Children Strike A Pose

Kids as young as five are tapping into the benefits of yoga in the Illawarra, says ILSA CUNNINGHAM. If you mentioned a downward dog a few years ago no-one would have known what you were talking about.

Bali Stopover Without Boarding A Plane

One night of quiet and luxury can do wonders for the frazzled city dweller, discovers Terri Jacobs.

Bend Over Backwards For Your Boss

Yoga at work is on the rise, whether you like it or not, write Kate Hilpern and Gillian Cook.

Hedonism Meets Idealism

Kerry van der Jagt reports on 10 great pampering experiences that treat the local community softly as well.

Spa Partners

Health retreats are doing a roaring trade but these days they're not all about hard times and deprivation.

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Take The Flexible Approach

A new brand of yoga designed for Western bodies and lifestyles is winning converts, writes Emily Dunn.

Now For An Organic, Macrobiotic Chaser

"CAN I please have a line of coke and a wheatgrass shot?"

Pure Excess

'CAN I please have a line of coke and a wheatgrass shot?'' Meet the New Hedonists. They party hard - really hard - and then do some downward dogs. Instead of doing decadence 24/7 like, say, Kate Moss or Keith Richards, New Hedonists party part-time.

Tantra Mantra

Jaded suburbanites and corporate high-flyers are learning sexual enlightenment from a family firm, writes ALAN MASCARENHAS.

Take Down The Volume

Constant and excessive noise has both a physical and mental cost, writes Wendy Champagne.

A Stylish Sanctuary For Shattered Souls

Modern luxury at a leisurely pace is what this Lord Howe Island lodge offered Hilary Doling.

Mind Bending

``I'll never forget my first yoga class," says Simon Voysey. ``It felt like a chemical high but better." A yoga teacher and remedial therapist, Voysey is now dedicated to helping others achieve that natural high. He began doing yoga during the mid-1980s after a naturopath suggested it might help his kidney problems. From his first class he was addicted: ``I thought, `What's this drug?' " He runs his own yoga schools under the banner of Mind and Body. In its eighth year, the school has 12 yo

Healthy Escape From Temptation

Camp Eden is smoke and alcohol free and it's still a lot of fun. Barbara Adams reports.

Cypress Lakes Bid To Pamper The Soul

Visitors to the Cypress Lakes Resort in the Hunter Valley are now able to relax at the Golden Door Health Spa and Retreat which has just opened on site. Costing about $3 million, the second of the retreats will offer all the facilities available at the original resort on Queensland's Gold Coast.

Happy New You

Now the party's over ... Jackie Dent and Annabel Hepworth list their tips for recovering from the excesses of the festive season. Dream machine Overdosing on sleep is not good R&R, says Laurie Chee, the chairman of Sleep Disorders Australia. "While you can generate what experts call a

Consider Health As A First Resort

THE health farm holiday is rapidly shaping up to be the boom segment of the world travel market of the 1990s. Forget spartan fat farms that charge you$300 a day to starve yourself. The distinguishing traits of Australian health retreats are exclusivity, a little or a lot of luxury, pampering ma