Oil have some of that…

Alright, alright, forgive the atrocious pun. Years of writing headlines leave you permanently afflicted. I mentioned last week that I've very kindly been sent some Yogandha Body Oils to try. I'm a big fan of yoga as mentioned previously here, and while I'm not a products nut, I do like to smell nice! Lately it's been [...]

2018-12-01T09:55:47+00:00 August 23rd, 2015|Categories: Opinion|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Self-soothing, grown-up style

We'd an interesting discussion on the show today about stress and how different people manage it (you can listen back at www.96fm.ie). Aisling, a childcare worker, contacted us to ask could we make people aware that stress can have physical manifestations like fatigue and memory loss. We had other people contacting us about their own symptoms, [...]

2018-12-01T09:55:49+00:00 July 28th, 2015|Categories: Opinion|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

R&R in a rural idyll

This isn't usually a lifestyle blog, but sometimes you have an experience you just have to share. January is always a grim sort of month, but when you're just finished a major project, you've been burning the candle at both ends fairly solidly for a year, and you suddenly find yourself exhausted and with a lot [...]

2018-12-01T09:56:35+00:00 January 25th, 2015|Categories: Opinion|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

I don't normally do this, but… 2015… what's the plan?

I don't normally do very personal blog posts here, but quite a bit of my op/ed stuff over the past year related to personal experiences, so I feel I should bring it all together a bit here.  It's late January, and I am only now getting into 'January mode', the mode of healthy eating and exercise, [...]

Extra long-life is for batteries, not people

A new study making waves in the world of health science has found that switching to a strict vegetarian diet, practicing yoga, and exercising regularly can help regenerate telomeres, a cell component that shortens as part of the ageing process, as reported in the London Independent. The 25 men in the study were also given stress [...]

2013-10-01T21:00:23+00:00 October 1st, 2013|Categories: Opinion|Tags: , , , , , |