Have you ever noticed tapping of the foot, continual picking at the body, finger nail biting, fiddling with things, pacing up and down, starting something, then moving onto another project before the first is finished. Or cleaning something then going back to clean it again? Not you, someone you know or have experienced in others?

Well, this is anxiety!

Anxiety represents a constant flow of hot blood that disturbs the mind, starving it of rest and depriving it of valuable peace. Anxiety begins in the mind as a reaction to a fear. This fear (False Evidence Appearing Real) is a…

We hear a lot about detoxing these days, but have you ever wondered why it is so important to do this on a regular basis, even for those who feel pretty healthy? Even though you may not be aware of it, we face an onslaught of toxins every day. In the past few decades, we’ve seen more toxins enter our environment than ever before. They are stored deeply in our cells, tissues and muscles unless we start to get rid of them. These toxins contribute to illness and disease and starts from the earliest stage of life- studies show that…

I know I'm not alone in my concern for the health of Australians and I'm not the first (by any stretch of the imagination) to report on the seriousness of the issue. However, I believe that right now we are facing a 'critical' period that requires attention. Let me explain: As an owner of a Personal Training and Exercise Physiology studio in Adelaide I have on one hand experienced the effects of a tough economy over the first half of this calendar year, and unfortunately you probably have too. The combination of a number of factors have led to two…

In this day of financial stress for most, homoeopathy is a drug-free medication that can keep you well with little cost for years. Understanding how to use it and look after it, is important. We can go back to Hippocrates to understand the philosophy of homoeopathy, and to the sixteenth century doctor Paracelsus who selected his remedies in a similar manner. However the actual foundation of the technique was set down in the eighteenth century by a German doctor, Samuel Hahnemann. Homoeopathy uses very diluted doses of medications which in the concentrated dose would give a healthy person symptoms similar…

Natural healing – the words themselves conjure up an image of nature and magic so its little wonder that when we have to make a choice on matters of health that we reserve a certain amount of scepticism. After all, mainstream medicine has adopted an almost invincible aura of assurance and authority so anything that lies outside that arena has an incredible barrier of resistance to overcome. However we live in an ever-changing world that has learnt to question and validate its own existence. No longer is the “Doctor” accepted as the only authority as individuals start to reclaim their…

How and Why do we get sick?
According to Ayurveda medicine we see that specific disease conditions are symptoms of an underlying imbalance, and perhaps the most important lesson Ayurveda has to teach is that our health is up to us. No matter where you live, every day of our lives, we can and do choose either health or illness. When we choose wisely, nature rewards us with health and happiness. When we persistently choose unwisely, nature, in her wisdom, eventually sets us straight: She makes us sick and gives us a chance to rest and rethink our choices.…

For practical purposes, everyone bruxes. Therefore it is not a question of whether or not you brux but what to do about it.

The term bruxism is defined as: “to grind the teeth, clenching of the teeth associated with forceful jaw movements, resulting in rubbing, gritting or grinding of the teeth, usually during sleep”. Bruxism is caused by the activation of the reflex chewing activity, a complex neuromuscular activity that is controlled by reflex nerve pathways, with higher control by the brain.

Bruxism is one of the most common sleep disorders. During sleep, the reflex is active while the…

In Neuro Linguistic Programming, otherwise known as NLP, emphasises that within the first seven years of a person’s existence on planet earth our personalities are formed; of which is then verified later through tests and indicators such as Myers-Briggs; needless to say an individual can control and amend their personality through NLP. This then leads to the modeling phase and ultimately the socialisation period begins - the integral time of our lives between the ages of 7-14 where we want to fit into social situations, and be part of the ‘in’ crowd at parties and other social settings including school.