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By Tracy Kopp – Chiropractor Struggling with sleep? You’re not alone. Up to 45% of Australian adults report noticing problems in their daily life caused by poor sleep quality. One of the most underappreciated causes of poor sleep is a lack of melatonin. Melatonin is a hormone produced in the pineal gland that regulates our …
By Tracy Kopp – Chiropractor In the lead up to Christmas, you may once again be asking yourself ‘How does one human get so freakin busy?”. We run around at this time of year like those proverbial chooks with their heads cut off and seem to get nothing done. We struggle to tie up the …
By Fiona Budini, Myotherapist and Bowen Therapist Bowen Therapy and Naturopathy. The perfect partnership. A match made in heaven! They work so well together in fact, that a lot of Naturopaths ALSO do Bowen. In some Naturopathy schools Bowen is even an elective! So why is it these two magical modalities work so well together? …
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By Nikola Minet, Ka Huna Therapist Have you enjoyed a KaHuna massage yet? It’s an OMGGGGGG experience. You lie naked on the massage table, draped in a sarong, while your therapist drenches your skin in oil and gently and lovingly massages all the tension out of you. When you close your eyes you can almost …
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By Sarah Axford, Psychologist Mental health issues affect 1 in 5 Australians at any given time, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Wellbeing. The first port of call for people experiencing mental health issues is usually a psychologist, or other mental health care professional. Psychologists are available at a subsidised rate to all …
By Tara Brooks, Naturopath Anxiety does not only affect the brain with repetitive thoughts and excessive thinking, but it also affects the whole body. The sympathetic nervous system or what is more commonly know as the ‘flight or fight’ state increases the heart rate, reduces digestion and increases adrenalin, as well as numerous other physiological …
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By Tee Kopp, Chiropractor Did you know that when Hernan Cortes – a murderous Spaniard of epic proportions – arrived in Latin America in 1519 with the intention of conquering the Aztec Empire, he instructed his men to burn their ships, leaving them stranded in Mexico? Cortes did this to ensure that his men had …
By Nikola Minet, Ka Huna and Remedial Massage Therapist Touch and physical connection with other humans is one of our greatest psychological needs. So you can imagine how beneficial for your overall wellbeing it is to receive regular touch. Sometimes, however, we are not in a place where we’re able to receive touch from those …
Self-compassion is the antidote to self-criticism. With the epidemic of anxiety and depression in our modern society, recent research has begun to look into the psychological effects of massage and self-touch. Our skin is an incredibly sensitive organ and it has been found that physical touch activates the self-soothing parasympathetic nervous system to centre and …
(AKA What the frick is Bowen therapy?!) Bowen is a relatively new modality, created in Victoria, and only began being shared and taught since the late 80’s. Because of this, most people actually have no idea what it is or what it can do for you. As it is a hands on modality people most …
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