You’re probably well aware that when you skimp on sleep, it shows on your face. Your eyes can look puffy and your skin looks pale and washed out! Lack of sleep makes you more forgetful and less alert, it can also be detrimental to your physical appearance. It causes blood vessels to dilate generating… Read more »
Category: Wellbeing
Living a joyful life?
‘Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions” – Dalai Lama. We all have choices in life. You can choose to live an unconscious, influenced-by-others type life, or a more expanded and soulful one. You can choose between allowing your ego to lead you through life, or your divine spirit. Research… Read more »
The yogic breath
When we are born out of our mother’s womb, the first thing we do is breathe! From this day on we develop our own breathing pattern. No one teaches us how to breathe because it’s a rhythmic, involuntary process regulated by our respiratory system. But we can control our breathing! Breath, is life –… Read more »
Natural Ways To Treat A Cold
Atishoo! Atishoo! We all fall down! Going down with a cold in winter is a common complaint that very rarely can be prevented. It has been said that catching a cold can help to cleanse the body, giving you a good clear out! As the winter temperatures drop, we inevitably tend to congregate indoors, causing… Read more »
The Beauty of Ageing
Are You Age Positive? Positive ageing refers to maintaining a happy lifestyle, staying healthy, engaging fully in life and feeling good about yourself as you mature through life. Many of us react to the aging process in one of two ways. Firstly we see the negative side, associating it with decline and loss. Secondly we become… Read more »
Combatting signs of Stress!
There are many ways stress can manifest itself in our daily lives. There is also a darker side to stress that no-one talks about. This article will investigate the symptoms and give you advice on how you can overcome it. Stress has become the paradigm of our modern lives. Society here in the west accepts… Read more »
Are You Burnt Out?
Do you have days when you feel fed up, overloaded or unappreciated? Most of us have days when the continuous monotony of keeping the plates spinning goes unnoticed; when dragging ourselves out of bed requires tremendous effort. If you are feeling like this every day you may be on the way to burning yourself out!… Read more »
Finding “Me” Time
There’s a tremendous amount of stress and pressure being put on us in today’s society as parents, sons, daughters, husbands, wives, professionals. We lead crazy, busy lives. And the one thing we never seem to have time for is ourselves. So how do we find our own quality time and why is it important? Recent… Read more »
All we want for Christmas is glowing skin
It’s almost a given that most of us will overdo it this Christmas with festive food, booze, shopping and parties aplenty. As a result there is a strong possibility that any amount of overindulgence will take its toll, reflecting poorly on our skin health. The look, as in glow, tone and elasticity of the skin… Read more »
Are you living a sedentary lifestyle?
For many people, the week consists of travelling to work, sitting in front of a computer all day and being physically inactive. For others who maybe are retirees there can be equally little or no activity. It is easy to get stuck in a rut of being glued to an office chair for hours on… Read more »