A New Natural Health Website
People who know me will know that I am an advocate of alternative and complementary medicine. It is my preferred first line of care for myself and my family and has been for decades.
I have built part of my professional reputation investigating and writing about healthcare, as well as the intersection of health and environment, but it is also a personal passion.
So I was really happy to be asked to help launch and edit a new project of Neal’s Yard Remedies called NYR Natural News – a web resource dedicated to natural health and healing with news, articles, videos and interactive features.
Not only is it great to be working on a UK-based site of this kind, but for me it represents a kind of coming full circle.
I was one of the first customers of the first Neal’s Yard store in Covent Garden when it opened in 1981. In those days it was called the Neal’s Yard Apothecary and its focus was on herbal and homeopathic remedies, essential oils and books and information on a whole range of therapies and lifestyle alternatives. My first experience of things like acupuncture, shiatsu, hypnotherapy and psychotherapy were in the therapy rooms above the shop. These things changed my worldview and my life forever.
Although NYR has evolved over the years to become a world-class producer of organic beauty products, it remains a significant force in natural health, working with around 1000 therapists in its therapy rooms across the UK. It is this, and NYR’s 30 years of experience in natural healthcare, that the new website draws on.
I hope you will take the time to visit.
