Discover how the hidden power of knitting can transform your life...
Anybody who has ever held a knitting needle knows the calm and peace it can bring.
Few people know how to truly harness this potential in order to intentionally improve wellbeing
"Betsan... has led the field in supporting the use of knitting and other crafts in therapeutic clinical practice."
Professor Trisha Greenhalgh OBE
Professor of Primary Care, Oxford University
Thanks to the pioneering work of Betsan Corkhill, scientists, clinicians and psychologists around the world are realising and accepting the health benefits of knitting.
Its rhythmic movement is key. The brain likes rhythm because it is predictable, it makes your brain feel safe.
It has already transformed and even saved lives.
Change and challenges are an inevitable feature of life. Modern day stresses are many and varied. To stay healthy we all need an accessible tool we can rely on any time, anywhere.
Knitting can even be used as an effective tool to manage and improve the symptoms of long-term health problems. Take a look at the box on the right. All these conditions and more have been significantly helped by the simple, rhythmic act of knitting.
Knit for Health and Wellness. How to knit a flexible mind and more... is already transforming the way people think about health, wellness and knitting.
"Congratulations. What a wonderful book! I started browsing and found myself wanting to read on and on. You write really well. Like all the best things, you have put some complex ideas together in a way that is simple to grasp and made me want to have a go –
Steve Jobs was a master what this with his Apple products and you have pulled off a similar trick."
Dr Patrick Hill
Clinical Psychologist
"I learned to knit before going to school, yet have learned so much from this book. It is both motivating and inspirational!"
Amazon Review
Pain, Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Fibromyalgia, Panic Attacks, ME, Low Mood, Chronic Fatigue, High Blood Pressure, Agoraphobia, Low Confidence, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Low Self Esteem, Dyslexia, Grief, Bulimia, Arthritis, Boredom, Self Harm, Social Phobias, Smoking, Endometriosis, Alcohol Abuse, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Drug Addiction, MS, Isolation, Hand/Eye Coordination, Sleep Disorders, Cancer, Binge Eating, Dyspraxia, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Chron's Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Parkinson's Disease, Weight Problems, Concentration, SAD, Migraine, Memory, ADHD, Bereavement, Fear, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Sense of Worthlessness, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Pregnancy...
... even Compulsive Eyebrow Plucking and Retired Husband Syndrome!
In a survey carried out by Stitchlinks and Cardiff University of over 3,500 knitters from 31 countries –
81% felt happier after knitting, 54% felt happy or very happy, fewer than 1% remained sad.
Excitingly and significantly this translated across to those with
clinical depression.
The most significant finding was that the more frequently people knit (>3x week) the happier and calmer they feel.
Find out more about this groundbreaking book by Betsan Corkhill.
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