Body, Mind, Soul

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GYROTONIC® for Osteoperosis
The Gyrotonic Method is a highly adaptable system that can be tailored to meet the needs of individuals with osteoporosis, helping them to improve flexibility, strength, and mobility while minimizing... Read more...
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What Is The Vagus Nerve, and Why Does It Matter?
The new studies suggest that the vagus nervous system is strongly connected to the gut nerves, which explains the pathophysiology of several diseases, including irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), especially during... Read more...
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What Actually Happens To Our Bones In Menopause?
The female reproduction system is complex with several hormonal axes and feedback loops. When a woman goes through menopause, the production of certain hormones plummets, triggering a number of clinical... Read more...
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Biohacking Gut Health
Your gut micro-biome should ideally have 20000 to 30000 different species, and the reality is, in this modern world, it requires conscious effort, not just popping supplements. Read more...
The Importance of the Lymphatic System
The Importance of the Lymphatic System
Your lymphatic system, part of your immune system, performs many roles. They include protecting your body from bacteria and cancer cells, maintaining body fluid levels, absorbing digestive tract fats and... Read more...
Pelvic Floor Muscle Function in the Post Menopausal Woman
Pelvic Floor Muscle Function in the Post Menopausal Woman
Music to a women’s ears - No Period!… BUT.. Oestrogen plays a key role in keeping our skeletal muscles ( including the pelvic floor muscles ) robust, our connective tissue... Read more...
The Post Natal Pelvic Floor
The Post Natal Pelvic Floor
The pelvic floor and endopelvic fascia undergo changes during pregnancy, influenced by the major hormonal shifts taking place, and the new musculoskeletal demands on the body. We are talking about... Read more...
The Normal Pelvic Floor Anatomy and Function
The Normal Pelvic Floor Anatomy and Function
Written By Eliza Bernardi - Women’s Health Physiotherapist @ The Physiotherapy Clinic www.physiotherapyclinic.com.au When we talk pelvic floor, most people just think about the muscles. The pelvic floor is actually... Read more...
Parkinson’s Disease, exercise, medications & pilates
Parkinson’s Disease, exercise, medications & pilates
Parkinson’s Disease is classified as a movement disorder that is most likely to onset for people in their 50s and  60s. Although about 5 % of Parkinson’s Disease cases occur... Read more...
Vegan “Spag Bol”
Vegan “Spag Bol”
Vivian da silva Teixeira Insta @firstpiclatereat About the dish: My vegan “Spag Bol” is a great winter warmer and a family favourite. It’s a hearty dish without the overload of... Read more...
Are there Petrochemicals hiding in your closet?
Are there Petrochemicals hiding in your closet?
Plastic has many names, but no matter how much we try to gentrify plastic, it is essential to focus on what the raw material for plastic really is – crude... Read more...
Bone Broth
Bone Broth
Bone broth provides the nutritional synergy to calm an overactive immune system while supplying the body with raw materials to rebuild stronger and healthier cells.   This is why it is... Read more...
Slow cooked Greek Lamb
Slow cooked Greek Lamb
Written by: Sandra Thoma @sandrathomacooks Having been married to my Greek husband for over twenty years I learnt this recipe on our honeymoon from his Aunt in Cyprus, who would... Read more...
Winter warming chicken soup!
Winter warming chicken soup!
Written by Claire Grullemans As the weather cools down the kitchen heats up. That’s right it’s time to get hearty with a warm bowl of winter goodness. Soups are a... Read more...
Nutritionally dense minestrone soup
Nutritionally dense minestrone soup
Written by: Claire Grullemans Soups are not only great for immune function, but also a healthy alternative to the conventional meat and three veg dinner. A hearty minestrone soup is... Read more...
Baby health
Baby health
Natural medicine is a great way to support your baby as it develops and grows, in combination with a healthy unprocessed diet. The more food you are making from scratch,... Read more...
Cauliflower Risotto
Cauliflower Risotto
This very light version of the classic risotto is nourishing and an absolute crowd pleaser. Most importantly it ticks all the boxes of healthy clean eating without being overcomplicated and... Read more...
