If you are anything like me you’ve been hovering over any radiator within reach, covering yourself in layers of wool and fleece and...

Winter is characterised by short cold days and long dark nights. Growing has stopped and the harvest is over. Animals bulked up by...

For me there is a certain melancholy that tinges Autumn. The heated exuberance of Summer is dwindling and the dark cold stillness of...

I just had a birthday. A landmark birthday, the kind that prompts you to look around at your life and make an assessment. I’ve looked...

Cupping is one of the tools of an acupuncturist. Cups are placed on the body after the air is warmed by using a lit material. (I use an...

Summer is characterised by brightness, heat, activity, fruition and expansion. The sun shines for more hours per day, the air is full of...

The world is waking up around us. Primroses and daffodils sprinkle gardens with yellow, bluebells build their carpets, bare trees dress...