Body

Pratyahara, the fifth limb of yoga, is defined as the conscious withdrawal of energy from the senses. We explore what it means to practise it.

Fish eating leads to a bigger, healthier brain as you age.

Just believing something will cause asthma can in fact cause asthma.

First impressions are heavily, and instantly, influenced by the look of your face.

A part of your brain that is half the size of a pea has a role in pessimistic thinking.

Just running for ten minutes a day could lengthen your life.

This herbal remedy favoured by Native Americans is an antibiotic that has healing effects on digestion and mucous membranes throughout your body.

We explore the yamas (restraints) and niyamas (observances) of yoga.

Common culinary herbs act in a similar way to modern anti-diabetes medications.

New analysis reveals that organic foods are different to conventionally grown foods.

As the old sayings go; If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always gotten! and; If nothing changes, nothing changes!

Progressive overload is the concept of gradually increasing the exercise demand on your body to achieve continued improvement.

My yoga mat is a safe haven from which to play, to shift mountains from my mind and create space as wide as the skies.