us feel nice. And it’s true, they do feel nice. However, what you may not realize is that
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by Mary Melling. Senior Acupuncturist, Senior Naturopath, Founder of Paddington Clinic There is much written about the importance of mother’s health before and during pregnancy but not so much focus about the mother’s health after the baby is born. Once the joy of the new baby is experienced often the mother’s health is forgotten and
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We all sacrifice parts of ourselves and our lives for the greater good of our value systems. Some women place great value on their home lives and sacrifice huge amounts of themselves in order to adapt to their husband’s agenda, their child’s moods, the routine of the household and the pressures of the workforce. Some
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Is happiness the purpose of life, or is happiness the result of another purpose? And more to the point, what has it got to do with our health? While we are no happiness experts, it does seem that the desire for greater happiness motivates most human endeavors – whether directly or indirectly. And most people
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It’s official.Non-communicable diseases (“lifestyle” diseases) are now the leading cause of death around the world, with developing countries hit hardest, according to a new report from the World Health Organisation (WHO). “What is of concern is the fact that 9 million of the 36 million people who die every year because of non-communicable diseases die
Motherhood often means a life of chaos. At home, mums are craft experts, dietitians, psychologists, event managers, doctors, tutors, mind-readers, cleaners and fundraisers. As they make breakfast, gather homework, retrieve missing socks, apply make-up, hang the washing out, usher the kids in the car and kiss their husbands goodbye, the frantic pace of their day
The Dalai Lama, when asked what surprised him most about humanity, said: “Man – Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not
