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    Simple Life ✨

    July 5, 2019
    July 5, 2019

    A simple life allows us space to breathe.  Some people describe the joy of a simple life after a power cut or a camping trip. We realise we don’t need much stuff to survive and be content. There’s an opportunity to reconnect with what’s most important to us. We experience freedomand ease and feel lighter. Less stuff in our inside and outside worlds gives us this space.

    What is a simple life for you?

     

    How can you bring that feeling of space, freedom and ease into your life now?

     

    ✨It may include changing patterns with eating, drinking, relationships, communication, home, work, thoughts and what you give your time and energy to.


    What do you give your time and energy to?


    What would it look like and feel like if you gave it to…

    ✨Your health

    ✨Your loved ones

    ✨Your passions❤️

    ✨Having fun and enjoying yourself 😊

    ✨Living true to yourself and your life purpose


    Remembering the regrets of the dying…

    when asked what did they wish they had spent more time on.

    It wasn’t working harder, having fancy stuff or making more money.

    The top answer was…

    “I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.”

    https://bronnieware.com/regrets-of-the-dying/


    It’s such a great reminder to help us stay true and connected with what is most important to us.

    Also included in the top answers…

    “I wish that I had let myself be happier.”

    The word ‘let’ illustrates that happiness and laughter are always close by. It’s up to us to open and allow ourselves to feel it. Laughing deep and loud and inviting play back into our lives helps us lighten up. We all could do with more of that lightness, freedom and ease. When we experience that, we can connect with a part of ourselves that knows what’s true and that life really is simple. It all starts and ends with our breath.

    We can all relax and breathe easy. A good place to start is long and deep breathing. Right now. Simple.

    Brightest blessings to you ☀️
    Jen
    x

     

    Summer Offers & Classes


    ☀️Summer Shine (90 mins – £50)
    Uplift  *  energise  *  lighten

    Aromatherapy massage with reiki.

    ✨(Ideal for those looking to get super bright and charge up with
    positive energy)

     

    ☀️Summer Soother (2hrs – £65)
    Calming, soothing and relaxing for mind, body and soul. Breathe easy with hot stones, holistic massage, aromatherapy oils, reiki and ear candles to release tension and promote calm.

    ✨(Ideal for those who need space to catch up with themselves and recover from the summer buzz)


    ☀️Paradiso (3hrs – £85)
    Deeply relaxing & restoring aromatherapy massage and reiki. Includes holistic health consultation and balancing herbal tea. Space to clear, rest & recharge your body, mind & soul.

    ✨ (Ideal for those in need of a holiday)

    Awaken into a refreshed and rested space ready for what’s next


    ✨Yurt Lovers Offer

    (three 90min sessions for £130)
    For details

    http://www.reconnecttoself.com/appointments-2/appointment-types/ 


    For available appointment times http://www.reconnecttoself.com/available-appointments/

     

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    Vegan Cooking & Medicinal Herbs 🥗

    March 30, 2019
    March 30, 2019

    Vegan Cooking and Medicinal Herbs 🥑

    A new and inspiring class exploring ways we can live a plant based life for optimum health and vitality. With lots of practical, creative food and medicine making and take home notes for ongoing integration.

    My herbal medicine training included vegan nutrition and vegan cooking which was a huge source of knowledge and inspiration.  I learned how having a plant based diet not only benefits health and well being, it can prevent most of our major diseases including heart disease, diabetes and cancers (see The China Study by T. Colin Campbell & Thomas M. Campbell).

    I’ve been eating vegan food for twenty years and have lots of helpful, simple ways to live a plant based diet. I’m very excited to be sharing them with you! 😊

    For Cleansing

     

    Sat 18th May 9.30am to 4.30pm ~ £55

    Sat 15th June 9.30am to 4.30pm ~ £55

     

    For Immune Health

     

    August & September

     

     

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    Change is here ✨

    March 5, 2019
    March 5, 2019

    Change is here 🌷

    March is such a powerful month of change. It is a time when our life force energy is stirring and rising after the winter sleep and there is a potential for rapid transformation. 

    Nature is showing us already with bulbs popping through, the new buds unfolding and the chirpy bird song.  These are all signs we are moving into lighter times.

    Let’s open up and let it in 🌷

    As the light gets brighter and shines in our windows we notice and see the areas that need cleaning. Areas we might not have noticed before. This can be physically in our homes and body and we may also notice a change in our thoughts and feelings. It is completely natural to feel a bit buzzy and frisky at this time of year. Think of the mad March hares and the bouncy spring lambs!

    It’s what we do with the energy that is most important. We could go a bit loopy and spin out, or we could channel it in a practical way to help us clean, tidy and organise our life. We could also enjoy the high energy and the creative potential for fun, play and expression.

