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New Year body detox A diet overhaul and complete body cleanse with nutritionist Susie Perry
January 2009
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…from Pearl Unbelievably, it’s the beginning of a new year again already! And as each year rolls around, it seems to me that January unfurls with a flourish of new diets, new gym memberships, new fads, and new plans to morph into that better, shinier, happier, new and improved version of you. Personally, I’ve always felt January was a strange time of the year for ditching the steamed puddings in favour of carrot juice – surely it’s now, in the midst of all the darkness and the cold, and with the festive season burnt out and gone, that we need to spoil ourselves a little? I’m all for goals and aspirations – appointing yourself as head architect for your dreams, drawing up plans, visualising and taking action to make those things happen can be one of the most lifeaffirming things that you can do. It’s the self-bashing – the endless grind to lose weight, to give up smoking, to get up earlier – dull ‘shoulds’ that we impose on ourselves, that seem to suck the sparkle out of life. “If you notice something about yourself that you would like to improve,” says author Barbara Rose, “that is perfectly fine. However, this area does not constitute your core self and entire being to be deemed worthless.” How about forgetting all those ‘Shoulds,’ and setting yourself a New Year’s resolution to just have more fun? You could start by signing up for the ‘Daily Notes From The Universe’ – free, personalised emails that are designed to keep you inspired and mindful of the magical. Find out more at www.tut.com. In the meantime, nutritionist Susie Perry has put together some simple and effective ideas to help you take care of yourself through the food that you eat, and if it’s financial worries that have been eating you, turn to page 13 for some tips and pointers from lifecoach Benjamin Bonetti, to help you get those pennies rounded up and back in control. Here’s to a fantastic 2009.
Contents Features 11 New year, new you? Kick off 2009 as you mean to go on, with the help of nutritionist Susie Perry
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Tallulah Ellender Tallulha has new ideas to beat the January blues – no sale shopping required
Bowlful of cheer It’s fair to say that I really hate January. All the deliciousness of autumn, with its scorched leaves and wild celebrations, is subsumed by the mass feeding and consuming frenzy of Christmas, leaving skeletal trees, empty wallets and far from skeletal stomachs. New Year’s Eve for me is often spoilt by the pressure for it to be an amazing night, and inevitably involves pyjamas and Jools Holland rather than hedonistic partying. I do try to see in the New Year with an optimistic outlook, but no amount of resolutions (also known as ‘Lists of Things I Must Achieve Before the Year is Over Otherwise I Will Forever be a Miserable Bitter Wretch’) can change the fact that, in the words of Flanders and Swann, it’s “bloody January again.”
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This is traditionally the time of resolutions, of aiming to do better, to be better, of detoxing and dieting – a month of tedious abstinence and frantic gym-joining. But look back a few hundred years and you’ll find that the New Year used to begin in March. This seems a far better time to begin a new start, mirroring the budding of spring in all its bursting glory, but that would render January even more useless. So, as I am unable to reverse the decision by those wise Romans to move the start of the new year to January 1st, I feel that what is needed is some kind of January Fest – a fabulous, sumptuous ritual to cheer us all up. Of course, there is the Chinese New Year, and many places do hold their own festivals at this time of year, such as the Norse Fire Festival in Shetland that culminates in the burning of a Viking longship and the Scottish Burns Night, but many of us only have the rather dismal prospect of the January sales to look forward to. I am proposing a new, nationwide celebration to keep our spirits up and help us through the winter. A month of fun without the sun, if you will. So far I have come up with: using the old Saxon name ‘Wulf-monath,’ meaning ‘wolf month,’ to sex-up January and give it more kudos; moonlight
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“I am proposing a new, nationwide celebration to keep our spirits up and help us through the winter. A month of fun without the sun. so far I have I have come up with Wulf-monath”
paper-chases wearing only flippers and sheepskin coats; instigating an official Duvet Day where we all stay at home in bed, cosying up with our families or a good book; building hibernation ‘nests’ from shredded paper and tumble drier fluff, in which office workers can curl up and recuperate when needed; hot-water bottle decorating workshops; door-to-door singing and the exchanging of steaming pans of soup with our neighbours, which revives the old tradition of wassailing while incorporating the fact that January is already National Month of Soup in the US. If this fails to come about, as I think I can safely guarantee, I am left with no option but to change my attitude towards January. I will make it a New Year’s resolution to try to enjoy the month, to take the dusky stillness as an opportunity to recover from the mayhem of Christmas, to recharge and refocus for the year ahead. No more will I gloomily count the days until February, but I will grasp the New Year nettle with both hands and wallow in the chance to make vision boards, to set goals, to go running while all my fellow joggers are still unfit and I can just about keep up, to be thankful that it’s at least two months before my family start planning next Christmas and to be grateful for all that soup.
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GREEN PAGES Wading through the greenwash can be hard work, but the launch of the 2009 Brighton and Hove Green Pages will make ethical living easier for everyone. The Green Pages is like the Yellow Pages, but green. With over 300 ethical and environmental organisations listed, all vetted and complying to a strict ethical policy, you’ll be able to find anything from organic hairdressers to portable solar powered generators to environmentallyminded PR companies to biodegradable coffins. Pick up your free copy around town or visit www.brightongreenpages.org
GREEN GROCERIES A new online service, exclusive to Brighton and Hove, is about to revolutionise grocery shopping for those who value the planet. Log onto www. greenvan.biz and order from a great selection of quality organic, natural, fair trade food, drink & household goods – all with no GMs, no airfreight and no plastic carrier bags! Your shopping will be delivered directly to your door the next day, in an electric van that runs at 80-95 percent efficiency, which makes it an ideal urban delivery vehicle.
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NEW YEAR, NEW YOU? Now in its fourth year, The Lewes Wellbeing Fest promises to inspire you to meet like-minded souls and make things happen! Featuring some of the UK’s top workshop leaders, including Professor Brian Bates, author of The Way of Wyrd and Leo Rutherford, founder of Eagles Wing for Contemporary Shamanism. There will also be an abundance of free talks and demos, as well as a wonderful mix of affordable taster treatments, fair trade and natural organic products, inspirational art, books, delicious organic food and live music. For more information, go to www.starcommunities.com or call 01273 488924. For your chance to one of twenty free tickets, email your details to info@starcommunities.com.
VANILLA FLAVOURED BLISS “Massage releases more happy hormones than getting drunk in a pub,” says Sarah Lund, owner of the Sussex-based spa Vanilla Rooms. “Plus it enables you to think and function better.” So if you’re still suffering from seasonal over-indulgence, why not pamper yourself at Vanilla Rooms, who are offering a 20 percent discount on treatments for Wave readers. And that’s not all – reflexology treatments in the new year come with free nutritional advice, to help you get fit and shed those extra Christmas pounds without punishing yourself. For more information, call 01273 446464 or visit www.vanilla-spa.co.uk
THE FEMALE TOUCH The Brighton Women’s Centre, located at 72 High Street (just off St James’s Street,) welcomes women to its drop-in facility each Monday, Wednesday and Thursday between 10am to 3.30pm, and Tuesday at 5pm to 7pm. Trained volunteers are on hand with information or simply a caring ear and a cuppa for women who are in need of support. With the recent appointment of Lisa Dando as centre manager, new plans are in place for a series of self-development workshops and IT training. “These are testing times for almost everyone at the moment,” says Lisa, “and we are seeing a greater demand for our services and support within a safe women only environment.” For more details on the courses or volunteering, call Lisa or Sue on 01273 698036, or visit www.womenscentre.org.uk
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By their very nature, antiques are the embodiment of recycling and renewal. So it comes as welcome news that a fantastic new studio has opened in Hove which showcases signature arts and crafts furniture and design from 1850 to present day. The studio carries a mixture of designs, including lighting, pottery, glass, art work and high quality furniture. The Patch Rogers Studio is nestled down a quiet mews just in front of the Tin Drum in Hove on Second Avenue. Patch Rogers has been trading for over 20 years and his knowledge of 19th and 20th century art and design earns him respect as one of the country’s leading experts. Having worked in London for Liberty as the arts and crafts buyer and organiser of their exhibitions, the move to open a showroom accessible to everyone is good news for anyone seeking iconic pieces of design history or just some serious inspiration. Design houses such as Liberty and Heal’s, alongside designers such as Lutyens, Voysey, Morris, Alvar Aalto, Hans Wegner, Ernest Race, Robin Day, Serge Chermayeff and Wells Coats, are to name but some of those Patch has sought to showcase.
