September 16, 2014

Are your genes making you fat?

Ever wondered how two people on the same diet can have different weight? How a diet can work for one person, but not for another? If you’ve been struggling to maintain a healthy weight, you may have been missing some vital clues. Our genes determine a large percentage of our health potential. We have genes that tell out bodies whether to store fat or burn it easily, whether the messages from our stomach to our brain will send the signal […]
January 29, 2014

Sleep Deep with acupressure

Getting good quality sleep is essential for health and wellbeing. Without quality sleep the body cannot rest and repair, balance hormone levels, and bed down learning and memories from the day. Acupressure and acupuncture have been used to successfully treat insomnia for thousands of years. Acupressure uses pressure, or deep touch, on areas of the skin that are particularly sensitive to bioelectrical impulses and in Traditional Chinese Medicine, activating these points helps to enhance the flow of human energy, or […]