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How to improve physical and mental health with the daily cold commute.

Practical tips by Resident Osteopath Andrew Doody.So let’s get the cold out of the way first shall we?The cold can definitely be detrimental to health in lots of ways. Vascular, neurological and skin conditions among others can all be aggravated, as...

Shining your unique light 

How to move from feeling stuck into a space of freedom, confidence, clarity and ease.Sarah Warman – Alexander Technique Wellbeing sessions at Shine N16.How would it feel to wake up with a clarity of purpose, to feel the fulfillment of a good work life...

Refugee support at The Elea Project

An adventure and giving of treatment where most needed during the 1st Lockdown of Covid 19, by Resident Osteopath at Shine, Chris Harris.Tobermory serendipity:Tobermory is the diminutive but outrageously colourful port town on the Scottish island of Mull....

How to relax and thrive post Covid 19

A wonderful invitation to reassess, plus a daily meditation practice to slow down regularly, by resident Alexander Practitioner, Sarah WarmanWhere do we go from here?How much better would your life feel if every single thing you did and each decision you...

Supporting your Physical and Mental Health in Springtime

 Marian Fixler, offers some self-help tips on How to support your Liver & Gall Bladder in springtime .Harnessing the energy of springtimeSpring is definitely here, the trees are getting fuller, the days are getting longer & we have been...

Ask your Osteopath: Top tips for a healthy back

Andrew Doody, Resident Shine Osteopath, was asked to answer patients’ most common questions about working from home and the perils of bad posture.His article featured in “Pick me up” magazine called, “Ask your Osteopath about working...

Covid-19 Care: post-covid, long covid and prevention

I would like to share some links and guidelines for self-care to cover possible circumstances that we may currently find ourselves in: For those of us who may have already contracted covid-19 and recovered, we may still be left with a sense of anxiety on how...

Acupuncture for post Covid treatment

Many of these Covid symptoms relate to the Lung meridian, as this is predominantly a respiratory related virus. However, other symptoms such as muscle aches and in particular brain fog, nausea etc relate more to the Spleen & Stomach meridians and can be...

How can nutrition help those with depression?

Considerations on the link between inflammation and depression. Plus we look at how Nutrition can help improve our state of mind.Life has changed dramatically this year and some of these changes have adversely affected our mental health.  Isolation, for...

How Myofascial Release can help adjust bad posture and even release stuck emotions

MYOFASCIAL RELEASE – MY FASCINATION WITH FASCIA  Danila, MFR PractitionerA few years ago I started developing an interest in Fascia.The Fascia movement was growing rapidly and passionately, I didn’t know how this system worked so I started...

EFT – a powerful tool to manage stress and overload and physical conditions including pain.

Marian Fixler,  EFT Practitioner, explains how Emotional Freedom Technique can help ease anxiety and stress.“Tapping targets the root cause of health and wellbeing challenges by interrupting the body’s stress response quickly and effectively....

Working from home? Top tips for a healthy back and good working posture

As many of you are now working from home, I thought it might be worth going through a few pointers about how to do this healthily. I am already seeing quite a few patients who have aggravated their backs and necks within the first few days of...