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Does being African lead to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder?

The worrying trend I noticed is that, I hadn’t forgotten about these experiences, but I had stored them neatly so I would be able to get up every day and go to work, see clients, study, go shopping, interact with people, and just survive without thinking “I wonder if I will be called a Black c**t today?”

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Therapeutic Touch

The last few weeks have meant that, not only have we had to reduce our physical contact with other people, but there is a fear and anxiety around touch at a time when we need it the most.⁣

During the private Cranio-Sacral tutorials I will guide you and another member of your household in basic Cranio-Sacral contacts and grounding exercises. ⁣

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To the Week That Was...

After a self-prescribed week of no training to heal an injury, I was ready to rip someone’s head off. But I came to realise that health is a balance of doing the things that make us feel good and doing nothing so we can hear what our bodies need to feel good.⁣

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To the Year That Was

You can't help but feel a huge sense of awe and gratitude when you sit in the grounds of Codrington College. However, today was especially magical because it was the last Sense - Mindfulness Session of 2019

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When I Grow Up

I was fortunate to spend time in the company of some sprightly onagenarians, overlooking the north coast in St Lucy. In their 90’s, these women possessed a grace and spirit that was remarkable and inspiring.

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Healing Plants of the Ancestors

This year marks ten years since I qualified as a Medical Herbalist. When I was planning to move to Barbados, I was worried that I wouldn't be able to source the herbs I was familiar with using and that I would be lost with the local herbs. During her recent lecture, the Healing Plants of the Ancestors, Dr Sonia Peter highlights how we are in danger of losing our biocultural knowledge.

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Express Yourself

A few years ago, I realised I had stopped singing and laughing. I had essentially lost my voice. It was a gradual process, so I didn’t even notice it had happened, but I knew why it happened. I was in situations where I felt I couldn’t express my true desires, thoughts and emotions, mainly for fear they would be rejected or for disrupting the status quo. I had to make a choice to find my voice.

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The Emotional Body

Modern disciplines of medicine have changed the way we think about and measure emotions. Branches such as psychoneuroendocrinology are helping us to understand, not only the way our emotions affect our own bodies, but also how our emotions can affect or be affected by others.

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The Dolly Principle

As many of us have, I have been indoctrinated with the mindset that work has to be gruelling, monotonous and stressful, and anything that deviates from that is wrong.

Work patterns, habits and locations have changed significantly in recent years, but has our conscience followed suit?

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When Technology is Not Right for your Business

I am fortunate to have the perspective of a 'service provider' and all the joys and challenges it brings. Technology is excellent in helping to bring about more joyful moments but when human error comes into play, technology can be destructive for a business.

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The Caribbean Wellness Day

The Caribbean Wellness Day on Saturday was incredible - spending the day giving treatments and meeting amazing people.

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Social Media Detox Day

My phone had become an extension of my arm and the constant notification sounds, flashing lights and vibrations had become addictive. I feared my happiness, sadness, anger, compassion were being dictated by an algorithm. Real, heart-felt interactions were being replaced by miscommunications and misunderstandings.

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