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The basis of this massage is working the energy lines. The main purpose is to clear blockages and allow energy to flow along these lines, known as sen. By working the body phys...more
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Thai Yoga Massage - an Ancient Healing Art
The ancient tradition of Thai Yoga massage is a unique and powerful massage therapy, combining acupressure, gentle stretching and applied Yoga.more
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The Alchemy Of Voice – Transform and Enrich Your Life
The author the practice of an African tribe, in which the heavily pregnant woman is taken into the bush by her sisters, who listen for the ‘song’ of the unborn child, and return to ...more
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In this article I would like to go over the main themes that form the foundation of the Alexander Technique, and explain them to you in a way that I hope will make them clear, and ...more
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This article, written by a former lecturer in psychology, discusses taking responsibility for our own lives, learning from past experience, making choices of how to behave, learnin...more
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The word 'Reiki' means universal life energy. Broken down, the first syllable 'Rei' describes the universal, boundless aspect of this energy, while 'ki' is the vital life force ene...more
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The Benefits Of Light And Dark
Through exposure to sunlight and by visualizing light we can benefit body, mind and spirit.more
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It is exhilarating, intoxicating, thrilling, and it will always leave you wanting more. Just a few words to describe wild swimming and its ever-increasing popularity.more
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The Buteyko Method and the Importance of Carbon Dioxide
An asthma attack is the body's way of attempting to reduce the airflow passing through the lungs in order to reduce carbon dioxide loss. According to Buteyko, 150 different chronic...more
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The Case for Balancing Hormones, Not Just Supplementing
The author cites a number of articles underlining the very complex interrelations of physical and emotional responses which are mediated by hormones. This means that it is not enou...more
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Anxiety is as old as the hills – a part of life too. Excess, or long-term, anxiety is a contributory factor for several disorders – nay a direct cause of illness. It, likewise, alb...more
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Not so long ago I had the delight to be in the company of a world famous concert musician. He was in my home enjoying a healthy breakfast my wife had prepared. We talked about some ...more
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The Daoist Way of Life and Death
This time the author, an acupuncturist, draws on the Dao method when working with patients who are dying or need support coping with dying loved ones. She cites a couple of persona...more
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The Doctor Of Life Energy – A Tribute To John Diamond
For almost half a century John Diamond MD, who passed away peacefully on April 25 2021 at the age of 86, was a pioneer in the field of holistic medicine. The best-selling author of ...more
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Beata Bishop draws on her own experiences of dealing with cancer 20 years ago to explain the dangers of ‘either-or’ thinking in one’s approach to healing.more
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The Emerging Psychic – Exploring ‘Causes’ of Paranormal Experiences
The veil between our solid world and the world of the spirit is thinning. More and more of us are having extraordinary experiences. We are catching evidence on the new digital and f...more
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The electromagnetic fields (EMF) that encircle and permeate the human body are known as our 'energy anatomy'... it is a network of interconnecting energy strands and our personal g...more
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The Endocannabinoid System (ECS) and Its Deficiencies: the New Science of Homeostasis
Most blockbuster scientific discoveries do not start with transporting 10 kilos of an illicit substance on public transport. The exception is Israeli biochemist Raphael Mechoulam's ...more
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The Energy Equation: Better Work Performance
Stress is an increasing problem in our society. A third (32%) of UK companies said that employees often experience excessive pressure in their job and well over half of UK organisat...more
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The Enneagram and Health: A tool for transformation
The Enneagram is a tool to uncover our compulsive life patterns. We create our own intimate world, by the thoughts we hold, the words we speak.more
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The Fear Process - Beyond the Initials PTSD
When you experience intermittent violence, interspersed with attacks on self-esteem, an abrogation of causality and the perception that the perpetrator has good intentions, this bri...more
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The Four Pillars of Meditation
For many, the holy grail of meditation is the achievement of spiritual enlightenment, concerning which a vast amount of literature and folklore has passed from generation to generat...more
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In light of today's increasing use of antidepressants, Donna Welsh describes different holistic approaches to overcoming negative moods.more
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The Gut-Immune Connection – How a Healthy Microbiome Bolsters Your Immune System
The human gut is a complex ecosystem that plays a crucial role in maintaining overall health. Beyond its primary function of digesting food and absorbing nutrients, the gut is intim...more
