Meditation
Holistic fitness
Meet the 'fitness whisperer'
Amy Molloy Massages, buttery toast, long baths and less workouts... It sounds too good to be true, but Sydney's newest fitness guru says his regime can change your body.
Healing thoughts
Pain relief: meditation better than drugs, study finds
Sarah Berry A new study finds meditation is far more effective than morphine for alleviating pain.
Meditation a powerful tool against pain: study
Meditation can deliver powerful pain-relieving effects to the brain with even just 80 minutes' training for a beginner in an exercise called focused attention, a study released Tuesday found.
Stars hum praises of meditation's healing power
WASHINGTON: If it's good enough for Clint Eastwood, it's probably good enough for the average American soldier.
Ballet burn
Ballet is back for grown-ups
Charmaine Yabsley If you dreamt of a tutu when you were a child, then dust off your leotard. Ballet is back.
Yoga: the power of the pose
Charmaine Yabsley It's said that yoga can relieve a range of conditions from depression to low libido.
Healing art
Tai chi: the power of the slow
Graham Osborne Tai chi, the slow-motion meditation being practised in a park near you, can reduce stress, anxiety and depression, improve brain function and provide many other health benefits, according to...
Chaos and control
How stress can feed eating disorders
Sarah Berry New evidence suggests eating disorders may be sparked by stress.
Yoga trends
Fusing flexibility, fun and fitness
Sarah Berry What's fun, fast and will make you serene while working on your six-pack?
All pumped up to give illness the boot
Janet Hawley People with chronic health problems are discovering that there is a miracle drug that can help them. It's called exercise.
Weird science
Method to alternative medicine madness
Luke Malone Cupping, leeches, urine therapy. Alternative therapies can be strange - but surprisingly effective.
Uphill battle
Tired but wired: why you can't lose weight?
Sarah Berry It's very likely stress, not calories, that underlies your weight problem, says nutritionist.
Give your food a second thought
Kate Whiting People think about food more than 200 times a day, according to Andy Puddicombe, British author of The Headspace Diet.
Clear, calm, collected
Yoga long ago shed its hippie image to establish a loyal mainstream following. Now, another Eastern discipline, meditation, is following a similar path as more people discover its significant...
Healthy appetite
Weight loss: the missing link
Sarah Berry A slim physique is about more than healthy eating and exercise, say experts.
For when life gets under your skin
Carolyn Boyd explores the luxurious world of health spa getaways.
Labyrinths offer a new path to health
Elaborate patterns are being used in hospitals and schools to help calm the agitated and provide a place to meditate, writes Ainslie MacGibbon.
A little bit of belief can be a godsend for your brain
Leesha McKenny Faith can open your mind, but it can also cause your brain to shrink at a different rate, research suggests.
Radical plan
Old CRONies: the diet they say will get you into your second century
Chris Turner A New York couple say that by severely restricting their food intake they will live well into their second century.
