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Good morning all, 

So rather than a factual post this morning I thought I'd write a more personal post. Today I will talk a little bit about where I'm at right now, and how I am managing to successfully steer myself through a stressful (read: transitional) period in my...

The word 'Aquamarine' comes from the Latin for 'Water of the Sea'. This gemstone is a bright blue, cyan version of beryl. The beryl family also includes emeralds. It is found all around the world but, as with amethyst, Brazil is the largest producer. It is possible to...

 Amethyst is a purple variety of quartz.  It is found all around the world but the biggest area for mining Amethyst is Brazil. It is the official state gemstone for South Carolina. Its name comes from Greek words meaning "not intoxicated" as it was believed that it pr...

Although the term Aromatherapy was not coined until the 1920s, the use of aromatics is first documented in history around 3500BC. The utilisation of essential oils for hygienic, therapeutic, spiritual and ritualistic purposes has been used by many civilisations includ...

What is a chakra? The word literally translates from Sanskrit to 'wheel' or 'disk'. The chakras are energy centres in the body, seven of them, which align with the spine. They are part of the 'subtle' body, that is they are not part of the physical body. The chakra is...

Ho'oponopono is the ancient Hawaiian practice of reconciliation and forgiveness. Similar forgiveness practices have also been found and performed on islands throughout the South Pacific, including Samoa, Tahiti and New Zealand.

Traditionally, Ho'oponopono was practise...

So there are many myths about meditation. You have to completely clear your mind, you have to be part of the hippie crowd and wear special (read: tie-dye) clothes, you have to bend yourself into something that resembles a pretzel, and you have to exude a special air o...

Archaeological evidence of massage has been found in many civilisations throughout the world. China, India, Japan, Korea, Egypt, Rome, Greece and Mesopotamia all have a history of using massage; as do the Persians, Hindus and Turks. The earliest written records of mas...

May today be there peace within

May you trust that you are exactly where you are meant to be.

May you not forget the infinite possiblities

that are born of faith in yourself and others. 

May you use the gifts that you received and

pass on the love that has been given to y...

The concept of holism is the idea that systems and their parts should be viewed as a whole, not as individual collective parts, and that the person is more than just a physical body, that the ‘whole’ person must be looked at for the attainment of good health – not jus...