The reality, after completing a 10-day course at the Dhamma Medini Vipassana Meditation Centre, is that it was not what I imagined, it was more. Deeply profound and shapeshifting in mysterious ways. The technique is taught by Mr Goenka in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin, a respected 20th-century authority on the practice.
We’ve previously written about how a healthy vagina is not bacteria-free but hosts trillions of bacteria, dominated by Lactobacillus species. Below is the first of a two-part feature discussing probiotics’ roles in relation to the first 1,000 days of life: fertility, pregnancy, and infancy.
Tracey Loughran on a compassionate approach to sustainable, healthy eating.
Olivia Ross is a beauty therapist, massage therapist, reflexologist, and Karuna Reiki healer at Manaaki Wellbeing.
Now into February, some of those well-intentioned new year wellness resolutions may be on the wane. Verve sat down with some of the nation’s most eminent wellness gurus for some tips on taking charge of our physical and mental health.