Dumbo Feather

The lawns were crusted in silver frost when my mother and I left the house to go power-walking at five in the morning. We crunched across people’s front lawns, leaving footprints upon the grass. She walked hard and fast, as if using her body to smash

We all have those moments where we know our physical body has something to do with the way we’re feeling. Maybe you get a cold and realise why you were a bit whiny the day before. Perhaps a headache has made you less resilient to stress and you want

My aunt had one of the largest herb gardens I can remember. Her parents owned a tree nursery and she would have the most interesting things in her garden to try out. When I was working on my book I came across this article that listed foods we used t

I was introduced to flower essences as a student of naturopathy. Amidst the chemistry and pharmacology, flower essences felt so fresh and simple. They seemed old fashioned and like something I understood at a deep level. I was taught that flowers had

A good place to start when it comes to mindfulness and healing is to look at the relationship between stress and illness. Stress causes the release of adrenaline and cortisol, which causes inflammation in the body and can lead to chronic muscle tensi

As a young, anxious, civil engineer, I would never have imagined dance to be my doorway to living a rich life. At 24, I was on my way to first-class honours and had a position lined up with a global firm. I was set. But beneath the surface, I was cri

The healing power of sound has been known since ancient times. Today, as science and technology advance our understanding of the vibratory nature of the universe and the human body, more and more people are turning to sound as a form of therapy. Soun

Travel has the ability to restore our mind-body connection—stepping into the unknown can often bring to the fore possibilities that we can’t see through the fog of our everyday lives. It’s a sentiment shared by Dumbo Feather alumni Pico Iyer who says