As the calendar kick starts another January I usually resist the tide of detox fads and weight loss regimes, believing they are driven by a media-led obsession with thinness rather than an appetite for wellbeing. Personally my Latin constitution feels that it’s too cold to ditch red wine, roast potatoes and warming stews in favour of carrot juice at this time of year. Wintery walks and chopping firewood accompanied by bouts of dancing, tree climbing and lazy vaguely yogic stretching suffice for exercise in our household. I am however considering my five parenting resolutions for 2009, and bravely I’m willing to share them with you.
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Among all the classic pieces of historic note, I also spotted some fantastic recycled design. The Rolls Royce mirror is made from a Rolls Royce jet engine (see photo), and my most favourite of all, the old fire station spotlight. Inspiration indeed. To add to its eco credentials, the workshop next to the studio offers full restoration, re-upholstery and curtain making services so you can renew your existing homewares and while you’re there take some inspiration from the beautiful pieces on offer next door. I think Patch is doing something different; the space itself is beautiful and the items in there a reminder of why we should buy old, not new. Once you‘ve seen them, who wouldn’t? If you’re in Hove, take a look for yourself. Located just off Second Avenue in Victoria Grove, Hove, the Patch Rogers studio will be open on Fridays from 11am–6pm, Saturdays 12–4pm and by appointment. Call 01273 324271 for further details or visit the website, www.acfc.co.uk for a general overview of what’s for sale. Sarah Whittaker is available for interiors projects. Contact Sarah at sarah@bluelamb.co.uk
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1 In 2009 I absolutely will not feel guilty. I will replace all my negative thoughts about my mothering ability with the affirmation: “I love myself and my children unconditionally.” This will (I hope) remind me to be in the present moment with my children rather than analysing every detail of our interactions for ways in which I can improve. Giving myself a break will help us all to relax. 2 I will try to find more ways to say “yes” to my children. Positive reinforcement and praise is proven to be more effective in transforming challenging behaviour than punishment. I will try to focus this on the pleasure my children feel at their achievements (eg “Wow you must feel so proud of yourself for vacuuming your bedroom”) rather than offering labels such as “good boy” that can encourage children to become overly dependent on pleasing others. 3 I will trust my children to follow their instincts. This includes allowing them to express difficult emotions, to resolve their own conflicts and to choose their own friends. I will resist the urge to rush in to mediate in the name of harmony, without being invited. 4 I will nurture and treasure my children’s creativity. I will happily have a kitchen full of paint, cardboard and clay. I will encourage floury baking sessions, singing in the back seat of the car, and a myriad architectural models made from old shoeboxes. 5 I will help my children to acquire skills that enable them to enjoy nature and manage danger. This will include building fires and shelters safely and using a knife to whittle sticks. Living in a risk-averse society can sterilise the fun out of childhood and in 2009 I will be vigilant to ensure that this attitude does not infect my parenting.
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Body detox Nutritionist Susie Perry from Nurturing Spirit on how to bounce back from festive over-indulgence, leaving you revitalised for the new year ahead in optimum health and nutrition TIRED AND TOXIC If you’re feeling pretty washed out from an over-indulgent Christmas then your post festive body is probably in need of a spring clean. The luxury solution would be to pack yourself off to the modern Mayr medicine clinic, Viva Mayr in Austria (www.viva-mayr.com), for a full body overhaul. But if a trip is out of the question, then it’s time to consider a DIY style cleanse.
BACK TO BASICS There are so many detox gadgets, gizmos and products available it’s hard to decipher what’s actually going to work. The options are literally endless – from detox foot spas and foot patches to pills, potions and anti-cellulite lotions. Most of what’s available does seem a bit hocus pocus. In my opinion, there are only two real contenders backed by more fact than fiction, and that’s your diet and lifestyle. Change these, and you’re going to be closer to achieving a revitalised body.
REDUCE YOUR TOXIC LOAD Get started by cutting out all the things that add toxins to your system. Yes, that means alcohol, caffeine, cigarettes, social drugs and processed foods or ready meals. It’s back to the natural stuff for a while. Don’t be surprised if you hit a bit of resistance here, as even just avoiding tea and coffee can trigger withdrawal headaches.
LESS ACID, MORE ALKALINE A toxic lifestyle and a diet rich in meat, fried food, cheese, butter, cakes, biscuits, sugar, chocolates, crisps, bread and processed foods can make your body too acidic, which slows up detoxification. Typical signs of this are headaches, spotty skin, joint pains, catarrh, sluggish digestion, bad breath and energy dips. Eating more alkaline forming foods helps your body detoxify. These include fruits, vegetables, millet, amaranth, quinoa, almonds, chestnuts, alfalfa, salad greens and sprouted pulses.
ALMIGHTY ANTIOXIDANTS Foods that help your body clean up its act are high in antioxidants. These tiny plant chemicals mop up toxins known as free radicals, which are capable of damaging body cells and DNA. Not good news if you want to keep your youthful looks and abundant energy.
BEAUTIFUL BERRIES Superfoods are packed full of antioxidants and you’re probably familiar with a few of the highly coloured and often strangely tasting berries from all corners of the world. You’ve got goji berries from China, acai berries from Brazil, cranberries from Canada, acerola cherries from America and the humble blueberry or bilberry from our very own highlands.
KNOW YOUR ORACS Then, of course, there are the not-soglamorous, but just as colourful, superfood vegetables. Basically anything bright green, yellow, orange, red or purple tends to score high on the ORAC list (ORAC measures how much antioxidant power a food has). Top ORAC scoring vegetables include peas, broccoli, beetroot, spinach, peppers, kale, carrots, squashes and sweet potatoes.
make a difference because it includes an apple mono feast on day three. Plus it’s realistic, the recipes are simple enough for anyone to follow and the ingredients used are easily accessible.
NUTRITIONIST SUPPORT Before you start the 5-Day Body Cleanse, you’ll get a 30 minute session with me either in the clinic in Brighton or Lewes or over the phone. I’ll check that the 5-Day Body Cleanse is suitable for you and talk you through the programme. You can also contact me for support during the programme.
FRESHEN UP WITH A MONO FEAST A body cleanse that is safe to carry out at home is something called a mono feast. This involves eating just one type of fruit for one or two days. Mono feasting is a great way to achieve a deep body cleanse, but you have to ease your body gently in and out, otherwise your digestive system will get too much of a surprise.
