Pregnancy and childbirth is a beautiful experience for many but, for some mothers, it can also be a period of intense personal and emotional discomfort. Yoga and Yoga Therapy are often used to ease the anxiety and physical complications surrounding pregnancy and childbirth; but there…
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As a lifelong migranaut (an often-used term for the experiencer of frequent and incessant migraine debilitation) the practice of yoga came to me in an intriguing way. No, I wasn’t hit by a low flying copy of the complete works of Patanjali. Let me explain….
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Alzheimer’s UK, the UK’s leading dementia research charity, launched Yoga for Alzheimer’s early last year (2016), an initiative encouraging people to get into their favourite yoga positions while raising money to help find treatments for dementia, which affects 850,000 people nationwide. Indeed, the benefits of…
Read Moreby Nicole Schnackenberg www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov The psychological/emotional underpinnings and ramifications of suffering from various skin conditions have only recently been given serious consideration in the scientific literature. This is despite the fact that emotional correlations with dermatological conditions such as eczema and psoriasis were made more…
Read MoreSuicide is the intentional ending of one’s own life. It is a serious and growing problem. The highest suicide rate in the UK is for men aged 45-49. Whilst male suicide rates have decreased slightly in the past couple of years, female suicide rates have…
Read MoreAccording to a recent 2016 survey, one-in-ten people in the US are currently practising yoga, which is double the amount of just a few years ago. Yoga is becoming increasingly popular across modern, Western society whilst concurrently being increasingly subjected to rigorous scientific trials. Yoga…
Read MoreYesterday evening, Heather Mason addressed the House of Commons, where over 100 other leaders in yoga, health, and politics and the community were present to discuss yoga’s inclusion in the NHS. The Early Day Motion recently passed was also discussed. Below follows Heather’s impassioned speech: – –…
Read MoreWe have wonderfully exciting news to share with you! The Big UK Yoga Survey is now live…and eagerly awaiting your unique participation. A survey such as this is long overdue in the UK. Similar such surveys have been carried out in the United States and…
Read MoreWe appear to have gone wrong somewhere in Western society in our treatment of people diagnosed with schizophrenia, which is characterised in the latest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) by hallucinations, delusions, disorganised thinking (speech), significantly disorganised or abnormal…
Read MoreAlzheimer’s UK, the UK’s leading dementia research charity, launched Yoga for Alzheimer’s early this year, an initiative encouraging people to get into their favourite yoga positions while raising money to help find treatments for dementia, which affects 850,000 people nationwide. The initiative will take place…
Read MoreObsessive Compulsive Disorder, more commonly referred to as OCD, is a grossly misunderstood and all-too-frequently trivialised condition. Indeed, it has been referred to by sufferers as a ‘waking nightmare’. OCD is defined as a mental health condition and typically presents as obsessive thoughts and compulsive…
Read More‘All humans are sacred, whatever their culture, race or religion, whatever their capacities or incapacities, and whatever their strengths or weaknesses might be’. (Jean Vanier, founder of L’Arche). The single deficit model of autism is, in our opinion at the Minded Institute, doing people diagnosed…
Read MoreBack in September of last year, Simon Stevens, NHS England’s chief executive, pledged to launch an initiative to improve staff health and cut the growing amount of sick leave. As part of this initiative, NHS staff are to be offered health checks, Zumba, and yoga…
Read MoreThe skin is our largest organ. It acts as a waterproof, insulating shield to protect our bodies from extremes of temperature, sunlight, and harmful substances. It is also wonderfully packed with nerves for keeping the brain in touch with the outside world and is the…
Read MoreI’ve been on retreat in a Buddhist monastery this week and as usual in such circumstances there has been ample time for contemplation. It occurred to me that many of us know what to do. We know how to take care of ourselves, we know…
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