Tag: health

The Power of Fasting

Soul + Body

Good Food, Wellbeing

The Power of Fasting

For some (but not all) of us, intermittent fasting can have health benefits. We present four different fasting patterns.

Jakub Bas

The Rhythm of the Night

Soul + Body

Wellbeing

The Rhythm of the Night

Everyday stress and anxiety increasingly pervade our waking lives; at night-time, too, they can lead to sleeplessness. Can music help us tune out from insomnia?

Enis Yucekoralp

Summer Meditations

Soul + Body

Breathe In

Summer Meditations

A psychologist outlines four meditation exercises for the summer months.

Why Go Barefoot?

Soul + Body

Wellbeing

Why Go Barefoot?

Bare feet manifest many meanings – from the religious to health and the everyday.

Anna Berestecka

Keep Your Fasciae Healthy!

Soul + Body

Wellbeing

Keep Your Fasciae Healthy!

Fasciae, the connective tissue that envelopes all of our internal organs, is one of the body’s last mysteries. Slowly but surely, its importance to our health is becoming clearer.

Marcin Kozłowski

Why You Should Find Time to Be Alone With Yourself

Soul + Body

Wellbeing

Why You Should Find Time to Be Alone With Yourself

Don’t confuse loneliness with time by yourself.

Micaela Marini Higgs

Art + Stories, Humor + Variety

Opinions, Variety

Laugh Boldly!

Laughter is advantageous, even if you don't feel like smiling at all. The creator of a wellness method that uses laughter, talks about its everyday benefits as well as its more profound properties.

Soul + Body

Wellbeing

Monks on Ice

The Tibetan Buddhist breathing technique ‘tummo’ creates inner heat. The practice of similar techniques might have helped the likes of Wim Hof to achieve the seemingly impossible in extreme cold.

Tomasz Wiśniewski

Like the Steam from Boiling Rice

Soul + Body

Wellbeing

Like the Steam from Boiling Rice

Qi—our life force, according to practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine and martial arts—is as invisible as the air.

Connecting the Dots

Soul + Body

Breathe In, Wellbeing

Connecting the Dots

Traditional Chinese medicine teaches of the meridian system – a series of pathways that connect the human body and mind, and through which ‘qi’ life energy flows.