Understanding Myo Fascia Release

Myo Fascia Release is a treatment that our Remedial Massage therapist Holly Jones uses to focus on releasing muscle shortness and tightness. What is Fascia? Fascia is a connective tissue that surrounds and wraps around our muscles, bones, organs, blood vessels amd nerves. It is like our ‘ body stocking’ or ‘wet suit’. When fascia … Read more

Midwifery Care for Expecting Mothers

Sadly the caesarean section rate in WA has skyrocketed to 37.8% of all births. Leading this disturbing trend are private Hospitals such as St John of God Murdoch and Subiaco at 57.4% and 50.4% ( 2017). I advocate “Continuity of care” and Midwifery group practice as the preferred option for maternity care in low risk women. … Read more

The Importance of Preconception Care

If you were going to run a marathon, you would train beforehand to prepare, just like if you had an exam, you would (hopefully) do the study prior to going in. Then why isn’t it standard that we prepare for pregnancy, one of the biggest events the human body is likely to undertake? Australian data … Read more

How To Set SMART Goals This New Year

  It’s already February which means it’s a great time to reflect on the goals that you had planned in January to ensure you achieve those goals and make sure they stick! First off, good for you for wanting to make some changes to improve your health and wellness, whether it be to exercise more, … Read more

Balancing, Managing & Surviving the Christmas Season

By Daniella Princi, Psychologist Christmas is a time of joy and celebration, family and well, let’s face it- food! However, it has also become a time of stress, worry, sadness, and for some, conflict. So let’s get clear- it is not about “Time Management” or “Money Management”, but rather “Energy Management”. Where are you placing … Read more

Love Your Heart…and Blood Vessels

Heart disease is the number one killer of Australians and about 90% of cardiovascular (CV) conditions are caused by diet and lifestyle factors such as obesity, toxicity, stress, poor diet and a sedentary lifestyle. Given this, there is a lot that we can do, that is within our power to help support healthy CV function … Read more

Newsletter – July 2018

In this issue we will discuss both menopausal and thyroid health and how natural medicine can offer you support in these areas. We also let you know about our Psychologist Daniella Princi’s upcoming “SHINE Through Exams” workshop in August and October.

Detox Do’s & Don’ts

We are surrounded by toxins on a daily basis, through foods, water, skin care, gardening, driving on polluted roads…. the list goes on! So it is important to stop every now and then and try to give the liver a helping hand. Here are some simple tips to take the burden off your liver and … Read more

Natural Support For Menopause

The way we experience menopause can be as varied as the way we experience puberty. Some women just stop menstruating, have minimal symptoms and hardly miss a beat, whereas for others it is an extremely challenging time where both physical and emotional symptoms are hard to cope with and can be debilitating and prolonged. Fortunately … Read more

Metabolic Syndrome

Now that Australia has been labelled “The Fattest Nation on Earth” we need to seriously look at Metabolic Syndrome and what that means for us and our long-term health. This syndrome is where pre-diabetes / diabetes (or poor blood glucose management and metaboism) and the onset of cardiovascular disease can affect you at the same … Read more

How To Get Meditating…in a fast and busy world!

Years ago when you heard the word ‘meditation’, it was mostly associated with yoga gurus or monks. However, research on meditation has now confirmed the numerous health benefits, both physically and mentally, and you are likely to find people such as CEO’s, football players, students and health professionals including meditation into their daily or weekly … Read more

Vitamin D…Glorious D!

Despite common misconceptions, Vitamin D is not just needed for bone health. Research has shown what a profound role vitamin D plays in a healthy immune system. Vitamin D receptors are expressed on our immune cells and research has shown that vitamin D has the ability to ‘modulate’ our immune response. This means that deficiencies … Read more

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