ARTCLES & INSPIRATION > Ashwhin's growing resource of articles, health advice, inspiration and ideas for green living

We hope that you find this area full of useful information. Please, feel free to contact us and ask questions about any health problem you have, and also please suggest topics or issues of interest that you would like to find here.

I would also love to have your feedback on whether this area of the website is easy to find your way around. It has taken some time to develop, and I hope that this new layout works!

I've divided the articles and information into five headings:-

Balanced Living - Holistic approach to living and health on all levels.

Health Tips - How to handle specific health conditions.

Inspirational - Stories that celebrate life, and acknowledge the positive.

Spirit & Inner Self - Opening the door on spiritual practice and philosophical thinking.

Living Green - Ideas for living green in all senses that are practical, do-able and fun.

Balanced Living - Holistic approach to living and health on all levels.

Aging, Health and Beauty Outside

There is a very strong link between health and beauty in all people. Even those people who have sadly been disfigured from birth or accident will notice the correlation between how they feel and how they look.This link between who we see in the mirror and our health is a very useful one.

Ashwhin Continues to Evolve and Grow

Ashwhin Retreat was born from my dream of the kind of place I would like to go to on retreat, but that simply didn’t seem to exist anywhere.

Our Breasts - to scan or not to scan.

Having just turned 50 I was sent an invitation by the NHS to attend a breast screening, however, before I went along, I decided to do some research on the implications of breasts screening. I looked for the truth behind the statistics and the assumptions about screening for breast cancer.

Dieting

You should always avoid fad dieting, virtually every ‘diet’ excludes important nutrients that your body requires. But the real danger of dieting is that for many people regular dieting becomes an eating disorder.

Dreamwork

Dream reading and divination based on dreams can be traced back to the earliest records, and I am sure that the beginning of the practice is lost in the dawn of prehistory.

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Eating Organic

As more and more organic products become available it seems like an excellent idea to see if buying organic is really worth it, and just what it means to your health.

Evolution of Work

We grow, we change and we mature. Our expectations and needs for employment change as radically as our bodies and our attitudes. So, accept change as a welcome friend, and go where your spirit leads. Be your own visionary and counsellor

Holistic Retreat

What is an Holistic Retreat? You have all heard of retreats, and maybe even know someone who has been on one, but traditionally the name was given to religious camps. An holistic retreat has no such bias, as the emphasis is health and wellbeing on all levels.

Loss, Death and Moving On

We all experience the loss of people we love and the loss of home or position in our lives. Change is an integral part of life, despite the taboo of death and grief that pervades our society. Most of us do move on, and enjoy an even richer life after loss. You may find this article of assistance during the difficult time of facing death and dramatic change.

Conscious Meditation

Have you ever wished that you could turn your brain off for a while and really relax? Maybe you have even considered trying meditation, but you were sure that you just cannot blank out the little voice that nags at you. My article, Conscious Meditation, introduces you to Mindfullness - the first and most important step to a calmer life.

Joyous Change (menopause)

Western society has so many foolish stigmas about growing old, yet there is no reason why age should not bring wisdom, contentment, excitement, and joy. I invite every woman to celebrate menopause as a time of transition and growth, a time to attain their full potential, and to truly know herself.

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Coping with Over-indulgence

A few simple tips that will help you reduce the level of damage you do to your body when you overindulge at holiday time. We all do it, and the emotional and social rewards of partying are essential to us. However, it's a good idea to remember that our poor old bodies need some TLC (tender loving care) during the holiday season and anytime we are celebrating life by enjoying an excess of food and drink.

Puppy Health

Having just adopted a dear fluff of canine energy, I wanted to do the very best for her in terms of helth and butrition. Puppies grow so fast in the first 12 to 18 months that I decided to find the best food for her. The research e=was quite a challenge - here are the results.

Stress is Not the Enermy

There is no such thing as life without stress, in fact we really would NOT want a completely stress free life, because stress its the thing that motivates us, excites us, keeps us going. However, as we all know very well, stress can make us go too fast, it can wind us up like a coiled spring, and cause tension and pain in our bodies. Because we need stress in our lives, the most important thing to do is to learn how to handle it!