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The Hawaiian Practice of Ho'oponopono: Healing the Collective Consciousness and the Planet
This article focuses on the collective consciousness, how it works, and how it can be healed. According to the author, there is impressive research evidence suggesting that a colle...more
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The Healer as an Instrument for Wholistic Healing
Regular columnist Dr Daniel Benor looks at how many caregiver factors contribute to enhancing the effectiveness of clinical intervention. The effectiveness of caregiving can be enh...more
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There are no points for guessing that the healing art of Qi Gong originated in China and, like so many things Chinese, it is now becoming increasingly popular in the West. This is ...more
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The Healing Effects Of Creativity – Trauma, Bereavement and Developmental Disabilities
Knowing the healing effects of creativity, and actively using them were at odds with me for decades. Having successfully achieved my BA in Fine Art, I thought that I would just walk...more
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Humanity, both collectively as well as individually, (you and me) is presently poised for a leap in consciousness – whether we realize it or not! This leap reveals to us a dimensio...more
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The Healing Potential in a Word - Part III
The author continues his series of articles on healing words by looking into the value of words in general as well as those related to therapies.more
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The Healing Potential in a Word - Part IV
The author continues his series of articles on healing words by focusing on the many terms that exist for those who offer treatments as well as those who seek them.more
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The healing Potential in a Word - Part V
The author continues his series of articles on healing in this issue by sharing his views on the meaning of Complementary / Alternative / Integrative, Holistic/Wholistic and Integr...more
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Man could not but have been aware of colour from his very outset. It was around him everywhere. Everything in nature was coloured. These colours were not random: they repeated them...more
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In this Column Vivienne Silver-Leigh discusses the evidence and techniques described by Herbert Benson MD in his book Timeless Healing, in which he reviews compelling research demo...more
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Music can take many forms and have many different effects on us: it can invigorate or calm us, arouse or amuse us, call us to arms, inspire us and lift up our spirits.more
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The Healing Power of the Flower Essences
Rosemary ... sees the Flower Essences as a wonderful network that aims to bring the world together healing through nature.more
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As complementary medicine becomes more and more established and able to hold its own with proven research showing its effectiveness, there is perhaps room to ask the question, what...more
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The Herbal Garden: Ocimum Sanctum Tulsi (Sacred Holy Basil)
This column focuses on the Tulsi (holy basil), one of the most sacred plants in India. The Tulsi’s qualities are well described in Vedic texts, and include all round healing proper...more
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The Hidden Powers of Chakra Meditation
Anna Dorbyk looks at the idea of achieving positivity in our life. She believes that when we carry out positive actions and our contribution to the world is positive we in turn int...more
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The Human Design System: The Mechanics of the Tao
The Human Design System is a new approach to understanding the unique nature of an individual. The author describes the system as penetrating and as ruthless. It can help you und...more
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Breathing is one of the most important and most "instant" of all the vital functions of the body and yet the understanding of it, let alone the correction and therapeutic use of it...more
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The Journey of Holographic Breathing
The author had a long, undiagnosed illness that was eventually diagnosed as Lymes Disease, and he was told it was incurable and eventually fatal.more
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The Joy of Being Present and Learning!
Trager is about self-discovery in the present moment, so the “first surprise” for participants is that there are no formal lectures or note taking, it is all about awareness and fee...more
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The author describes the experience of singing as an experience of sharing, freedom of expression, also giving health benefits through the endorphins released, lowering blood pre...more
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Emotions are not deep, dark unfathomable mysteries. You only need some clues to unlock what has been made mysterious into something that makes clear sense.more
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The Many Uses Of Flower Essences
The author, a certified essence practitioner, explains the history and meaning of flower essences and describes some of the myriad ways in which they can be used for physical, ment...more
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The Medical Power of Precious Gems
With death, our vital 'Life Force' departs and the organic body becomes overrun with bacteria whilst it decays. It is the 'Life Force' or 'Chi' energy that protects living cells fr...more
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Mini-trampolines, also referred to as Rebound units and bouncers, are easily accommodated in homes, and widely used in sports centres, gymnasiums, health hydros, hospital physiothe...more
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The Missing Ingredient in our Spiritual Growth and Healing Practice is…
