She had everything going for her. But when Jo Bluett was diagnosed with the chronic fatigue condition ME, she went from high flying businesswoman to being stuck at home claiming benefits. Nothing helped, until, 13 years ago, a desperate Jo decided to laugh about it. Literally. She went on to establish Laughter for Health, teaching […]
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Turning Shit into Fertilizer, Azita Nahai
Kundalini Therapist When you feel there is something missing in your life, it’s probably you, says LA-based trauma specialist and Kundalini yoga teacher Azita Nahai. Straight-talking Nahai, Ph.D., specializes in a practical and holistic approach to help ‘turn shit into fertilizer’. Nahai, a child of Jewish Persian immigrants, suffered trauma first-hand from an abusive relationship […]
Mental Health Campaigner & Creator of ‘Stranger on the Bridge’, Jonny Benjamin MBE and Neil Laybourn
The Stranger on the Bridge Just before his 21st birthday, Jonny Benjamin MBE decided to run away from the mental hospital he was staying in. While he was sitting on the edge of London’s Waterloo Bridge, contemplating taking his own life, a man came up and talked him out of it. Six years later, a […]
Yoga Teacher, Sascha Hodges
Yoga Goddess Some of us have dabbled with the downward dog. Not so many know it can totally sort out your brain. ‘The greatest benefits are not only physical strength but also strength of mind,’ says Australian-born yoga guru Sascha Wyness. London-based Wyness has been practicing yoga since her early 20s and says it has […]
Naturopath & Yoga Kitchen Creator, Kimberly Parsons
Nutrition Goddess: Yoga Kitchen Food is not just something you put into your body. It’s a philosophy. Kimberly Parsons, naturopath, self-trained chef and author of The Yoga Kitchen, is convinced mental conditions like anxiety and depression can be cured by food and herbs. The Australian surfer chick-turned-health expert moved to London for love and now […]
Mindfulness in Education Tsar, Sir Anthony Seldon
Educationalist, Author and Co-founder of Action for Happiness Fed up with our education system, which he calls target-oriented and ‘sick’, Sir Anthony Seldon set out to teach children how to ‘lead lives full of meaning and love’ instead. Seldon, a prominent political historian and commentator, took his Buddhism-meets-school philosophy and successfully applied it to Wellington […]
The Breath Guru, Alan Dolan
Breath Guru It only took Alan Dolan 45 minutes, ‘and the world was a different place.’ Dolan had given up a high-flying international career to find ‘a life’. After his first Transformational Breathing session Dolan realized he had been depressed since he was 12, but also that he had a calling. Now a well-known breath […]
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