Are you in tune with your purpose in life? Do you know how to take the best of your talents and put them out there to reap not only rewards for yourself but for those around you on a personal and business level?

5am starts, chanting, karma yoga and silence days are all part of the teaching methods used to turn yoga students into yoga teachers.

Gossip serves a valuable social function to stop bad behaviour and reduce stress.

Manuka honey can clear hard to treat wound infections.

Most health funds will allow new members to claim immediately on preventative care items. Even though this sounds great and often comes with other ‘sweeteners’ in the highly competitive market, consider shopping around for a health fund which suits your dental condition, to avoid getting ‘stuck’ in a fund and then ‘adapting’ your dental condition to suit their rebates!

Parsley has been used for centuries as a medicine and food and now new research is discovering exciting new possibilities for apigenin, an ingredient in parsley, in dealing with cancer.

Grape seed extract kills cancer cells but preserves healthy cells.

Prejudice is not desirable but it is evolutionary and it differs depending on your gender.

This Valentine’s Day forget the overpriced roses and give a capsicum, or a stick of celery, instead.

We now clearly recognize that the mind, body and our energetic and spiritual needs are linked. Many organs in the body are affected by toxic substances and often we neglect to look at the spiritual and energetic effects of a toxic system.

The deluge of synthetic compounds has been phenomenal since the end of the World War II. How to deal with these during “detox” is a very real conundrum, given many of them are persistent and harmful in nature.

While it’s true that yoga can have a positive effect on your life, even if you step onto the mat only once a week, for true, lasting balance you need to practise more often. These asanas are a wonderful starting point for the inner journey.