SUPPORT ENFANTS ET SANTE - fight child cancer and leukaemia
ENFANTS ET SANTE - fight child cancer and leukaemia
WHAT IS ENFANTS ET SANTE?
Enfants et Santé was created in 1998 and recognized as a charity in 2005, its aim to provide funds to fight and defeat cancer and leukaemia in children. Today, there are 11 affiliated (...) read more...
Taking a cure. Coming to Thermes with Amélie-les-Bains
Coming to Thermes with..taking a cure in Amélie
The medicinal and healing qualities of the Amélie waters has been recognised for thousands of years and evidence shows that prehistoric man benefited from its healing and restorative properties. Numerous sources flow down into the resort from the (...) read more...
Pilates in the P-O
Slow track back to fitness
No, don’t head for the nearest gendarmerie. I said PILATES, not PIRATES!
Christmas is over and it’s time to start that new diet and exercise routine, but for so many of us, whilst the spirit it willing, the flesh is sooooooo weak. The IDEA of (...) read more...
Stroke Awareness Campaign in Perpignan
Stroke Awareness Campaign
by Denise
At the beginning of November a campaign was launched in Perpignan Hospital highlighting the signs and symptoms of a stroke and what action needs to be taken. If in the past month you have visited any hospital or GP surgery you may have noticed large (...) read more...
Space to Breathe
Space to Breathe
with Marion Thornley
My husband and I have just moved back into our house after a summer spent under canvas. We were unsure how we would enjoy the experience, having become very used to power showers, dishwashers and the like, but the most striking effect of our (...) read more...
Life in France, Finding my Path, the inner me & the life force within
Life in France, Finding my Path, the inner me & the life force within by Caroline Postlethwaite
I would like to share with you a big change that has happened in my life since early January.
First a little background
We, my husband James, myself & our two boys Oscar & Miles, (...) read more...
Meet the Medics
Meet the Medics
My name is Denise I am an Irish nurse/midwife. I moved to live permanently in France in 2007 after 2 years commuting back and forth between Dublin and Montpellier, too scared to take the big step of finally working here! Of course the big attraction to France (apart from (...) read more...
14. Yoga for sinus problems
Yoga for sinus problems
by Marion Thornley
Its coming up to that time of year in the PO when those of us who are sensitive to pollen and dust start to suffer. Quite often, when we become sensitive to air-born allergens, our systems go into overdrive and we become even more vulnerable, (...) read more...
17. Meditation
Meditation
by Marion Thornley
What is meditation and why do we do it, or should we do it? As with most things in life, concerning the subject of meditation there are more questions than answers.
The ancient yogic texts promise us wonderful rewards if we can but just spend a few moments (...) read more...
12. Yoga for Health - An Upside Down World
Yoga for health - An Upside Down World by Marion Thornley
Some of the more well-known postures in yoga are the inversions, that is, when we turn ourselves upside down. These include the headstand, the shoulderstand, the arm balance, and others. In fact, the headstand is sometimes known as (...) read more...