Drawings by @priii_barbosa on Instagram Crippling pain every time you get your period? Bowel movements painful during menstruation? Excessive facial hair growth? Not getting your period at all? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you may have either Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) or endometriosis. PCOS and Endometriosis affect roughly 5-10% of women, and very often, it goes undiagnosed. Women put their symptoms down to PMS and ignore them due to a lack of informa

We're back! Bigger. Better. Re-energized. 7 metabolic hormones. 3 weeks. A new you. This is not a diet. Let's get rid of that dirty word from our vocabulary. No one ever associated a positive emotional experience with a diet. So how could it ever be sustainable? We need to bring more self care into our lives - the way we talk to ourselves, the way we talk about ourselves, the things we do to ourselves. So, 1st tip of self care: GET RID OF THE DIETS. So if it's not a diet, th

Has anyone ever gone on a diet that they could effortlessly sustain for a year? no carbs, low carb, carb-cycling, high-fat, low-fat, no-salt, lemon & honey. You name it, its always been a fad! What's the problems with diets? We deprive ourselves. We beat ourselves up over that waning willpower. We fight with foods and our food choices (no to that doughnut x 50th time, gets old). We go deeper and deeper into despair, anger, shame and actually perpetuate food addiction! Not rea

Introducing our "Nourish" series featuring recipes for healthy snacks & meals, nutrition advice, our favourite healthy food spots in Colombo and a chat or two with the barre babes who own them. Here's a simple recipe for an energy packed bite sized protein ball that's going to kick your metabolism into gear pre-class - which means, you'll be burning those calories for longer even after you're done! *Ingredients* - 1/2 cup of almond butter (available at Good Market shop) - 1/4