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More than Water: The Art of Deep Hydration
More than Water: The Art of Deep Hydration

Staying hydrated during a Brisbane summer is crucial to prevent heat-related illnesses like heat cramps, exhaustion, or heatstroke. Hot weather increases sweat production, and without sufficient fluid intake, you risk dehydration, which can lead to symptoms like headaches, fatigue, dizziness, and muscle cramps. Maintaining hydration is also essential for basic bodily functions, as water regulates body temperature, aids digestion, and transports nutrients.  But is there more you can do as well as drinking a lot of water …

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Chinese Medicine, Diet and Nutrition, General Health, WellbeingYin Studiohydration, ayurveda, water, electrolytes, hydration minerals, cooling herbal teas
Foods That Reduce Inflammation
Foods That Reduce Inflammation

What is inflammation?  Your immune system becomes activated when your body recognises anything that is foreign—such as an invading microbe, plant pollen, or chemical. This often triggers a process called inflammation that, in this situation, protect your health.

However, sometimes inflammation persists, day in and day out, even when you are not threatened by a foreign invader. That's when inflammation becomes a chronic problem. Many major diseases that plague us—including cancer, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, depression, and Alzheimer's—have been linked to chronic inflammation.

One of the most powerful tools to combat inflammation comes not from the pharmacy, but from the grocery store. Many studies, including one recent one by Harvard University, have shown that components of foods or beverages have anti-inflammatory effects.

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Diet and Nutrition, General Health, MusculoSkeletal Issues, WellbeingYin StudioMediterranean Diet, diet, inflammation, foods to reduce inflammation, anti-inflammatories, arthritis
Spring Spiritual Practice
Spring Spiritual Practice

The energy of Spring, as we see in our gardens, brings the opportunity for new growth, fresh starts and new beginnings.

The trees have come back to life, blossoms are blooming, the grass is growing, sprouts are ‘taking off’, growth is everywhere! Beautiful smells, sprite-liness and baby animals…

During Spring, everywhere in nature, we see and feel and hear the energy, the pulse, the sound of new growth.

And so we have the opportunity to consciously align with this energy and ‘use’ it to fuel whatever new beginnings we are creating in our lives.

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Fertility, WellbeingYin Studiospring equinox, spring spiritual practice, Eostara
Feng Shui your home for Spring
Feng Shui your home for Spring

After a dark and quiet winter, the bursting energy of feng shui spring is a welcome change. Feng shui, which translates to the words wind and water, is the active philosophy that chi energy flows through everything on earth and in heaven. The seasons and their weather influence how chi moves through your home and your life, and are each represented by an element. Learning the secrets of using the elements to balance seasonal chi energy can bring harmony and luck to your life.

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WellbeingYin StudioFeng Shui, Spring, cleaning