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You can do your own DIY cleanse by cutting out toxins and acid forming foods and munching your way through plenty of raw foods and alkaline forming foods, or you can follow a prescriptive programme. I’ve been using my 5-Day Body Cleanse in my nutrition clinic for over seven years now. It’s short enough to start during the week and finish off on the weekend, so you don’t have to take time off work to do it. It’s powerful enough to
If your busy schedule is going to make it impossible for you to do the ground work for the 5-Day Body Cleanse, then don’t go assuming that you can’t do it. Moreish, a bespoke catering company run by Claudine Debice who, for a reasonable fee, will take care of all the hard work. She’ll do the shopping, food prep and cooking for you following all the recipes detailed in the 5-Day Body Cleanse. No fuss, no bother, and no dirty hands – just the 5-Day Body Cleanse delivered to your door as a complete kit ready for you to enjoy. Check out www.moreish.co.uk, call 01273 321727 for more info. Susie Perry’s 5-Day Body Cleanse, a 15-page booklet which contains information on body cleansing techniques, diet and lifestyle tips, shopping lists, five-day menu plan plus recipes for each meal and snack. Costs £40, which includes a 30-minute Body Cleanse consultation with Susie. For more info www.nurturingspirit.co.uk, susie@nurturingspirit.co.uk. Call 01273 239 431
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Munch up the credit crunch With financial wellbeing a major concern for many of us, celebrity life coach Benjamin Bonetti has come up with an eight-point plan to help you make 2009 the year you resolve your money worries I have noticed an increase in calls over the last few weeks from executives and entrepreneurs who are worried about their fate in this economic climate. So I’ve put together eight steps to help you increase your chances of survival. TAKE TIME OUT AND PLAN With talk of an economic recession or downturn looming, you shouldn’t wait until later to decide what to do. Begin planning now for the possibility of things getting worse. If you feel you’re doing all right financially, then plan ahead for the possibility things take a turn for the worse. And if you’re already suffering financially, then start thinking about how to handle it if it lasts longer or gets worse. TALK TO OTHERS An economic downturn, slowdown and recession affects many people. So take some comfort in knowing you are, by far, not alone. The reason I mention this is to help ease your level of stress. If you’re suffering financially, others are too. The economy goes through ups and downs, so we all in our lifetimes go through this. Remember this is just a season, and seasons come and go. KNOW YOUR INCOME AND EXPENSES There are many of us who know how much we bring home in pay and other sources of income. But lots don’t realise how much they’re spending on things. Yes, we know the major expenses like rent or mortgage payments, utilities and car and student loans. But it’s the little ones can really eat up your savings and take-home pay. Make an accurate list of what you take in (income) and exactly what you spend it on (expenses). And track all of your expenses, not just the biggies. The national debt helpline have a great form that covers all aspects of expenditure and even works out your balance. Be specific and be honest – if your calculations are right you may be surprised. DEBT REALLY IS YOUR ENEMY Debt is money that you owe, meaning bills. Now there are good bills and bad ones. The good ones are those that are necessities, like rent and utilities. The things that you really need to live. The ones that you’ll pay later are the bad ones. Those special offers you see – you know the thing – “New Sofa! New TV!
Collect now pay five years later!” – aren’t really all that they seem. Make sure you read the small print, or even better, save up for your treats. It’s credit card debt that is the true evil, and it gets most of us into financial difficulty. It’s a great tool if you’re going to pay 100 percent of it off every month, but many people don’t. Control your credit card debt. If the credit card company wants to raise your limit, don’t go out and spend it. Just because you have a £2,000 limit doesn’t mean you have £2,000 to spend. Only use it when absolutely necessary. Keep them as an emergency backup if things really go bad. If you have a massive debt already, work out a strategy to pay it all back over the next 12 months. MANAGE YOUR PERSONAL ACCOUNT – DEBIT CARDS As opposed to credit cards, debit cards work a bit differently. The major difference is that they aren’t loans like credit cards. When you use a debit card, money is taken out directly from your bank account. Try to keep money in the account all month long. Create a plan within the next four months that will enable you to be in credit for the whole month, not just for the first few days after pay day. Remember, the
www.thelatest.co.uk/wave bank charges you interest every time you go into your overdraft. Overdrafts aren’t free. SET A PLAN TO REPAY THE DEBT NOW Let’s say you have £5,000 in credit card debt and pay £50 a month towards it. If you increase your payment, even a little bit, you’ll save lots of money in the end. And that’s because the interest you‘re accruing is being reduced. You see, it’s not the £5,000 that’s the trouble. It’s the neverending interest being added to it that really gets most people. And even with a low interest, you’re still accruing it and paying on it every single time you send in a partial payment. So increasing your payment amounts by a little or a lot more will cut your interest and get you paid off much sooner. BETTER YOUR HOME LIFE You’d be surprised at how much you can save by eating in. It’s far less expensive to buy food at the store and cook it at home than to eat out. Now by buying food, I don’t mean a packaged meal that you reheat at home. I mean buying goods that you’ll cook. In other words, things like soups, pasta, meat, fish, veggies, etc. And if you buy in bulk the things you really like, you will save even more money. Enjoy going to the supermarket and look at the specials at the deli counter, you will be surprised how many quality fillet steaks you can pick up. Make certain nights of the week your cooking night. Use your imagination and keep to a budget. WE ALL LOVE COFFEE I recently worked out that two coffees a day on average at my local branded coffee chain was costing me a whopping £2,000 per year. But by taking home an expensive jar of coffee, I could save myself over £1,500 per year alone – and that’s just on coffee. In other words, there are many ways to cut down the amount you spend on drinks. And every little bit you save helps you ride out the economic hard times. Remember, it’s the little bits you save here and there that really add up to lots in the end. If you are serious about securing your future call 0845 194 9644. www.empower-your-life.co.uk
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Career choice 30-somethings are seeking fulfillment through a career change, reveals Londonbased College of Naturopathic Medicine A trend is emerging for people to change career direction in their 30s and 40s in search of new challenges, research has revealed. A survey by the London-based College of Naturopathic Medicine (CNM) reveals that nearly three quarters of its students have embarked on a course in order to forge a new career path. This supports recent findings that a growing number of 30-somethings feel that they’ve hit a career plateau, and most are seeking a field of work that can make a difference to people’s lives. Three-quarters of CNM students are over 30 years-old, and the majority are looking for a career change. The notion that your job is for life went out of fashion a long time ago, and if you’re unhappy at work or harbouring an ambition, CNM run plenty of adult education classes to get you the skills and qualifications necessary to start that great career. Indeed, given that 70 percent of our waking day is spent at work, it's not surprising that more and more people are pro-actively seeking ways to spend more of those hours doing a job they enjoy. Jacquie Lane, 46 and from Brighton, (above), was a retail magnate working internationally for a six figure salary, but started studying naturopathic nutrition and medicine three years ago at the CNM in Brighton. She explains: “It was something I’d wanted to do for over 20 years. Even as a teenager I was giving friends dietary advice and coming up with plans for them. I always hoped that one day I'd be able to practise professionally. “Although I enjoyed my job, I knew it wasn’t what I really wanted to do. I’m now qualified as a nutritional therapist and am joining a clinic to start practising. I can’t wait to spend my days in rewarding contact with people, helping them to achieve their goals and become happier and healthier.” The survey, which was completed by former and current students of CNM last month, found that 90 percent of graduates are now practising professionally, and the same percentage would recommend the college to others who would like to study. Diploma courses available include nutrition, herbal medicine, acupuncture and homeopathy, and there are 12 college locations around the UK and Ireland to choose from. We all want to feel like our career is what we were meant to do in life. You can achieve your dream – you just need to do some research and come up with an action plan. For more information, please visit www.naturopathy-uk.com or email info@naturopathy-uk.com
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A little bit of R & R During my time as a personal health and fitness consultant, I remember many occasions where I have encountered individuals who, for one reason or another, have decided to make a fresh start in life. Whether it be a new career, a new partner or a new set of values, no fresh start is without the inevitable visit to the gym in the hope of halting the ageing process. For some, this has come about as a result of a visit to their respective GP, only to be told in no uncertain terms that bad tidings are just around the corner. For others, it’s simply frustration over the man boobs growing under the increasingly baggy tops or the appearance of cellulite down south. For me, it was simple. I envied every man, woman and child that I saw having what I like to term active fun.
