Ancient Indian medicine changed her life
SEVERAL YEARS into her quest to unearth a spiritual centre, Julett Simpson discovered that she had lupus (a chronic connective tissue disorder affecting the skin and some internal organs). "I didn't know and I didn't want to accept it either...
Warm oil brings relaxation
STIMULATING THE olfactory senses, soft music, oil applied to the face, a mere dot of a special powder to the forehead. Phillippa Sauteral lies flat on her back; she's in the office of Dr. Syamala Devi, Ayurvedic medicine practitioner.
Exercise: Too much is not better
WE VARY widely in our health and fitness status, motivation, goals and needs. Thus, a clear understanding of our individual differences is necessary if our exercise prescription is to effectively meet our needs. During the boom years of the aerobic...
So what can I drink?
MANY JAMAICANS like to have a drink with their meals, between meals and also as a 'pick me up'. It was always a common practice for persons to make sucrose-based drinks, 'wash', sugar and water only, or sugar with some citrus such as lime...
Parenting girls to be good wives
RAISING GIRLS to be good mothers and wives is quite a tricky thing if you do not have a good man in the house. On the bright side, daughters learn home economics from their mothers. Mothers teach what they know: how to cook, clean, wash, spread beds...
He is cheating, She is hurting - Why do men cheat?
MEN CHEAT for a number of reasons. He is in a long-distance relationship; the current relationship has become routine, unhappy, unsastisfying and lacking in passionate sex; he feels powerless, unappreciated, not valued and unloved; he has a low...
Take control of stress!
NO ONE is exempt from stress. Stress is always in our lives. Today, I will try to give you some strategies for managing stress. Some are adapted from recommendations of the American Psychiatric Association, others are born out of my experience...
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