You’ve read all the self-help books. You’ve attended workshop after workshop and researched all the best ways to remove blocks to finally get ahead.more
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The fact that everything is in a state of vibration means that everything is constantly creating sound, even if too subtle for the human ear to detect. Every cell type, organ and s...more
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Life is change. Nature teaches us many things: beauty, vitality, creation, destruction – nothing ever stays the same in this universe. Indeed if we are vigilant we can see that thi...more
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In his first PH Expert Column, Dr Donn Brennan focuses on the benefits of Ayurveda. He tells us that it is undergoing a revival as it is able to bring about better health without r...more
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The Penninghame Process - Deep Personal Growth and Self Awareness
A group of courageous people arrive at a given location. They are challenged quite strongly and held in love. After six days they leave, still with their stories but with a profound...more
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The Power of CranioSacral Therapy: Letting My Body Speak
There are very few times in our busy lives when we have the opportunity to just be held, safely, in silence with no need to give anything back but it is something we all need but m...more
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In this article on Reiki, the authors offer some practical hints for success in practising Reiki techniques and how to choose the technique which best suits individual practitioner...more
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We consist of the Universe and vice versa. The philosophical system that is the basis of the Vedanta is not so difficult to understand because it rings a bell within everyone's sou...more
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The Real Causes of Heart Disease - [and Statins don't help]
Heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. For decades our health authorities and the majority of the medical profession have told us that dietary saturated fat and chol...more
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This article focuses on Thai Massage known as Nuad (to touch) Bo Rarn (ancient or sacred) in Thailand, a technique that reflects Buddhist teachings of loving kindness, compassion, ...more
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The Role of Music in Healing - Music, a Dying Bird and a Miracle of Insight
Sally Oldfield, renowned musician and sister of Mike and Terry Oldfield, writes a very moving account of profound experiences over the last year, whilst suffering from chronic fati...more
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The Role of the Transpersonal Dimension in Life-Threatening Illness
This article focuses on Transpersonal Psychology which is based on the work of Carl Jung, Roberto Assagioli, Abraham Maslow and their successors. It combines the traditions of west...more
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The Secret Garden: Secret Life of the Inner Soul
In this article focusing on the soul of a person, the author says that throughout history, exponents of the spiritual life have likened the soul to a garden, a secret garden hidden...more
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The Sedona Method of Personal Transformation
This article claims that the Sedona Method, developed by Lester Levenson, provides a unique and simple approach for releasing emotions and reducing stress using a process of self-e...more
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Twenty Years ago, I published an article Voice Movement Therapy - Healing Mind and Body with Sound and Song - in Issue 28 of Positive Health magazine. I was feeling positive. I wa...more
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The Soul's Code: The Key to Living a Full Life
We should not – in a few things – outgrow the 'child' residing in us when we grow up. Kids, for instance, have an unfettered gift to expressing their emotions. Psychologists say th...more
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The Spirits of Chinese Medicine and Depression
According to the author, the goal of conventional medicine is to cure disease, but because it has a clear target to focus on, it sometimes overlooks the bigger picture: mainly the...more
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This article covers the history, philosophy and practice of T'ai Chi. It describes the author's pilgrimage which led him from transcendental meditation into an ancient Chinese art ...more
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It is written that God beckoned Moses to ascend to the summit of Mount Sinai from whence the Commandments were given to him and his people. The metaphysical interpretation of this s...more
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The Ten Laws of Ancestral Living for Optimum Health in a Modern World
2020 was the year that the world navigated health concerns together – in what is evolving into our ‘new normal,’ an unknown climate asking us collectively to slow down, simplify our...more
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The Top Ten Mistakes Made by Meditation Practitioners
In line with growing interest into meditation amongst scientists, medical professionals and the general public, more and more publications are explaining how we should practise medi...more
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The Trager Approach has proven to be a rapid, effective, painless, and indeed pleasurable method of deprogramming accumulated negative feelings and behavior patterns, and of restor...more
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The Trager Approach: Discovering the Mind/Body Link
Everything starts in the mind. This is the basis of Trager work, also known as psychophysical integration. Tension, restrictions and blockages in our bodies are all psychological i...more
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The Trager Approach: What is Trager®?
