The Mountain meditation Picture the most beautiful mountain you know – or can imagine. Notice it’s overall shape, the lofty peak, the base rooted in the rock of the Earth’s crust, the sloping sides. Note how massive it is, how unmoving, how beautiful. See if you can bring the mountain into your own […]
I don’t think I’m alone in saying that my sleep pattern went a little crazy during the first couple of weeks in lockdown. Couldn’t drop off to sleep easily, quality of sleep wasn’t there and also waking early hours feeling wide awake with mind forging ahead in worry and planning. As a wholistic therapist that […]
A little story……. In a land far away, in the not so distant past. A Man, weakened by years of back pain, tentatively walks into a Therapists clinic, clinging to the shred of hope that there is a new treatment that may enable him to get his life back on track. He’s a young man, […]
Lessons from clinic…. Last month, a patient rang me and told me that an exercise I had prescribed was aggravating her condition. This was a very innocuous exercise, given to add gentle movement. Discomfort was not an expected response. It’s important to note, at this stage, that there had been considerable medical history, dotted with […]
The facelift issue It’s been a while, but at last I can finally say “Welcome” to the Native Bodyworks blog. If you’re a little confused as to why you’ve just found yourself reading this random mail, I’m not stalking you and I’m not even sure what spam is. Your names on here because at one […]
I attended a 2 day yoga workshop with Louise in 2014. Two days of healthy food, yoga, meditation and walking. Bliss!
On the first evening, after dinner, we headed for the yoga room for some “wind down” yoga nidra which put all of us attendees in that place that exists between awake and sleep. (Love that place). A couple of Om Shantis later and then up the wooden hill to Bedfordshire. Or rather down the crooked stairs, along the corridor, quick stop in the kitchen for a cuppa and then to our respective snooze rooms.
“Don’t worry, be happy” “Life is short so wear your party pants” “Laugh” “Do things that make you smile” All these quotes are replies from our community when asked for one piece of health advice. Happiness is such a huge subject. I wasn’t quite sure where to begin in trying to figure the correlation between […]
A conversation with a patients son in clinic last week…. J: “I won an award in school” Me: “Really!, that’s fantastic! What’s the award?” J: (giggles) “It’s a brick” Me: “huh?” J: “The award is the school brick” Me: “Why did they give you the brick?” J: “Because I owned up…..Miss wasn’t angry at all. […]
Last week, I drove past a billboard which firmly suggested I “Live life full throttle”. My automatic driving pilot had kicked in as it was 7:30am and my bleary state didn’t lend itself to full throttling just yet, maybe after a cuppa. I don’t even know what the advert was for, coffee? A car maybe? […]
Welcome to my first Blog post. This is me and Moose looking out on Rhossilli bay (she’s the hairy one). I’m also the massage and movement therapist, no other reason other than I’m the one that’s trained in those things and she has no thumbs. It feels bonkers for me to say this but […]
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