Complementary Health

Sage

feeds@yuku.com (Lynne Hand) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:12:54 GMT

There's a new page on Sage on the website.

If we've missed anything, please let us know. :)

Yoga The Lifetime Practice Of Energy Renewal

feeds@yuku.com (Lynne Hand) — Thu, 14 May 2009 22:25:35 GMT

By Helen Thomas

Yoga

Yoga in Sanskrit means "union" and derives from the Hindu religion. It can be a spiritual practice that incorporates meditation and other mental exercises. A yoga session combined with mindful breathing can be a "moving meditation." There are many schools of yoga, but hatha yoga is the form most commonly practiced in Western countries, and classes and private lessons are available in health clubs, dance centers, yoga centers, and...

Lifespanessential foods

feeds@yuku.com (Lynne Hand) — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:57:18 GMT

This article on 20 types of food and drink is interesting:-

http://www.complementaryt...nal-foods-you-should.html

Pukka Herbs!

feeds@yuku.com (amatsuforhealth) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:28:58 GMT

I came across these people the other night - they gave a talk on Ayervedic principles.
I was very impressed by their provenance and ethics, so decided to put a link here for their site even though I don't generally recommend other stuff!
xx

http://www.pukkaherbs.com/

Parsley

feeds@yuku.com (Lynne Hand) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:34:01 GMT

There's a new article on parsley.

Did you know it's considered an "evil" herb.

Surprised about iceberg lettuce

feeds@yuku.com (Lynne Hand) — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:57:06 GMT

I always thought this lettuce was only for adding a bit of colour and crunch to a salad. But I was wrong.

Wow ! 1000th post on the blog!

feeds@yuku.com (amatsuforhealth) — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:51:42 GMT

We have just published our 1000th blog entry
Which is quite an achievement.
xx

Orchis

feeds@yuku.com (Your Teacher LE) — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:37:24 GMT

There's a whole new page on this interesting orchid.

Orchis

Anyone tried this?

feeds@yuku.com (amatsuforhealth) — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 15:13:19 GMT

Tailored herbal medicine 'futile'

There is no evidence to suggest herbal medicines "tailored" to the individual work, and they may even do serious damage, according to a study.

Scientists writing in the Postgraduate Medical Journal examined what they said were the only three clinical trials to have been conducted on the...

Amatsu Locations (Why I am looking)

feeds@yuku.com (dalepremier) — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:12:11 GMT

My name is Dale from the United States.

I suffer from postural disorders that I believe is cause by a condition known as "Functional Hallux Limitus" - A disorder of the big toe(s) during the gait cycle that prevents normal function and dorsiflexion of the big toe causing strain and pain in the foot and compensations during gait that can affect the entire body.

I have read Dr. Masaaki Hatsumi's "Nature of Amatsu" and I find it very intriguing and...

questions

feeds@yuku.com (Karle Thomas) — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 12:05:08 GMT

Hi I have been looking a a lot of the Amatsu sites, and have been sent information by Peter King on the courses, which are a little rich for my blood, only being a person on a low income £2000 is a lot of money to me, otherwise I would have liked to learn the Amatsu. I started training in Bujinkan back in 1987 and am still training. I first became interested in Amatsu when a Bujinkan Shihan worked on my wife's back, and she was the best she had ever been afterwards. She had tried Western...

Sound Therapy

feeds@yuku.com (amatsuforhealth) — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 09:46:43 GMT

Finally get to see my friend Kate for my first ( and definitely not last!! ) sound therapy session.
It was an amazing experience!

The first thing she did was to use a sound block to find any anomolies in my body. The sound changed as she passed it over me, but most dramatically over my neck - where I am having quite bad problems!

Later on when she was using her...

Red Fruit and Veg

feeds@yuku.com (Lynne Hand) — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:13:12 GMT

Strawberries, raspberries, beetroot, red peppers, red apples, cherries, tomatoes and even the devil's fruit - rhubarb, all contain high levels of antioxidants. Antioxidants protect us from free radicals - the harmful chemicals produced by our bodies.

According to Dr Sarah Schenker, a dietician, from the British Nutrition Foundation, the pigment in red foods has high antioxidant potential, they contain nutrients that are not essential - and you won't suffer nutritionally...

A poem with Amatsu tendencies!

feeds@yuku.com (amatsuforhealth) — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:28:24 GMT

To the foot from its child

by Pablo Neruda ( translated by Jodey Bateman )

A child's foot doesn't know it's a foot yet
And it wants to be a butterfly or an apple
but then the rocks and pieces of glass,
the streets, the stairways
and the roads of hard earth
keep teaching the foot that it can't fly,
that it can't be a round fruit on a branch.
Then the child's foot
was...

Bio-tensegrity and Amatsu

feeds@yuku.com (amatsuforhealth) — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 11:51:58 GMT

Hi,
This is an absolutely amazing concept. I wish I had a more scientific background so that I could analyse the content bette, but I feel it is completely correct.

http://www.biotensegrity.com/

In terms of Amatsu ti completely describes how we are able to effect change in the tissues to release any tension/lesion patterns.
Dennis Bartram, (an amazing man!), Has some really interesting stuff about this...

Our need to treat people as more than a collection of parts.

feeds@yuku.com (karen oconnor) — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 13:55:30 GMT

This article brings up some important questions about our health service and the reductionist approach that it takes. I feel it shows how far we have moved away from seeing people as interconnected, not just with each other but within themselves.

http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/body_and_soul/article1360009.ece

What do you...

Carrots

feeds@yuku.com (Lynne Hand) — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 23:58:53 GMT

β-carotene, molecule of Vitamin A, is abundant in the carrot and it's what gives it its characteristic orange colour, but interestingly the orange colour didn't appear until the 17th century. You can even get purple carrots, the colour comes from anthocyanin pigments.

Nowadays they...

Tomatoes

feeds@yuku.com (Lynne Hand) — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 23:50:22 GMT

Tomatoes contain Lycopene, that's what gives it its red colour. It is one of the most potent carotenoid antioxidants, the tomato's species classification is actually Lycopersicon esculentum.

For once cooked and processed this is one food that increases the efficacy, believe it or not lycopene in tomato paste is four times more bioavailable than in fresh tomatoes.

If you want to protect...