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Santosa’s Guide on Finding Your Unique Yoga Style

Santosa’s Guide on Finding Your Unique Yoga Style

Yoga is a beautiful spiritual practice in any form, and the variety on offer is almost overwhelming for anybody new to the ancient art of finding our inner balance. All forms have one thing in common, a focus on the breath and the ability to manoeuvre the body into...

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Gratitude – The Secret To Happiness

Gratitude – The Secret To Happiness

"Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for." - Zig Ziglar Be Grateful Being grateful is a wonderful state of being, and one which is...

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Irritable Bowel Syndrome: How To Deal With It The Natural Way

Irritable Bowel Syndrome: How To Deal With It The Natural Way

IBS symptoms are incredibly painful, and are largely caused by ill-performing digestive function, which eventually means that we are unable to absorb nutrients effectively, and low energy, over-eating and insulin resistance can result.  A Lesson on Digestion It starts...

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Learn How To Make a Chia Seeds Pudding, Santosa Style!

Learn How To Make a Chia Seeds Pudding, Santosa Style!

Our Chia Seeds pudding is a delicious and deeply nourishing way to start your day. This protein packed combination of super foods can be made smooth and creamy or left with a bit of crunch. It provides highly accessible protein and plenty of omega 3 essential fatty...

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From God to Sex and Back – Santosa Welcomes Jennelle Gordon

From God to Sex and Back – Santosa Welcomes Jennelle Gordon

Jennelle Gordon has had a perfectly unorthodox pathway into the tantric world. Raised in a Christian missionary family, her path lured her into the intoxicating and heady world of sin-city, otherwise known as Las Vegas.  Here she began a stripping career, and although...

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Beauty Bares Pain. The Toxins to Avoid in Modern Cosmetic Products

Beauty Bares Pain. The Toxins to Avoid in Modern Cosmetic Products

The labels on modern cosmetics promise wrinkle free skin, radiance from within, a youthful glow… but at what cost? The industry is so unregulated that it has become impossible to believe the claims that manufacturers make about their products. A word such as “natural”...

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Why Is Detox The Best Way To Reduce Cortisol

Why Is Detox The Best Way To Reduce Cortisol

We have spoken about cortisol in a number of posts – but here is a quick refresher…  What is Cortisol?  Cortisol is one of the hormones released when we become stressed. Adrenaline and Cortisol help us to respond to situations with strength, pace, mental agility and...

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Beet Salad – Recipe

Beet Salad – Recipe

Learn how to make a beet salad, Santosa style. Beet Salad Beets contain phytonutrients called betalains which are slowly lost as the beets cook. This means beets are at their healthiest when they are raw.  Ingredients: 4 red beets, peeled and diced 2 golden beets,...

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Celebrate Vegetarian Festival with Santosa

Celebrate Vegetarian Festival with Santosa

Inspired by the legend of a travelling opera company who fell ill whilst visiting Phuket to perform for the Chinese laborers during the tin-mining boom, the whole company followed a strict vegetarian diet and were miraculously healed from their maladies. The...

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Where did detox come from? A history lesson…

Where did detox come from? A history lesson…

The process of cleansing the body through detoxification dates back to the ancient Greek and Egyptian civilisations. Even then, the concept of autointoxication from putrefied foods and partially digested matter was completely understood, and the act of flushing out...

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Meditation – Useful Tips for Beginners

Meditation – Useful Tips for Beginners

Meditation is hard. Don’t let those serene looking stock photos deceive you like they deceived me! So there I am sitting on my special little cushion (because that’s supposed to help!?) closed eyes, and breathing. I try to breath and everything is tight and hurts. Why...

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Raw Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce Recipe

Raw Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce Recipe

For all the pasta lovers looking for a raw and vegan alternative, here's our Raw Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce Recipe. You can now learn it and do it at home by following these six steps. Ingredients 2 Garlic Cloves  2-4 Shallot  3 Tomato  1 Cup Cherry tomato Dry tomato...

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Wellness Holidays: for The New Wave of Healthy Forward Thinkers

Wellness Holidays: for The New Wave of Healthy Forward Thinkers

In an increasingly toxic environment, we are seeing more and more people who are escaping the rat race and choosing to spend their annual leave in true respite from the rigours of daily life at home. Detox provides the perfect platform for rest, relaxation and...

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The Mean Green Cleaning Machine

The Mean Green Cleaning Machine

This fresh green vegetable juice is jam packed with vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, enzymes and phytonutrients that have an instant impact on the body, within minutes of consuming.  Benefits of Green Juice Green juice has long been known as one of the magical...

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How to Choose the Best Detox Program for Yourself

How to Choose the Best Detox Program for Yourself

We all know that choosing to detox is a huge gift to your overall health and wellness, but how do we know which program suits us when there are SO MANY options out there? The right detox program for you depends on the current state of your diet and lifestyle, and to...

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Yoga for Hips

Yoga for Hips

Our hips store a great deal of emotion - tightness can indicate a plethora of feelings that we have attached to certain events in our lives, and stretching out this tenuous area often results in feelings of letting go and emotional lightness. Yoga is the perfect...

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Here’s Why Detoxing The Body Also Cleanses The Soul

Here’s Why Detoxing The Body Also Cleanses The Soul

One of the reasons that we absolutely adore detox is watching our guests leave feeling happier AND healthier. Time and time again, we see total transformations, and they are certainly not just skin deep.  The Results of a Detox It is true – detox will make you lose...

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Soup – Beans and Lentils

Soup – Beans and Lentils

Beans and lentils have long been a staple of vegetarian fare… often considered a meat replacement, because of their high protein content. Not to mention, they are very filling and tasty too! Did you know that beans and legumes are one of nature’s secrets to...

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Olivia and Bliss Yoga

Olivia and Bliss Yoga

What is bliss yoga? First let us understand the meaning of "bliss". BLISS: Verb “To reach a state of perfect happiness, typically so as to be oblivious of everything else.” About Olivia & Bliss Yoga Olivia is effervescent with positivity and love, and this is...

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