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Camden Mela 2015 – A Festival of Unity Sunday 26th July 2015, 12 – 6pm Coram Fields, 93 Guilford Street WC1N 1DN Damp but not dejected! Now what you need for an outdoor event like the Camden Mela 2015 is a nice summery sunny day….Sunday dawned cloudy, cold & pouring with rain. The fifteen minute walk from Euston saw me …
Red Raspberry Seed Base Oil (Rubus idaeus): ‘Deeply Nourishing’ I was introduced to this exciting, relatively new and unusual base oil by one of my tutors, who likes to use it for skin moisturisation & additional protection from the sun. The Essential Oil This highly nutritious oil is cold-pressed from seeds of Raspberries and ranges from bright gold to burnt umber to a …
Gout – Not Just ‘The Affliction of Kings’ Causes Basic cause: Gout is caused by the build-up of elevated levels of uric acid, a waste product created when the body breaks down chemicals in the cells called purines. It is naturally excreted from the body via the kidneys, in the blood. In Gout, the high levels can either be caused …
Recipes – Chia Seeds There are simply countless recipes involving Chia seeds, they don’t have much taste in themselves so can be added to just about anything – sprinkled over salads, added to smoothies etc. Chia Pudding The fact that they thicken & jellify in liquid means that they make excellent puddings. Simply add 250g of Chia Seeds to milk, …
Chia Seeds: Nutritional Wonderseed My clients know that if I only have one piece of nutritional advice it would – drink plenty of water. There are also many ‘super foods’ currently being written about, but if I had to recommend just one of them it would be these magical little seeds! What Are They? ‘Chia’ are the seeds of the Salvia hispanica, a …
Petitgrain (Citrus aurantium var. amara [fol]) Three oils in one? but that is too much! All references to Kinder Surprise Egg adverts aside, I am looking at the range of Petitgrain oils this season – these being essential oils derived from the leaves & twigs of various citrus trees. Traditionally, ‘Petitgrain’ is that of the Bitter Orange, Citrus aurantium var. …
Camden Mela 2015 Sunday 26th July 2015, 12 – 6pm Coram Fields, 93 Guilford Street WC1N 1DN Mela Time! I am very pleased to announce the latest of my Summer of Festival events. Nature To Nurture will have a stall at the prestigious Camden Mela later this month & I am extremely excited about it. The event is being billed as being …
Bumps & Babies Festival – National Childbirth Trust (NCT) Event Saturday 6th June 2015, 12:30-4:30pm St Paul’s Church, Blandford Road, St Albans, AL1 4JP Summer Festivals The first of Nature To Nurture‘s summer festival events took place at St. Paul’s Church just yesterday afternoon. I can honestly say that I had the most fun I have ever experienced in a room …
Nature To Nurture on Retreat La Serrania, Pollensa, Mallorca Saturday 9th – 16th May 2015 Ah yes, there are definite advantages to my career as a massage therapist – and working holidays in a peaceful retreat centre set in stunningly beautiful landscape with yoga, rest and relaxation attached is certainly one of them! Nature To Nurture is only too …
Bumps & Babies Festival – National Childbirth Trust Event Saturday 6th June 2015, 12:30-4:30pm St Paul’s Church, Blandford Road, St Albans, AL1 4JP If you are pregnant with a bump or your bump has now turned into your baby, please do join me and many other pregnancy specialists at an NCT Fair entirely devoted to parents-to-be or new parents. The …