Want to learn the piano, become a yoga teacher or become a professional football player? All you need to do is watch the Karate Kid. In the 1984 movie, Mr Miyagi offers to teach teenager Daniel karate so he can avoid being beaten to a pulp by the school black belt. Mr Miyagi tells Daniel to paint his huge garden fence, then wax his car. After days of doing chores, his arms and legs aching, Daniel is (he believes) none the wiser about karate. Just as Daniel is about to quit, Mr Miyagi asks him to show him ‘wax the car’ while he punches. Daniel blocks the punch with ease after days of unconsciously learning all the moves he needs.
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We can learn karate by painting a fence for days because there’s a little man in our head that learns how to do it first. He’s called a homunculus, and he was discovered by surgeon Wilder Penfield in the 1930s. Wilder used to saw through his epileptic patients’ skulls and use a small electrode to probe for tumours or abnormal tissue that he thought might be causing the seizures. When Wilder probed parts of the outer folds of the brain, his patients (under a local anaesthesia) reported feeling tingling sensations in their hands. Move the probe, and a leg jerked. What Penfield discovered is the brain has a complete map of our body inside it, with more areas devoted to particularly sensitive areas such as fingertips or lips (our genitals actually have a smaller area on our sensory homunculus – feel free to write in with guesses why). This little man not only maps how we sense touch, movement and pain, but what’s really cool is that more neurons get assigned to areas we use most often. The finger muscles of a concert pianist will have a larger area mapped out in the homunculus than the rest of us. And now comes the really cool part. Our brain isn’t fixed – instead our grey matter has what neuroscientists term ‘plasticity’ – the ability to devote more brain cells to things we do more often. Learn the piano for an hour a day, and your brain gets better at imagining how to do it better. In fact, watch someone else play the piano, or even just imagine playing in your head, and your brain maps for ‘piano playing’ grow. Mr Miyagi was right. All that painting the fence really does help you kick ass. Viv Craske is a meta-medicine health coach, NLP practitioner and hypnotherapist based in Brighton. To change your life, call 01273 208605 or email viv@nlpbrighton.co.uk
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As always, change can be and usually is a good thing, but my encounters with these individuals made me realise one very important thing. Change can also be dangerous. With the kind of commitment I have seen from some individuals, a radical change in lifestyle can lead to a situation where rest and relaxation can be associated with the old me. Fear of sitting still can lead to an individual pushing an unaccustomed body over the edge. I don’t know about you, but sleep deprivation is to me, quite possibly the worst torture, followed closely by hunger and thirst. Luckily for me, instances of this are few and far between. I must be getting old. Whether we are exercising or not, rest and relaxation play a hugely important role in maintaining the longevity our lives, and must not be over looked under any circumstances. Tiredness can lead to poor concentration and inevitable injuries, as well as poor performance. Imagine if you ran your car continuously without ever stopping for fuel or a service. If we are making big demands on our bodies, we need to give something back in the form of good nutrition and down time. Read a book, go for a walk or chill out on the beach. Be good to your body and say thanks with a good night’s sleep and remember, if nothing else, a little down time will bring happiness to your soul and a smile to your face. Adam Kann is a personal trainer at David Lloyd Health Club, Brighton Marina. Email him at adamkann@hotmail.com
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Can drinking tea really help you to lose weight? It has been said that three cups of green tea a day can help in the battle of the bulge. And after the excess of Christmas and New Year has taken its inevitable toll, slimming will no doubt be at the top of many people’s to-do lists this January. But for those of us who don't enjoy knocking back cup after cup of green tea, what’s the alternative? Pharma Nord's Bio-CLA+Green Tea is specifically aimed at people trying to reduce fat levels and combines conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) with green tea. One capsule is the equivalent of three cups of green tea, so if you take the recommended dosage of six capsules daily you will be receiving the benefit of 18 cups of green tea every 24 hours. And that’s not to mention the added benefits of CLA. For those of us without a PhD, conjugated linoleic acid, or CLA for short, is the most abundant polyunsaturated fatty acid found in human tissues and is naturally found in red meat. Dr David Mantle, of Newcastle University, explains how CLA works in conjunction with green tea. He says: “Clinical studies have shown that both CLA and green tea are effective in the management of body fat levels. “CLA is converted within the body into hormone-like substances that regulate the relative amounts of muscle
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and fat deposition, enabling the body to alter composition by reducing fat levels while maintaining or increasing muscle mass. “Green tea extract inhibits absorption of fat from the intestinal tract, reduces blood lipid levels, and activates fat-burning and increased energy expenditure.” Therefore, CLA and Green Tea extract work together to maintain a healthy muscle/fat tissue balance within the body, by promoting mobilisation of body fat, while maintaining or increasing muscle mass. Green tea also contains caffeine, which can serve as a mild appetite suppressant, and may lower cholesterol, promote cardiovascular health, and stimulate the promotion of several immune system cells. The polyphenols in green tea are believed to be responsible for its role in promoting good health. Bio-CLA +Green Tea is sugar, yeast, dairy, and gluten free and is also suitable for vegetarians. It is available at 50 caps for £8.76 (RRP) or 150 caps for £17.57 (RRP). Call Pharma Nord on Freephone 0800 591 756, email uksales@pharmanord.co.uk, or visit www.multivits.co.uk
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Abundant Living Steve Nobel tells us how to step into a new reality, living magically and abundantly
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Living abundantly on the planet is very much an ancient art form. If you are interested in living abundantly then you are also probably interested in living magically. Magic has been practised on the planet for thousands of years. Shamans were the ancient magicians and wise ones that knew how to connect with the unseen worlds of consciousness, energy and spirit for guidance, healing, help and magic. Today, there are very few awakened magicians or wise people working magically as we have been educated into believing we live in a rational and mechanistic universe. People think the economy is determined by rational laws. Economists have yet to come up with a unified theory that explains how the global economies work. This will never happen as long as they look for rational explanations. The economy is driven by human needs, perceptions and behaviour, and as we all know, this is not always rational. For instance, billions of pounds can be added to the economy or wiped away by intangibles such as confidence. Similarly, billions of pounds worth of trade is generated by the quality and depth of
Wave business Wave talks to some small businesses with planetchanging ideas. This month: Rose Howe from natural designer clothing company Hemprose What was the inspiration behind setting up the company? My inspiration and my drive for environmental issues comes from having children. Eight years ago, my children were young, and the papers were full of bleak news about the future of the planet. This upset me and also inspired me to do something. I thought, people will always need t-shirts and once you have tried hemp, you realise that it is a better fabric than cotton, which needs to be heavily sprayed with
