Mindfulness Articles

The physical positions (asanas) you practice in yoga will help you to develop strength, flexibility and balance, but not just in your body. Read more here.

This is the last part of our monthly yoga content series on how yoga can help promote good gut health. In the third installment, Jessica Hatchett talks about how yoga can improve your core strength. 

This is the first of our new monthly yoga content series on how yoga can help to promote good gut health. Here Jessica Hatchett yoga teacher and therapist talks about the importance of belly breathing for stress management.

Autumn is a time for change, a time to reflect and plan ahead. Here, Dr. Sarah O' Neill talks about how to embrace this time of year. 

Yoga teacher and therapist Jessica Hatchett writes about her own yoga journey in the first of our 6-part monthly VIDEO series on yoga.

Recent research by laya healthcare found that eight in ten (80%) of adults in Ireland have been affected by anxiety. Dr Sarah O'Neill discusses the factors causing stress for Irish people based on this research and offers practical tips for understanding and managing anxiety.

Super Troopers with laya healthcare is the first ever health homework programme in Ireland. It encourages children and their families to become more active and learn about healthy lifestyles. Laya Healthcare got involved in the programme because we wanted to instil healthy habits in children of a young age, with a view to developing positive habits for life.

Mindfulness is all about becoming aware of your senses and how they are affected by the world around you. This is extra useful for children, because it can help them learn how to deal with complicated feelings they don’t quite understand yet, and help them regulate their emotions and calm themselves down. Try some of these activities with your little ones to learn how everyone can apply them in their daily lives.

The term ‘Social Media Anxiety Disorder (SMAD)’ has been popping up in discussions on the negative effects of social media for several years. I often meet parents who tell me social media has made their child “less social” and “more anxious” about real-life events. So, is SMAD a real thing? And if so how can we cope with it?