Holidays – or High Holy Days by Cynthia Alves

Flotation and Body Harmony by Peta Knaggs Wellspring combines the benefits of  flotation therapy and Body Harmony. It is an experience which clients describe as, “exquisite”, “profound”, “extraordinary”, “unlike anything I have experienced in my life”.

Fitness for Health by Nigel Kerr  Rivers of articles, magazines and books dedicated to the benefits of regular exercise show that exercise routines are much like religious doctrine. They all claim to be the miracle that will change your life forever. Truth, that elusive prey of the consumer is essential in the world of “Health & Fitness”, because it is true that practitioners in these fields do have the power to facilitate permanent change, and not always for the better.

An Integrated Clinical Approach to Stress Management by Eliana Harvey Whilst following a course of particular therapy may be highly beneficial, better and more complete results can often be obtained by a unified approach with a combination of appropriate therapies. For example in some quite severe stress conditions, inappropriate diet can well be part of the cause, ie wheat allergy can contribute to depression.

Falun Gong – A Spiritual Form of Qigong by Peter Jauhal

Bee Products, Properties and Applications by Prof Avshalom Mizrahi One of the most applicable groups of natural products, used by human beings from ancient times, are bee products. Honey bees are master chemists and chemical engineers. Their success in the animal kingdom is largely because of the chemistry and the applications of their products: honey, beeswax, bee venom, propolis, pollen, and royal jelly.

Asthma Epidemic, The by Dr John Mansfield Currently, the mortality rate for England and Wales is just under 2,000 per annum. Yet in 1929 Conybeare’s text book of medicine, a standard ‘bible’ of medicine at that time, stated that it is doubtful whether death has ever been caused by uncomplicated asthma. In 1929, it must be remembered, industrial pollution in many areas was quite horrific. The hospital admission rate for children in the ages 0–4 years old has increased from 4 per 10,000 children in 1958 to 80 per 10,000 children in 1986¹, a twenty-fold increase. There has been a further major increase in this rate since 1986.

Prevention of Atopic Asthma by Mary Cameron Ph.D  Asthma induced by allergy to house dust mites (HDM) is a world-wide problem.¹ Despite advancement in our under- standing of asthma and safer medications, patterns of prevalence in the UK and for most industrialised countries show an increased incidence in children. . . .Yet there is now overwhelming evidence to suggest that allergen avoidance can prevent the onset of asthma and reduce the severity of asthma attacks for those individuals already sensitised.

Asthma and its Aromatherapy Management by Dr Vivian Lunny  “Not all people with asthma have allergies. Roughly 5% of the population lives with asthma”.
     Asthma is a disease that is characterised by increased responsiveness of the trachea (windpipe) and bronchi (main airways) to some type of trigger that causes widespread narrowing of the airways that changes in severity either as a result of treatment, or spontaneously.

Yoga and Breathing Exercises for Asthma by Sandra Goodman, Ph.D. and Lisa Saffron  Much emphasis is placed upon environmental factors in asthma prevention and treatment, but the profound role of breathing is not sufficiently acknowledged as a therapeutic option. Recent trials of breathing techniques, posture, relaxation and stress reduction confirm their importance in treating asthma and lung diseases.

Coming in from the cold by Dr Derek Pheby  It is not for nothing that ME, or CFS, has been called ‘the disease of a thousand names’. While confusing, consideration of these many names is also illuminating about the disease itself and about scientific and social attitudes towards it.

Complementary Therapies for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by John Halford  In view of the fact that orthodox medicine is not yet able to provide any really effective therapy for CFS, many sufferers turn to alternative or complementary medicine almost as a last resort. 

A Natural Approach to Healing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by Barbara Hepburn  All illness, both major and minor, is from an holistic point of view a combination of physical, emotional and spiritual imbalance. Each has a knock-on effect on the other. Therefore healing at any one level will help heal the other two.