Category: Dan Lloyd Blog
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Embracing Balance: The Spring Equinox and Your Health
Read more: Embracing Balance: The Spring Equinox and Your HealthAs the Spring Equinox arrives on Thursday, March 20, 2025, we find ourselves at a moment of perfect balance—equal hours of light and darkness. This transition signals the shift from winter’s stillness to spring’s vibrancy, a time of renewal, growth, and energy. In Chinese medicine and acupuncture, the equinox holds deep significance, representing a time…
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Kirstie & Lisa Join our Team At Iwood Treatment Rooms
Read more: Kirstie & Lisa Join our Team At Iwood Treatment RoomsAt Iwood Health we are really excited to welcome two new therapist to the team, they bring with them some fantastic skills to offer our clients. We would like to introduce you to, Lisa Perry – Kinesiologist and Kirstie Fleetwood Meade – Counselling Psychologist, Systemic Practitioner and Executive Coach. Lisa Perry When the body experiences pain, reduced function,…
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Kindness is the 2024 childrens word of the year
Read more: Kindness is the 2024 childrens word of the yearThe Chosen word for the year 2024 – voted by children is Kindness. Kindness is one of those things that can have a ripple effect, even if it seems small at first. It’s not just about being nice to others—it’s about fostering a sense of connection, compassion, and understanding. At its core, kindness can improve…
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Understanding the Chinese New Year Calendar
Read more: Understanding the Chinese New Year CalendarAs an Acupuncturist many people ask me, “Why is the Chinese new year not set to a specific date in our Gregorian calendar?” The simple answer is that it is set to a different and much older calendar. In the modern world we follow the Solar calendar with 12 months throughout the year, devised during…
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Combat Blue Monday: 10 Strategies for a Happier Mood
Read more: Combat Blue Monday: 10 Strategies for a Happier Mood“Blue Monday” which some have dubbed the “saddest day of the year,” refers to the phenomenon of low mood or stress that many people feel on the third Monday of January. This date may not have any significant scientific proof, just some people find this time of the year to be tough to handle. Here…
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keeping Winter safe
Read more: keeping Winter safeAccording to Chinese Medical Theory, The emotion associated with winter is “Fear” and its element is Water. When our Kidney Qi (Chi) is balanced within us, fear is a healthy emotion, keeping us alert to our surroundings, prompting us to take action and keeping us safe, though when it is out of balance, this fear…
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Positively December
Read more: Positively DecemberI would like to leave you with a hopeful impression that the world is not all going badly. There are some amazing things happening, some wonderfully magnificent people who are working really hard to achieve, some of them are the extraordinary team of therapist, not only at Iwood Health, but all around the country. These…
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Using Hypnotherapy to deal with hidden pressure
Read more: Using Hypnotherapy to deal with hidden pressureWinter is here and the nights are drawing in and many of us are now looking forward to Christmas and Family time together. For some of us this is sadly not the case and the thought of husband and wives spending days together leads only to arguments and unfortunately physical and mental violence and abuse.…
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Delightful December
Read more: Delightful DecemberAs we enter the deeper part of Winter and the shorter days, I like to go out in the weak sunlight or crisp cold mornings and be active, breathing the cold fresh air. Then to come inside and sit watching the world outside from within the warmth of home or work. It helps to honour…
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Delicious December
Read more: Delicious DecemberNourish and Nurture your Life, with these delicious ideas by Hazel Ballantine Roasted red pepper and walnut dip with pomegranate Cranberry Christmas Punch(non-alcoholic) Caribean toastie cups with avocado, mango and coriander Download her recipies on this document. Celebrate Christmas with color, taste, and health!
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