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On a clear day you can see forever...Yoga v pilates: both are popular, but which would work best for you?
Increasing stress levels and growing awareness of wellbeing have contributed to the success of both forms of exercise. But their benefits depend on your body type and temperamentYoga may have taken 5,000 years to evolve into a western phenomenon, but its 21st-century...
Woman tells of ‘pregnancy’ that turned out to be 26kg ovarian cyst
Keely Favell lost third of her body weight after operation to take out growth discovered by obstetric ultrasoundA woman has told of how an ovarian cyst weighing 26kg (57lb) was removed from her body after doctors insisted at first that she must be pregnant.Keely...
'Discrimination in a different form?' Doubts dog advertising guidelines on body image
An Australian advertisers’ group wants to curb portrayals of ‘unrealistic or unattainable’ shapes. But critics fear the new code will have limited impact They are hard to escape – images of impossibly thin women and overly muscular men appear constantly on our TV...
Fitness tips: winter swimming for beginners
Recovery is key to swimming when it’s coldThe best way to prepare is to “swim down the temperatures” throughout autumn. But you can acclimatise at any point; start with just one minute twice a week and build up. You can also prepare your body with very cold, short...
Butt seriously: how bottoms became a fitness obsession
More and more gym classes now focus on building your posterior – and a whole LA gym is dedicated to the pursuit. What’s behind the trend, and can exercise really change your shape?The hottest gym in LA right now is Bünda: Portuguese slang for bum, the “home of the...
Seven ways to address insomnia
From ditching curry and booze to keeping your eyes off the clock, here is a guide for anyone suffering sleepless nightsYour bedroom is for sleep, right?* So stop using it as your living room. It is your sanctuary: keep it tranquil and dark. Your body needs darkness to...
Rise in melatonin use to help children sleep leads to safety warning
Doctors fear hormone is being overprescribed despite little evidence of its effectivenessTens of thousands of children and young people are being given the hormone melatonin to help them sleep, prompting concern that the medicine is being handed out too readily with...
I find sex painful after my hysterectomy for ovarian cancer
The struggle to be intimate is stopping me and my partner putting my illness behind usI was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in October 2016 and had a full hysterectomy shortly after. Following a period of treatment, including chemotherapy, I’m finally in remission but...
Fit in my 40s: ‘You could do a workout using only your body and resistance bands’
You don’t need much kit to exercise at homeRead more home fitness tipsThe first thing you need for a home workout is a really tidy house. I’m not remotely house proud, but I can’t do even half a sit-up if I can see an empty yoghurt pot under the sofa (and I always...
How I learned to cast off shame and love my vulva
In an extract from Feminists Don’t Wear Pink (And Other Lies), Liv Little describes how body positivity and relationships with women helped change her perspective about women’s ‘imperfections’I didn’t look at my vulva until I was 14, and when I did, it was purely...
Sound and vision: how gongs are bringing inner peace to city dwellers
Harmonies in the boom of a gong are transporting busy brains into a meditative stateLeo Cosendai used to be an acutely anxious young man. “I couldn’t cope with taking the train,” he says. “I never felt safe.” So when he moved to London from Switzerland in 2008 to...
How dealing with past trauma may be the key to breaking addiction
Opening up to past trauma is difficult, but self-awareness is key to addressing issues that leave us vulnerableWhat’s your poison, people sometimes ask, but Gabor Maté doesn’t want to ask what my poison is, he wants to ask how it makes me feel. Whatever it is I’m...
'Smashed it': high fiving with F45, the latest fitness craze to inspire evangelical devotion
In seven years the Australian-born chain claims to have trained more than 1 million people worldwide. What’s the appeal?I’m in a heavily air-conditioned studio in Surry Hills, somewhere above a line of wholesale fast fashion outlets, with some 16 other people who have...
I’m happily married but can’t get someone I met out of my head | Dear Mariella
The shudder of sexual electricity can be celebrated without being consummated, says Mariella FrostrupThe dilemma I am 40, gay and happily married. I have great friends and a good job. A year ago I met someone through some friends. Nothing happened, we just went out...
