Haptotherapy

25/11/2020

World Economic Forum: Why we need to rediscover the power of human touch

14/11/2020

Research shows that exercise improves your microbiota, boosting your mood.

Exercise is one of the best things you can do for your health, but it also has a surprising impact on your mood. That’s because there is an intriguing relationship between exercise, your gut microbes, and your brain. Research has found a correlation between the health of your gut and depression. T...

18/08/2020

The Correspondent: Why we need hugs and handshakes to stay healthy

Touch is the first sense we develop and vital for almost everything we do. Not being able to hug or shake hands really is detrimental to our health and to our ability to understand each other.

02/08/2020

Rely on Gut Feeling? How the Second Brain in Gut Communicates

Viscerofugal neurons inside the gut wall communicate to other neurons outside of the gut, near the spinal cord, to send messages to the brain.

15/07/2020

Study: Adverse events during first years of life may have greatest effect on future mental health

A Massachusetts General Hospital study has found evidence that children under 3 years old are most the vulnerable to the effects of adversity – experiences including poverty, family and financial instability, and abuse – on their epigenetic profiles, chemical tags that alter gene expression and ...

22/06/2020

Frans de Waal On Animal Intelligence And Emotions

15/05/2020

International Journal of & - Impaired ability to feel: indication for haptotherapy

27/03/2020

Coronavirus: ‘Nature is sending us a message’, says UN environment chief

Exclusive: Destruction of wildlife and the climate crisis is hurting humanity, with Covid-19 a ‘clear warning shot’, say experts

25/03/2020

The Lancet: The psychological impact of quarantine and how to reduce it: rapid review of the evidence

The December, 2019 coronavirus disease outbreak has seen many countries ask people who have potentially come into contact with the infection to isolate themselves at home or in a dedicated quarantine facility. Decisions on how to apply quarantine should be based on the best available evidence. We di...

23/02/2020

Haptotherapy & Equestrian Sports

Co-authored By: Bob Boot, Roel Klaassen (NED) & McKrell Baier (USA)

18/02/2020

“Intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next.” – Jonas Salk

Steve Jobs once said that intuition is more powerful than intellect. As it turns out, Jobs was onto something, and the scientific community backs him up.

08/02/2020

The New York Times: The Wisdom Your Body Knows