    The high creative energy can pull us into making a conscious shift and we may feel the need for a spring clear out. A conscious spring clean has been practiced for ages. It involves a clear out of stuff to make space for new life and a deep clean of places you would not usually get to. Commonly we associate it with deep cleaning the house and clearing the garden but our physical bodies would have been a major part of spring cleaning as well to recover from the winter.

    There are lots of interesting ways to cleanse the body by stimulating the blood and getting the juices flowing. Hitting yourself with stinging nettles is one effective way you might like to try! It is helpful to have a break from every day food for a few days to give your digestive system a chance to repair itself and your liver an opportunity to clean up. After a proper cleanse we should feel lighter and clearer and ready to switch to healthier ways of being moving forward.

    We do need to remember and drink extra pure water until the pee is clear to flush out the waste products from the cleansing process. A bit like emptying our bucket after we’ve  been cleaning the house. If we don’t the water gets stagnant and smelly.

    Cleansing and clearing our inside and outside world helps us make space for new life and it feels so good! 😊

    When we are clear we are ready for transformation.

    How do you cleanse yourself?

    Remembering the main areas our bodies eliminate wastes are:

    ✨Skin

    ✨Respiratory system

    ✨Urinary system

    ✨Digestive system

    Some of my favourite ways to cleanse are:

    ✨a super scrub clean in the shower or bath with yummy essential oil soap 

    ( I love Beautitude cleanse bar)

    ✨a walk in the fresh air 

    (especially when it’s windy)

    ✨ a deep cosy sleep with the windows open 

    (best quality sleep is an hour before and after midnight so 10pm sleep time is perfect)

    ✨drinking a good few pints of pure spring water

    ✨drinking a big flask of cleanse tea

     (Pukka cleanse tea is super)

    ✨doing an organic fruit and veg fast or a juice fast 

                 (see info about Sap! below)

    I also love a sauna, steam and a lush Voya seaweed bath at Fletchers Cottage spa 😊Yum!

    Nature is so clever and provides us with powerful cleansing medicines in spring to support our cleansing process. Herbs like…

    ✨Nettle ~ cleans blood, increases urine elimination, contains high levels of nutrients incl. iron & vit C

    ✨Dandelion ~ stimulates digestive juices, encourages liver to repair itself, nutritious and diuretic

    ✨Cleavers ~ cleanses blood and moves the lymph

    …are already popping through. I’m sure they are growing beside you somewhere.

    Make sure you identify them properly before you eat them and also make sure they are growing in a clean place.

    For more info on spring herbs http://www.reconnecttoself.com/blog/ 

    Spring is a wonderful time to make changes as we shift into different patterns and ways of living.  There are lots of super opportunities coming up to learn to live a lush, healthy life and develop what we already know and practice.

    Vegan cooking and Medicinal Herbs 🥑

    A new and exciting class exploring ways we can live a plant based life for optimum health and vitality. With lots of practical and creative food and medicine making and take home recipes and notes for ongoing integration.

    For cleansing

    Sat 18th May 9.30am to 4.30pm ~ £55

    Sat 15th June 9.30am to 4.30pm ~ £55

    For immune health

    August & September 

    Detox Health Beauty Festival 🌼

    11th May at Archerfield Walled Garden 

    An amazing opportunity to experience lush, life force foods, potions and therapies and learn new ways to take care of ourselves well. It is a celebration of goodness ✨

    See the website for more info and to get tickets.

    https://www.detoxhealthbeauty.com/events 

    Sap! Juice 🍑

    The most gorgeous juice for a spring clean! It’s more than juice, it is medicine. 

    Wholesome, pure and made in East Lothian. Great for a juice fast as bulk orders are available. Also do ginger shots. Check out the website and also see them at the Detox Health Beauty event 😊

    https://sites.google.com/view/sap-juice/home

    Intro to Aromatherapy 🌸

    Sunday 19th May ~ 10.30am to 1.30pm ~ £33

    An introduction to the medicinal qualities of essential oils and how to apply them for home help use to enhance health and well being.

    Reiki Training ✨

    Learn to be your own reiki practitioner to give yourself and your family Reiki every day ☀️

    Helpful for cleansing and supporting physical, mental and emotional bodies. 

    Reiki I Training – Self Healing – one day class – £111 

    (includes healthy lunch, manual and access to future classes)

    Sunday 7th April ~ 10am to 4pm

    Saturday 1st June ~ 10am to 4pm

    Next one August 

    For more info visit http://www.reconnecttoself.com/your-wellbeing/reiki/

    The Yurt has some new treatments to support spring time cleansing and transformation.

             

    Spring  Offers & Vouchers

    Spring Blossom (90mins-£50) 🌸

    Open up your happy receptors and blossom into spring! 

    Soothing, relaxing and regenerating aromatherapy massage with reiki. 

