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From dream to plan in one hour!

How often have you had ideas and dreams and they just stay that way? How often do people ask you, “So, what’s happening with…...

Open up this January

Hello winter! The cold season is upon us. Time to reflect, write and digest the holidays… The hunched postures curling in on themselves on each street corner, remind me how tough this season can be on our bodies...

Where to begin?

Hearing the words “it’s cancer” was never something I worried about...

Anger Awareness

Can you remember the last time you felt angry, what caused you to feel that way and how you dealt with it? Whether it’s seeing red, feeling the heat, or struggling to breathe; we are all on close terms with anger...

Pain free Posture for Parents

There are many expected joys of being a parent: your baby’s first smile, first words, first steps, first day at school and so on...

The Facts of Fascia

What is it? What does it do? Fascia is an embryonic tissue often called connective tissue, in the form of a web-like, three dimensional matrix that intertwines, surrounds, protects and supports every other structure of the human body...

Mood Boosting Foods

With winter rapidly approaching, we are spending more more time inside with less exposure to natural light...

Facial Steaming for Healthy Skin

As we are approach the British winter, we comfort ourselves with everything that brings more heat to our lives...

Dampness – TCM’s approach

Traditional Chinese Medicine recognises different influencers on the energetic and physical systems of our bodies, such as Wind, Heat and Dampness...

Does the cold weather affect back or joint pain?

Many people I see in my physiotherapy clinics believe that the cold weather is causing a worsening of their back or joint pain...

I’m Talkin’ about a Revolution

As Summer sneaks off for another year and Autumn settles into London - we at Shine acknowledge the genius and creativity of bygone eras...

The big issue: The use of microbeads in beauty products

This year cosmetic and beauty industries, have been going through a global debate to eliminate the use of microbeads in skincare and personal hygiene products...