Swimming in Oils
My kitchen and bathroom cupboards are full of different oils – to sip, eat or smooth onto skin for the better. I’ve used them for years, yet have only recently discovered ‘oil-pulling’ and it’s been a...
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Editorial - Wellbeing
Gill meets Get the Gloss
Gill meets Sarah Vine and Susannah Taylor from Get the Gloss. Get the Gloss launched in October 2012; how was the idea conceived and what was the inspiration behind the site? ST: I had a blog called...
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It Started with ‘Om’
Of all the experiences I had on my ‘big trip’ to India, staying in an ashram in the remote Himalayas, it was the many hours of chanting which turned out to be the most lasting and transformative. Of c...
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Keep The Cold Out – From Within
We may know intuitively that heated foods keep us warm, but the principle is so important that it’s key to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), which advocates eating for the seasons. ‘Salads and raw f...
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Searching for Stillness
How many times do you hear friends and colleagues saying ‘I’m so busy’ followed in the next breath with ‘I need to switch off’. Or words to that effect. Maybe it’s that life seems to be speeding up. C...
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Beauty Tips – Quick Fixes
If you’re anything like us, you’re feeling slightly time-poor right now, between the writing of the Christmas cards, the ordering of the turkey, and the three-line whip to attend the annual vodka-sodd...
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