‘Gardening has probably saved my life’: one thriving Glasgow community
At this vital community space in Govan, locals are mucking in for the good of everyone’s healthLook at Wee Jackie go. Four-foot-nine, 43 years old, gabbing nonstop, grafting nonstop, her full name – Jacqueline – tattooed on the back of her neck, she shoves that...
My father believes the world is ending – and is abusive to my mother | Mariella Frostrup
It’s important to offer your mother a sympathetic haven from your father’s apocalyptic ideas, counsels Mariella Frostrup The dilemma My father believes the world is going to end. He’s bought a house in the most isolated part of Ireland he could find, without...
Is gratitude the secret of happiness? I spent a month finding out
It has become a hugely popular concept in positive psychology and self-help, but is feeling grateful really a panacea? One writer sets aside her scepticism and opens up her gratitude journalA memory came to mind recently of opening presents after my seventh or eighth...
Seven ways to beat stress
Exercise, put away your phone before bed and eat well … the best ways to give your body and mind a breakIf you are having problems with tense muscles, overtiredness, headaches or migraines, it is quite possibly stress-related. Is it your job, relationship, living...
Cannabis health products are everywhere – but do they live up to the hype?
Cannabidiol, or CBD, is now available in the UK in everything from skin creams to beers. But don’t set your hopes too highThis has been the year medical cannabis hit the mainstream. The government has announced that it is relaxing laws on when cannabis medicines can...
My mother abused me as a child. Can I report her now?
What you endured was inhumane and cruel, says Annalisa Barbieri. People do make complaints about historical childhood abuse and get resolutionAs I’ve got older, my childhood has increasingly preyed on my mind. I grew up in a single-parent family. My mother was...
Noel Edmonds' exercise secret: do it in the dark
The I’m a Celebrity star has surprised viewers with his toned torso, but is it really down to the mysterious power of his nocturnal exertions?I didn’t know, when my son and I set off for our dawn run this morning, that we were working out in the spirit of Noel...
Fit in my 40s: ‘My first hot yoga session is a nightmare. Hell’ | Zoe Williams
Everything that looks easy is hard; everything that looks hard is ridiculous. Can I stick it for 30 days?“Don’t push it if you don’t feel well, certainly don’t faint. It’s just not worth it, and it’s annoying for me.” My yoga instructor tells it how it is. Fierce...
Tim Booth: ‘I want to grow old but die suddenly’
The James singer on yoga, meditation and his ‘shadow side’I’m the Woody Allen of health and wellbeing. I’m not a hypochondriac but I did suffer a lot of illness when I was younger. A liver condition I had from the age of 10 hospitalised me when I was 21. I was...
Fit in my 40s: can a running coach make me go faster?
The personal trainer Matt Roberts is so high-end that David Cameron was a client. He’s going to assess my running styleI feel about the word “runner” the way I felt about “mother” when I’d just had a baby – that it was completely fraudulent. You can’t call yourself a...
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Body, Mind, Spirit, and STAMPS!: Double Feature – Case x 2
Hi, everyone! Hope you all are having a fabulous holiday weekend! Today's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Nancy Thomas aka nancyt.....congrats, Nancy!! I chose this wonderful card from her amazing gallery to ...Related...
Celebrating Synergy Between Hindu Spirituality, Sustainable Environment
“The event celebrates the synergy between Hindu spirituality and environmental sustainability through respect for ecology, women and teachers. We wish to inculcate these values in children through this walkathon,” said S Gurumurthy, columnist.Related...
Heart & Soul: Religion vs. spirituality
Many of us in the LGBTQ community grew up being told we were going to a fiery hell. Even if you've never set foot in a church or synagogue, the old traditional belief for many people was that there was only a “straight” path to heaven — no pun intended.Related...
Ramadan: Spirituality or Shopping?
But as soon as the fifth or sixth day of Ramadan is passed, the interest, respect and the spirituality can appear to be fading. Most among us just start returning to the previous routine. In some Muslim households, the shadow of Ramadan is perceived ...Related...
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