Category Archives: Improving Health and Well-being

  • Stressed Out by Geopathic StressSleep Disturbed? It could be Geopathic Stress

    Stressed Out by Geopathic StressSleep Disturbed? It could be Geopathic Stress

      Most of you may have heard about the controversy surrounding the detrimental Health effects associated with living in close proximity to mobile phone masts. You’ve probably also heard about power lines and the possible health dangers associated with using a mobile phone for long periods of time. Indeed…

  • YIn and Yang FoodOr the Search for the Perfect Bowl

    YIn and Yang FoodOr the Search for the Perfect Bowl

    The quest for the perfect bowl of Vietnamese Chicken Soup took me around the World.  Little did I suspect I would find my Holy Grail in a London backyard Garden It was cold, foggy and the wind was blowing through the Golden Gate – a typical San Francisco summer’s…

  • Shiatsu Body Ch’iPutting Pressure on Your Points

    Shiatsu Body Ch’iPutting Pressure on Your Points

    Do you give a Shiatsu about your body? If so this ancient Japanese healing art could be for you. Nadia Raafat and Laurie Davidson look at the two leading styles. You say Shiatsu-Do ‘I have a client who’s been coming for a Shiatsu massage every week for 12 years,’ says Hilary…

  • Location and Health – A Chinese Medicine PerspectiveHow Does Location affect our Health

    Location and Health – A Chinese Medicine PerspectiveHow Does Location affect our Health

    The therapeutic system most closely linked to Feng Shui is Chinese Medicine, the two share an identical philosophical basis. In an ancient Chinese text known as the ‘Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Medicine’ an entire chapter, the twelfth, is devoted to the effects of location on health.  More than 2000…

  • Dragons of the East and WestThe Dragon and the part it plays in Feng Shui

    Dragons of the East and WestThe Dragon and the part it plays in Feng Shui

    The powerful yet beneficial dragons of Eastern mythology form a complete contrast to the fire-breathing monsters of Western legends In East Asia, dragon myths have a totally different origin from those that developed in the West, and they therefore cannot be seen as the same creatures. East Asian dragons…