Prenatal Yoga: benefits of starting early It's common for women to start attending Prenatal Yoga from around 30 weeks pregnant. It's never too late to start moving, but I definitely encourage women to start earlier if possible - here's why... HABIT FORMING On average, it takes 66 days for a new behavior to become automatic. (Lally et al, [...]
Your body is your precious vehicle for life! By Dr Robyn from Helical Healing How often do we really pay attention to our beautiful innately wise bodies? Maybe when we start getting a bit uncomfortable , or when we feel a bit stuck in life and/ or stuck in our emotions? As the saying [...]
Creating a Blueprint for Success By Dharamjot Kaur Khalsa Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life. Tip toe if you must but take the step. Over the past few weeks it has been encouraging to see more people come into the studio for yoga classes [...]
Here at Kundalini House, we’ve asked our Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Naturopaths what they ate to replenish their energy and nourish their resources during pregnancy and after birthing. Here’s their recommendations: Eat warming, cooked foods rather than cold salads and raw foods Ask your family to arrange a ‘meal train’ so your loved ones can [...]
5 Ways to Experience Calm By Dharamjot It always feels good to be in control of our words and actions without having the surprise of some erratic shouting, shutdown silence or slamming of a door. This type of reaction can be fast and happens without any thought. Can you relate? So where does it come [...]
Fire Cider is a simple, powerful, seasonal folk medicine that is made predominantly from ingredients you’ll already have in your kitchen. It is a multi-purpose and versatile remedy that can be used for a handful of different health issues, as a preventative medicine, or to improve health and wellbeing overall. Below you’ll find a recipe [...]
A Guided Breath Practice to Create Calm and Aid Sleep With Melisa Chabierski This practice is good for all, but especially fabulous for postnatal women who can not rest, relax, or sleep when their baby is asleep. Rhythmic Extension Breath Breath practice that begins with equal in and out flows of the breath, [...]
Healing Thrush for Good with Naturopathy & Herbal Medicine Thrush is the result of an overgrowth of a normal yeast-like fungus called Candida. It most commonly occurs in the gut or the vagina, and on top of causing a series of uncomfortable and challenging symptoms, it can also become reccurent and difficult to resolve for [...]
The Science of Sleep and Why It Is So Important To Our Health By Rachel Hanrahan Why Sleep is so important? Even though we often don’t remember much of our sleep, we will spend about a third of our life in this state. Sleep occurs when your body and brain drop into an unconscious, [...]
Strategies to cope with uncertainty & anxiety By Dr Leela Klein (TCM) Feeling anxious, stressed or overwhelmed right now? Many of us are facing worries about our health, the health of loved ones, remote learning and teaching, increased pressure and stress from higher workloads, financial stress, and fears about what the future holds. Even if [...]