Archive for the 'Mind, body & spirit' Category

Meditation is a control burn

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

Originally posted on disinformation.com:
‘In our world there are wildfires to be found everywhere, raging destructively, but meditation is a control burn, slowly scorching all untended lots and malignant plantation manors back down to basic being, burning off all brambles and clutching bracken. This process is sometimes painful, but in the glow of observation the dams […]

Depression study sees mortality rates plummet

Sunday, June 3rd, 2007

Taken from the 31/05/07 e-newsletter from wddty.co.uk:
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CANCER: Death rate drops 60 per cent if you have someone to talk to
Yet more evidence of a link between the body and mind comes in a new study of elderly people with severe depression.
Those who were assigned a ‘depression coach’ were far less likely to […]

Removing homeopathy from the NHS

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

Taken from the 24th May e-newsletter from wddty.co.uk - visit the website to subscribe if stories like the one below interest you:
BULLY BOYS: Doctors continue to push homeopathy out of the NHS
A small but vociferous group of doctors and scientists seems determined to remove homeopathy from the National Health Service.
The group has […]

Goji berries and Yacon tuber

Sunday, October 2nd, 2005

I went to the Mind Body Spirit Northern Festival at Manchester’s G-Mex on Saturday. I had a wander around and found a stall run by a company called Creative Nature who sell herbs, teas, wheatgrass, incense and superfoods. And I am SO glad I went to their stall, otherwise I would still be […]