Tag: osteopathy
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Flexibility and Balance, the underdogs of health…
It cannot be underestimated how pivotal flexibility and balance are for our health, particularly as we get older. This ideally would be supported by a good amount of strength, a flexible weak joint can be just as painful as a stiff weak joint, strength is essential here to maintain the balance of a flexible joint…
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Barriers to our own health… we all have them…
A personal story…. In the last few weeks I have started a programme with a personal trainer, and started an embodiment course. I have been very excited about both, a new focus was needed. Both, the PT and the course leader have talked about barriers. Barriers to training and barriers to learning, these are barriers…
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Go with your flow…
by our lovely Becca. I have been learning recently the value in listening to our bodies, learning their natural rhythms and accepting that each day is different. For me, and other people who experience a menstrual cycle, this is particularly apparent because of the fluctuating hormones from month to month. Some days I don’t have…
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It’s valentines day tomorrow…
Whether this day is something you love or loathe, it can be a good reminder to check in on the health of your relationship… The health of our primary relationships have a huge influence on our own health, these don’t have to be romantic relationships. Now, I don’t mean massive bunches of flowers, expensive dinners…
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The myth of individuation… We really do need each other and it’s really OK.
Is the myth of individuation an incomplete story or a lethal lie? I heard this question posed this week by Dan Siegel. Dan Siegel is a clinical professor of psychiatry, executive director of the mindsight institute, prolific writer and speaker, and in my opinion, all round genius. I am sure I will not do him…
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Osteopathy for your new borns.
Becca, Siân and I, have all spent, or are spending time currently, studying at the Osteopathic centre for Children, this is the main organisation in the UK for post graduate education in Paediatrics. It is a place where our cranial Osteopathy and clinical reasoning skills are developed, we have confidence in knowing what is a…
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30 Days of Yoga, what’s all the hype?
As many of you may know, Adriene Mishler, internet yoga teacher extraordinaire, has released a 30 day yoga journey for beginners, each January 1st for the last 9 years. Each session lasting about 20 minutes. This year I thought I would give it a go. I have practiced yoga before and have used some yoga…
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Sleep Health, What is it? How important is it for our overall health? …
So sleep, we all do it, for some it’s a pleasure, getting cosy and drifting off into dream land, and for some it’s a struggle, to turn our brains off enough to fall asleep and stay asleep. I was wide awake from 4-5.30 am this morning! Firstly, what is sleep health and how much sleep…
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Beautiful Cold Water
And why it’s so good for us, Siân shares her passion for cold water dipping. If you have been treated by me over the last year, then no doubt, at some point, I’ve chatted endlessly and passionately about my morning routine of cold water dipping 😉 I was so chuffed recently when a patient told me…
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I have a Fibroid, I have named her Florence (not her real name).
How we relate to our own pain and discomfort is important, it has a massive impact on how well we move through life when our bodies, or minds, aren’t feeling great. When I was in my teens and early twenties I struggled with Anorexia and Bulimia. A part of my recovery was in being able…
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