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Breathing patterns and Long Covid

Buteyko is used to improve asthma symptoms and other breathing-related conditions such as sinusitis, anxiety and panic attacks. More recently it has been helping people deal with Long Covid. Kathryn explains: How we breathe matters. And that has proved to be...

TOOLS FOR MANAGING ANXIETY

Shine Practitioner Marian Fixler has gathered together some simple self-help tips to help manage those uncomfortable feelings of anxiety.

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 Warman Where 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 springtime Spring is definitely here, the trees are getting fuller, the days are getting longer & we have...

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 Practitioner A 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...