Category Archive: Holistic

Guest Post: Why I Love Tunisia

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Today, guest author, Christina Hatt, founder of The Spring Within Holistic Retreat shares her reasons for falling in love with Tunisia and the healing role it has played in her life.  I discovered… Continue reading

The Spring Within Holistic Retreat

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As soon as I read the words “The Spring Within” I felt my heart lift. The advent of spring this year has never been more welcome to me. The Spring Within is an holistic retreat… Continue reading

Take a deep breath…

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As we age, breathing tends to shift to our chest, becoming more shallow and rapid.   Shallow chest breathing is associated with increased anxiety and depression, a lack of focus and mental sluggishness.… Continue reading

Integrative cancer care – a whole person approach

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Today’s guest writer, Jeannine Walston is co-founder and Executive Director of EmbodiWorks, a non-profit organization offering integrative cancer care resources for the whole person. Jeannine has extensive experience in cancer education and advocacy, health care… Continue reading

How to get started with meditation

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Today I want to take a look at meditation and what it can offer to us, mainly because I have been neglecting my own meditation practice of late, and a small voice inside… Continue reading

Why we all need a bit of horticultural therapy now and then…

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Today’s guest post is written by Dee Sewell, a qualified horticulturist based in Co Carlow, who with her husband Ian, founded Greenside Up, to share their combined expertise and knowledge with novice gardeners. I always… Continue reading

Weekly Round Up

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Time for this week’s round-up of the best of the blog posts which I’ve read over the past week. These are the posts that have moved me, taught me something, inspired me, and which… Continue reading

Reconnect with yourself this Valentine’s Day

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Today is all about celebrating love with your beloved, but whether you have a partner or friends to celebrate with you can celebrate with your most precious beloved – YOU! So today give yourself one of the… Continue reading

Opening to the present moment

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Mary Maddux of Meditation Oasis wrote a beautiful post on her blog last year on how meditation brings us to an awareness of being fully alive to the present moment. I shared her post previously on JBBC, but today re-reading… Continue reading

The Annie Appleseed Project

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The Annie Appleseed Project is a non-profit, volunteer led corporation, providing information, education, advocacy, and awareness for people with cancer and their family and friends who are interested in complementary or alternative medicine (CAM)… Continue reading