Category: Energy
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Perimenopause & menopause. Can herbal medicine help?
Perimenopause and menopause affect women in different individual ways. A herbalist will identify the specific symptoms affecting the patient and work towards reducing and alleviating the discomforts and improving life enjoyment. These may include irregular bleeding, hot flashes, vaginal dryness or atrophy, urinary incontinence, mood changes, sleep disturbance, pain and aching joints, brain fog, memory…
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A Disco Ball That Packs A Punch, recipe inside
Simple to make and full of flavours these energy balls are great to keep in your bag, lunchbox or for when the kids get home. Use them whenever you need that little bit of natural energy boost but don’t want to load your digestive system. They are moreish though and will patch up energy leaks…
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Digestive Aid & Bedtime Libations
It’s been a very full & satisfying summer but on the last stretch I was actually craving home, routines and a detox. My body is very clearly signalling that enough of a good thing is enough and the plentiful food plates of French dinners I have over-indulged in are making me feel heavy and sluggish…
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Abracadabra!
Not long ago I read and chuckled at a post by Mammasaurus where she lashed out at the word ritual and its “all-trendy” status making it the rage these days. Now, I love the word ritual. I loved it all the way back when it was not the hype and puff it is now, blame the Owens…
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4 tips to deal with fear and despair
It’s hard to describe how much satisfaction I get from reading and learning about Ayurveda continuously. This morning as I was randomly perusing through my collection of books I read these words which strike so right I want to share them with you exactly as I found them in Dr Robert Svoboda’s brilliant little book…
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Going sugar-free + my quinoa salad recipe
It’s spring clean time! On Monday I start Sarah Wilson’s 8-weeks “I Quit Sugar” programme. Who’s in? After reading articles and glimpses of her work here and there for a few years I’ve finally got myself equipped with the books and going all at it. Sarah has a very practical, clear and fact-based approach which makes total sense.…
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3 tiny steps to hugely better digestion
As I am preparing a small presentation on Ayurvedic nutrition for my local Satsang, my yoga community meet-up, it dawns on me again how vast Ayurveda is and how much there is to share if I want to do it right. But top of the list is a priority to not overwhelm oneself with a…
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Make it a habit
Working on my online course today, I am writing about evolving and creating new healthy habits, starting by considering our “crimes against wisdom” or Pranjapradha as Yoga and Ayurveda calls it. It sounds very serious and scary but basically why do we continue to do what we know is not good for us? All this…
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One for the mothers of young children
“Baby, where’d you get your body from? Tell me, where’d you get your body from? I got it from my Mama” Will.I.Am A lot of my friends and readers (friends readers…) are mothers with little people and although there are no two mums alike, no two kids alike and no two families alike some common ground is helpful…
Evidence-based + Holistic 