    (Ideal for those who need to relax and reconnect with their happiness and wellbeing)

    Spring Clean (2hrs – £65) 🌱

    Enjoy a spring clean treatment after winter. With hot stones, holistic massage, reiki, aromatherapy oils and herbal tea to promote deep cleansing. Includes lymphatic drainage and kidney flushing to support your body to clear and renew for spring! 

    (Ideal for those who feel sluggish, groggy, tired and need to refresh and energise)

    Paradiso Fantastico! (3hrs – £85) ✨

    Ultimate relaxation! Deeply soothing & restoring aromatherapy massage with hot stones and reiki. Clear, rest & recharge your body, mind & soul. Also includes health and well being consultation for integrating positive change. 

    (Ideal for those in need of time and space to let go of the mind frazzle and deep tension and receive positive energy, clarity and strength)

    May we all enjoy the most gorgeous lush spring time 🌷

    Let’s be open to it 😊

    Brightest blessings ✨

    Jen

    x

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    Spring cleaning super hero’s 🌱

    March 2, 2019
    March 2, 2019

    There is a natural order and a reason why nettles, cleavers and dandelions grow so abundantly in our gardens.  It is because we need them as medicines so much! 

    If only everyone knew how helpful they are for our health and well being we would be harvesting them to use rather than discarding them as weeds.

    They are particularly helpful at this time of year to support our spring cleaning.

     

    ✨✨✨Remember to be sure they are who you think they are before you eat them!✨✨✨

     

    Cleavers (Galium aparine)

    The name cleavers refers to its ability to cling to clothing and fur and you might know this plant as “sticky willies”.

    It is a powerful blood purifier and  supports the body cleanse by moving the lymph and increasing urine production. It is used especially in conditions when congestion of lymph tissue is causing pathology.

    The fresh juice is best (1-3 teaspoons three times a day) and it can also be eaten as a vegetable.

     

    Nettle (Urtica dioica)

    It is likely nettle has gotten your attention before and is known for its sting. That’s why it is best harvested with gloves on 🙂

    If you do get a sting look out for a dock leaf or plantain leaf and rub the area to relieve it.  Nettle shoots can made into a yummy, nutritious juice or soup and later as it grows taller it can be dried and used as a tea. The shoots are best picked early spring as they pop up and the aerial parts right up until July. After this nettle can be helpful as a mulch and plant food due to its high mineral content.

    Nettle has a high content of… 

    vitamins e.g. vitamin C

    iron (vit C increases ability to absorb iron so nettle has an excellent combination) 

    calcium

    silica

    chlorophyll 

    It is another amazing herb for spring cleansing.  It acts as a blood cleanser and diuretic making it excellent when a build up of waste products are causing an issue such as in arthritic and skin conditions. It helps strengthen our natural resistance and is known to be a great medicine for those with hypersensitivity conditions such as asthma, eczema and hay fever.

     

    Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)

    Another spring cleaning super hero! For full article please see link 

    http://www.reconnecttoself.com/2013/04/ 

     

    References

    BARKER, J., 2001.The Medicinal Flora of Britain and Northwestern Europe. Kent: Winter Press.

    BARTRAM, T, 1998. Bartram’s Encyclopaedia of Medicinal Plants. Second Edition.London: Dorling Kindersley Ltd.

    CHEVALLIER, A, 2001.Encyclopaedia of Medicinal Plants.Second Edition. London: Dorling Kindersley Ltd.

    GRIEVE, M, 1971.A Modern Herbal.New York: Dover Publications Inc.

    MILLS, S, 1985. The Dictionary of Modern Herbalism.UK: Thorsons Publishing Group.

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    Spring Offers 🌷

    February 23, 2019
    February 23, 2019

    Spring Blossom (90mins-£50) 🌸

    Open up your happy receptors and blossom into spring! 

    Soothing, relaxing and regenerating aromatherapy massage with reiki.

    ✨(Ideal for those who need to relax and reconnect with their happiness and wellbeing)

     

    Spring Clean (2hrs – £65) 🌱

    Enjoy a spring clean treatment after winter. With hot stones, holistic massage, reiki, aromatherapy oils and herbal tea to promote deep cleansing. Includes lymphatic drainage and kidney flushing to support your body to clear and renew for spring! 

    ✨(Ideal for those who feel sluggish, groggy, tired and need to refresh and energise)

     

    Paradiso Fantastico! (3hrs – £85) 🏝☀️

    Ultimate relaxation! Deeply soothing & restoring aromatherapy massage with hot stones and reiki. Clear, rest & recharge your body, mind & soul. Also includes health and well being consultation for integrating positive change.

    ✨(Ideal for those in need of time and space to let go of the mind frazzle and deep tension and receive positive energy, clarity and strength)

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