Looking at health as a whole: movement, rest, stress, relationships and environment working together.
What to look for
Each entry below covers one wellbeing practice or foundation — what it is and what NIH summaries, WHO guidelines and published meta-analyses report — with references at the end of every page.
Top picks
Nine practices and foundations, each summarised from NIH, WHO and peer-reviewed sources.
Practice
Relaxation Techniques
Breathing exercises, progressive muscle relaxation and guided imagery, as documented by the NIH's NCCIH.
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Meditation & MBSR
Structured meditation programmes, assessed in a JAMA Internal Medicine systematic review of 47 trials.
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Yoga
Postures, breathing and meditation combined, with effectiveness and safety summarised by the NIH's NCCIH.
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Tai Chi & Qigong
Slow, flowing movement practices, with evidence summarised by the NIH's NCCIH.
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Physical Activity Guidelines
The WHO's published weekly movement targets for adults, from its 2020 guidelines.
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Social Connection
The health effect of relationships, quantified in a landmark meta-analysis in PLoS Medicine.
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Time in Nature
Green-space exposure and health, assessed in systematic reviews of over a hundred studies.
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Sleep Hygiene
The published basics of protecting sleep, anchored in the AASM/SRS consensus and the circadian literature.
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Massage Therapy
Professional soft-tissue treatment, with the evidence summarised by the NIH's NCCIH.
Learn more ↗This section reports what published research says; it is general information, not medical or mental-health advice. These practices are studied alongside professional care, not as a replacement for it — seek qualified help for any health condition.
