http://www.holisticlocal.com/blog Tue, 04 Sep 2012 16:10:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I recently started noticing that there appears to be very sharp smells coming out of plastic bags when opening new clothes bags.  At first I did not take notice, then mentioned it to my fiance and daughter, who just put it down to my hypersensitive nose.  However, I know I ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HolisticLocal/~4/K75h4lEO4_o" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HolisticLocal/~3/K75h4lEO4_o/ http://www.holisticlocal.com/blog/2012/09/04/are-you-being-poisened-by-your-clothes/ Top tips for an Eco-Friendly Valentines Day Love not only the people in your life, but also Mother Earth because celebrating Valentine's Day can use a huge amount of the earth's resources from trees that are being cut down for cards, carbon emissions for transportation to pesticide laden roses. For a ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HolisticLocal/~4/S1B5opSV-7o" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HolisticLocal/~3/S1B5opSV-7o/ http://www.holisticlocal.com/blog/2012/02/09/514/ The truth about 'chemical calories' in beauty products Most women look at their bodies and criticize themselves and wish to have slimmer thighs or hourglass figures and blame a lot of factors such as over eating or not being active enough. Now these are valid problems in today’s fast ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HolisticLocal/~4/zonziY71qik" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HolisticLocal/~3/zonziY71qik/ http://www.holisticlocal.com/blog/2011/08/14/502/ I recently read a book on this subject with good info. Statistics show that many knee problems have the same weaknesses. Weak quadriceps, poor knee flexibility and poor propreoception( awareness between the brain and body when eyes closed). Also 30 seconds of correction of these weaknesses daily is the optimium ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HolisticLocal/~4/1bzFp7kQbno" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HolisticLocal/~3/1bzFp7kQbno/ http://www.holisticlocal.com/blog/2011/06/23/arthritic-knees/ Dear friends During the last few months a tremendous volume of volunteer work has gone into setting up the very first professional hypnotherapy association dedicated to the solution focused approach - the Association for Solution Focused Hypnotherapy or AfSFH.  The AfSFH held its official launch party on Saturday 2nd April 2011 at ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HolisticLocal/~4/vUoGT-OoxGU" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HolisticLocal/~3/vUoGT-OoxGU/ http://www.holisticlocal.com/blog/2011/05/13/solution-focused-hypnotherapy-the-afsfh-our-new-professional-association/     Ok so you want to start each day feeling fresh and continuing that until the end? Then slap up your Chi!!!!!! Start the day by simply lightly slapping your whole body all over. Start on the back of one hand and work up the back of your arm until you reach the ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HolisticLocal/~4/mzugONC2ygY" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HolisticLocal/~3/mzugONC2ygY/ http://www.holisticlocal.com/blog/2011/04/12/quick-tip-for-starting-your-day-fresh-and-invigorated/ The new buzz word:  pro-biotics ... is not quite so new.  It goes back over 100 years ago.   The Russian born bacteriologist and 1908 Nobel Laureate, Ilya Mechnikov, stated:  “Death begins in the colon.”  In his groundbreaking book Prolongation of Life, Mechnikov documented in detail the unusually lengthy life spans of several ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HolisticLocal/~4/5nmlDMuZloo" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HolisticLocal/~3/5nmlDMuZloo/ http://www.holisticlocal.com/blog/2011/02/22/the-new-buzz-word-pro-biotics/ If you eat grapes, strawberries and other non-organic vegetables and fruit you may be shocked to find out that many agricultural pesticides – including some previously untested and commonly found in food – disrupt male hormones.  This is according to new tests conducted by British scientists. The researchers strongly recommended that all ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HolisticLocal/~4/Z6LJwjbfWOc" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HolisticLocal/~3/Z6LJwjbfWOc/ http://www.holisticlocal.com/blog/2011/02/16/new-tests-reveal-many-pesticides-block-male-hormones/  Denmark has become the first EU country to ban Parabens in its skin care products for under 3s. If you read the back of your toiletry bottles you'll see that Parabens are found in many of the baby (and other) toiletry products found in high street shops and there has been ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HolisticLocal/~4/y07eqJeEbUY" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HolisticLocal/~3/y07eqJeEbUY/ http://www.holisticlocal.com/blog/2011/01/18/parabens-banned-in-denmark/ Hi everyone and a Happy and Prosperous New Year to you all. Everything on earth has a beginning and psychologically a lot of people use New Year as a new beginning each year to change things they are not happy about. Top 7 New Year’s resolutions are: 1. Lose weight 2. Eat and live ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HolisticLocal/~4/imDn30e4-ng" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HolisticLocal/~3/imDn30e4-ng/ http://www.holisticlocal.com/blog/2011/01/11/new-year-resolutions/