Sweets, biscuits, cake…..It’s January – Who needs ’em! We need warming, delicious, real food. I really do think that making vegetable soup can kick start or revive the healthy eating habit. These soups are reassuringly easy to make, they taste great and the ingredients are easy to come by and affordable. There are loads of […]
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Cognito ergo sum? Vel potius, o domine Cartesie, sentio ergo sum
Décartes famous maxim: I think therefore i am or Cognito ergo sum because it was originally published in Latin, was both the ending and the beginning of a line of reasoning and it has come to be seen as an end in itself. This celebrated phase, perhaps the most famous philosophical utterance ever, has seeped into our collective consciousness. […]
Continue ReadingCognito ergo sum? Vel potius, o domine Cartesie, sentio ergo sumPilates and Mindfulness
There seems to be something of a mindfulness craze sweeping the UK at the moment. It’s cropping up on the radio, in the print and online media and the NHS is considering rolling out Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction as a form of intervention for patients with mild to moderate depression or anxiety. There are academic departments […]
Continue ReadingPilates and MindfulnessFifty Shades of … what was it again?
You’d need more imagination than I have, and a helluva lot more than E.L.James has to interweave Pilates with your average bonkers, bank busting novel. So you’ll have to make do with the latter. I haven’t seen the film, not will I, but over the summer of 2012 someone leant me the book. Here are […]
Continue ReadingFifty Shades of … what was it again?New Year Resolutions: tips to avoid trips
Set aside your Christmas lists for a few moments because now is also the time for thinking about and planning out how you are going to accomplish your New Year Resolutions. Do you sigh, or hear alarm bells, or look look upon this with dread? Instead embrace it, or at the very least, start to tentatively […]
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