The authors provide a clear explanation of the origins of Trager®, its benefits, and its practice. They describe tablework, mentastic, pausing, and hook-up. Tablework is intended t...more
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The author reports the thoughts and advice given us from the perspective of Dzogchen Buddhism, in thinking about and dealing with the personal effects of the current economic situa...more
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The Ups and Downs of Grief, Joy and Happiness Part III: Learning to Love Being Happy
It was not long before I realized that getting in touch with my emotions was the bedrock of what I had been doing all my life. The instances I recall were mainly focused on how I wa...more
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The principle organ in our body for detoxification, separating nutrients from waste or toxic products, is our liver. When our liver is over-stressed, or our various means of exc...more
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Reiki is a spiritual practice, but is not aligned with any specific religion or belief system. Teaching is done in three levels. The first is self healing, the second is healing ...more
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The Wounded Healer: Boundaries in the Client/Therapist Relationship
This article examines the ethics of maintaining safe boundaries between client and therapist with an aim to encouraging those entrusted with the care of vulnerable clients to look ...more
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Therapeutic Benefits of Su Jok Therapy
Imagine a holistic therapy that can cure chronic health problems by stimulating the pressure points on our hands and feet - would you try it? ‘Su’ (hand) and ‘Jok’ (foot) are Korea...more
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Think Yourself Beautiful - the Power of Positive Thoughts on your Appearance
Let’s start off with a universal truth - you are entirely the creator of your own reality. Life unfolds around us but how you perceive life depends entirely on your thoughts, feeli...more
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Tibetan Bowls for Stress Relief
Certain levels of stress can lead to better performance, but there needs to be a balance between stress and calm. This highlights the effects of unbalanced stress, which leads to p...more
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Past, Present & Future exist all together, simultaneously in the spiritual world, the world that exists beyond science and the five senses. Time is essentially not linear, yet ...more
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To Sleep or Not to Sleep, Insomnia Relief
We need food, water and sleep to survive. If you really need to do so, you may be able to go a day or so without sleep, but just like your body needs fuel and hydration on a regular...more
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Top Solutions for Treatment Resistant Depression
Depression is one of the most common mental conditions in the United States, affecting and challenging the lives of over 40 million adults. As is generally accepted in the psychiatr...more
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Touching Stillness to Assuage Stress
The author explains what causes stress and looks into holistic approaches to treating this condition, such as meditation which not only relaxes the mind but can lead to profound h...more
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Traditional Indian Holistic Therapies Empower The Body’s Innate Ability To Self-Heal
The human body is a latticework of energies, vibrating at different frequencies, encompassing the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual aspects. It has been perfectly created to...more
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Traditional Thai Massage is a therapeutic clothed bodywork combining Applied Yoga, Massage and Acupressure, which increases Vitality, Flexibility and Tranquility.more
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The Trager® approach was developed by Milton Trager and is an innovative method of movement re-education. It aims to re-educate the body and mind to be more aware their needs and i...more
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Trance: the practice and the pitfalls
Powerful yogic trance states are often created by the long term practice of meditation. When the mind is temporarily anchored in trance, a yogi may become sensitive to subtle inf...more
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Transcendental Meditation: Health Research Overview
Transcendental Meditation (TM), as taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, is a simple, effortless technique practised for 15-20 minutes twice daily.more
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Transcendental Meditation: The Dynamic Healing Power of Silence
This article focuses on Yoga of the mind and the power of the human body to heal itself through such silent practices. This state, known as Samadhi in yoga, allows the body a level...more
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Transformational Bodywork is a method of working on the physical body that begins the process of contacting, accepting and transmuting the pain, trauma and congested energy that re...more
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The author is Disability Officer at the University of Western Australia, and a longstanding student of contemplative practices. He introduces the idea that we all suffer losses, ...more
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The author, William Redpath, a psychoanalyst, Reichian therapist, special education teacher and certified advanced Rolfer, has spent many years studying tragic theory and trauma th...more
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Trauma Energetics: Working with the Breath
Trauma Energetics™ is described by its creator William Redpath as "a non-intentional modality for evoking the self-healing powers of the brain", using the term 'brain' to describe ...more
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Trauma Release Body-Mind Processing
In this article Gross describes his system of Trauma Release Body-Mind Processing, which combines Ida Rolf's Structural Integration Method of Connective Tissue Manipulation, psychi...more
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Trauma, Body, Energy and Spirituality
…those involved in spiritual work in one way or another and those working with people with relational issues psychotherapeutically have much to gain in learning how to recognize an...more
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Treatment of Osteoarthritis with Ayurvedic
This article looks into the Ayurvedic method of treating osteoarthritis. According to Ayurveda, osteoarthritis is a type of arthritis associated with cartilage wear and tear and so...more
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Treatment Options for Cancer Patients
The author, a Cancer Nurse Specialist with 15 years' experience, provides an overview of cancer treatment choices, both orthodox and alternative, so that cancer sufferers are more ...more
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Understanding the Music you Listen to can Enhance your Meditation
Listening to music while practising yoga is more of a controversial idea than you might expect. For some people, it just seems to work; for others, it’s a distraction. What’s most i...more
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This article looks at Universal Harmonic Healing (UHH), which is a rebalancing of universal energies both within and around us in our aura. Our bodies want to be in a state of bala...more
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This article focuses on Tai Chi which is now practised throughout the West because of the many renowned practitioners from China living here. Many of these practitioners have also ...more
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Unravelling the Mysteries of Hormones
Hormones are very tiny, very sensitive chemical messengers that were evolved to manage our reproductive, stress and metabolic responses. In an ideal world, out hormones would ebb an...more
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This article focuses on harp therapy. A breakthrough experience is just one example of how therapy has become so effective in hospitals, hospices, birthing centres, rehabilitation ...more
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Vibrational Healing - Harmonising
The premise of Vibrational Healing is that everything vibrates on a certain frequency. All objects, even wooden tables, are made up of molecules which vibrate to create their mass....more
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Timothy Freer – who has researched nutritional products, water purification methods and tools for energy health for the last seven years.more
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What Every Woman Ought to Know about the Menopause
Not so long ago ‘The Change’ was a taboo subject. Your Doctor suggested that you put up with it and your family tolerated your erratic moods with a mixture of embarrassment and bewi...more
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What if Depression were a REM Sleep Disorder?
