Health jottings
Keeping you up to date with health news, views, advice and support from our team at The Hub
Vegan for life, not just for January
A record 400,000 people signed up to the Veganuary movement (nearly double the number last year), but few of them have adopted a vegan diet for good. Our naturopathic nutritionist Rhi Hepple outlines why a more plant-focused shouldn’t be just a fad for a few weeks – it’s a great plan for the rest of (…)
Self-help reflexology for sciatica
Most people are familiar with foot reflexology, but did you know you can also use reflexology techniques on your own hand for some everyday conditions? The Hub’s reflexologist Ally Brown shows you how to work some of the pressure points on your hands to ease your sciatica The sciatic nerve runs from the nerves at (…)
So what on earth is reiki?!
Our reiki practitioner Katharine O’Callaghan is fed up of people dismissing reiki as out there! Here is her down-to-earth, straightforward explanation of what exactly reiki is and what her treatments entail Reiki is quite difficult to describe to people without sounding a bit ‘woo woo’. But I’m going to try to answer some of (…)
We’ve raised over £1,000 for the bushfire animals
Huge thanks to everyone who participated in The Hub’s yoga/meditation fundraiser on Thursday 30 January at SenSpa in Brockenhurst. We’ve raised just over £1,000 for the animals and wildlife that have been blighted by the bushfires in Australia For two months Australia has been ravaged by the fires. The toll this uncontrollable firestorm has taken (…)
Handmade natural organic yoga bolsters
Welcome to our newest product editions to The Hub: Claudia Davies’s Studio Knoga yoga bolsters which are lovingly supporting and warming our yogis on these cold winter mornings and evenings… Handmade by our very own yoga teacher Claudia Davies, these bolsters are crafted by her in her knitwear design studio in The New Forest. They (…)
90 per cent of pain is emotional
The Hub’s polarity therapist Jane Seaman recalls how she came to realise just how much her emotions were affecting her physically and had been holding her back in life for years How does your body tell you that something is not right in your life? Many people walk around with niggly aches and pains (…)
The myth of the power of 21 days
How are you doing with your New Year resolutions? Halo glowing because you’ve stuck to your new intentions for three weeks now? It’s widely bandied around that if you stay doing a new activity, intention or behaviour for 21 days it will then become an ingrained habit – so if you’ve got through to 21 (…)
Natural health therapies: the difference
Discover the difference natural health therapies can make to your life and why to choose alternative over allopathic Western medicine. Polarity therapist, shamanic healer, business & life consultant Jane Seaman explains why we at The Hub firmly believe in the alternative Are you someone who has an interest in alternative therapies or ancient healing practices, (…)
Tomorrow is hope: a poem from Oz
This is a poem written by a friend of The Hub who was forced to abandon his house in New South Wales on Boxing Day due to the Australian bushfires. His words say it all… this tragedy has broken the hearts of the Australians, its destruction relentless and irreversible. We are raising funds for the (…)
2020 good intentions
Our naturopathic nutritionist Rhi Hepple shares five simple good intentions that ought to be not just to put on your January halo – but to maintain for the rest of your life January is usually a time to put some good intentions in place and, although you may not be grabbing detox and gym regimes (…)
The symbolism of 2020
2020 is set to be an important year. The 20th year of the third millennium, the 20th year of the 21st century, the first year of the 2020s decade and a leap year. In numerology, the universal ‘language’ of numbers, it is believed that each number has a meaning, a natural order – and a (…)
The art of napping
In the New Year the temptation is to get doing. Clear, sort, organise, go for it, get things done, make lists and then feel fried or guilty when we’ve not managed to work through them… But, says our polarity therapist and meditation teacher Jane Seaman, all that frenetic activity goes against the natural rhythms of (…)
Reiki with Katharine. Starting 6 February
Katharine O’Callaghan is now offering reiki at The Hub on Thursdays. We’re honoured to have her onboard as she brings a wealth of reiki and natural health experience to our team Reiki is a natural healing energy activated by intention. It comes from the Japanese words,‘rei’ (meaning ‘universal’) and ‘ki’ (meaning ‘energy’). This universal (…)
Frankincense: for Christmas cheer
Renowned as one of the most prized and precious essential oils, frankincense has extraordinary health benefits. As well as being famed for one of the scents brought as a gift by the three wise men to Jesus in the crib, the Babylonians and Assyrians burned frankincense in religious ceremonies and the ancient Egyptians used frankincense resin (…)
Why choose ashtanga?
Forget the myth that ashtanga is hard! Our ashtanga yoga teacher Zoë Porter demystifies some of the misconceptions about ashtanga yoga. With its set sequence of rhythmic poses, this traditional form of yoga means you know exactly what your class holds in store – go with the flow of the sequence and you relax into (…)
Choose acupuncture for infections
Our acupuncturist Richard Newman explains how acupuncture can be used as an effective alternative to antibiotics to treat infections On the 13 October 2017 England’s chief medical officer Dame Sally Davies, issued a call to action, warning that antibiotics have been over-prescribed in recent years – resulting in the potential to become ineffective. If antibiotics (…)
Acupuncture for headaches and migraines
Richard Newman’s acupuncture offers instant relief from the pain of headaches and migraines. It works by treating the cause of the pain so the headaches do not return ‘It works immediately, no waiting for five or six sessions to see results – very impressed.’ Katie Platt ‘I went to see Richard on Friday and (…)
Homeopathy for eczema: graphites
A top homeopathic remedy for eczema is graphites – available both as a cream or tablets. Homeopath Sue Leach explains when it would be appropriate to use graphites Graphites (made from the ‘lead’ in your pencil) is a very useful homeopathic remedy for eczema. It is particularly recommended for eczema that is crusty, moist, yellow and (…)
Homeopathy for eczema: sulphur
Sue Leach explains how homeopathy works to treat eczema. Here she recalls a girl whose eczema improved after being given the homeopathic remedy sulphur Emma bounced into my clinic, hair all over the place, breakfast still round her mouth. She held up her hands and, at six, told me straight out about her eczema. Her skin (…)
Probiotics can prevent eczema
A growing amount of evidence shows that skin conditions such as eczema (atopic dermatitis) and psoriasis can be linked to an imbalance of good and bad bacteria in the gut. So if you are prone to eczema or you have a family tendency to eczema we would strongly urge that you supplement your diet with (…)