PTSD, once a word that was only associated with combat, is found to be increasingly more commonplace. Is this because we live in a more traumatising world today? I believe there has always been “trauma” in lives, but we are only now becoming more aware of it, addressing it, and…

#LiftTheSpirits…. Lockdown Campaign, Week 6 Hormones play an important role in your growth, metabolism, mood, immune system, reproductive health, sleep, among other things. When you are struggling with a hormonal imbalance, you could suffer from a wide variety of symptoms- including headaches, skin problems, insomnia, fatigue, weight gain and…

#LiftTheSpirits…. Lockdown Campaign, Week Today we are going to be looking at the positive effects that the practice of yoga can have on the structure of the brain. When I reference the practice of yoga here, I mean the practice of yoga asanas, pranayama and meditation. Meditation can be any…

#LiftTheSpirits Lockdown Campaign, Week 4 Fear may be as old as life on Earth. It is a fundamental, deeply wired reaction, evolved over the history of biology, to protect organisms against perceived threat to their integrity or existence. Fear and anxiety are two emotions that I see as interchangeable. Anxiety…

#LiftTheSpirits Lockdown Campaign, Week 2 Yoga has the potential to influence pretty much every physiological process in the body — from muscle contraction to breathing, digestion, blood flow, and circulation. When it comes to immunity, three specific systems are important — the nervous + immune + lymphatic system. Nervous because…

#LiftTheSpirits Lockdown Campaign, Week 1 My experience of chronic pain The physical body is an astonishing work of science — if our bodies are operating in balance, the body should be able to heal itself. If the body falls out of balance, this is when we encounter disease and injury. …

People talk frequently about the journey of life. It can sound quite cliched but as is so often the case with cliches, they are exactly that for a reason. As I re-surfaced from the early months of motherhood last summer, I made the decision to focus at last on my…

This is a talk that I gave as part of #TimeToUnsilence Week, an on-line conference hosted by Luciana Carvalho Se, Founder of Mindcheck. In the article I will: Talk yogic and modern day science, giving quick easy accessible ways to bring our bodies and mind into balance, Explain the importance…

25 SEPTEMBER, 2018 By Kiko Mathews Let the adventure begin! #bybikeandboat from U.K. around the top of Denmark and back. Learning about and researching ocean plastics with Bytheoceanweunite (@btowu ). Not really sure I know what I’m doing or where I’m going but that’s the joy of an adventure 😬🤞😍 …