What’s the best way to start your day and what does it matter anyway?
“There is an Indian Belief that everyone is in a house of four rooms: A physical, a mental, an emotional and a spiritual. Most of us tend to live in one room most of the time, but unless we go into every [...]

Despite not having a television, somehow the gloom and doom of the media hype on our “dire economic situation” has still filtered through to this downshifter’s awareness. An alien from outer space visiting our planet for the first time might despair at our lack of understanding of the very basics of living within our planetary [...]

Here are some tips to remind us that the environment still matters at Xmas and that there are measures we can all take to boost our immunity to the consumer frenzy that occurs at this time of year:
1. 20% more waste is created at Xmas than at any other time during the year. Make a [...]

One of the prerequisites for downshifting and leading a more sustainable life is for us to slow down. According to Jonathan Porritt, “Speed is the enemy of sustainable living”. When we opt for speed, then we tend to prioritise convenience over and above sustainability and this inevitably results in our consuming more and caring less [...]

About 18 years ago, I consulted a Complementary Therapist for the first time.  I had decided to take a different route and try out what was for me an unknown and unexplored alternative to the conventional medicine I had always relied on in the past. Why? Because I was pregnant for the first time, suffering [...]