Do you need a skincare routine to maintain your glowing skin? Do you not have much time because the park is calling?Oh London summer, so unpredictable, so indecisive and often moody. Yet July was a great success, so there is hope!So, you don’t feel like spending time in a hot bath with a face mask...Continue reading→
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The kindness of strangers
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.Lao Tzu We are living in a fractious time. I wish it weren’t true but it is. I have struggled with processing the amount of distressing news that we are hearing on a daily basis. When things are tough I always try...Continue reading→
Preparing for our 1950s Shoot
We are very excited to reveal the Shine team & models who are working on our next period shoot, celebrating the glamorous 1950’s. We absolutely love this era; not only did it have incredibly distinctive styles, but they’re also somehow timeless, as they keep reoccurring within our modern trends. We want to show you 4 models, 2 female and 2 male,...Continue reading→
Snacks and Slumps
Our relationship with food is influenced by a number of factors. How we feel each day often has the greatest impact on our food choices and vice versa.When we chat with clients about energy levels, many experience the ‘afternoon slump’. That 3-4 pm energy dip when suddenly concentration disappears into day-dreaming, patience seems to wane,...Continue reading→
The Mind/Pain Relationship.
The role our beliefs play in our experience of pain is pivotal.Lower back pain is something that affects most of us at some time during our lives. For a lot of us it will pass and we may never experience it again. For some of us it may pop up every now and again, and for...Continue reading→
Ways to get fit this Summer
With so many options for the best way to get fit for the Summer, our Osteopath, Andrew Doody, discusses the pros and cons of different forms of exercise, including a few of the most popular programmes doing the rounds.So you’ve decided something needs to be done, that’s great, you’re halfway there, but what exactly to...Continue reading→
What is Anatomy in Motion?
An innovative treatment approach to pain and injury that is leading the way in the future of manual medicine available with Leon Baugh at Shine on the Green.AiM provides a totally unique way of looking at the relationship between pain and the way your body moves. The AiM system was developed by Gary Ward; an...Continue reading→
Hungry, for a change.
I often eat due to habit as opposed to hunger. I’m healthy most of the time, but every few months my energy levels take a dive, like an elephant is sat upon me.I have been watching a lot of documentaries such as Food Matters and Hungry for Change. I was inspired to try a detox...Continue reading→
To Lift or Peel? That is the question.
Natural Japanese FaceLift Facial vs Dermalogica Expert Active Over the last two months Shine has introduced two new Advanced Face Treatments. One is The Japanese FaceLift Facial, the other, is Dermalogica’s Expert Active These two new entries have a different approach and philosophy to skincare yet the results achieved have proven to correspond. To tailor to your...Continue reading→
“We are all creatures of habit”
A well known phrase for a great truth. If any habits are in need of being changed, then awareness is the first step.Habits help us through everyday life and make living easier. Thanks to our habits we can generally spend less energy and time on things we are very familiar with as opposed to unfamiliar...Continue reading→