We’d like to think that for most of us the Green Office Week is not only a one-off event we forget about the minute it ends but an action inspired initiative we (meaning you as an individual, your office, community and the whole planet) benefit from in a long run. So if you failed to [...]
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Guide To Green Office
May 18th, 2012 No Comments
Tags: ethical lifestyle · events · wellbeing tips
Cry baby blues
December 30th, 2011 No Comments
Travelling with your young family can be a pretty stressful experience but as Dr. Bryan Miller explains, the secret to travelling with a minimum of symptoms and complaints is to prepare several days in advance of your journey…
While I was traveling on a noisy, crowded flight from Tampa to Seattle, I found myself sitting directly [...]
Tags: ayurveda · baby · health · holidays · natural cosmetics · wellbeing tips
How to take time out?
November 24th, 2011 No Comments
By Dr. Light Miller
Pick up your favourite essential oils, hop in a hot bath and transform your bathroom into a tranquil sanctuary
One of my favourite ways to use essential oils is in the bath. Rarely do I start the day without taking an essential oil bath. While the water is running, I brush my skin [...]
Tags: ayurveda · health · natural cosmetics · wellbeing tips
How to live in the moment?
August 19th, 2011 No Comments
By Lucia Cockcroft of www.yoga-abode.com and www.ya-retreats.co.uk
“Oh, I have had my moments, and if I had to do it over again, I’d have more of them. In fact, I’d try to have nothing else. Just moments, one after another, instead of living so many years ahead of each day.” Nadine Stair, 85 years old, quoted in [...]
Tags: exercise · health · wellbeing · wellbeing tips
How to lead a holistic lifestyle?
June 26th, 2011 No Comments
Holistic therapy for me is about understanding and caring for yourself on all levels; not just viewing health as a physical functional state but as a multi-dimensional concept. The somewhat overused yet seldom lived phrase ‘care for your mind, body and soul’ when put into practice, really encompasses the modern day trinity of health, happiness [...]
Tags: wellbeing · wellbeing tips
How to stuff your rucksack?
January 25th, 2011 No Comments
You won’t find an unforgettable experience that money can’t buy in a guidebook, you’ll find it on Stuffyourrucksack.com
You’ve booked your tickets and you’ve checked your passport, so now it’s time to sit on that suitcase and discover which of the world’s most inspiring charitable initiatives need you to squeeze a little more in. In every [...]
Tags: charity
How to green up your kitchen?
January 15th, 2011 No Comments
By Anita Naik
Whereas you may not think how you cook your food adds much to the equation, cooking and refrigerating accounts for a third of all the electricity we use in our homes.
You’ve gone out of your way to calculate food miles, opted for organic over factory farmed and even walked to the shops instead [...]
Tags: eco-home
How to beat food allergy over the phone?
December 2nd, 2010 No Comments
Don’t know what to eat, need to revise your diet or confirm a food allergy? Then call your own nutritionist from the comfort of your home!
Eating the right foods or the combination of foods can do so much to help ease mood swings, depression, arthritis symptoms, boost your immune system, help you lose weight, improve [...]
Tags: nutrition
How to relax when you relax?
November 25th, 2010 No Comments
By Swami Vishnu-devananda
Release the tension in your body, calm your mind and connect with your soul, the ultimate source of your power, knowledge, peace and strength.
Proper relaxation cools down the system, as the radiator does for a car. Relaxation is nature’s way of recharging the body. When the body and mind are continually overworked, their [...]
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How to boost your brainpower?
October 20th, 2010 No Comments
By Lisha Simester
It is continual curiosity and learning that keeps the mind active and, like any muscle, you have to use it or lose it, and the longer you do the better the effect.
It is exciting and empowering to know that new scientific discoveries show you really can change your brain – that nerve [...]
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