Our ears are miraculous parts of our body. When the foetus is about 15 weeks floating in an ocean of amniotic fluid in the mother’s womb it starts to perceive first sounds. Listening to Mum’s heartbeat and learning about the…
Did you know that between the ages of newborn to 3 years old, a million connections are made in the brain per second? Massaging our babies, singing to them, gazing into their eyes and meeting their needs all help to…
Over the years, people have often asked me: What is the best exercise? They usually mean: I don’t have much time, what is the one thing I can do that will cover all bases? How can I get the most…
It is a commonly held view that the core consists of just our abdominal muscles. But that is a mistake. It’s so much more! Anatomically the core is the trunk or torso of the body. That’s everything apart from our…
I cannot remember the first date that I saw Jo. I had seen other osteopaths, before moving to Brockley, and at the Sunflower Centre who have helped when Jo was not been available. But we have established such a healing…
The mammoth Hilly Fields Summer Fayre arose like a deep sea creature at the end of last month. Through the morning I watched as people struggled off the 484 bus, trolleys loaded with boxes of all sorts of lovingly packed…
The foot, so easily overlooked and taken for granted, can be surprisingly debilitating when it’s in pain. This week I’ve unusually treated someone three days in a row to get to the bottom of what’s causing her the pain in…
Since discovering this breathing protocol during a breath-work training in February 2021 I’ve suggested it to many of my patients as part of their process of recovery. Stephen Elliot was looking for a way of breathing that would reliably drop…
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