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Love baby wearing and want to try making your own sling? In this picture tutorial, Sarah Beverton shows us how to make a simple Mei Tai. Of course your new sling hasn't been tested in the same way as bought ones might be so caution is always required but this is a basic rule of any babywearing. Once you've mastered the basic design you can adapt it to suit your own needs and embellish to your heart's content giving you a truly original set of slings! Happy making!

I would like to cover some areas of men’s health and alternative ways to bring balance and harmony to male energy. In today's society, it is often men who bear the brunt of stress-related illnesses. Women often turn to friends and family, or a health professional, when they sense things are getting out of hand. But sadly, men are socially conditioned to ignore signs of stress and to carry on with a misguided kind of heroism, fulfilling duties and responsibilities.

Stories form the backbone of our lives. They integrate our understanding of self, of where we fit in the grand scheme of things. Through stories, we come to understand the lives of our ancestors in the form of history, and the social mores of the culture around us. Stories are a vital part of a child’s learning experience; from the earliest stage they begin to form sounds through storytelling. As they grow, stories teach children empathy, language skills, emotional intelligence, connection, reflection and resolution, amongst a whole gamut of other things.