relationships between people trading money for goods or services. So you see, you do not live in a totally rational or mechanistic universe. You live in a magical universe, and in such a place money is not just pieces of paper that exchange hands. Money is a form of energy and it needs to be thought of as such. Your unconscious mind, the part of you that generates your reality for you, knows how to work with energy. You just need to train it to work with money as energy. That being said, here is a money attraction exercise for you. Think of money for a moment and all the things you hope it will bring you. Then ask your unconscious to give you a symbol that represents you having the things you think money will bring you. This symbol can be anything from a handful of gold coins, to a flowing river, to an abundant garden. Be patient until a symbol comes. Then for five minutes a day visualise this symbol and imagine the brilliant light of the sun is illuminating it. Then just let go of the image. Do this for 21 days and viola! Then just be open to a miracle. ➜Steve Nobel is an author, spiritual coach and a director of Alternatives. For more information on his coaching and events visit www.stevenobel.com Steve is running a workshop called Powerful Transitions on 22 February 2009 in central London. For more information visit www.powerfultransitions.com
chemicals. I'm also inspired by wearing something that feels good and is sensual. The clothes are sensuous as well as comfortable, because that’s what feels natural to me. I found myself wearing the t-shirts to bed, because they are so soft and just the right weight, so I began designing nighties too. What’s been the biggest challenge you’ve faced? The biggest challenge I faced is one that is common when promoting eco products. Since the demand is low, the raw material prices are higher. I have kept my costs to a bare minimum, because I want the clothes to be affordable so everyone can try them. I am in this for the long term, and hopefully in the future my business will be more profitable. For the moment, I am still building it. These days, it is possible to fulfil a dream of becoming an entrepreneur because of the internet. What’s been your biggest success? My biggest success is having the Eden Project as satisfied customers for so many years. I appreciate their business so much, because they have withstood the obstacles that come in the way when using ethical factories in poor countries. There have been many times that deliveries have been delayed for reasons that could only come from a poor country, like electricity turned off, floods and political situations. Who are your heroes? Well, obviously, anybody who can make a difference environmentally. I am not very interested in politics but since we have been getting all this news about the environment, I do admire people who have the courage to make a positive change. ➜ www.hemprose.co.uk. Rose can be contacted at hemprose@hemprose.com or you can call her on 020 8299 1597. She would love to hear from you if you are thinking of starting something similar.
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What is… A doula? Rachel Rogers says that sometimes, a mother just needs the help of another mother It used to be that women in childbirth were looked after by other women – usually from the family and extended family such as mothers, sisters, grandmothers or cousins. Now that most women give birth in a hospital, this type of feminine care no longer exists, and has been replaced by a medically trained midwife who often has many women under her care, as well as a mountain of paperwork required of her. When the shift ends, there is a change of midwife and during a long labour, there may be several changes. A doula (from the Greek word meaning care giver), is a trained and experienced woman, usually a mother herself, who provides continuous care and emotional support to a woman during childbirth. A doula assists the birth process and promotes comfort by offering guidance, based on experience, such as suggestions for different positions, breathing, movement and relaxation. It is often said that she ‘mothers the mother’, seeking to ensure the woman feels safe and free of fear, enabling her to feel satisfied with and empowered by her experience. The benefits of continuous care by a doula have been well documented in recent studies. A first time labour is shortened by an average of 25 percent; the chance of a caesarean section is reduced by 50 percent; the need for pain medication is reduced by 40 percent; the chances of an instrumental delivery are reduced and the success of breastfeeding is increased. A birth doula will usually visit the mother at home once or twice after the birth to ensure that she and the new baby have settled in. The mother may decide to employ a postnatal doula for an extended period, to give practical help with the baby and around the house if necessary. A postnatal doula will offer guidance if required, and ensure a positive start at home. Some doulas offer both a birth and postnatal service. Having a doula present will help create a positive birth experience for the whole family. Usually a birth doula will charge between £150 and £600 and a postnatal doula between £10 and £15 per hour. This is money very wisely invested and where the cost is a problem, grandparents could give no better gift than the services of a doula. Suggested reading: Mothering the Mother, How a Doula Can Help You Have a Shorter, Easier and Healthier Birth by Marshall H. Klaus, John H. Kennell, Phyllis H. Klaus, and The Farmer and the Obstetrician, by Michel Odent. Free Association books 2002 Rachel Rogers is a Birth and Postnatal Doula. Contact her on 01342 822367 or 07796 111558. www.sounddoula.co.uk
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Hold fast Andrew Kay on a cleansing process and detox that does not hurt When Pearl asked me to write something appropriate for the new year edition of Wave my heart sank slightly. Traditionally in magazines the new year edition is the one almost universally branded ‘New Year, New You.’ Well, I don’t want a new me in the new year, I am pretty happy with the old one on the whole. Ok, there are some improvements I could make, but nothing too drastic. New Year food editorial is riddled with diets and before I get pilloried, I know many people have a diet they swear by and that always works for them. But the word always is the give away there, always, as in has to be repeated. ‘A diet’ is certainly a different matter from ‘Diet’ and if we are to make any change for the better then it is the latter we need to address. So here is the Andrew Kay new year detox and cleansing plan – and I promise you it is pretty painless. Christmas is over, you may have eaten and drunk your fill of delicious foods and perhaps some of it was overindulgent. There are probably even leftovers in the cupboard and the fridge and that is exactly where the AK detox starts. Yes, I don’t want you to detox your diet as such. I want you to detox your larder. What do you mean, you don’t have a larder? How do you survive? Of course I know the answer, anyone who does not have a larder, pantry or store cupboard, call it what you will, will shop in a very different way from those of us that do. When I shop I buy fresh ingredients knowing that in my kitchen I have a stable palate of ingredients with which to create meals. Open the cupboard and there is always pasta, pulses, rice and flour, always tinned tomatoes and a variety of convenient canned beans as well as eggs, I never keep eggs in the refrigerator. Another shelf has condiments and yet another spices and herbs. I have a small freezer cabinet at the bottom of the fridge and in that I keep a few essentials, frozen peas and broad beans, some herbs, a bit of game bought but not used and ice for gin and tonic. In the refrigerator I keep some cheese, milk, butter, good quality dripping, homemade of course and a few more jars of things that for some reason I think need to be kept in there. Stage one of my detox is to tackle each area one at a time. Taking everything off the shelves I give them a damn good clean. It’s remarkable how treacle can escape from a tightly lidded can and jam from a jar. Once clean, I take each item in turn and evaluate its status. Firstly sellby or best-by dates. It is quite extraordinary
how things go out of date, and once a year, I am merciless and ditch anything dodgy. I empty jars, wash them and either store or recycle them. Secondly I evaluate quantity. If, like me, you return bags to the shelf with silly, small amounts in them then this is a good time to rationalise. I quite often find several bags of flour all with less than a useful amount in them. Checking first for weevils, yes they can get into even the cleanest pantry, I then gather all useful amounts together. I am ruthless too, if there is a dreg in a jar, bag or bottle I throw it away making a note to replace with fresh.
