The Family Tree

Our young family moved to the Cedarberg Wilderness to discover what we hoped would be a more wholesome lifestyle than the get-up-and-go-show then running our lives.

Children And Their Habits

How often do you find yourself the centre of unwanted attention in the supermarket, as your three-year-old screams louder than ten vuvuzelas? Ann Gadd takes a look at children’s more unattractive habits, starting with tots who have tantrums.

Thin Is Fit - Or Is It?

Yes, it is possible to be thin but unfit! To maintain or increase lean body mass, you need to look at both diet and a comprehensive exercise programme. You’ll not only lose fat, but experience considerable health benefits.

The Healthy Mojito

The Healthy Mojito

7 Fun Yoga Poses To Do At Home With Your Kids

On a daily basis children are encountering emotional, social, and physical challenges. Yoga is a fun way for them to learn about many things that will help their overall development.

Massage Therapy For Asthma

Asthma can cause a slouching posture. This in turn causes an inefficient breathing pattern which can even play a part in triggering further attacks: a self-perpetuating cycle. Can massage help you get out of this cycle? Can it help you manage your asthma?

Consider This Carefully Before Your Next Bite Of Food…

GMOs aren’t an aspect of modern living that we have to accept because we can’t do anything about them. Armed with the facts about GMOs, we can resist their spread.

Bullies Are Killers

‘At the heart of every relentless (and remorseless) bully is the certain (subconscious) knowledge that if they do it enough and for long enough they can actually kill their target. Just because someone isn’t using a fist, a gun or a knife doesn’t make it any less an act of violence. We need to educate society to understand this. Bullies are killers – they’re just doing it a little slower than we currently recognise’

Back to School

Wouldn’t you like to give your children a head start in the coming school year? Dr Jason Mallia shows you how.

Tea to revitalise and restore

The Eartliest recorded tea usage was in 350 AD, when a Chinese dictionary, Erh Ya, Cited tea for the first time.

Hormone Health, The Environment And HRT – A Frank Discussion

Hormones are Nature’s molecular messengers. We literally cannot survive as a species without them. I care for my patients with menstrual and menopausal abnormalities with nonhormonal oxygen therapies. I do so because I get far superior long-term clinical results with this approach.

Do You Have Exercise Addiction?

If you are drained, rather than energised, after your exercise routine, you may be doing too much too often. Ian Craig explains the problem of exercise addiction and how you can be healthier by focussing on quality and balance rather than quantity.

Chronic Electromagnetic Field Exposure & Cancer Risk

There is growing evidence of a link between exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMFs), which are generated by electrical currents, and cancer. For this reason we need to be more mindful of how we can limit our exposure to these fields in order to safeguard our health and the health of our loved ones.

Spice Up Your Sex Life

Herbs and spices have been used for centuries for their healing and health-boosting properties. A number of herbs and spices are recognised as aphrodisiacs. An aphrodisiac is a food, drink or substance that increases sexual desire. This can be accomplished through a number of ways, such as reducing stress, increasing blood fl ow, or positively affecting neurotransmitters – all of which are able to improve your libido!

Every Dog Has Its Day!

Dog-lover Ann Gadd digs into what acceptable dogwalking behaviour on SA beaches entails, and offers advice on how to make your pooch a top (beach) dog.

Eyes Right!

Taking care of our eyes in our modern world also requires attention to the environment, lifestyle factors and nutrition.

How The Bach Flower Essences And Tissue Salts Relate To Astrology

‘It is better to hide my pain from pretentious physicians, perhaps I will be cured from the “Treasury of the Invisible”.’ ~ the Persian poet Hafiz

Discover Beauty Products Containing Indigenous - African Botanicals

Many indigenous African botanical extracts are blessings in disguise, for all manner of purposes and uses, from therapeutic to cosmetic. These brief comments highlight some of the topical cosmetic benefits.

Mindfulness Meditation & Addiction

Causes for Addiction and How Mindfulness Meditation Can Help With Them.

Osteopathy – Hands-on Therapy for Your Child

‘As the twig is bent, so grows the tree’ ~ William Garner Sutherland (1873 – 1954), founder of cranial osteopathy.

Stop the Itch – Tips for  Eczema Sufferers

Eczema is often a challenge to control, so doctors prescribe steroid skin creams or ointments. It is important to use these drugs with caution – talk to your doctor about what to expect, and try alternatives for long-term maintenance.

Healthy Hair – Through Thick & Thin

We all have a bad hair day from time to time. Whether it’s flat, frizzy, oily, dry or just doesn’t want to stay where you want it. This can leave you feeling pretty drab, and losing hair is even worse, as you have less and less hair to have a bad hair day with!

Does Exercise Age Us?

We all know that exercise is good for us, but can we do too much? Perhaps even so much that we age our bodies quicker? Ian Craig takes a look at this intriguing question.

Menopause Managing Naturally

It is easy to say that menopause is merely a state of mind until it actually happens and you feel there is absolutely nothing you can do about it. Although menopause is a natural process, and you know you are not alone, the symptoms persist year after year, and then it really is not that easy!

How To Introduce Your Cat To A New Cat

A step-by-step guide

Pregnancy Yoga – For Healthy Mothers And Babies

Today motherhood is more complex than ever, with women attempting to juggle children, career, relationships and their own health, often even without the support of family or community. Yoga, however, can restore peace of mind and keep the body supple and toned, ready to welcome that important new little being into the world.

Art Health

For thousands of years, people have searched for the meaning and beauty of life in music, painting, poetry and other arts. Now scientists are finding that the arts can benefit both your mental and physical health.

Youth In Permaculture Is Here-You Can Join!

‘Get more out of life by using less’: This is the essence of permaculture – an ecologically sound way of living that can be applied to households, gardens, communities and businesses. It is created by cooperating with nature and caring for the earth and its people. Today’s youth are embracing this concept and spreading the word.

Keep Your Dog Fit In Winter

It’s cold and damp outside and a walk or run is the last thing on your or Fido’s mind. But exercise for the mind and body is as important for your dog as it is for you during the chilly months.

Love Conquers All

Our sense of true self-worth is the natural product of Love and gratitude for Divine order. In contrast, the drive for materialism without spiritualism, compels a lingering need for hard countable wealth; its luxury and enjoyment always seems to be offset by the calculation, ‘Is this enough now?’ In frustration, the answer is usually no, unless we learn to think and grow inwardly wealthy through peace of mind.