Rest for Radiance By Mary Berkery This summer and autumn, new directions opened to me as a wellness coach. I followed my dream of many years to study equine-assisted learning, which took me to the…
Maya Fiennes is returning to Dublin following on from the success of her workshop earlier this year, with the aim of restoring and re-energising the participants of the event. Maya will be using her own…
By Dr Gill Hart It’s not surprising that people are reluctant to find out which foods might be contributing to their ill health symptoms: “Where do I start? Which foods should I be avoiding?…
By Mary Berkery Your skin is a living, functioning, rhythmical organ. It is about 2mm thick and has approximately 3.5 million pores, making it semi-permeable. It has 3 distinct layers and is the largest…
By Dhara Kelly Let us remember that ‘detoxing’ is just a current, popular word for cleansing. ‘Cleansing’ (an age-old practise), in fact, more accurately suggests that there is a natural accumulation of wastes in…
By Patrick Bridgeman What a nice surprise to be invited to the beautiful coastal town of Westport to review the country’s pre-eminent Ayurvedic Spa. My wife and I had a pleasant drive across from…
By Mary Berkery There is so much information on nutrition, diets and the latest trends that it is difficult to know what is good or not. It is also difficult for us to stay away…
By Mary Berkery What does it mean to feel beautiful? To fully express one’s attractiveness in all its variety? Where does the idea of the perfect figure/face come from? One of the many turning points…
By Mary Berkery Winter is a time where the abundance of nature withdraws into the earth and nature seems asleep to our eyes. According to Traditional Medicine, it is a time to ground oneself, to…
By Mary Berkery We are coming into that time of transition between Summer and Winter, Autumn is here with its dramatic change in deciduous leaves from green to browns, reds and yellows. It is the…
By Mary Berkery My first body treatment was reflexology in the late 70s in Boston. The therapist was able to point out stress points in my body through my feet. I left that institute with…
By Mary Berkery Happy springtime, everyone! Spring is starting well for me because this is the first of a series of regular articles I will be writing for Positive Life about positive beauty. I have…