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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,...

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...

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

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...

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...

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....

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...

 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...