

Opportunities COVID-19 can give us
For some of us COVID -19 can give us a lot of positive aspects if we take advantage of this isolation time. One step we could do is to make some changes to support our immune system. The foundation of our immune system is in fact our digestion. One of the initial steps you could do to help improve your digestion, and in turn support your immune system, is to practice food combining, that is, eating protein foods at separate times to carbohydrate based foods. On average it tak


Hygiene - at the fore front of our minds
Hygiene is at the fore front of our minds, hand hygiene, kitchen hygiene, oral hygiene. What about bowel hygiene? What practices can we do to ensure good bowel hygiene? Here are a few...drinking water, lemon or a cleansing fruit such as pear first thing in the morning help to give a 'wash down' of your digestive track. They are like the 'washing up liquid' for your digestive system. Sauerkraut also helps cleanse the lining of your digestion system so eating this with your foo


Are Your struggling through the menopause?
One of the key stones to the Alexander Technique is that our sensory perception is not reliable, that is it filters out constants. We all do it, filtering out speed signs or the voice of our long term partner! In other words our sensory system only reports changes. In terms of the menopause our "symptoms" could really be our body reporting the changes in estrogen levels. If the estrogen levels drop suddenly our symptoms may be severe. How can we make this transition smooth t