This article, in presenting a particular approach to depression, also provides useful information about the way that the Human Givens philosophy and practice work, and why they are...more
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What Impact Does Stress Really Have on Fertility?
If you and your partner have been trying to get pregnant for a while then you’ll no doubt have had the stock response from family and friends telling you to “just relax and it will ...more
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This article is an account of the history, philosophy, and technique of Thai Yoga Massage. This practice is helpful for a range of physical complaints, as it works through releasi...more
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What Is Yogic Massage? How Yogic Massage Found Me
The technique was invented by Brigette Hass, a tutor of the MTI who also teaches holistic massage, energy awareness, dance and movement and meditation. Yogic massage is a form of h...more
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What Neuroscience Teaches Us About Nurturing You and Your Brain as You Age
I’ve spent the last three decades as a brain scientist on the front lines of revolutionary work in understanding what happens to the brain as an organ as it faces ageing and other v...more
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What’s Lockdown Gut to do With It? – the Gut Stuff
Even as we are emerging out of lockdown, a lot of us are going to continue to spend more time at home than ever before – and this adjustment to a new way of life is likely to have t...more
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In this column the author discusses our dependency on electricity, following a sudden power cut in her area. What would it be like, she wondered, if - as is happening in many part...more
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Whole Body Energy Awareness as a Way to Better Health
Kitai ('whole body energy awareness') is a way of developing a detailed perception of the energetic interactions between you and your environment. Each area of the body is capable ...more
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Wholistic Integrated Approach to Health
In this feature, Vivienne Silver-Leigh looks at brain respiration. The courses the author has experienced consist of exercises, meditation, healing, Chi Gung and Yoga breathing. Ce...more
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The author uses the word 'wholistic' to provide a single alternative to the many meanings of holistic and integrative care. He settles for the treatment of body, mind and spirit in...more
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Why We Should Change the Way We Breathe
We all breathe. It’s the first thing we do, and the last thing. And everything in between. As babies, we are born perfect breathers. Just think of a baby, and visualize how it takes...more
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In this column, the author touches on his experiences in the US as a psychiatric psychotherapist, and his discovery of the WHEE (Wholistic Hybrid) method of treatment, combining EM...more
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Why You Should Add Yoga into your Everyday Routine
We now live in a world where self-care, health and wellbeing are being prioritized, and actually, are actively encouraged – which is something that we haven’t seen until recent year...more
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Vivienne Silver-Leigh offers encouragement to those of us who feel that when we retire and become senior citizens our lives are more or less over. With the exception of those who s...more
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Women Sleep Worse Than Men – 4 Ways You Can Combat Insomnia Right Now
The differing health needs of women are becoming more widely recognised. From adjusting our food intake around our menstrual cycle to our differing hormones, a lot of areas of our h...more
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Working as a Doctor and as a Healer
Doctor and healer, Daniel Benor tells the story of his path from sceptical orthodox medicine to becoming a practitioner of spiritual healing.more
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Working as a Pharmacist and a Healer
For over twenty years now, I have been on a path of learning about relieving suffering in its various forms. It was only when I started practising in a community environment that I...more
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Working with Sound and Flower Essences in Combination
Essential to our nature, sound gives us a sense of space, depth, and form. Like colour, it adds richness to life and our world, and a feeling of interconnectedness with others and t...more
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Master Tam is a qualified Master of both Taoist and Tibetan Tantric spirituality and healing. Yi Dao Reiki is the first part of a secret knowledge that he wishes to restore to the ...more
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The author describes the true meaning of Yoga and its eightfold approach, according to the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and the Sandilya-Upanishad of Antharvanaveda. These paths incl...more
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Yoga and Ayurveda for Headaches and Migraines
According to Aled Francis, a Manipulative Physiotherapist from the Sydney Headache Clinic, treatment has traditionally focused on identifying certain features such as the frequen...more
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Yoga and Ayurveda for Reducing High Blood Pressure
This article focuses on specific Ayurvedic and yoga remedies for high blood pressure. The author explains what causes high blood pressure, how to recognize if you have it and what ...more
