PinnedRebecca NovickVitamin D and Covid 19: Big Pharma’s worst nightmareAccording to a November 28 press release from the Department of Health & Social Care, the UK government is planning to distribute free…Dec 7, 2020Dec 7, 2020
Rebecca NovickThe lower back pain secret: Sacroiliac Joint InstabilityOne Sunday morning, I got up out of bed and felt a groaning ache radiating from my lumbar region, around the hips and down the outside of…Mar 4, 2022Mar 4, 2022
Rebecca NovickCats of Zanzibar 2The cats of Zanzibar have a presence that I’ve rarely seen in the stray cat world. You see them in full and unguarded sleep on foot-worn…Feb 22, 2021Feb 22, 2021
Rebecca NovickGetting better all the timeMy yoga teacher and good friend, Surinder Singh ji of Swasti Yogashala, Rishikesh, is not fluent in English, but somehow, the fact that he…Feb 11, 2021Feb 11, 2021
Rebecca NovickHinglish — kya problem hai?There is a language few outside of India have encountered that — like so many trends originating in the sub-continental mind — is quietly…Feb 9, 2021Feb 9, 2021
Rebecca NovickThe Cats of ZanzibarThe cats of Zanzibar have found a 10th life — an island paradise of dog-less streets (they just blink lazily when you ask them why), with…Jan 22, 2021Jan 22, 2021
Rebecca NovickCovid-19: The Forgotten FrontlineAs a number of countries enter their second lockdown, protective measures must be put in place to limit the casualties on the frontline of…Nov 7, 2020Nov 7, 2020
Rebecca NovickMy dehydration story — don’t let this happen to youIf you’re suffering from a significant number of the following: constant fatigue, muscle soreness, weakness and lethargy, unexplained…Sep 21, 2020Sep 21, 2020
Rebecca NovickStairway to NirvanaIt was a muggy cloudy morning, not so unusual for early March in Varanasi as the weather began casting the anvil on which to forge the…May 3, 2020May 3, 2020
Rebecca NovickHold the pose like a babyThere is a wonderful moment in Stephen Cope’s glorious book, Yoga and the Quest for the True Self where he writes, ‘Hold the pose like…Apr 29, 2020Apr 29, 2020