WellBeing

COMPILED BY TERRY ROBSON Bamboo is not easy to eat. It’s physically tough, difficult to break down and not especially nutritious. In order to thrive on a bamboo diet, an animal needs some help in extracting the necessary nutrients from the fibrous ma

Words MASCHA COETZEE Photography RICK COETZEE In the Hatha Yoga tradition originating in India, our life-force energy is known as prana while in Chinese medicine, qigong and tai chi it’s chi (qi). Reiki practitioners call it ki and in Hawaiian spirit

Words PETE EVANS Photography MARK ROBSON I believe that having a packed lunchbox of organic wholefoods to take with you when you’re on the go is one of the best things you can do to live in optimal health. This isn’t just about eating right; it’s abo

Words SOPHIA AULD If you’ve never had a back problem, count yourself lucky. For Amy McPherson, having a sore back made her feel “old and miserable”, although she was only 21 at the time. Now 37, the writer and business analyst first developed a probl

COMPILED BY TERRY ROBSON We all know that aerobic exercise is good for you, but strength training is important, too. The World Health Organization’s Physical Activity Guidelines for adults recommend 150 minutes of aerobic activity plus two days of mu

Words KELLY SURTEES Saturn is the planet in astrology associated with time, tradition and things that last. Saturn also symbolises responsibility and can highlight necessary tests and challenges. Astrologers watch the movement of Saturn through the z

Words STEPHANIE OSFIELD “Life seems to go on without effort when I am filled with music,” wrote George Elliot in The Mill on the Floss. This is true for most of us and a good incentive to seek out and enjoy more music in our home environments. Studie

Words MARTIN OLIVER In affluent countries, including Australia and New Zealand, society has to a large extent broken down into individual families. This process of atomisation is continuing further, resulting in loneliness and isolation. In Australia

Words DAVID CAULDWELL Drums have been used for centuries across many cultures to cultivate wellbeing. Their beats are ancient; remnants of wooden cylinders and small pottery drums dating back to 700 CE have been found in Mesoamerica. Virtually every

Charlotte Kilby T: +61 481 119 021 E: ckilby1993@gmail.com W: instagram.com/larly_ I’m a 23-year old living in Sydney. In my fourth year of university, I moved away from my home in the Clarence Valley, NSW, to start my career in clinical psychology.

Words SONIA ZADRO “One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light but by making the darkness conscious.” ~ Carl Gustav Jung “This thing of darkness I acknowledge mine.” ~ William Shakespeare It’s tempting to believe that, if we think e

Words ANNA HICKEY Have you heard about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? Or any other oceanic garbage patches, for that matter? According to Jennifer Gabrys’ essay Monitoring and Remediating a Garbage Patch, there’s a number of substantial convergence

Words AMY TAYLOR-KABBAZA For most long-term journalists on the front line of the daily news cycle, it’s easy to take on a pessimistic view of the world. When your job is to digest and dissect every detail of everything that happens, it’s understandab

Words STEPHANIE OSFIELD Though it’s true that beauty comes from your spirit and soul, feeling good in your clothes and when you look in the mirror is also very important. Your body love affects your mood and self-image, but it’s not just about vanity

Words LINDA MOON Rocked by waves, I’m peering through a partly fogged snorkel mask at an eastern blue groper. The magnificent topaz fish is browsing the sea floor with its peglike teeth and seems oblivious of the snorkellers in the narrow embayment.

Words JESSICA LEE Have you ever been doing something and completely lost track of time? Have you ever felt “in the zone”? In those times you may have felt like nothing else mattered; you may have even forgotten to eat or not heard people talking to y

Words CARROL BAKER When Sarah’s son William decided he wanted a motorbike for his 13th birthday, he begged, cajoled and pleaded with his mum to cough up the cash to buy it. Sarah’s initial “no” soon became a “maybe” and before long William was zippin

Words & photography AMY MCPHERSON It’s almost impossible for the untrained eye to differentiate between a common wildflower and Pulmonaria officinalis. “This one?” “No. You have to find one that has a slightly tougher leaf.” “This one?” “No. Here, se

Words THEO LEWORTHY Imagine that someone is giving you a sales pitch. They claim to have the most amazing product: scientifically proven to reduce stress, combat anxiety, improve balance, heighten bone density, improve lower body strength, lower hear