7th & 8th November 2009.
The Saturday Yoga Class is held at a unique venue overlooking the sea, with a panoramic view of the Jurassic Coastline and the Cobb in Lyme Regis. These days are special - whatever the weather, the sights and sounds of the sky and the sea provide a wonderful natural backdrop for the day and add a special quality to our [...]
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1. The relationship between emotional stress and the depletion of the immune system. The research shows how the immune system appears to benefit from the practice of yoga, and other activities which harmonise the mind/body/spirit. These forms of training encourage ‘coherence’, as opposed to ‘chaos’, in the rhythm of the heart beat. Immunoglobulin [...]
The government’s web site tackles many of the questions you may have about swine flu. If you are pregnant or have small children, the NCT has a useful page. Alongside similar advice, the US web site ’Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’ includes the very interesting suggestion that we ‘find healthy ways to deal with stress and anxiety’.
Research is beginning [...]
The Smoothie is my Defence Against the Dark Arts, when the see-saw of energy and emotions, sleepless nights, and ageing generally gets in the way of my feeling fabulous. Last year we moved endlessly, living out of suitcases in various flats and a caravan, with everything but the bare essentials in storeage. But I took my trusty blender everywhere with [...]
Libido has never been an easy thing to talk about, and in particular the libido of the menopausal woman. Hormones go mad or run dry, bodies change shape and the physical equipment takes such a battering through the months and years of menstruation and childbearing, it’s not surprising many older women question their ’sexual validity’.
It’s not just a problem for [...]
