Wellness and Wilderness

16/06/2025

2025 summer update......
thngs are changing here, this summer we are taking some time out to focus on other projects,
Not advertising our site on any of the well-known booking platforms is a bit scary but feels so right....

We want the headspace to develop our witchy ways,
to make more teas and tintures,
to finally finish some wellbeing courses,
do more massage and yoga out in the real world.

However, for followers of this page, looking for taste of the wild,
for friends and others looking for a truly unique off grid escape
into the wilderness and the glory of nature.....
We will take a few bookings,

We have 2 lush new glamping tents, one big one and one small,
and Carmen the caravan open for stays for select guests.

so if you fancy waking up to this view
get in touch,
check out the website for more info.
Link in comments

07/06/2025

Morning Meditation with the Gang gang.

I am busy loving early summer life here ....

- making tintures and teas from the abundance of medicinal plants that grow wild Right Here in my garden...

- finally starting my herbal magic e book

- going dancing in the sunshine at my fave local spot

and last but not least hanging with this lot (and the six mini Minnies!)

what you up to this weekend... ?

13/05/2025

Full Moon in Scorpio got me feeling all upside down
that and two weeks of battling the Spanish government online system's trying to renew my residency , (still pending...)

Truth be told, I was close to tears earlier
after an emotional full moon night last night and a morning of battling bureaucracy

Lucky for me. I had a class to teach

Lucky for me teaching some very gentle
mindful movement and calming breath work
to others. always helps to bring me back into regulation too.

it's a large part of why I love what I do
(selfish but true !)

I also love teaching sessions that are avaialbe to anyone regardless of mobility issues , anxiety size, or stability.

The mental lhealth and physical health benefits of movement and strengthening shouldn't be reserved for skinny gym bunnies and stretchy Susies.
My days of teaching instagram style "Show Yoga" are long gone
however if you fancy some deep but gentle inner work, mentally qnd physically
Thats much more my bag these days

fancy lycra outfit very much optional

07/05/2025

Celebrating the sunshine, my amazing new solar powered washing machine AND the announcement of my first master class with Rest Less.
Rest Less is a great platform specialising in all sorts of content for the over 50s

My first session is all about Osteoporosis and Bone health in general,
something we all need to be prioritising more than we do.
UK testing and support for this is dire 😭
Despite it being widely known how dangerous low bone density is 😱
And sadly despite there being many things that YOU CAN DO to helo prevent this ( not always inevitable), decline😱

This session will cover all the basics you need to know, with a heavy focus on food to eat and foods to avoid,
maybe if i can find a way to fit it in to the hour long session;
a " how to " cooking demo too.

Ill talk about exercise but there wont be time to do it , so maybe Ill suggest another session to Rest Less following on from this one ,
The best forms of exercise to helo prevent,
and safe exercise if you have OP....

anyhoo.
Cheers ro all that .

what are you drinking to?

Ill pop the link in the comments .

16/03/2025

NEWS FLASH - Peeps of England - After a while in exile up the mountain,
Im back on your fair shores.
What are you doing on WEDNESDAY evening?
To celebrate ALL of us emerging from the darkness of winter,
(& my return to the UK AND the world of online work)
Myself & Alexe from Universal Movment will be hosting a special Spring Equinox Workshop on the eve of the equinox, 8pm - 9.30 UK time.

This equinox is also the time of the Astrological New year,
a much better time for intention setting than January,

Join us for some witchy wisdom, rituals & Intention setting, together with gentle awakening stretch & finishing blissfull yoga nidra to help you relax & sleep better so that you can take advantage of the last few days of dark time in March, and be

ready to re launch your self into the rest of 2025 when the clocks change and the new year begins

full price 15.15£
for a massive fays friends discount you can join for just £5.55

(555 brings the energy of change and transformation perfect for the the spirng equinox, as the clocks are about to change and srping is truely bursting forth)

To grab this discount comment with a spring time emoji( or hop into my DMs if you're hiding your from the peering eyes of linky land)

Watch this quick vid to find out more,
sorry no visible dogs in this one
tho as you can see halfway through when they almost knocked over my table and lap top, they were very much in evidence throughout!

12/03/2025

A massive part of me relaunching myself back into the world of online work again this year,
has been working with Alexe on a great new membership that we will be launching in September, around the time of the Autmn Equinox,
but to celebrate my return
and all of our emergence from the darkness of winter,
Both myself & Alexe from Universal Movment will be hosting a special Spring Equinox Workshop
NEXT WEDNESDAY evening.

