The Healing Times Blog

Forest Bathing: Why Time Outdoors Is So Good for Your Wellbeing

We’re spending more time indoors than ever, but science shows just 120 minutes a week in nature can boost your health and wellbeing. Discover the benefits of forest bathing and earthing, plus simple ways to get outside more.

Starting a Holistic Practice in Australia: What New Practitioners Should Know About the Industry

Just finished your course and wondering, what if I did this for real? Here’s why there’s never been a better time to turn your qualification into a practice of your own, plus simple first steps to get started.

What Is Holistic Music Therapy? The Science and History of How Sound Affects Us

During the First World War, musicians walked onto hospital wards and noticed something remarkable. Here's where holistic music therapy really comes from, what the science says about how sound affects us, and a simple listening practice you can try today.

September Student of the Month: Sharon Le Fort

Sharon Le Fort has spent years learning how to live beyond survival, and now she helps others do the same. Speaker, author, advocate and Peer Practice Lead, Sharon shares how her studies in counselling, grief and bereavement, and intuitive spiritual healing gave language to what she had lived and shaped her framework, Survival Intelligence.

Your Brain Becomes What You Pay Attention To

Why focus feels harder than it used to, what neuroplasticity means for your attention, and a five-minute noticing practice for people who can't sit still.

From Seed to Remedy: The Story Behind the Guide

Why the plant just before it flowers is at its most potent, what stress actually does to a herb's chemistry, and a small ritual to try before you harvest anything.

Feng Shui and the Five Elements: Reading Your Space for the Season Ahead

Feng shui gets reduced to "declutter and feel better," but the real system is older and more precise than that. Here's where it actually comes from, what the five elements mean, and one adjustment you can make to your entryway today.

August Student Of The Month: Fotini Koklas

Founder of Aethera Healing, intuitive guide, holistic counsellor. Meet Fotini, our August Student of the Month, and discover how the Master Holistic Counsellor Certification Course helped give her intuitive work a structure to grow from

Tapping and the Vagus Nerve: How EFT Calms Fight-or-Flight

When anxiety hits, your vagus nerve is what pulls you back to calm. Discover how EFT tapping works with your nervous system, what the research actually shows, and a simple 5-minute routine you can try today.

What Is a Shaman? A Beginner's Guide (Plus One Ritual You Can Try Today)

You've probably heard the word "shaman" somewhere in a film, on a wellness account, or the name of a retreat. But the real practice is older and more specific than most people realise. Here's what a shaman actually is, where the word comes from, and one simple ritual you can try today. 

How to Follow and Trust Your Intuition

That gut feeling before your mind catches up isn't random, it's intuition, and it's a skill you can strengthen. Here's how to tell real intuitive signals from anxiety, and simple daily habits to start trusting your inner voice again.

July Student of the Month: Nerissa Reynolds

Counsellor, interior designer, horse-centred guide, Nerissa Reynolds doesn't see these as separate jobs. Fresh from completing her Master Holistic Counsellor Certification, she shares how the course became one more thread in a life already devoted to helping people slow down and reconnect with themselves.

Hand Acupressure for People Who Type All Day

Been typing, reading, or clicking through course modules all day? Your hands have earned a break. This 5-minute desk acupressure routine walks through five simple pressure points, no oils, no equipment, just your own two hands and a few minutes to release the tension that builds up during a long day of study.

What Your Iris Colour Might Reveal About Your Constitution

No two irises are quite the same. Beyond colour, they carry a landscape of fibres, markings, and patterns that iridologists read as a map to your underlying constitution. Here's what blue, brown, green, and mixed eyes are traditionally believed to reveal, and how this ancient practice fits into a wider holistic picture.

What Is Flower Essence Therapy? A Beginner's Guide to Healing With Flowers

Long before Dr. Bach formalised it in the 1930s, flower essence therapy already had deep roots in plant wisdom. This beginner's guide explores what flower essences are, how the 38 Bach remedies work, and why this gentle, energetic practice is finding a new generation of practitioners.

The Five Holistic Health Archetypes: Which one are you?