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Is “Detox” just a marketing con?

Health | Detox | Digestive Health

Fabiana Matos, Nutritionist at Shine explains: Detox has had a bad reputation due to misleading advertising of products claiming to ‘clean’ the body, aid weight loss, improve skin, etc. In reality, the mechanism of detoxification involves many complex...

Long Covid – can Massage Therapy help?

Health

Danila Ciencia, Advanced Clinical Massage Practitioner, discusses how Massage for Long Covid has helped her clients at Shine, North London.Millions of people worldwide have been experiencing the debilitating effects of Long Covid, finding their lives...

20 years of Shine: an update from Carla

Health

Shine Holistic are proud to be celebrating 20 years in business! Read on for a personal message from Carla - and don't forget to raise a glass with us.

Go BIG or go home!

Life Coaching | Health

By Life Coach and Hypnotherapist (RTT Practitioner), Valina Stavropoulou 2023 is a year that requires a bold title! I decided that “Go BIG or go home” is a very suitable one! We ‘ve been through a lot these last couple of years and we can all admit,...

Festive FOMO

Health | Nutrition

Are YOU suffering from festive FOMO?Hey, would you like to come to this place, spend the evening at that place, have a mince pie, sausage roll, egg nog, mulled wine, taste my world-beating Christmas cake…?And you’ll go because you can’t...

Shining light on Vitamin D

Acupuncture | Health

The importance of vitamin D for good health, by Valeria Frank, Resident Acupuncturist and Registered Associate Nutritionist (ANutr) at Shine, Newington Green.As we enter the winter months and the year closes, we take the opportunity to discuss some facts...

What exactly is perimenopause?

Menopause Blogs | Beauty | Women's Health | Health | Nutrition

Guidance for those approaching peri-menopause from Nutritionist, Fabiana Matos.The peri-menopause can be one of the trickiest times for women to get their head around. One minute you’re 30, full of energy to do all the things you want in your life. Yes,...

Breathing patterns and Long Covid

Buteyko | Health | Corona

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

Health | Corona

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.

Osteopathy | Health

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 

Alexander Technique | Health

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

Cranial Osteopathy | Health

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....