PinnedVitamin 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 Vitamin D supplements to 2.7 million of the most vulnerable people in Britain this winter, a move already taken by the Scottish parliament. This is welcome news…Covid-198 min readCovid-198 min read
Mar 4, 2022The 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 my left thigh. Fast forward to ten days later, and I am now an ecstatic 90% better! …Sacroiliac Joint Pain10 min readSacroiliac Joint Pain10 min read
Feb 22, 2021Cats of Zanzibar 2Read part 1 of Cats of Zanzibar here. The 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 steps in the middle of the day in the relentless cacophony of commerce. …Cats3 min readCats3 min read
Feb 11, 2021Getting 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 is forced to keep to a simple vocabulary, helps to drive home the salient points of his teachings with a straightforward clarity that often gets lost…Yoga3 min readYoga3 min read
Feb 9, 2021Hinglish — 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 going global. This is Indian-English or ‘Hinglish’ as it is affectionately known. Spread mostly by Bollywood movies and within the liminal world of the NRI (non-resident…Hinglish9 min readHinglish9 min read
Jan 22, 2021The cats of ZanzibarRead part 2 of the Cats of Zanzibar here. …Cats3 min readCats3 min read
Nov 7, 2020Covid-19: The Forgotten FrontlineCovid-19: The Forgotten Frontline As a number of countries enter their second lockdown, protective measures must be put in place to limit the casualties on the frontline of the pandemic. Although debate continues to simmer (and occasionally boil over) regarding the Covid-19 pandemic, there is one thing upon which all…Covid-198 min readCovid-198 min read
Sep 21, 2020My 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 headaches, insomnia, irregular or fast heartbeat, low blood pressure, brain fog, dizziness, memory loss, attention deficit, confusion, clumsiness, unexplained mood changes, skin ‘tenting’ (skin staying erect for more than 2 seconds when…Dehydration6 min readDehydration6 min read
May 3, 2020Stairway 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 iron beating heat destined for to arrive in a few weeks time. I was staying at the same guesthouse where I had stayed for…Buddhism4 min readBuddhism4 min read
Apr 29, 2020Hold 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 you’re holding a baby.’ This one line, in a book jammed with wisdoms, has had a lingering effect in my own practice as well as…Yoga4 min readYoga4 min read
