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Oct 11: IV Encuentro eco-vegetariano
11/10/2012 - 14/10/2012
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Aug 1 – 7: Cactus of vision
01/08/2012 - 07/08/2012
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July 15 – 19: Plant Spirit Wisdom
15/07/2012 - 19/07/2012
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July 7: Alchemy and mysticism in Al Andalus
07/07/2012 - 14/07/2012
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June 30: Plant Spirit Shamanism
30/06/2012 - 09/07/2012
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Oct 11: IV Encuentro eco-vegetariano
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Healing Symptoms
Symptoms are a nuisance, undesired and unwanted. So it is understandably there is a natural desire and reaction to want to be rid of them. However assume for a moment that symptoms are a good thing. Suppose they are messages from your body that actually aid to restore and maintain health.
There is a process called homeostasis by which the body looks to maintain a stable internal environment. This is essential in order to stay alive. An obvious example of homeostasis is sweating and shivering to … Continue reading
Balancing pH with Green Organics Cell vitality
Vibrant health is our birthright. Our DNA has the perfect blueprint for health, and life knows exactly what to do to sustain itself. All you have to do is supply your body the pure and correctly balanced materials, and your body does the rest.
Unfortunately, with the many pollutants in the world today, loss of minerals in the soil, poor food choices suggested to us by advertising, and the stress of our modern pace of life, most of us have not always given our body these … Continue reading
Natura Málaga: 4th healthy living and sustainable development fair
Natura Málaga, Andalusia’s largest multidisciplinary trade fair for the eco-bio-health sector will host the fourth edition from 25 to 27 May 2012 at the Palacio de Congresos y Ferias (Málaga’s trade and conference centre). Natura Malaga is a space dedicated to providing a commercial opportunity for a multitude of products and services related to healthy living and sustainability, as well as a space for organic producers where visitors will be able to buy direct from the farm in the ‘Natural Market’, exclusively organic.
This year, the … Continue reading
Posted in Healthy Living, Whole Earth
Tagged eco fairs, eco living, festivals, healthy living
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Pure and natural cosmetics
Traditional industrial cosmetics need to be manufactured inexpensively. The favourite ingredient: water, and the rest: chemical additives. The names of the ingredients are about as healthy as they sound: emulsifiers, petroleum-based compounds, synthetic preservatives, and petrochemical fragrances, mineral and silicon oils. They produce lots of foam, smell good and are absorbed quickly, but for the skin and the environment, this means pouring a lot of chemicals into the ground and with essentially no active agents in the products. Elsebeth Nybroe-Nielsen from ENN Care has recently … Continue reading
Green organics: Love your Heart. Love your Body
We have all heard stories of someone seemingly perfectly healthy suddenly suffering a heart attack out of the blue whilst jogging or working out. The truth is, even though someone may appear to be fit and healthy, cardiovascular issues can take years to develop in the body, before the final devastating outcome. Many core problems of “heart disease” do not lie in the heart itself but stem from the lack of blood flow to the heart. This is also the case with strokes, that stem … Continue reading
Alternative Malaga: E-natural
In this edition we talk to Francy from E-natural on his new project, an eco-store in Avenida Moliere.
La Chispa: What was the inspiration to open e-natural?
Francy: the ability to share my experience of going from a life of excess to a healthy life fully conscious of the environment around me.
La Chispa: What is the concept of the store?
Francy: E-natural opened four months ago as a new concept for Holistic Therapies and Ecocentre where you can find a variety of activities, courses, workshops and therapies, to … Continue reading
Posted in Healthy Living, Whole Earth
Tagged eco kids, GM no, healthy living, organic food, supplements
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Dr. Jean writes…. The Importance of Testosterone for Men and Women……to SURVIVE
The Long Life Clinic in Nueva Andalucía is dedicated to helping people enjoy a better quality of life throughout their lives, managing the ageing process with natural supplements and therapies and creating balance in the body so that it functions at its very best level. In previous articles we have looked at the role of bio-identical hormones in helping maintain this important balance as the body’s natural ability to produce hormones starts to decline, and this issue we look at the role of one hormone … Continue reading
Posted in Healthy Living
Tagged complementary medicine, healthy living, natural health, supplements
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Diego Escaño in Málaga
Diego Escaño was born in Tucuman, Argentina. He began his Oriental studies in 2000, practicing internal and external martial arts. Travelling and training in various disciplines such as herbal medicine, numerology, enneagram, body language, leadership, alchemy and the fourth way extended his knowledge and later he studied astrology in Capilla del Monte (Cuba) attending lectures, courses and seminars. In 2004 he participated in the National Congress of Astrology, and in 2007 lived in Italy with a spiritual master, who instructed him in Nutrition, Taoist Meditation … Continue reading
Posted in Healthy Living, Open Mind
Tagged counselling, courses, energy work, healthy living, massage, personal development, spirituality, therapies
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Centro Feng Shui
Feng Shui Centre opens in Málaga
The idea for the Feng Shui Centre was born from many years of hard work, exploring various disciplines that study the flow of energy in everything that affects us. The overall objective of the therapies and techniques that are offered at the centre is to bring about health, mental-emotional balance, prosperity and self realisation, working on the 3 levels of mind, body and spirit.
Every person is his own world, but forms part of a collective and shares the planet … Continue reading
Marbella Chiropractic – healthy spine, healthy life
The Marbella Chiropractic clinic in Guadalmina has been under the new ownership of Mark Lane for a year now, and Mark brings over 10 years of experience to the practice. Having experienced the benefits of chiropractic care himself in his teens, Mark was inspired to learn for himself how to unlock the body’s ability to heal and self regulate through releasing blockages in the nervous system. As a chiropractor Mark is interested in how the spine and nervous system influences health, and how stress (physical … Continue reading
