Today I’m looking at my favourite aromatherapy oils – the ones I use all the time in my practice because I find them most effective. 1. Let’s start with lavender. Everyone should have lavender in their first aid kit because it’s all-round wonderful. Lavender is very good for relaxing people.

At certain times of year colds and flu are everywhere and everyone goes down with them. So what natural treatments should we be using to avoid getting a cold or flu? And if we do get one, what do we do about it? Avoid getting colds and flu in the

Everyone’s heard of massage, but not everyone knows about the different kinds of massage. So today I’d like to explain what remedial massage therapy is, and answer the commonest questions people have. What is Remedial Massage Therapy? Remedial massage is based on the Swedish massage tradition, but with a particular focus

Menopause affects all women, so of course there’s great interest in treating it naturally. And the best natural treatment is a combination of acupuncture, aromatherapy and massage. All three are equally useful in very different ways. Let’s start with a quick discussion of acupuncture for menopause. Why use acupuncture for menopause?

Over the years I’ve had a good number of people come to me with depression and depression-related symptoms. So today I’m looking at the best natural treatments for depression. Association of depression with the liver Depression, according to one mind-body and connection expert, is caused by anger. Anger because you

Aromatherapy is the use of essential oils from flowers, trees, and herbs. One drop of essential oil is 70 times more powerful than the original plant because it’s the concentrated oil of the plant. It’s the opposite of homeopathy, which works on the theory of like cures like. It is

Every so often clients ask me about fragrance oils vs essential oils. A lot of clients don’t know much about aromatherapy or the oils used, so I guess it’s natural, but for me the difference is quite clear. Essential oils are naturally extracted and ‘whole’. They are are naturally occurring

Natural stress relief is an increasing part of my practice. So many people these days are going through long periods of stress. When you have a look at current lifestyles – both people working; dealing with kids; just trying to find a holistic balance in life for yourself and other members of your family…

Anxiety and stress are common for women who are having difficulty conceiving. For that reason alone, I believe in acupuncture for fertility problems. If your body is more relaxed, you are more likely to conceive. It certainly worked for Bianca. She came to me in June 2015 after a series of

It’s difficult to give a clear answer about how many treatments you will need to feel better. Health is a highly individual matter. Everyone has a different healing time. Janene aims to deliver results from the very first treatment. But feeling ‘a bit better’ and feeling ‘completely better’ are different