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WELCOME

Looking at the news, it can be easy

Communication is a delicate balance of words, tone and body language. What unspoken messages are you sending?

That’s a wrap

There’s a hidden network of tissues, known as fascia, supporting your muscles, bones and organs, and it can play an important but often overlooked role in releasing the body for better health

WHERE TO START?

The great news is that a few simple lifestyle tweaks can help you to experience the benefits of healthier fascia

5 YOGA POSES FOR HEALTHY FASCIA

Here’s a short sequence to try at home. Move slowly and gently through the postures, maintaining a rhythm of long, slow and deep breathing throughout. A cushion or blanket can be placed underneath the bottom, knees or hips for greater comfort, if needed

Don’t hold back

When does sharing cross the line into oversharing – and is it ever a good idea?

Service, please

Playing your part in the community isn’t always top of everyone’s wishlist, but there are some surprising benefits to social obligation

Mud, glorious mud

Popular since ancient times, mud baths continue to provide a soothing, feel-good escape

Subtle sabotage

If you’ve ever felt belittled by someone’s offhand comment, you know what it feels like to be undermined. Here, a therapist explores why people undermine others, how to recognise it and what to do about if it happens to you

LIVING

Shared experiences create memories, stories to revisit and

What’s the dill?

Roman gladiators loved it. Eastern European babas wouldn’t cook without it. Yet dill is far from mainstream in British kitchens. Perhaps it’s time you started eating more of this underrated herb?

Dill-icious recipes to try

Dill’s fresh flavour works in a wide range of dishes, as these two recipes demonstrate

Cards on the table

As the cost of maintaining a social life mounts, here’s how to take the awkwardness out of money talk

The subconscious home

From prints to decorative objects, could the symbols you display in your home help to build a more supportive space that reflects the energy you want to step into?

Cooking in company

Cooking with friends or family isn’t always about getting a meal on the table and food in your bellies – it can be a way to feel closer to others too

MINDFULNESS

Feeling lost? One unexpected turn, and you might find you were exactly where you needed to be all along

Helter skelter

Healing seldom follows a straight path, but the bumps and upsets can be part of a rich and rewarding process

Windows of opportunity

Even the most unwelcome emotions have something important to say

Strike a chord

How mantra meditation, a practice with its roots in ancient India, is just as relevant in modern times

Right from wrong

For most people, admitting you’re wrong – even about something trivial – can be uncomfortable. But even though it can make you feel uneasy, there are benefits

GETTING IT RIGHT WHEN YOU’VE GOT IT WRONG

It can be tough to own up when you make a mistake. But admitting you’re wrong is a skill that anyone can get better at. You could start by:

Between generations

The friendships and communities built around shared creativity can become a kind of found family, offering unexpected forms of guidance, wisdom and kinship

CROSSING THE DIVIDE

Ways to cross the generational divide in your own life and community

Perfectly imperfect

Could improv classes provide a way through perfectionism?

Just magical

With its feet on the ground and its head in the clouds, magical realism has plenty to offer the reflective reader

LESSONS FROM MAGICAL REALISM

SALMAN RUSHDIE Play time We often live between

MINDFUL COLOURING

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The final frame

Why finishing matters, and how it helps you to move on

ESCAPE

In a similar way to nature’s seasons, can

Between birds and bogs

Witnessing the autumn bird migration on the Estonian coast, as millions of Arctic waterbirds seek sunnier climes, is rivalled only by the chance to traverse the bog boardwalks of its wild interior before soothing the soul in a ceremonial sauna

Set in stone

An ancient art now recognised for its cultural importance, dry stone walling is an iconic feature of some of the world’s wildest landscapes

Super natural

The etheral beauty of our natural world, as captured by the entrants from the 19th annual International Garden Photographer of the Year competition

The power of ‘and’

Two conflicting emotions can coexist