Support our Self-Care for Wellbeing crowdfunding campaign!
We’re excited to announce details of a new crowdfunding campaign that aims to raise funds to provide Self-Care for Wellbeing Courses in Southmead, Bristol. This crowdfunding campaign is part of the...
View ArticlePortland Centre to present tour of the Bristol Botanic Gardens
We’re delighted to announce that as part of the Friends for Wellbeing series, the Portland Centre will present a tour of the Bristol Botanic Gardens in Stoke Bishop this summer. Members of the public...
View ArticleLearn about nutrition, health and wellbeing this July!
We’re happy (and hungry) to announce details of our next Friends for Wellbeing event: a nutrition talk! On 1st July the Clifton Library on Princess Victoria Street, Bristol, will host a talk on the...
View ArticleCome along to our Healthy Heart seminar in October 2017
The Portland Centre and the College of Medicine will soon present a seminar titled Managing Stress and Building Resilience for a Healthy Heart (for our Patients and Ourselves). The event takes place on...
View ArticleWeekly Hot Nutrition Tip: Summer Berries
Summer berries are not only delicious but one of the healthiest fruits to include in your diet. Summer berries are full of antioxidants which protect cells from damage, lower inflammation and can be...
View ArticleNew Creative Writing for Wellbeing course for Autumn 2017
Our long running Creative Writing for Wellbeing course will return this autumn with a few key differences… It’s open to all adults! If our widely successful Stories I Tell Myself and Others course has...
View ArticlePCIM launches new Craniosacral Therapy clinic
Did you know we’ve launched a new Craniosacral Therapy clinic, with Medical Doctor and trained expert Samasuri at the helm? Craniosacral Therapy is a form of gentle body work that uses a light touch on...
View ArticleHot Nutrition Tips: Avocados
Summer is a great time to have plenty of salads! Adding avocados is a brilliant way to make them more sustaining and nutritious. As well as containing 20 different vitamins and minerals they are an...
View ArticleUpcoming Friends for Wellbeing and Homeopathy events
With the NHS Homeopathy Service under increased pressure, the Portland Centre recognises that we need to join forces with the community and other pro-Homeopathy organisations to continue to deliver...
View ArticleHot Nutrition Tip: Tomatoes
Tomatoes are starting to ripen in the UK at the moment and it’s a great time to get local produce if you live near a farmer’s market. Tomatoes are excellent sources of Vitamins A and C. They’re also a...
View ArticleCancellation of involvement in Open Doors Day 2017
Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, the Portland Centre will not be taking part in Open Doors Day this year as advertised. This means we won’t be open on 9th September at Rodney House, as...
View ArticleWelcome to NCIM – message from our CEO
Welcome to our new name, logo and website for NCIM! An Integrative Medicine model combines conventional, lifestyle and holistic approaches to create an ‘and’ rather than and ‘or’ to stop you getting...
View ArticleBecoming the doctor I always wanted to be
We are embracing a new model of healthcare that supports both patients and doctors. Doctors and GPs in the NHS are chronically overworked The number of NHS staff taking long-term stress leave...
View ArticleCreating a ‘wellness model’ for healthcare
Interview with Dr Elizabeth Thompson The National Centre for Integrative Medicine (NCIM) would not exist without the dedication and devotion of its CEO and Holistic Doctor, Dr Elizabeth Thompson. Here...
View ArticleHungry for more: Exclusive interview with Rupy Aujla
Dr Rupy Aujla is a GP who is passionate about empowering people to eat for health. We chatted about his earliest memories of food, why he thinks we’ve lost the power of food in our daily lives, and his...
View ArticleIntroducing Alex Turner, Acupuncture
Alex Turner will be joining us at NCIM offering acupuncture to those who will benefit from this therapy – but what exactly is acupuncture, and how could it help you? This interview with Alex will...
View ArticleIntroducing Chris Bowles, Mindfulness Lead
Chris Bowles runs our Mindfulness for Wellbeing Courses here at NCIM. Mindfulness uses meditations, gentle movement and self-reflection to explore how the mind has a tendency to run on ‘automatic...
View ArticleDr Elizabeth Thompson interviewed for Global titles
Our Lead Clinician Dr Elizabeth Thompson has been interviewed for two global titles about the power of wellbeing in not only our patients and healthcare professionals lives, but in her own personal...
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Chris Bowles runs our Mindfulness for Wellbeing Courses here at NCIM. Mindfulness uses meditations, gentle movement and self-reflection to explore how the mind has a tendency to run on ‘automatic...
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