Melatonin: The Critical Hormone & How to Optimise It
Melatonin: The Critical Hormone & How to Optimise It
Melatonin is an essential hormone that provides a multitude of benefits throughout the human body.  Mistakenly it has been dubbed the hormone of sleep, but more accurately it is the "hormone... Read more...
Why Aromatherapy?
Why Aromatherapy?
Essential oils are a simple but powerful and versatile way toeradicate chemicals out of your life. They can be used forcleaning, beauty, personal care, and as a home remedy,effectively substituting... Read more...
Cleaning Products As Damaging As Smoking 20 Cigarettes A Day
Cleaning Products As Damaging As Smoking 20 Cigarettes A Day
A surprising new study on the long-term health effects of cleaning products found that inhaling sprays and other chemical cleaners at home or work may be as damaging to lungs... Read more...
What is Face Yoga?
What is Face Yoga?
Written by: Orna Binder Just as your body needs regular exercise to stay toned and firm, the 57 muscles in the face and neck also need to be exercised in... Read more...
Estrogen and Coffee
Estrogen and Coffee
Leia Cohen www.greenearthmind.com & www.taiflow.com As an Integrative Health Coach, I have recently been focusing on Hormone Health. For women, taking care of our hormones is important at any age. I... Read more...
The Healing Powers of Natural Fibres
The Healing Powers of Natural Fibres
Ironically, the yoga trend that has developed in the West has been built from its very foundation, starting with the use of highly toxic mass-produced yoga mats to the ‘Lulu... Read more...
How to manage stress with a daily self care practise
How to manage stress with a daily self care practise
We are each born with a unique nutrition and health ‘savings account’ – some are granted extra funds (via genetics, early diet, happiness, a healthy environment) while others enter the... Read more...
Fascia and What it Means to You
Fascia and What it Means to You
‘Fascia is the biological fabric that holds us together, the connective tissue network. You are about 70 trillion cells – neurons, muscle cells, epithelia – all humming in relative harmony;... Read more...
How face yoga can wind back the clock
How face yoga can wind back the clock
Sarah Knapton Scientists have found undertaking facial exercises for 30 minutes a day can knock years off your appearance. Facial workouts – also known as "face yoga"–- have become popular... Read more...
How chemicals are messing with your hormones
How chemicals are messing with your hormones
In terms of the effects of hormone mimicking chemicals in our bodies, we’re looking at compromised reproductive and behavioural health, immune systems, thyroids, neurological systems, and tumour development, all being... Read more...
Knee Pain - Balance
Knee Pain - Balance
Written by: Laura Quickfall at Muscle Medicine Balance and instability can affect function and pain more than you would imagine. Balance is a skill we take for granted but as... Read more...
Pilates for face and neck problems
Pilates for face and neck problems
“Oh, it is so beautiful, but what do I do with it?”. I of course said there is so much to do, let’s start from the top with the neck... Read more...
Pilates strategies for foot drop
Pilates strategies for foot drop
Foot drop, is a simple way to describe the loss of Range of Movement (ROM) in your ankle.   Dorsiflexion is what occurs when your heel is on the ground and... Read more...
Breathe Less to Breathe More
Breathe Less to Breathe More
What’s the secret to breathing well in everyday life? Breathing less not more seems to be the answer! In today's society with all it's stresses, speed and adrenaline, we have... Read more...
Plantar fasciitis exercises using Makarlu Lotus
Plantar fasciitis exercises using Makarlu Lotus
Those who suffer from plantar fasciitis well know that familiar, sharp pain in the heel and bottom of the foot. Taking those tentative first steps when you get out of bed each day... Read more...
The Relationship Between Mind and Body How to Escape The Thought-Stress Loop
The Relationship Between Mind and Body How to Escape The Thought-Stress Loop
We recognise how stressful thoughts are linked to physical stress, like imagining a future situation creating tension in the body. The question is; does thinking create stress, or does stress... Read more...