Viewing a vase full of fresh, red roses induced powerful states of physiological and psychological...
Nature & Health
Keep moving!
Walking, climbing trees, pounding grain, digging the earth, beating clothes in the river, carrying firewood...
How to eat is more important than what to eat
If we overeat, eat when rushed, angry, walking/standing, working or slumped on the sofa, eat...
The Gongfu of Ageing
The term gongfu (kung fu) evokes images of fighters leaping through the air in meticulously choreographed fights,...
Philosophical ramblings
I was brought up in an atheist home and apart from brief dabbles with Buddhism,...
How to reduce our stress response at the deepest level
When we are exposed to external or internal stress, the sympathetic (‘fight or flight’) branch of...
Let’s campaign against pesticides and save the natural world
We humans are simply wiping out life on earth. The population of farmland birds and...
Why do we get ill?
Once we understand that our lifestyle and behaviour have a big impact on our health...