By Jo Magowan - Homeopath

We are in revision mode at my house. My eldest son starts his GCSEs on Thursday, so it's nose to the grindstone for him, and for many others approaching this year's exam season.

It can be a difficult time. And as the pressure builds, symptoms such as anxiety, headaches, insomnia and exhaustion might make an unwelcome appearance. Here's a few practical tips and some top homeopathic remedies to help us all sail through as healthily and successfully as possible. Good luck everyone!

Eat well​ 

A healthy diet is at the heart of our physical and mental good health. So increase the wholegrain carbs and fresh

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There is a growing awareness and demand for breathwork as a powerful healing tool. It’s not a new technique. Breathwork has been used for millennia in yogic and meditation practices.

However, we are drawing on these methods more as we gain an increased understanding of the nature of stress, anxiety and trauma, and how emotional states can be held on to both physically and mentally if they aren’t released and discharged at the time.

Conscious Connected breathing can facilitate the release of stuck emotion. It is an abdominal circular breath technique that relaxes the diaphragm. We focus on the in-breath rather than the exhale, without resting in between. 

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 “Be careful, don’t put your hand in the door hinge.” We’ve all heard this cautionary advice, yet sometimes, the most profound lessons come from experiencing it first hand, somatically. For me, this connection between theory and lived experience echoes in the realm of painting.  Watching tutorials on brush techniques is insightful, but the lesson truly lands when I’ve tried it with my own hands.

 This principle extends beyond art into various aspects of life. Whether it’s swimming, cycling, or playing an instrument, true understanding comes when we embody the learning process. This philosophy isn’t confined to physical activities alone; it resonates deeply in the coaching space, where the body-mind connection takes centre stage. It is now that you will experience the holistic nature of learning through direct, sensory-rich experiences.

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It’s so good to dive deep into the vast, unlimited ocean of our soul for enlightened inspiration and see what emerges, especially as we are at the beginning of the year and looking at the blank canvas of what’s possible. It’s good to take a deep breath and remind ourselves first that ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE! Things we’ve never personally experienced in this lifetime, things which our mind told us are out of reach. Yes, even miracles are indeed possible and not just for an exclusive group of people but for everyone. And that includes you. 

At the core of our being we are all pure infinite potential. This truth is often lost in translation during the everyday hustle and bustle, where we take the game of limitation too seriously and start believing the limitations are real and hold power over us, when in fact it is always the other way round.

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WHAT IS INDIVIDUAL YOGA THERAPY?

HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT FROM GOING TO GROUP YOGA CLASSES EACH WEEK? 

I’VE NEVER DONE YOGA BEFORE – IS THIS ACCESSIBLE TO ME?

These are usually the first questions people put to me when they first get in touch about one-to-one yoga therapy sessions.  Group classes can be extremely beneficial on many levels (I teach some group classes). However, yoga certainly is not ‘one-size-fits-all’ and there is a limit to how much a yoga teacher can work with an individual within the group class setting.

People seek different therapies for many reasons, but there is very often the desire to move towards healing of some kind with the support of a therapist.  

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by Sarah Yearsley

“Every client is naturally creative, resourceful and whole.” (International Coach Federation Cleveland, 2021)

Up until the second half of the 20th Century, psychotherapists focussed solely on an individual’s traumatised past rather their client’s growth potential and the equal role both play in the process of healing.

This began to change in the 1950s and set the stage for the evolution of modern coaching practices. As Humanistic Psychology is at the root of coaching’s foundation, coaches today believe that everyone has the resources for understanding themselves, for changing their attitudes, beliefs and self-directing their behaviour.

The idea is that every human has an ‘actualizing tendency’ — a tendency to promote growth, direction and productivity.

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I always wanted to be a Mum. When I knew for definite that it would not be possible, all my carefully made plans, my dreams, my hope for my future, all crashed and burned and I felt as if I was left with nothing. Alone in the ruins of my life, I had to find ways to start again, ways to survive. And that’s what I want to write about today. How to survive and thrive when what you have experienced feels un-survivable. The grief, the sadness, the pointlessness of it all, the horror of realising you can never be a parent. The hopelessness of it all. Watching others having what you have longed for, and the pain of feeling that no-one understands what you are going through. I was there. I thought my life was over. I felt as if there was a wall separating me from everyone I loved.

And that loneliness that I felt, leads me to my first point about healing from childlessness.

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 Marisa Tighe’s Story

Hema Sounds

Did you know that it has been proven by a growing body of scientific research, that different sound healing frequencies can treat many ailments, ranging from anxiety and depression, all the way through to chronic pain and beyond?  

In this blog, you will find out how sound frequencies can heal and you will hear a true life story from one of our therapists about how sound has transformed her life and the lives of many of her clients. 

What is Sound Healing?

Sound Healing is an effective way of improving our physical, emotional, mental  and spiritual well-being by being immersed in different combinations of continuous sound frequencies and intervals using very particular instruments and voices. 

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I don’t like suffering! For the last year I’ve been dealing with fatigue, long Covid style. It hasn’t been fun, though I hope I am now on the mend. Sooner or later, everyone has difficulties: health challenges, tricky relationships, or other woes. Not to mention concerns about the current crises in economics, climate, nature - and war in Europe.  Suffering is hard to bear, whether one’s own or witnessing that of others. What can we do? A familiar reaction is to try to shut off. There many ways of distracting ourselves. But rather than averting our gaze, can we teach ourselves to look with greater clarity and care?

Compassion means ‘to suffer with’. It is a willingness to engage with the whole of our lives, and not only the nice parts. Choosing to turn towards difficult experience can bring a sense of freedom and relief.

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