Vaccine for Coronavirus – what’s likely?
Ben's Blogs Image by Miguel Á. Padriñán from Pixabay Although this lock-down has been extremely tough for many, it is a small price to pay when a large number of lives are at stake. I know some will criticise our government for its hard-line stance on stopping the spread of...
Meditation – what makes us human?
Adult Learning A large part of what makes us human has to do with a particular state of mind that we are able to harness, a type consciousness if you like. This type of consciousness is often referred to as autonoetic consciousness. The ability to not only carry out biological...
Google Scholar. The better version of Google.
Adult Learning Photo credit: Image by Wolfgang Claussen from Pixabay Here’s how it plays out in the clinic. Patient: I have sciatica. Ben: Let’s see if it is sciatica and we can do some testing. Patient: Google told me that it’s ‘sciatica’ because the...
The Shakti Acupressure Mat – find your health through plastic nails!
Ben's Blogs The Shakti Acupressure Mat. A question I get a lot is ‘are the Shakti mats any good?’ Firstly, for people who haven’t heard of the now pretty popular Shakti Mat. It as an acupressure mat that simulates lying on a bed of nails. A method used in eastern medicine for...