Woman in the age group of thirty five and above go through an excruciatingly painful period of menopause – the time when their reproductive ability ends. What happens during menopause is that the hormones – estrogen, progesterone, testosterone and androgen stop secreting and the body tries to cope without these hormones. What follow is undue weight gain, stress and dietary irregularities.

Weight gain, feeling stressed out and irritated and feeling hunger pangs could all be symptoms of menopause. While weight gain could be a symptom for other things as well, women at menopause put on weight more on their stomach region than anywhere else. They start to have a pronounced belly and they literally become round unlike the times of pregnancy when the stomach becomes kind of pear shaped. Muscles start becoming rounder and rounder at the belly region and the woman finally loses shape.

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Ways to Handle Stress & Be Happy & Healthy

Do you find that as this time of year approaches, everything seems to move faster and that same 24 just isn’t enough? We are already such a busy bunch, so adding in anything extra to that to-do list can make things too stressful. While exercise is beneficial in many ways, there are other key elements to maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Here is a clue: work to live, don’t live to work.

Yes, of course we all have to work, but what do we do with our downtime (I know everyone has some at some point). Some watch t.v., others go out with friends, shopping (this one’s getting tougher to do), while the rest sit web-browsing on the net. All these activities are commonplace among us, but are we finding the serenity and healthful-happiness that we all have strived to achieve? Sometimes it’s the little things we overlook that can make our lives easier.

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What is Ecotherapy?

Ecotherapy is a term used to decribe the benefits of doctors prescribing a ‘Walk in the Park’ as a means of helping people with mental health problems.It is well known that the first and perhaps the major symptoms of stress or mental illness is the breakdown between a person and the people around them. The effect of this can be seen in the home and the work place leading to erratic behaviour, strained relationships and social isolation. There is also an ecological element to this condition, we as humans suffer these problems because we have the ability to think and reason, therefore we may see ourselves as being apart and perhaps superior to the natural world. However, despite this air of superiority we still retain primal animal instincts that manifest themselves when we become mentally ill, are under stress or a perceived threat. Some people advocate that ecotherapy is about mending this rift between people and nature in order to become whole, reconnect with the natural world around us, and put an end to a vicious circle of abuse through direct experience of wild nature. Incorporated within ecotherapy is the awareness of current ecological issues and the sustainability of our life style with regard to the damage it does to planet Earth.

What is Colour Therapy?

Colour therapy is a complementary medicine combining colour psychology and spiritual healing that has its roots in ancient Egypt and India.

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