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That done, I wipe down everything that has been given a reprieve and put it back in the cupboard. I repeat the process with every area of food storage, not always throwing things out. When it comes to the refrigerator I will take out things and cook them, the same with the freezer. I am rather fond of what I call fridge scraping stew and have made some memorable soufflés from heels of cheese too dry to eat on bread. There can be some satisfaction from applying the same process to the drinks cupboard but you can also end up making a rather large and pretty disgusting cocktail too, so beware. Having detoxed your pantry you can start to look at your diet. Those things that had passed their best almost untouched should be put on a never again list. Things you do use should be topped up and staples kept at a sensible level. Removing temptations is a pretty good way of keeping weight in check, so snack foods, no matter what their eco-organic pedigree, are a no no. Snacks are almost always an addition to a balanced diet. Don’t buy them and you won’t eat them. As for ‘a diet’, listen to your body. I know that mine will tell me what I need to eat and
when. And yes, that includes sugars and fats. Avoid fad diets at all costs. The most effective diet I ever tried was not a diet at all but an agreement amongst friends to give up booze for Lent. In a group we managed to do it rather successfully and yes, we all lost a few pounds weight as well as gaining a few pounds in cash. January may traditionally be a time to make resolutions but it is not a great time to be fiddling around with your diet in a radical way. The cold weather means that your body will use more energy to keep warm so be careful about cutting down and never ever cut out a whole food group. We all need sugars, starches and fats to survive. The choice really should be about the quality of what we put in our mouth, Balance is the key and if you are in any doubt then always consult a professional, either a doctor or nutritionist.
Pantry essentials Go out once and create a pantry and you will always have the makings of a decent meal in the cupboard. Apart from the eggs, butter and cheese and the vegetables and fruit, most of a pantry’s content will have an excellent shelf life and will only need replacing from time to time.
In the pantry: Flours, white plain and self raising (I use white for pastry and for cakes but always choose an organic brand), wholemeal and corn Tinned tomatoes Tinned beans Dried pulses, a variety Rice, a variety Dried fruit Herbs, spices and seasonings Jams, pickles and sauces, Rose and orange water Honey, treacle, unrefined sugars Olives, capers, anchovies and tinned fish Vinegars Oils Eggs
In the refrigerator: Butter Cheese Milk Salad and seasonal vegetables, onions, garlic, ginger, chillis, lemon grass, fresh fruits and fruit juices.
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7th, New Pilates courses at Revitalise Pilates Intro, 6–7pm with Helen Douglas in Pineapple. £48 for 6-week course Pilates Level 2, 7–8pm with Helen Douglas in Pineapple. £48 for 6-week course Pilates Level 3, 8–9pm with Helen Douglas in Pineapple. £48 for 6-week course Pilates Intro, 8–9pm with Tansy Blaik-Kelly in Strawberry. £48 for 6-week course
Special offer at Revitalise every weekday in January 11am to 12pm, Homeopathy available for an amazing £10 a session. Contact Revitalise to make a booking. 01273 738389. health@revitalise-u.com, www.revitalise-u.com Mondays, Antenatal Pregnancy Yoga 7.30–9pm. Upstairs at Little Dippers, Upper Gardner Street, Brighton. £8 drop in/£43 for 6. www.yogamamas.co.uk Thursdays, Scaravelli Inspired Hatha Yoga for Everyone Including postnatal mamas & papas. 7:30–9pm. Upstairs at Little Dippers, Upper Gardner Street, Brighton. £8 drop-in/£43 for 6. www.yogamamas.co.uk 4th, Revitalise Taster Day All classes such as Pilates & Yoga are free. All therapies an amazing £10. Contact Revitalise to make a booking. 01273 738389. health@revitalise-u.com, www.revitalise-u.com 5th–9th, Yoga, Tai Chi & Boxercise Classes at Revitalise Please call one of our reception team on 01273 738389 to book your place. Drop ins are available when courses are not fully booked. Sivananda Yoga (all levels), 8.30am–9.45am with Sarah. £36 for 6-week course, £7 drop in Vinyasa Flow Yoga Level 1, 6pm–7.30pm with Tea. £36 for 6-week course, £7 drop in Vinyasa Flow Beginners, 7.30pm–9pm with Tea. £36 for 6-week course, £7 drop in Ashtanga (all Levels), 7.30pm–8.30pm with Kathryn. £42 for 6-week course £8 drop in
8th, New Pilates courses at Revitalise Pilates Intro, 9.30–10.30am with Jules Parker in Pineapple. £48 for 6 week course Pilates Level 1, 10.30–11.30am with Jules Parker in Pineapple. £48 for week course Pilates pregnancy, 6–7pm with Emily Wilson in Strawberry. £48 for 6 week course Pilates Level, 6–7pm with Clare Brown in Pineapple. £48 for 6-week course Pilates Intro, 7–8pm with Emily Wilson in Strawberry. £48 for 6-week course Pilates Level 2, 7–8pm with Clare Brown in Pineapple. £48 for 6-week course Pilates Level 1, 8–9pm with Emily Wilson in Pineapple. £48 for 6-week course 10th–11th, Creative Comedy with the Maydays Discover your inner comic genius, unleash your creative potential and increase your confidence with this foundation weekend in improvised comedy. Improv uses no scripts or prepared material. Instead, comedy is created in the moment: a playful and liberating experience, which is both very funny and helpful for overcoming creative blocks. Our foundation weekend provides a fun and gentle introduction to this lifechanging artform. 10.45am–4.45pm. Cost: £90
(£77 concessions) for the weekend. Evolution Arts & Health Centre, 2 Sillwood Terrace, Brighton, BN1 2LR, 01273 204204. info@evolutionarts.org.uk, www.evolutionarts.org.uk 13th, Raja Yoga Meditation Course Eight sessions beginning tonight, 7.30–9pm, free of charge, Brahma Kumaris, 20 Nevill Road, Hove, 01273 279481, brighton@uk.bkwsu.org, www.bkwsu.org/uk/brighton 14th, Positive Thinking Course Three sessions, beginning tonight. 7.30–9pm, free of charge, Brahma Kumaris, 20 Nevill Road, Hove, 01273 279481, brighton@uk.bkwsu.org, www.bkwsu.org/uk/brighton 17th, Friends Massage with Luca Dray These popular massage days are specially designed to introduce simple and effective techniques to encourage confidence and awareness and to cultivate an atmosphere of creativity and relaxation. Invite a friend or partner and book now! This is an ‘oil on skin’ treatment using organic base oils, which will be provided. 10.45am–4.45pm, cost: £45 (£38 concessions.) Evolution Arts & Health Centre, 2 Sillwood Terrace, Brighton, BN1 2LR, 01273 204204. info@evolutionarts.org.uk, www.evolutionarts.org.uk 22nd & 29th, Practical Meditation for Beginners 9.45–11.15am Brighton, free of charge, Brahma Kumaris, 20 Nevill Road, Hove, 01273 279481, brighton@uk.bkwsu.org, www.bkwsu.org/uk/brighton 17th–18th, Film & Video with Martin Smith Learn the basic skills needed to produce a short film from script to screen. This weekend is ideal for those with little or no experience, looking to create professional short films using basic equipment and little money. The weekend covers the basic principles of script writing, image composition, working with the camera, editing techniques and special FX. 10.45am–4.45 pm. Cost: £100 (£85 concessions) (includes materials and equipment.) Evolution Arts & Health Centre, 2 Sillwood Terrace, Brighton, BN1 2LR, 01273 204204. info@evolutionarts.org.uk, www.evolutionarts.org.uk 18th, World Peace Hour Meditation 6–7.30pm, free of charge, Brahma Kumaris, 20 Nevill Road, Hove, 01273 279481, brighton@uk.bkwsu.org, www.bkwsu.org/uk/brighton