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Yoga and Ayurveda in Daily Life are Good for Health
Everyone aims to have positive physical and mental well being but it becomes difficult to achieve them in our stressful and fast paced lives. People are opting for yoga and Ayurveda...more
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Yoga and Breathing Exercises for Mother and Child
Stress is not just for adults - adults and children alike can become worn down by the pressures of day-to-day living. This article offers a range of practical and fun remedies that...more
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Yoga and Detoxification in Tuscany
This article is a detailed and very inspiring account of the centre in Tuscany, run by husband-and-wife team, John Parkin and Gaia Pollini, on The Hill That Breathes. The remote an...more
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Yoga and Dietary Tips for Good Liver Health
This article focuses on the liver, an organ that plays a crucial role in our health and wellbeing, and Yoga exercises aimed at strengthening sluggish livers.more
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Yoga and Macrobiotics for Back Pain
Meggan Brummer begins by looking at the benefits of using ginger externally. According to Macrobiotics, a ginger compress can be used to relieve back pain, menstrual cramps, arthri...more
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Yoga and Pilates to Aid Rehabilitation
To understand the role that these Mind/Body disciplines can play in physical (or indeed emotional) rehabilitation, it is important to understand what the differences are between th...more
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Yoga for Health, Consciousness and Balance
What is Yoga? Yoga is a pragmatic science and philosophy devoted to the realization of the true Self and thereby the exalted state of unalloyed bliss and inner peace.more
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In this article on Yoga for Mental Health the author shares how she discovered and achieved better health and balance within through this practice. She also explains the overall be...more
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Research has shown Yoga to be the most beneficial alternative therapy towards helping people with Parkinson's.more
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Yoga for Stress Relief - Tap into Numerous Health Benefits
Yoga is one of the best ways of coping with the stress of modern life. It doesn't involve drugs or great expense, and can be practised by anyone of any age in any physical condition...more
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The author reports that a 2005 study at the National Cancer Institute at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre in Seattle found that 15 500 people in their fifties who regul...more
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Yoga Nidra Practices for Stress Relief and Better Sleep
Total Yoga Nidra is a form of yoga that requires no physical movement whatsoever: Anyone who can breathe, and anyone who has ever, even once in their lives, fallen asleep, can pract...more
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Yoga Remedies for Body and Mind
Mira Mehta explains how yoga can not only counter the pressures of modern living, but also alleviate many health conditions including back pain, aches and pain in the limbs, respir...more
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While the ancient Greeks were postulating that mind and body were interwoven, the sages of India were exploring the same fundamental subject and coming to the same conclusion – onl...more
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Although general yoga classes can often help people resolve mild health problems, they may be ineffective, or even harmful, for those with more serious conditions. With yoga ther...more
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Yoga Therapy for Perimenopause / Menopause
Many women discover that appropriate yoga practice is a natural support for a healthy menstrual cycle, including the experience of turning points in a woman’s life such as perimenop...more
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This article touches on a few aspects within the vast texts, teachings, techniques, philosophy and disciplines of yoga. It looks into the various stages of the great sage Patanjali...more
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Yoga, Dietary and Lifestyle Approaches for Prostate Problems
In this article which focuses on prostate problems, the author says that although approximately 50% of Australian men may experience some type of prostate problem at some stage of ...more
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Yoga: Oneness of body and mind
How do we keep healthy and happy? That has been, is and will be the 64,000 dollar question.more
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Your Healthy Heart: Herbal and Nutritional Approaches
The author argues the case for integrated medicine as an approach to an imbalanced heart or circulatory system and the precursors such as low or high blood pressure, angina, harden...more
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This article focuses on how our life is reflected back to us. To begin with, the author introduces an interesting perspective on alchemy, defining lead as negative, repetitive thou...more
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Zen Meditation in Kerala - the Spiritual Quest with no Technique to Learn
This is how it is; this is what we have to learn! That there is no technique that will make life wonderful all the time but that there is an attitude we can adopt that accepts that ...more