Supplements

The media is always swift to highlight anything DANGEROUS. The Nanny state (UK) functions largely by creating fear. Supplements have not been immune to this nonsense. Before I give you the background on nutritional thinking, let me put these stories into context.

Your Working Balance

Routines, tips and great little ideas to keep tension out of your shoulders, to keep mentally sharp and to find and maintain your Zone of sublime Activity Bringing Balance into your work - whether you work for someone else or run your own business

Living Green - Ideas for living green that are practical, do-able and fun.

You can Make a Difference

Green and Balanced living is an attitude of mind - an attitude that will transform your life into the best it can be. With just a little bit of time and effort on your part, I promise that you can Make a Difference!!!

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Health Tips - How to handle specific health conditions.

Living with Arthritis

Arthritis can be helped immensely through diet and lifestyle changes. many people find that they can completely eradicate all their symptoms by following the right regime for them. This page should give you some good basic guidelines.

Coping with Cancer

If you have been diagnosed with cancer, or know someone who has, then the very best thing that you can do is to find out the very latest information about treatmentsmigraine

High Blood Pressure

We have all heard a great deal about high blood pressure and we no doubt know many people who are currently on medication for the rest of their lives to keep their blood pressure down to a safe level.

Living with Migraine

Migraine appears to be a condition that can be completely inactive if you can discover the things that trigger its onset.

Muscular Pain

This time of year seems to encourage us to work to hard in the garden, or play to hard on the sports field, and of course the sunshine also encourages all us do-it-yourself-ers. Inevitably this leads us to pull or strain or just bruise our muscles.

Prevent Osteoporosis

This condition that is a thinning and weakening of the bones effects three in five women after menopause, and one in twelve men over 60. Therefore, all women would be well advised to consider making some changes to their diets as early as possible to ensure bone health, and so should any young man whose family has a history of the condition.

Handling your Weight, Thyroid and Metabolism

As much as 40% of overweight people may have an undiagnosed thyroid condition. Like any condition, these can be comparatively mild in a clinical sense, but still be disruptive to the individual.

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Inspirational - Stories that celebrate life, and acknowledge the positive.

Dancing with Life

On our life journey, there are turning points, moments of profound change and insight, I share my most recent one with you in celebration, and the hopes that it will bring you inspiration - or at least a smile.

Three is the Charm

A very brief story of how I came to create Ashwhin's Flower Essences. Like so many things associated with this business, I am convinced that the idea for these essences was somehow destined. It took me a while to catch on, then the magic of the flowers themselves took over.

Spirit -Inner Self - Opening the door on spiritual practice and philosophical thinking.

Animal Guides

I have always felt drawn to animals, both wild and domesticated. So, this is just a little window on my first exploration of animal guides.

Mothers & Goddesses

Brief introduction to the wealth of wisdom and wonder that inspired all humans before patriarchal religion overtook most societies.

Pagan Calendar

This system of working with our world rhythm has added hugely to my life and I share it with love.

Tree of Life, and Spiritual Explorations

This is based on a study I did for a personal development course. My goal was to evolve my own model for living based on wisdom from the past. This article introduces you to some of the wealth of human spiritual beliefs and practices, and gives you a window on my own inner work.

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Links to other sites

For a fabulous selection of articles on health and wellness try - Alternative Health news Online http://www.altmedicine.com

Circle of Healers - Daily updated holistic news, a healers directory, alternative health forums and more! http://www.circleofhealers.com

Complementary health and Healing Directory http://www.healthypages.net

Get Listed, Get Noticed - Holistic Pages is a fabulous new directory run by a guy who really knows what he is doing regarding web design and functionality, and the holistic community http://www.holisticpages.co.uk

The Divine Heart A website about opening to the divine heart, expanding into the divine wisdom of the higher consciousness, experiencing pure unconditional love, and allowing new levels of joy, healing and abundance to flow freely in your everyday life. http://www.thedivineheart.com/

Whispy Directory - The very best hand-picked, human edited Cultural Creative Directory of websites and resources on the web. http://www.whispy.com

Worldwide Health Directory Health Directory, Articles, News and Information. http://www.worldwidehealth.com