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Probiotics: Are they worth the hype?

Probiotics are good for your gut health, right?  That’s what we have been led to believe by marketers (me included as I bought probiotic supplements a few days ago because I don’t eat cultured or fermented foods on a regular basis). According to the hype,  the key to your health, both mental and physical, are…
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Likes v Dislikes : Lessons from Scotland Yoga Retreat

We arrive at the Dorlin Jetty and as we wait for the boats to come to take us across to the island, I look across the calm, moving stillness of the loch at Eilean Shona island. I see trees and lush green vegetation and a house nestled amongst the trees with a stunning view of…
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Time Management: How to Make More Time For What Matters Most to You

  Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things that matter least” - Goethe Here’s the truth about time management. It’s not time management but self management. I first really got this many years ago when I read Stephen Covey’s “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective people”. And the thing is,…
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Healthy Recipe – Scrambled Tofu

Vegetarian food is the food of choice for yogis and thus for retreats and a dish, which one of the participants kept telling us about on our retreat in March is scrambled tofu. I’m not normally a fan of tofu because from past experience I’ve found that it tastes bland and isn’t very appetising.  The…
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