Why Yoga Is the Best Mind-Body Practice

Want to improve your health on a truly deep level? The practice of yoga—including pranayama (breath control) and meditation—has been proven to improve the function of the entire nervous system, which controls all of your internal functions and physical movements. Yoga exerts this power by calming down the two dueling parts of the nervous system: … Read more

My measles journey: ‘I woke to find a rash all over my body’

Posters from the Why We Get Vaccinated community engagement campaign in Bengali Saijal Ladd, Prescribing Advisor – Medicines Planning and Operations, NHS North Central London Integrated Care Board (ICB), shares her experience of contracting measles at 42, and the serious impact this had on her health. We’re sharing her story as part of London’s ‘Why … Read more

9 Ways to Set Healthy Boundaries With Your Parents

Boundaries are hardest to set with the people you’ve known the longest—your parents—and it’s natural to stress about how they’ll go over. “People worry that by asserting this preference, they’re tearing down the relationship or not honoring that emotional closeness,” says Henna Pryor, author of Good Awkward: How to Embrace the Embarrassing and Celebrate the … Read more