5th, New Pilates Courses at Revitalise Please call reception on 01273 738389 to book your place. You need to book & pay in advance to reserve your place & avoid disappointment. Pilates Intro, 9:30–10:30am with Helen Douglas in Strawberry. £48 for 6-week course Pilates Level 1, 10.30–11.30am with Helen Douglas in Strawberry. £48 for 6-week course Pilates Level 2, 6–7pm with Clare Brown in Pineapple. £48 for 6-week course Pilates Intro, 6–7pm with Tansy Blaik-Kelly in Strawberry. £48 for 6-week course Pilates Level 1, 7–8pm with Clare Brown in Pineapple. £48 for 6-week course Pilates Level 1, 7–8pm with Tansy Blaik-Kelly in Strawberry. £48 for 6-week course Pilates Level 1, 8–9pm with Clare Brown in Pineapple. £48 for 6-week course Pilates Intro, 8–9pm with Tansy Blaik-Kelly in Strawberry. £48 for 6-week course
18th, Indian Head Massage with Luca Dray Learn fast and slow, invigorating and releasing techniques for this seated massage that focuses on the upper back, upper arms, shoulders, neck, scalp and face, which can result in a release of tension and enhanced mental clarity and wellbeing. The days are open to complete beginners as well as those with previous experience. 10.45am–4.45pm. Cost: £45 (£38 concessions.) Evolution Arts & Health Centre, 2 Sillwood Terrace, Brighton, BN1 2LR, 01273 204204. info@evolutionarts.org.uk, www.evolutionarts.org.uk 20th, Life drawing and painting course Starts Tuesday morning, 20th January. 10am–12pm. Ten week course, £75. Sidney Walter Centre Sussex Road, Worthing. Contact Dudley Sawer on 01903 232746 22nd, Life drawing and painting course Starts Thursday evening, 22nd January. 10-week course, £75. Sidney Walter Centre Sussex Road, Worthing. Contact Dudley Sawer on 01903 232746 to confirm times/further info. 24th, Carnival Dance with Rosaria Gracia This introductory session is devised to explore movement through rhythms inspired by the Candomble and Santeria divinities, regional dances such as Maracatu, the sensual and energetic Samba and collective dances to the sound of Samba Reggae. Fusion techniques and performance skills will also be covered. The session is created to teach and inspire participants to move to fun and energetic rhythms. All abilities and ages are welcome. 2pm–6pm. Cost: £36 (£30 concessions) Evolution Arts & Health Centre, 2 Sillwood Terrace, Brighton, BN1 2LR, 01273 204204. info@evolutionarts.org.uk, www.evolutionarts.org.uk 24th, Workshops for Women; Restful Living 2–4pm, Brighton, free of charge, Brahma Kumaris, 20 Nevill Road, Hove, 01273 279481, brighton@uk.bkwsu.org, www.bkwsu.org/uk/brighton 24th, New eight week Shiatsu course for beginners Starting on Saturday Jan 24th 2009 10am–12pm, at Revitalise, 86 Church Road, Hove. 01273 738389. www.revitalise-u.com, health@revitaliseu.com. Cost £70 25th, Singing Day with Lorraine Bowen Join the quirky singing world of Lorraine Bowen as she takes you through popular song, quintessential English Rounds, choral raps and some classic pop songs for a day. Expand your range, harmonise, learn some tricks to improve your confidence and generally have good fun with your voice in the comfort of a group without the commitment of being in a choir! If you’re a beginner, you won’t be by the end of the day! 10.45am–4.45pm. Cost: £45 (£38 concessions) Evolution Arts & Health Centre, 2 Sillwood Terrace, Brighton, BN1 2LR, 01273 204204. info@evolutionarts.org.uk, www.evolutionarts.org.uk 31st, The Power to Face Very Scary Obstacles, One Day Event 10.30–4pm, free of charge, registration only, Brahma Kumaris, 20 Nevill Road, Hove. Call 01273 279481, brighton@uk.bkwsu.org, www.bkwsu.org/uk/brighton End of January – date TBC – Preparing for Birth – Yoga Workshop Lasts 4hrs, includes refreshments and breaks. For mums-to-be, their partners and/or birth partner. With special guest speaker, Gaynor Sheppard, local Brighton midwife with over 10 years experience in the community (home births) and in hospital. Please contact clare@yogamamas.co.uk for more details or to book your place. £75/couple. www.yogamamas.co.uk. Kirsten runs her nutrition practice from Brighton and Hove, and gives regular talks in the area, as well as guest lecturing in other parts of the country. Cornerstone Community Centre, Church Road, Hove – wheelchair access via lift. 6pm–7:30pm, £5. Call 01273 410563 or 07968 137246 www.connectwithnutrition.co.uk
6th, New Pilates courses at Revitalise Pilates Level 1, 6–7pm with Emily Wilson in Strawberry. £48 for 6 week course Pregnancy Pilates, 6–7pm with Clare Brown in Pineapple. £48 for 6-week course Pilates Intro, 7–8pm with Clare Brown in Pineapple. £48 for 6-week course Pilates Level 2, 7–8pm with Emily Wilson in Strawberry. £48 for 6-week course Pilates Level 2, 8–9pm with Clare Brown in Pineapple. £48 for 6-week course Pilates Level 3, 8–9pm with Emily Wilson in Strawberry. £48 for 8-week course
FARMERS MARKET – 1st SUNDAY EACH MONTH 10am–2pm, Ralli Hall, Denmark Villas next to HOVE STATION Shopping at your local Farmers Market is the easiest way of helping the environment. Attending each month supports hundreds of local organic farms. Sussex Farmers Market of the Year 2007. The Only Vegetarian (plus fish) market in Europe.
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wave stays in Book, CD & DVD reviews by Elizabeth Holmes A Good Night’s Sleep: A Drug-Free Solution
Modern Life: As Good as it Gets?
Jan Sadler (Deep Books, ISBN 9781594772344) For the insomniac, the intention to sleep is not a benign desire but a frustration that simply serves to ensure that the desire never becomes a reality. Thankfully, this needn’t be a life sentence! It is possible to train yourself to sleep more soundly and Sadler offers a range of tools to achieve just that. From learning about diaphragmatic breathing to quietening down the mental chatter, this book offers tools such as the ‘Stop/Cancel/Change’ and ‘Shakeout’ exercises and an accompanying 65-minute CD presenting six relaxation and visualisation techniques. With this guide, sleeplessness needn’t be an influence in your life.
Richard Docwra (Green Books, ISBN 9781903998977) Ok, we’ve got problems. Our relentless pursuit of profit at the expense of everything else in life has led us to where we are now, with outrageous inequalities, and insecurities which are evidently unsoothed by secularised society and an utter lack of ideas from those with the resources to transform lives. In circumstances like these, the only sustained and long-term solutions can come from grass roots and this is just such a book. Covering the problems we’re currently facing such as loss of community, consumerism and a lack of involvement in politics, Docwra offers us more than just an antidote to our dumbed-down world; it’s a plan of campaign – a guide for change and a blueprint for a happier life. Read it!
Mali Koura
A Prickly Affair: My Life with Hedgehogs
Issa Bagayogo (Six Degrees, 657036 1151-2) Mali may be one of the ten poorest nations in the world but it’s rich in its musical heritage and Issa is a huge contributing influence to that. Understandably, Issa is a regular star attraction around the world, with a wildly enthusiastic following and deservedly so. This multi-layered offering is a fully-matured African-European hybrid. There are jazzy influences and house-derived rhythms while the vocals are often a light touch. There’s tremendous warmth on this album which will never disappoint; there’s so much to discover in each track. Even if you’ve never listened to Issa before, I’d say this is a risk-free purchase!
