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Recipes For Health And Beauty Using Essential Oils. Edited extract from The Aromatherapy Kitchen by Nicola Jenkins. This feature shows you how to make a wide selection of stimulating and soothing products for cleansing, toning and moisturising, as well as wonderful natural oils and bubble baths to complete your aromatherapy routine. The recipes should not take more than ten minutes to produce, and will be ready for immediate use.

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Working with the Body’s Energy to Remove Self-Sabotaging Beliefs by Sarah Bird Beginning with the story of Laura who, by using the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), was able to transform her fearful thoughts about her upcoming chemotherapy into pleasant musings about canoeing, Sarah Bird introduces us to the concepts and history behind Energy Psychology.

Empowerment Through Coaching by Linda Markley Coaching is a modern tool that can empower and bring significant shifts and goal achievements more quickly, with more enjoyment and less stress.

Wake Up and Kick the Caffeine Habit for Good by Petrene Soames Petrene Soames, a leading authority on healing and self-awareness, cuts straight to the chase by pointing out that many of us are addicted to caffeine, a legal stimulant that actually plays havoc with our nervous system.

Total Body Modification for the Treatment of Allergies by Sabina Zielinska Total Body Modification (TBM) is a technique which can be used to de-sensitize allergies and can give a 95% improvement in symptoms. Allergic reactions are the result of unresolved flight or fight responses when we inhale or eat disharmonious allergens; if these are corrected, allergic reactions are eliminated in 80% of people.

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Holistic Movement for Health– Creating a New Awareness of Health Through Movement by Gina Pickersgill Regular moderate exercise is well known to improve such conditions as obesity, diabetes and hypertension. Weight bearing and aerobic exercise can help osteoporosis and some cancers. It can also improve psychological states and reduce stress.

Mineral Oil Petroleum Derivative in Beauty Products by Kit Anderson This article outlines the dangers of the mineral oils found so ubiquitously in the majority of cosmetic products. Mineral oils (produced from petroleum) are contained in many cosmetic products including baby oil, lipstick, face creams, body lotions and sunscreens.

Moving Through Depression, Literally by Maggie Baker Maggie writes about a very personal journey from a major breakdown seven years ago. She tells of how repression of her real self was at the heart of her problems and how she has overcome these to a certain extent by allowing herself to ‘rant and rage’ and to channel her energies in more constructive, creative and appropriate ways.

Ovarian Cancer– Death by Side Effects of Treatments by Gregory D Pawelski This is an account of the author’s wife’s treatment for recurring ovarian cancer. He concludes that his wife’s cancer treatment varied tremendously depending on which hospital she attended, and notes that the type of treatments given at their local hospital were responsible for his wife’s final tumour recurrences and her depressed quality of life in her last years.