This show how HypnoBirthing not only helps you prepare for a positive and gentle birth, but can also improve your wellbeing in general.

HypnoBirthing is actually really simple. At its most basic level, HypnoBirthing teaches mums to trust in their body and their baby. Obviously, birthing has b...

You have changed your whole body care regime towards being more natural, paying the utmost attention to the ingredient lists of everything that you spread or...

Massage is an ancient form of treatment. In many cultures, especially Asian cultures, massage has been viewed as an essential part of health treatment. Howev...

When using aromatherapy products in the summer, there are a few things you should be aware of. Don't slather on those containing citrus oils on before going ...

It is the beginning of our favourite season, summer. This is a time synonymous with fun and the outdoors; the park, the garden and the beach. But in our purs...

Mothering has to be the oldest profession, albeit unpaid. It may be without financial reward, but it ceratinly does not come without emotional reward. And al...

"We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children." -- Native American Proverb The founder of earth day was Gaylord Nelson, a U...

This winter has been long and cold and all winter long we have been encasing our bodies in warm clothes, tights and the like to keep ourselves warm. Many of ...

Was one of your new years’ resolutions about giving up smoking this year? Have you tried giving up or have you postponed it yet again? It is now near the end...

“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” — Epictetus As the first post for the year, I wa...

Are you looking for some gifts for your loved ones for Christmas? Perhaps you would just like to experience some of that Christmas spirit because you are awa...

Some people, who know that I make natural soap, will say something like ‘it is so great that you don’t use lye (sodium hydroxide) in your soap’…sorry what wa...

In Istanbul at the moment, there are a crazy number of lice around. Many children are affected as are many schools. So I thought I would write this post for ...

So you read the last blog about anxiety but then you were left wondering about which essential oils to use and how to use them. There are many oils which can...

Anxiety is a feeling of worry or fear about real or imagined events. The Oxford Dictionary defines anxiety as a “feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease abo...

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose; By any other name would smell as sweet.” – William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet The rose is the most classic ...

Last weekend I had the good fortune of being able to go to the rose district of Turkey, Isparta, for two days and directly see and experience rose picking an...

The beautiful orange tree is now in flower. Its aroma is everywhere. There is a precious and amazing essential oil distilled from these flowers, but in this ...

Motherhood is never something that I dreamed of for myself. I went through life as a teenager promising my parents that I would never have children and this ...