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Aimed at children aged five to 10, the first part of this book by expert child psychologist Dr Karen Treisman is an illustrated therapeutic story about Binnie the Baboon, with a focus on worry and anxiety. This is followed by a wealth of creative activities and photocopiable worksheets for children to explore issues relating to anxiety, worry, fears, and stress, and how to find ways to understand and overcome them. The final section of the book is full of advice and practical strategies for parents, carers, and professionals on how to help children to start to understand why they experience feelings of anxiety, and what they can do to help reduce and navigate it. This activity book, published by Jessica Kingsley Publishing, is complemented by a standalone picture book of Binnie's story. RRP: £22.99 (176 pages), available from uk.jkp.com
MINDFUL PURE ESSENTIAL OIL BLEND BY BASE FORMULA Mindful Pure is a warm, aromatic, deeply calming blend, to ground and soothe the senses and relax the mind and body. With frankincense, lavender sage, spike lavender, clary sage, sage dalmation, patchouli and petitgrain, this blend is ideal for supporting mindfulness practices and meditation, whether you’re a complete beginner or seasoned professional. It will help calm the nervous system and encourage clarity and self-awareness, supporting a deeper practice for those who practice regularly. For those who don’t, it can help encourage a deep sense of peace, calm, stability and wellbeing that regular mindfulness and meditation can bring. RRP: £7.20 (10ml), available at baseformula.com
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DERMALOGICA SMART RESPONSE SERUM
BINNIE THE BABOON ANXIETY AND STRESS ACTIVITY BOOK BY DR KAREN TREISMAN
Winner of Woman & Home Beauty Awards – Best Beauty Innovation 2021, Dermalogica’s Smart Response Serum contains ingredients that are ‘switched on’ when they detect certain changes in the skin and work to reduce four common symptoms - redness, dehydration, dark spots and wrinkles. Among other ingredients, the serum contains gallic acid from Japanese cornelia cherry, to help soothe skin and reduce the appearance of redness; mannose-6-phosphate, to help smooth and firm the skin; hydrolysed wheat flour, rich in arabinoxylo-oligosaccharides, to brighten skin and help reduce the appearance of dark spots; and oligosaccharides from hydrolysed beta glucan, to help the skin maintain optimal hydration levels. RRP: £130 (30ml), available from dermalogica.co.uk
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4 3 A look at some of the latest products that might be of interest to our members... HOT STONES FROM PHYSIQUE
Physique Management have some great new hot stones to add to your kit. The Physique Mushroom Hot Stone is a trigger point massage stone, requiring only gentle effort when using during treatments. It’s the perfect tool for pointed pain relief and trigger point therapy for neck points, palms, back, legs and shoulder muscle points (£11.99). And Physique’s set of two Pressure Point Hot Stones (pictured above) have been ergonomically designed and expertly shaped for deep tissue massage. Ideal for trigger point release, sports therapy and remedial massage, this set is also particularly effective on rhomboids, splenius capitis and for meridian tracing (£11.99). Available at physique.co.uk
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THEMING SKILLS FOR YOGA TEACHERS BY TANHA MICKWITZ
Considering yoga philosophy, mythology, poses, and nature, Theming Skills for Yoga Teachers provides guidance in how to skillfully theme yoga classes with greater depth and give students meaningful ways to integrate yoga into their lives beyond the mat. The book encourages autonomy of interpretation while also providing questions and exercises at the end of each chapter to help inspire ideas and form a synergy of practical application and creativity. This book allows both yoga teachers and trainees to create more meaningful yoga sessions and hone their teaching ability to provide a more memorable and holistic learning experience. RRP: £17.99, available at uk.singingdragon.com
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