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Kia ora! <$firstname$>, Welcome to the second edition of ‘Wholistic’ – Quarterly Insights into the world of Holistic Health, from the Greek word ‘Holos’ meaning ‘Whole’. For this edition we explore the role of breath and its great importance in each moment. I am forever people watching and daydreaming at the way people move, the language that they use, the way we interact …. and the way we breathe. Tragically very few people know how to breathe properly so it seemed a very good place to start! I’ve
also been busy establishing a great new service that I’m
pretty passionate about. I’ve been thinking of how it is
so important to start each day with a Positive mindset, easily
said – often hard to do…. So please allow me to introduce
a wee tool to use as you wish: ‘THE WHOLISTIC HONEY POT
- inspirational thoughts to sweeten your day’. These are
my favourite quotes, proverbs, beliefs that I’ve collected
over time to uplift and encourage you to become all you can be,
each day! If you would like to be included in the Wholistic Honeypot
- fresh to your inbox for collection each weekday morning, to
start each day on a sweetened note – please sign up on the
home page www.huia.com So
please, enjoy the following issue |
Arohanui,
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Mark Senn (Veginity.com Founder) Interview As
the worlds population becomes increasingly affected by health
conditions such as allergies, candida, autoimmune diseases,
gluten intolerance, gout, cancer and so on which the diet
has a large impact on, we need to start investigating broader
dietary ranges. Many people are told by their health professionals
that their diet needs a complete overhaul, being given rather
large lists of what they are no longer able to eat. This can
spell complete disaster for some people. In Ireland alone
a staggering 1 in 3 people are celiacs! (A gluten intolerance
ruling out wheat and gluten containing products).
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| Breath is essential to life. If you do a St. Johns First Aid course the first thing that you are taught is to no.1 check the airways are open, no.2 look, listen and feel to see if the person is breathing and then, finally after you have ascertained that the person is able to breathe, then no.3 you check the pulse. So breath really is essential to life. The wise yogis of years gone by say that if you can control your breath then you can control your mind. Just think, in times of trauma or when you are feeling shocked how is your breath? Fast and erratic?? How is your mind? High chances are, fast and erratic also! Now think of a nice lazy Sunday afternoon reading a book, how is your breath? Calm, rhythmical and relaxed?? I’m sure your mind is too. Or think of what happens to your breath when you are concentrating, like threading a piece of thread through the eye of a needle – you slow your breath right right down. So your state of breathing echoes the state of your mind. When you breathe well the benefits are innumerous (is there such a word?): increased energy, mental alertness, calmness, youth, the ability to process your thoughts more soundly and a well oxygenated body requires less sleep! Oxygen is alkaline and most diseases - notably cancer, arthritis – begin and thrive in an acidic environment. Yet amazingly we are never taught to breathe properly. It is always assumed that we just ‘know’ how to breathe deeply and correctly on our own. Yet most people simply do not breathe properly. I believe breathing should be taught in schools, from day number 1. It also amazes me that although we learn about nutrition - what our bodies need to ingest to thrive and survive - oxygen is rarely mentioned, even though it is our essential life giving nutrient. You can survive for days with oxygen being your only nutrient. Indeed there are Himalayan yogis who claim that they only live on oxygen. I once heard oxygen being referred to as ‘Vitamin O’ and I love it. Your lungs are shaped like tear drops and sadly the overwhelming majority of people breathe only through the top half of their lungs. It is the bottom half of the lungs that we really need to access: deep abdominal breathing - actively using the diaphragm, abdominal and intercostal muscles of the ribcage. Gravity acts against us. Peoples posture suffers with long seated hours and lack of movement, strength and flexibility. The chest muscles constantly need to be stretched and opened and the muscles of the upper back strengthened to keep the lungs free from constriction so that they may work their magic openly. Yoga is perfect for breath work, strength and flexibility and the Alexander technique (www.foolsense.co.uk) is incredibly beneficial too. So please, do, take a deep breathe in: energy, vitality: INSPIRATION and breathe out the cares, worries, tension, fatigue and stress, release: EXPIRATION. I hope the video helps too :-)
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Fresh from the summer showers of Glastonbury where he collected the prestigious overall Greenpeace award we interview Simon Blarch about
‘Creative Nature’ - his Superfoods company - nourishing the world with sustainable organic or wild-crafted products (and knowledge) bringing health and vitality to your very door……….www.creative-nature.co.uk
The Yoga Show …………… www.theyogashow.co.uk
The Essence Foundation Course …………. www.essence-foundation.com
A final word on Echinacea...
Echinacea – Echinacea purpurea, Echinacea augustifolia
So this is where I thought I would end things for this edition ……
But then yesterday I received these gorgeous photos of Echinacea in their prime from the garden of Jan & Marianne de Wildt in Flevoland, Holland … how could I not possibly comment and share them??
Right now in the Northern Hemisphere these magical herbs are at their potent best. Originally from the lands of North America Echinacea deserves a proud place at the front of every households medicine cabinet. The Native Americans discovered the power of the plant when snakes used to fight and bite each other, the fatally wounded would retreat to the sanctity of the Echinacea plant. They then began to respect and take note of the magical properties the plant contained.
‘Immune boosting’ is the key phrase when thinking of Echinacea - especially when the symptoms are fast, sudden and acute.
There is a term in natural medicine called ‘the Doctrine of signatures’ meaning that nature herself gives you clues as to what the remedies are good for: for example, walnuts being good for the brain (and looking like it!) and Coltsfoot, Tussilago farfara, with its smooth velvety underside to the leaves is an expectorant - coating and soothing the lungs.
Echinacea’s cone is smooth yet spikey - repelling outside influences (perfect for sudden onset of colds/flu like symptoms!). Just recently I was struck out-of-the-blue by a dry incessant tickly cough - sneezing, headachy and a runny nose, yet I had to be at the top of my game for a very important engagement …… what did I do? Went to the chemist and bought an Echinacea tincture ‘Echinaforce’ from Vogel (yes, Vogel - just like the bread). I constantly took huge doses directly down my fragile throat - in class, on the aeroplane and at the engagement. It worked unbelievably!!But to simply limit this wondrous plant to a simple category is to miss the point. Echinacea is thought to stimulate white blood cell production and can give anyone with a depleted chronic immune function strength. It is also renowned for its Anti-biotic, Anti-viral, Anti-microbial, Anti-arthritic, Anti-allergenic, Lymphatic tonifying and Anti-aging actions. Evidence is mounting that it may be taken everyday according to famed Australian herbalist and phytochemist Kerry Bone (www.mediherb.com). Indeed the international highly respected 3rd generation Swiss herbalist Vogel (www.bioforce.co.uk) took it everyday….. just thought you might need to know!
Home grown Echinacea better looking than Vogels!
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Huia is a Holistic Health Practitioner with a varied (and ever growing!) background of skills with which to draw from. Her passions include personal development, indigenous peoples healing methods, patting dogs, travel, the great outdoors, jogging, laughing, reading, writing, sunsets and spending quality time with friends and loved ones.
She helps educate people to enable them to revitalise and be all they can possibly be. Huia is committed to continually learning to utilise the gifts from nature and the wisdom of the body’s own innate healing systems to bring vitality and health.
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