Expect some with wisdom, rituals, intention setting, gentle movement and bliss full yoga nidra to help you relax at the end,

so that you can take advantage of the last few days of dark time in March,
and get ready to re launch your self into the rest of 2025 with energy renewed too.

Watch this quick vid to find out more,
sorry no visible dogs in this one, tho as you can see half way through when they almost knocked over my table and lap top, they were very much in evidence through out. !

18/01/2025

Winter in Spain...
Deep diamante frosts
late sun rising over the mountains streaming through the trees
adding a sparkle
to the satisfyingly cruncy ground
Inside I'm warm and cozy with the woodburner on. . .

05/01/2025

Red Sky in the morning
Two and a half days storming....

Is that the saying?

01/01/2025

28/05/2024

My life is so not like most people's,
that its really hard to describe what being me, living here is like.

You either need to come volunteer or come and stay on a wellbeing /glamping break here to find out

or this lil vid from Erica who volunteered here last year gives a bit of a taste of volunteering /living here.

Am I as crazy as many people think?
Or living the dream?

What do you reckon.?

PS I've only just opened for bookings this year
so still got some availability between mid June and Mid Sept if this tickles your fancy.

PPS I love the title tag line of this Vidio (how working on the land relexed me like nothing else).
it's true
this place has been such a huge part of my healing and recovery and nervous system reset,
and I love to share it with others

Get in touch if you need some of that.

link to vid in comments

23/05/2024

Ive been delving deep into learning about trauma over the past few years,

I started dipping my toes in the water, way before Covid hit,
but when the whole world went into trauma I definitely ramped things up.

Finally having the time to try and process some of my own past stuff, was the first stage.
Leading the Self care & Wellbeing sessions for Illuminate Charity was the second, vitally important step.

The sessions allowed me to really combine all my years of training in seemingly random holistic disaplines, and were so helpful both to me and the beneficiaries .

Im not a certified trauma therapist but have done so much learning about
trauma therapy,
trauma release,
somatic work,
nervous system regulation,
vegus nerve work,
calming breath work,
slow movement,
safe touch, and so much more

Ive woven it all in to all the work that I do.

I now realise that once again without even realising it, I was sub consciously changing the way I work and adapting my sessions to be more trauma conscious without even realising that is what I was doing.

Its only now, writing it all down that i can see the thread that has run through my life and work since everyone in the world's world turned upside down in 2020.

Ive learned so much in the past few years,
but this week I've been glued to a free online summit, that has totally blown my mind,
its helped me see just how much everything, including all the other work i do around nutrition and self care IS a big part of the trauma-healing picture.

We are not an isolated nervous system or a heart or brain seperate from all other bits of the body,
we are a holistic whole,
so to truly treat anything, but particularly trauma response which really integrates all parts, we need to work on all parts

The Healing Hearts Healing Bodies Summit lead by Dr. Aimee Apigian, has helped me to see this and so much more.
ITs helped me make sense of my life
my intense dissociation and how its manifests in so many different aspects of my life.
I can honestly say this week has been more helpful and insightful than so much of the very expensive therapy I've done.

its the last day today,
but you could still sign up and get some amazing interviews for free.
(linking comments)
or if you're keen as mustard like me you can sign up to get vidios and transcripts to keep and watch again,

I dont get anything for this,
I'm not on an affiliate link, i just think this info needs sharing and the more people that understand the better for everyone.

16/04/2024

IT's so good to be back

This accidental screen shot is def not my fave pic of me,

but it captures the moment nicely, I was so ridiculously nervous,

despite it being something I have done for years,

imposter syndrome was rearing its ugly head again.

Yesterday i taught my first Yoga class in over a year,

Im really glad to be back supporting folks in Cambridge via the City Council's Active You classe timetable.

Im lucky to be able to teach from where ever i maybe,

Yesterday I taught from the side of the sunny mountain.

Next week Ill be back in the much less gorgous and green location of my front room in Cambridge...

If your local to cambridge and fancy joining let me know and ill send you the link.

If your not Im going to start a couple other low cost classes again too,

I miss it too much not to.

And It gives me the accountabilty i need to make sure i do more regular practice for myself.

Which I have really really needed recently with all the personal life stress weve been dealing with.

(if you've seen my previous post you'll know what im talking about)

Theres no point in me sheduling things that no one can come to,

so do let me know

IF you feel the need to de stress or move a bit more,

what would tickle your fancy?

Yoga? Pilates? Stretch and Strengthen?

when could you fit something in

Lunchtime? morning? evening?

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