Craniosacral therapy, like many other complementary therapies, can often be carried out extremely successfully remotely, which is particularly helpful if you are experiencing post-COVID symptoms. Jackie, a healthy 43-year-old from the UK, believes she had a mild infection of coronavirus before lockdown in March 2020. As she explained: “Although I only had a mild illness
Therapy Review: Ten Day Total Reset On Friday 16th March 2018, I will be starting the Ten-Day Total Reset detox programme. I will be having 3 colonic hydrotherapy sessions and living on green juice during that time. I have been told it will be tough but that I will definitely feel the benefits. And so
Ten Day Total Reset Well, here goes – I am about to reset my life. Well, my health and wellbeing anyway! Ann-Marie Marshall of Optimal Health & Wellness in Westcliff specialises in Colon Hydrotherapy, Food IntoleraceTesting and Nutritional Advice. Claire Brooks of plant-based health hub Conscious Kitchen in Sutton Road, Southend is a trained Dietician
Shiatsu massage with Gavin King I was delighted when Gavin King, an experienced martial arts instructor and Shiatsu practitioner, offered me a Shiatsu massage but did not really know what to expect. I don’t have any health issues so it is always difficult for me to gauge the success of a treatment. But my massage
NO HANDS massage with Cathy Black Cathy Black has been a nurse for over 35 years. She is also an experienced complementary therapist and one of a growing number who offer NO HANDS massage. I was delighted and rather intrigued when Cathy recently invited me (May 2009) to her therapy room to the rear of
Manual Lymphatic Drainage with Lesley Guilfoyle I recently had one of the most relaxing massages I have ever had. In fact, it was so relaxing I fell asleep, even though the purpose was for me to do a full review! Lesley Guilfoyle works from her home in Ashingdon and has a fully equipped and dedicated
Kinesiology (pronounced KIN-EASY-OLOGY) is a natural health care system which uses simple, safe, precise muscle testing procedures to find problem areas, and uses massage, touch, nutrition, energy reflexes, and counselling to balance holistically. It combines the techniques of chiropractic with the ancient knowledge of acupuncture to help reveal the true causes of aches, pains and
I really was not sure that I was looking forward to seeing Brenda Cousens at the ACH Complementary Clinic for my Hopi Ear Candling. It had always sounded such an odd thing to do – a lighted candle in your ear!!!! But the reality was quite different – it was a totally relaxing and soothing
Mike knew I was going for a therapy session with Celia Leslie straight from a hard day’s work at my “other office”, but he was quite unprepared for the new me that arrived home a couple of hours later than usual. I almost floated in through the front door: feeling relaxed, calm and unable to
Many of us seem to have allergies (or, more often, intolerances) to certain substances these days. Wheat and dairy are frequently cited, but sometimes the culprits are quite obscure and almost impossible for us to ascertain on our own. Reactions vary from skin rashes to headaches to behavioural problems and more. I went to see