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05Feb

What You Should Know About Sleep

Louise Chunn

sleep, stress, wellbeing

Body

Don’t smoke, cut back on the booze, try to stick to a healthy diet, get some exercise --- that’s enough health rules to be getting on with surely?  But there’s one essential element that many people forget about. Sleep is as important as any of those in keeping us on the rails. This was one of the main messages I took away from a visit to Champneys Tring recently. I was at the well-known health spa to sample a Lifestyle Improvement Plan, for which food and drink intake, exercise levels and daily activities are monitored in advance. The aim is to illustrate that...
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04Feb

Cosmetic Surgery Makes Beauty That's Barely Skin Deep

Linda Blair

psychology, society, women

Body

I was sad to read in The Guardian today that there’s been a big rise — nearly 17 per cent – in the demand for cosmetic surgery in Britain in the last year. Breast augmentation is the number one favourite, with anti-ageing techniques such as eyelid surgery and face and neck lifts following closely behind.  I was, however, not surprised to read that there’s also been a rise in reports of patient dissatisfaction. Quite apart from any issues of competence  this shows that cosmetic surgery doesn’t offer lasting satisfaction. Why not? First, the procedures rarely promise...
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04Feb

What is Kundalini yoga?

Lucy Greeves

yoga

Body

Kundalini is a very spiritual style of yoga that is believed by its adherents to raise them to a level of heightened consciousness
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31Jan

Veganism: Obsessive or Principled?

Claudine Levy

nutrition

Body

With stars like Beyoncé and Jay Z doing couples’ cleanses, and Gwyneth Paltrow being papped  every other day with the diet deity that is cold-pressed green juice, veganism seems to be this year’s must-have accessory. Could it be that this fashion for deprivation, veiled as nutrition, is doing something damaging for our already body-conscious society? A vegan diet was once an ethical life-choice, the preserve of so-called hemp-loving hippies concerned with the moral dilemma of eating produce from sentient, living...
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28Jan

What is Sivananda Yoga?

Lucy Greeves

yoga

Body

Sivanada yoga is the style probably most similar to the original roots of Hindu yoga practice
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23Jan

How I Felt When I Gave Up Sugar

Camilla Nicholls

health, nutrition

Body

Giving up sugar may be good for your health, but it is difficult for your brain to process says Camilla Nicholls
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21Jan

What are Viniyoga and Yoga Therapy?

Lucy Greeves

yoga

Body

Viniyoga is focused on the breath. It is less of a workout, more of a meditation. Yoga therapy is usually one-to-one
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21Jan

Can Exercise Make You More Creative?

Lucy Marcovitch

art, creativity, exercise, writing

Body

How taking exercise can help solve creative problems
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14Jan

What is Iyengar Yoga?

Lucy Greeves

yoga

Body

Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja (BKS) Iyengar is the best possible advertisement for the yoga movement he founded. At the age of 95, he still practises regularly; anyone who thinks they are “too old for yoga” should take inspiration from recent photographs of BKS in postures he first learnt ...
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07Jan

What is Bikram Yoga?

Lucy Greeves

yoga

Body

Bikram Yoga is the creation of Bikram Choudhury (b. 1946), who began studying asana at the age of three. At 20 (so the story goes) he was badly injured in a weightlifting accident and despite a grim prognosis from the doctors, managed a full recovery with the help of yoga. Since the 1970s,...
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