You’ll feel better. Live longer. Have more vigor and vim! Blood sugar. I’m talking about blood sugar. What were you thinking??? Cheeky! I know, pretty boring…but it’s not. It’s actually super important to know about. It’s not just something diabetics need to know. It affects all of us. When your blood sugar is swinging up […]
Continue ReadingJune 2012 Health Steps ~ Get Physical With Some Love
Over the years I have listened to hundreds of clients and students make excuses for not exercising—seriously, I think I’ve heard them all. And I always say ‘the key is finding something you love to do’. So today I’m going to share some of my tips to making exercise more fun: Don’t do it alone. […]
Continue ReadingGet to Know Your Body
The human body is a wonderfully complex structure, and despite its complexity works wonderfully well most of the time. That many of us feel helpless in the face of illness or disease reveals a lack of understanding of how the human body works. When we work to develop a relationship with ourselves holistically: body, mind, […]
Continue ReadingMuscle cramps!
Recently I was asked about muscle cramps and what it means ~ that awful ‘charley horse’ feeling that occurs in a muscle.When a muscle engages or contracts, it shortens. A spasm is an involuntary contraction of a muscle and you just can’t simply will it to relax! Muscles spasm when the normal balance of potassium […]
Continue ReadingATA Jan 2012 |Carpet odor
Welcome to ‘Ask the Aromatherapist’ Monthly! This month we delve into the archives and get a Q & A from Emma Fairbrass Question My carpet smells really bad. Is there anything I can use to hide, remove, change the smell? Thanks Kenny Answer Hi Kenny, Try this: 1 cup Sodium Bicarbonate 1 Tbsp lemon peel […]
Continue ReadingGet off your butt!!!
Easy Fitness Tip Did you know that to be considered moderately active you only need to exercise for 2.5 hours a week. That can be as simple as one hundred and fifty minutes of brisk walking. A recent study in the Journal of Physical Activity and Health indicated that dog owners who walk their dogs […]
Continue ReadingAugust 2011
This month Jacqueline Fairbrass gives some great Summertime Aromatherapy and Tips Stings and Bites During the summer months it can be easy to find yourself or someone around you on the losing end of an encounter with a bee or wasp. Try using witch hazel (Hamamelis virginiana) to ease the discomfort and heal the wound. […]
Continue ReadingWellness with Color
Tips for Using Color as a Healing Therapy I don’t believe I have to convince anyone that color has an impact of our lives. Color has long been researched, especially by those in marketing, for the impact it has on us. But did you know that it has also been researched as a healing art. […]
Continue ReadingDon’t Let the Blues Get You Down-Try Reflexology!
With all the information now available on the adverse side-effects of medical intervention into depressive states many people are looking to Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) to help. I am often asked about alternate or complementary practices that can alleviate the symptoms of depression. Although there are many holistic treatments that can help, one of […]
Continue ReadingSpring Cleaning from the Inside Out
As the winter layers come off and as the warmer weather arrives, hurrah, we pull out last year’s summery wardrobe and we often realize we have put on more than few extra layers of clothes. Hiding in sweaters we might not have realized a few extra pounds have crept their way on until we start […]
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