Hugh Warwick (Allen Lane, ISBN 9781846140655) This quirky little guide to a little-understood yet universally known animal has deep appeal. Why this prickly beast has such a firm place in our affections can’t just be down to Mrs Tiggywinkle! Warwick’s certainly not immune to this object of our passions and his quest to answer all our questions about hedgehogs is certainly a thorough one. This is beautifully presented and wittily illustrated (by Dave Shephard) and includes information on what hedgehogs actually are, what they do and how to make the world more hedgehog friendly.
Living Well with Pain and Illness
Clean Language: Revealing Metaphors and Opening Minds
Vidyamala Burch (Piatkus ISBN 9780749928605) There’s a wisdom in pain and suffering but finding where it rests is a challenge too far for many of us. This practical guide serves as a signpost for just that purpose, covering our relationship with pain, mindfulness and healing, meditation practice and much more. The case studies are inspirational but the way in which meditation and mindfulness are employed to tackle the long-term struggles that many have with ongoing pain and illness shows us that there is a certain dignity we might usefully develop to help our journey. Calm, mindful awareness of the body, says Burch, is the key to letting go of suffering and its associated frustrations. Cure may not be possible, but healing certainly is and any interested will find much to inspire here.
At Large and at Small: Confessions of a Literary Hedonist Anne Fadiman (Penguin ISBN 9780141033990) If you devoured Fadiman’s obliquely autobiographical hit Ex Libris, you will absolutely love this little gem. An excellent essayist, her style is typical of the genre – fascinating intellectual breadth and a miniaturist focus. Fadiman is humorous too, which makes this book a romp of a read through her passions, both literary and everyday. These personal obsessions, which include butterflies, HaagenDazs Chocolate Chocolate Chip ice cream, writing at night, coffee and word games, are far from psychological problems to cure and rather, fascinating characteristics which she celebrates and in doing so, gives us permission to indulge our own personal obsessions too. Marvelous stuff!
Wendy Sullivan and Judy Rees (Crown House Publishing, ISBN 9781845901257)
Clean Language, which has its roots in therapy, is a toolkit from which assumptions and metaphors have been cleansed as much as possible. This book promises that Clean Language is simple to learn but that should perhaps come with a health warning. The concept may be simple but it needs to be engaged with so that critical thinking can be applied. It’s an interesting approach though and one worth exploring at the very least for a different view on self-understanding.
You Can Only Achieve What is Possible: A Self-Help Antidote to our Self-Help Culture Dawn Mellowship (O Books, ISBN 9781846941092) What a refreshing book! Every self-help guru and wannabe self-help workshop facilitator should read this and take on board some very basic concepts about human nature. The next time someone says ‘you just don’t want it (whatever that may be) enough otherwise you would have attracted it into your life,’ chuck a copy of this book their way and tell them to get real! As Dan Millman once said, you can control your effort but not the outcome, and until we take that on board, attempts at transforming our lives will end in frustration, unless, of course, we read this book!
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sketch where she declined to advertise tampons because “there’s only one place that’s going!” Only women bleed. The good green news is that these days, we have a choice about what’s going where. No longer is the only option a chlorinefilled mattress-sized pad that advertisers poured blue liquid onto to measure absorption in the 1980s. Nor do we have to use the chemicallyladen torpedoes that could cause toxic shock syndrome. It’s a toxic shock to me that the manufacturing of these products is one of the greatest
How green am I? New green products mean women can stay eco-friendly at any time of the month, says Netty Wendt
My ex-flatmate is forever embarrassing me. She once gave me a book to read on the tube. It was salubriously titled Aardvarks to Zebras, 1001 Things You Didn’t Know About The Penis. One thing I didn’t know was that it was a popup book. She’s always been one of those earth-mother hippy types and has gone on to have the naughtiest child in the universe, a child so naughty I want to phone social services and have her poor mum taken into care. This is the same little girl who “for a joke” coloured in the spot on my carbon monoxide indicator. Recently I went shopping with them and as we passed the aisle of tampons and sanitary towels the child began singing over and over: “Look! Mummy’s poo poos!” “No!” Mummy admonished as I cringed. “No more!” Mummy continued loudly: “Now Mummy uses a menstrual cup! Mummy rinses it in the sink, it’s better for Mummy and better for the environment… where’s Netty?” Netty was hiding by the digestives. I was utterly embarrassed. I suppose Jennifer Saunders summed it up in that
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causes of dioxin pollution worldwide. We now have available to us bleach-free, hypo-allergenic, 100 percent natural cellulose materials and mostly over 95 percent biodegradable products to choose from. We also have sustainable plant-like sea sponges (used in operations) which are reusable for six months and, considering the average woman gets through 11,000 tampons in her life, they seem as eco-friendly as the rags our grannies used. As for cups, I still use mine for tea. Unlike my ex-flatmate, not everybody shouts about periods, apart from my cousin Richard. He recently told me of the time he’d been enjoying belting out a familiar rock song while fixing his car. Passers by had looked perplexed – the song went something like this; “Woaaa! Bodyfooorm, Bodyform for yoooo.”
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January’s stars by Val Aviv
Aries
Leo
Sagittarius
Think assertion but not aggression as it’s the careful steps that must be taken when aspiring to climb lofty ladders; this ensures that you don’t step heavily on another’s toes.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, but you are no Jack! Sometimes it’s the hard graft that seems to go unrewarded; rest assured you’re laying the foundations of a fantastic future.
Re-evaluating your long-term goals now, can change the course of the outcome. Collecting and assimilating new information can manifest in you a positive way of thinking which although previously went unrealised, is now imperative.
Taurus
Virgo
Capricorn
Your career is ready to accelerate to new levels. To make the best of any new challenges look forward to the future and work towards making something concrete that is in keeping with your dreams.
With responsible Saturn tugging at your sense of identity and an eclipsed moon in your work house; remember that you can never be in control of everything. Allow a new phase to start without worry.
For those born at the start of Capricorn you may experience inner turmoil. There’s nothing to fear from change; it’s a human necessity to grow through metamorphosis.
Gemini
Libra
Aquarius
Bright eyed Mercury has recently enjoyed cultivating some meaningful philosophies in the wonder-scape of your minds eye. His retrograde motion promises some serious wake up calls to things of the earthly realm that need readdressing.
Efforts to establish a niche for yourself will be noticed around the full moon. Your sensitivity coupled with an eclipsed new moon in your house of fun could be the start of something special.
Nothing is going to seem normal at this time as great benevolent forces are abundantly arriving on your lap. An eclipsed new moon in your sign gives you the impetus to get started reinventing yourself.
Cancer
Scorpio
Pisces
With an eclipsing full moon in Cancer, you can expect the culmination of a great many efforts to be rewarded. You have an ability to grab the reins of life with a fresh ingenious impetus.
A social time filled with uncanny and compelling meetings can inspire in you the value of having a good social network of support. No man is an island; the input of others will prove beneficial.
Very little has the power to hold you back, although if you sense that there are others who would like to rein you in; seek the middle ground without compromising that which you hold dear.
For a confidential reading and an in-depth review of your destiny, contact Brighton’s most sought after astrologer, Val Aviv. 01273 882 233 07940 128 991 Email: astrology@valaviv.com
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