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10 ways to develop a healthier body image

Break free from society's ongoing obsession with looks.

In celebration of our 'Love your body' issue, psychologist Sam Van Meurs shares a 10-step program to get you on your way to a healthier body image. ...

Boosting blood flow with yoga

Yoga helps trigger fresh blood to be transported throughout the body, consequently boosting circulation and promoting detoxification.

This is achieved through the ‘tourniquet effect’, which involves closing off the blood flow from a particular joint, organ or gland by holding a yoga posture in stillness for 10 to 20 seconds. ...

Eating for your Ayurvedic type

Food and medicine

In traditional Hindu medicine, or Ayurveda, there are three body types: Vata, Pitta and Kapha. ...

Bloat away with yoga

Did you know two thirds of women aged 17 to 49 suffer bloating in their lower abdomen?

If you’re one of these women, you can beat the bloat with yoga breathing techniques. ...

Psoriasis – treatments & diet tips

Natural remedies & tips from a naturopath

Suffer from psoriasis? Janella Purcell answers your questions about natural treatments. ...

Chinese medicine for pregnancy

We chat with Dr Karen Pohlner

Shannon Dunn discovers how the Eastern perspective, and in particular Chinese medicine, can help nurture a healthy baby in vitro. ...

Are you already hypnotised?

Many of us are 'programmed’ by false ideas, says hypnotherapist Cynthia Morgan

Have you ever wondered why we believe certain things? And why some of those beliefs seem to keep us at arms length of living the life we really want? ...

Berry salad with garden greens & lemon-basil vinaigrette

This summer salad is packed full of hydrating nutrients. ...

Why do we self-sabotage?

Do you ever feel that the world is against you, or that something or someone is holding you back?

Could that someone be your inner saboteur, asks Liz Nowosad? ...

Lactose intolerance

Find out how to manage your diet

Lactose is a sugar found in milk that is broken down to simple sugars by the enzyme lactase to be absorbed and used by the body. ...

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