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Acupuncture and shonishin
Acupuncture is a traditional Oriental system of healing originating in China about two thousand years ago. As most people know, it involves the insertion of fine needles at specific points around the body to enhance the well ...read more
Balance your body
What is balance? Balance is a condition of stillness and rest. People cannot reasonably find a fixed point of balance in their lives because life is not static. The changing nature of existence means that w...read more
Going somewhere ?
Hurry When somebody speaks in a hurried fashion, they sound anxious. If you breath quickly, it feels unhealthy. Now consider how you walk... most likely you walk too fast. We pay very little attention to how we walk, and se...read more
Keep stress at bay
Have you tested your balance lately? Unlike automobiles, our bodies and minds don’t display a red light as a beacon to indicate when something is out of balance in our lives. However, when our lives are off center, we d...read more
Mental-emotional imbalances
This is a huge subject and I am not planning on covering everything here. I am going to give an outline of the role acupuncture can have in the treatment of mental & emotional imbalances....read more
Prevention of disease
In our society there is a growing awareness that prevention might be better than cure. Not only does it prevent a lot of suffering, it also is very cost effective. Although we struggle to properly organise th...read more
Stress or a headache ? Shiatsu can help !
How can Shiatsu help? Shiatsu can: boost the immune system address insomnia for a good night’s sleep relieve back pain improve posture alleviated stress s...read more
The art of chakra
The art of chakra healing has been used for centuries to balance important energy centers in our body called chakras. We can use a number of different tools such as stones or meditation durin...read more
The Definitive Health Advice
Living a Life of Balance is the order of the day. We are urged to live in harmony with Nature, in harmony with ourselves, and not only spiritual arguments but now even Western science is prov...read more
Traditional chinese medical acupuncture
Acupuncture is an ancient system of healing developed over thousands of years as part of the traditional medicine of China. Here in the West acupuncture is usually publicised as only be...read more
Use kinesiology to test your muscles
Food, as we know, can be positively good for us (called Biogenic), it can be problematic (Biocidic), or it can be neutral (Biostatic). Some indications are c...read more
What is spiritual healing?
Healing is a natural process. Effectively, it is a flow of beneficial energy between the healer and the recipient which deals with the 'disease' at the deepest level and frees your natural re...read more
What osteopathy can do for you
Osteopathy is a safe and natural approach to health care, treating individuals for health problems from the trauma of birth to arthritis of the elderly, from cradle to rocking chair. The ost...read more
What's causing you migraines ?
Triggers Whilst the attacks may come and go, the disease remains. There are a variety of factors that may come together to produce a migraine episode. Ideally, it is possible to control the frequency of att...read more
Why do people fall?
Falls are serious at any age, but especially for older people who are more likely to break a bone when they fall. If you have a disease called osteoporosis, you are more likely to break a bon...read more
Yin foods, yang foods
There are four factors that determine whether a food is yin or yang: How the food grows (including speed and direction). Where the food was grown (in northern or southern climates). The sodium-potassi...read more
Yoga in medical practice
Yoga means integration or wholeness. The yogic concept of the working of the body and mind is that there is a balance and integration in the functioning of each person and that each person h...read more
