November 2013
Mindfulness. Mindfulness means, Paying attention in a particular way; on purpose, in the present moment, non-judgmentally.” Jon Kabat-Zinn This month I would like to write about the very latest thing…. that is as old as time; Mindfulness. The other day when talking with a patient it was clear that his life was reaching a kind of melt down…
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What is my motivation? This is often a refrain when actors are trying to get under the skin of their character in working up a part, but it is also a useful question that we can ask ourselves in life. This month I want to remind you to look again at what and how you…
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July Blog This month I want to think with you about the important and disturbing subject of dementia. But don’t think it is all doom and gloom, because there is encouraging evidence that we may be able to start preventative action now to reduce the risk of this miserable condition. Back in the day, (now…
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Australian, Teaching, Travels & Dyslexia. I have half heartedly been on my way to Australia for forty years, never actually getting there… until now. Unlike Korea and Japan, which I last wrote about in my February bonus blog, Australia is a land well-known to many British people. Since 1788 people from these islands have been…
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Asian Travels January 2013 Normally these blogs have a distinct health and wellbeing theme. This month, because, as some of you may know, during January I was away in Asia working and playing, this is an un-ashamed travelogue month, when I share with you where and what I was up to. So if you could…
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Greetings From Tokyo 東京 View of Shinjuku skyscrapers and Mount Fuji as seen from the Bunkyo Civic Center in Tokyo, January 2009, image by Morio and sourced from Wikipedia.org. As the largest metropolitan area in the world, (32.5m) Tokyo takes some getting used to, even though it was my home for a year, forty years…
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Happy Christmas and a Healthy New Year to you all! Welcome to our 34th blog on all things pertaining to health, in its widest sense. It is a great privilage to help as many people as we do, and we all thank you for having put your trust in us over the last year. While…
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Big Food: the Olympic Scam The other week I enjoyed the last day of competition at the Para Olympic Aquatic Centre. Like many this summer, I was surprised at how powerfully positive the whole long summer of sport redefined, at least for ourselves, and perhaps for other countries who may have noticed, who we are…
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New Face in the Office This summer we welcomed Sarah Wilkinson who joined us in July to replace Amelia Hall. We are very happy to have Sarah’s new skills and cheerful energy join our team. Sarah also runs her own practice, The Quantum Room, specialising in Past Life Regression, Future Life Progression, Reiki and Shamanic…
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What does Ageing look like in the twenty first century? This is part of my challenge to both myself and you, can we change both the reality and the perception of age as the century advances, or are we doomed to be overwhelmed by the pressure of looking after an ever expanding cohort of older…
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