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Common stress triggers of the 21st century

Stress is a common physical and mental setback in the fast-paced era of the 21st century. With massive technological development, fast-paced career advances and the challenges of maintaining a healthy lifestyle, it is no surprise that many people struggle with stress. Knowing common stress triggers can be a useful weapon for fighting back against the dangerous effects of too much stress. Read on to find out which common aspects of daily life in the 21st century can contribute to unhealthy levels of stress in your life:

An introduction to Bodyworks

Bodywork therapy is a broad term that refers to a variety of treatments that aim to realign and restructure a patient’s body to improve its physical functioning, and to improve the patient’s mental health.

Remedial Therapy

Remedial Therapists Although learning techniques are becoming more flexible and inclusive of children from different learning strengths, it is also very possible that your child may be unable to reach their full potential in the classroom. Remedial Therapy is recommended to children who suffer from certain learning disabilities such as dyslexia, ADHD, ADD or perhaps even just need a little extra help and attention. Remedial Therapy has often come to be associated with children that are disruptive, difficult or lazy. It should be noted, howev

What is Bowen Therapy? An Introduction to This Gentle Healing Technique

Bowen Therapy offers a gentle, effective approach to healing that focuses on the body’s innate ability to restore balance and well-being.

Trigger Point Therapy for Stress Relief: How It Can Help You Relax

By releasing tension in the muscles, improving circulation, and enhancing body awareness, this therapy can help break the cycle of stress and discomfort that many of us experience.

Craniosacral Therapy

Craniosacral Therapy The name itself sounds daunting enough, but Craniosacral Therapy is a form of therapy that is non-invasive, gentle and aims to restore vitality and balance to the mind and body. Craniosacral Therapy is based around the idea of healing the body and mind through light touch, gently manipulating the body to hear itself in a way that it usually does not. The light touch of a Craniosacral Therapist will cause your body to react by starting to listen to itself and what is truly going on through out your body and mind. Often th

Five facts you need to know about Cupping Therapy

Cupping therapy is a form of alternative therapy that has its roots in ancient Eastern medicine. During a cupping therapy session, a therapist will create a suction effect on the skin using cups specially designed for cupping therapy. The therapist uses the cups to create a vacuum effect, which pulls the area of the skin that is in contact with the cup into the hollow of the cup.

How can stress relief techniques help you?

Stress in the modern age is a common struggle for all people, regardless of age or occupation. For many, cycles of stress, worry and constant activity in daily life can be crippling and efficient stress release techniques are becoming increasingly vital.

Applied Kinesiology

There are multiple practices in both western and eastern medicine that believe that the body is more interlinked than we know. Applied Kinesiology is one of those practices

Stress relief techniques that you can do at home

An overload of stress can severely undermine your ability to function from day to day whilst maintaining your physical and mental health. Read on to find out what stress relief techniques you can use at home to reduce the negative consequences of too much stress:

Colour Therapy

Colour Therapy Like most forms of energy healing, Colour Therapy focuses on the healing, cleansing and balancing of the seven chakras. There is research to show that Colour Therapy can be traced back to ancient Egyptian, Chinese and Indian cultures. So, how does colour relate to energy? Colour is energy. Colour is light that is created through varying wavelengths, giving each colour in the chakra spectrum its own individual energy. The colour spectrum involves seven colours – red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. All of these

A beginner’s introduction to the Alexander Technique

In 1890, Frederick Matthais Alexander pioneered the Alexander Technique after developing a serious case of voice loss that doctors found impossible to diagnose. After exploring several theories, Alexander realized that he himself had been unknowingly damaging his vocal chords while speaking due to the particular ways in which he stood, moved his head, or tensed his body while speaking.

Understanding Myofascial Release: What It Is and How It Works

By addressing the body’s fascia and restoring balance, this gentle yet effective technique can lead to improved mobility, reduced discomfort, and a greater sense of well-being.

TRANSACTIVE KINETICS

It's our belief, that the holding phase or interim (interactive or transactive phase) facilitates the catharsis in terms of transference. It can be quite fun, as you can also be very creative in the transactive phase... ie quirky, different movements, or even primal movement, whichever feels right. Let me know how it goes... it should be a good way to reawaken rekindle some of the dormant senses of the body, helps with self-determination, self-efficacy and autonomy..

Colour therapy: Its methods and benefits

Colour therapy, otherwise known as Chromotherapy, is an alternative form of therapy that has evidence of use dating back thousands of years to ancient cultures in China and Egypt.

Applied Kinesiology: An alternative solution path to health

Kinesiology is also known as the practice of biomechanics and focuses on the study of body movement. Applied kinesiology branches off this foundation and emphasises the importance of muscle strength monitoring where diagnosis and treatment is based on the theory that muscles have important links to other body parts, such as organs and tissues.

Cupping Therapy

Everyone noticed the spots on all the swimmers in the Olympics a few years ago

What are therapeutic reflexology and craniosacral therapy?

Therapeutic reflexology and craniosacral therapy are gentle, safe, and drug-free therapies that improve your health and help you get real and sustainable results, so you can feel better, live better and become happier and healthier– even if you’re living a busy life!

An introduction to the Bowen technique

The Bowen technique is named after Thomas Ambrose Bowen and is an alternative form of physical therapy that was developed in the 1970s. The technique has acquired a variety of alternative names, such as Fascial Kinetics, Integrated Bowen Therapy, or Smart Bowen.

Body Stress Release

Stress within the body can hold a very large variety of consequences that most of us are unaware of. Unnecessary stress can bring on symptoms such as headaches, dizziness, grinding teeth and tension in the jaw. It also can bring emotional symptoms such as anxiety, aggression, irritability and irrational thinking.