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Dear friends, there is so much advice swirling around us in these unsettling times that I want to keep these tips really simple for you Drink plenty of water! I keep a litre jug of water on the side, and know that I need to drink all of it at least once a day, in […]
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1. Your Waist to Height Ratio. This is delightfully simple – your waist should be LESS THAN than half your height, ie a ratio of less than 50 So if you are 5‘4“, which is 64“, your waist should be LESS THAN 32“ Click here for more information: 2. Your Waist to Hip Ratio Confusingly
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Borborygmus is not a nonsense word, but the wonderfully onomatapoeic description from the ancient Greek for intestinal gurglings 😊 Our central nervous system is divided into the Sympathetic Nervous System [SNS] – the part which drives us into action to fend off marauding tribes or sabre-toothed tigers, or – in modern life, to cope with:-
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“She looked at her bathroom scales, aghast – she knew her weight had been creeping upwards over the last year to 18 months, not surprising given the stress she had been under, but that much . . . ?!?!” As an osteopath I see, shall we say – a wide range of body types. Some people,
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Here is a really useful and simple way of finding out what your waist measurement should be: it’s half your height, or less. So simple. So, a woman of 5’4″ (64″) should have a waist of 32″ or less. And a man of 6′ (72″) should have a waist measurement of 36″, or less. As
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It struck me recently, with so many people taking part in Dry January or Veganuary, that it’s almost as if society is wanting to create a secular Lent. The idea of cutting back and detoxing after the festivities is clearly very appealing. And yet people also struggle with keeping all their shiny New Year Resolutions… A
In my first self-care article, I talked about our Table of Health. Is your Table of Health piled high with clutter and habits you would like to change, or is it beautifully clear? – maybe simple bare wood, or maybe with an exquisite damask tablecloth, or pretty chintz placemats . . . I think having
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In this hectic world in which we live it can be so hard to give ourselves permission to simply stop – before we stop dead or drop dead! We can see our central nervous system as being a continual dance between our Sympathetic Nervous System [SNS] – the one that’s linked with our stress response
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Are you stressed about Christmas? At the very thought of Christmas? All the preparations for Christmas? All the guests, who may be loved and maybe not? You are not alone! And the current UK weather is not helping – wind and rain and more wind and more rain. Recently I have had a whole spate
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In this article, having slept and fed our bodies (and minds) we are going to look at how we use our body and how to care for it – so here I am thinking about movement and skin. Skin Our skin is the largest organ of the body, and is in a constant state of
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