Laughter – the best medicine

Laughter – the best medicine

We are not the only species to laugh, apparently 65 species have been identified as having “laughter” vocalisations from chimpanzees, to dolphins, to birds (reference Naturebangs Radio 4). Naturebangs We know that children laugh and smile about 300 times a day...
Community – A Sense of Belonging

Community – A Sense of Belonging

Decades ago communities were often a street or a village, a place where you felt you belonged.  With the increased use of travel people were able to move further afield, to look for jobs miles away from the family home. Moving into a new area can often feel like being...
What  Our Bodies are Telling Us

What Our Bodies are Telling Us

I’ve been talking recently to a few clients about how their frustration and annoyance with their bodies is doing more harm than good. It is easy to focus on what is wrong or what we can’t do because of injury, chronic physical health and unfortunately this only...
Are You in Balance?

Are You in Balance?

Everything in our life is about balance.  Without balance our world, our health our happiness is affected. Chinese medicine, for thousands of years, has applied the concepts of yin and yang – opposite forces that interconnect.  One is not better or needed more than...
Habits or Rituals?

Habits or Rituals?

I expect without thinking you get up washed and dressed in the same way each day.  You possibly eat the same breakfast each day, sit in the same chair to eat and watch the same programmes. These habits or routines are great in allowing us to do them automatically so...