AND … BREATHE!

All your holistic health and wellbeing news from around the coastal region …

Alison Green has opened her wonderful Wellbeing Shed in Woodbridge offering relaxing reflexology and Indian head massage treatments to her clients.

In her former role working for a mental health charity, Alison says she saw first-hand how stress can affect people.

“After making some life changing decisions, I moved to Suffolk in 2020 and now do my dream job from my therapy room, the Wellbeing Shed, in my garden,” she says.

Alison has a warm, intuitive approach and believes it’s so important we make time for ourselves and our wellbeing, particularly during these “challenging times.”

Reflexology is a complementary health therapy based on ancient principles that varying points of the feet, face and hands correspond with different areas of the body.

“The reflexology treatments used today were developed by Eunice Ingham in the 1930s, who mapped the zones of the feet in relation to the organs of the body,” she says. “It works alongside modern medicine, lifestyle and nutrition to promote positive physical, mental and emotional wellbeing. It helps the body to fight any imbalance brought on by stress by improving blood flow throughout the body and releasing tension from within.”

Indeed, here at LivingIn … we enjoyed a peaceful reflexology session with Alison in her tranquil treatment room, nestled in her lovely garden and can report we floated out of there feeling very relaxed! Likewise, Indian head massage is an equally effective complementary health therapy incorporating traditional Indian and Western massage techniques, using different pressures and massage strokes. Alison adds: “It increases blood circulation to the scalp face, neck and shoulders and releases accumulated stress in the tissues, muscles and joints of the head, neck, face and shoulders.” l See: wellbeingshedreflexology.co.uk

Call: 07713 421251 Or find her: @wellbeingshedreflexology

HAPPY TALK!

Talented Reiki master and teacher, Sandra Jones, says she’s never happier than when she’s helping her clients.

“I was born happy,” smiles Sandra, who originally hails from Manchester and plays the saxophone in her spare time. “As a child I used to meditate without even knowing it. I had such a vivid imagination. I can remember sitting on my mum’s rug and closing my eyes and imagining me leaving the floor and going off somewhere. I was astral travelling at a very young age!” l Check her out at: sandrajonesrelax.com

Mum-of-two Sandra enjoyed a long career as a dental nurse after moving to Felixstowe in the 1980s. But in 1999, she says, she had “a spiritual awakening.” After studying Reiki and Hypnotherapy, she now specialises in a whole host of holistic treatments from the comfort of her home-based micro salon in Felixstowe. They include Hopi ear candles, full body massage (with or without hot stones) as well as laser tattoo removal and lash and brow treatments to name but a few.

Email her on: sandrajonesrelax@outlook.com

Or call: 07895 691188

INTO THE TREES … Woodbridge resident, Julia McPherson, loves her bustling market town and riverside but spends many spring/ summer weekends hosting retreats at her woodland cabin in the Dedham Vale AONB.

“Bathing in nature, particularly trees, is a powerful antidote to a fast-paced, high-tech life style,” she says. “I devise retreats for groups, themed around mindful meditation, digi-detox and forest bathing. I took up meditation in 2011 after a difficult time and found it truly life-changing but typical retreats felt overly ‘spiritual’ and ascetic, so I started hosting my own. Soon I discovered that nature has an overwhelming urge to enhance and invigorate our souls, so my team simply facilitate while nature does its work - far more soothing and transformative.”

“We have places on our weekend of 30 June - 2 July when you can practise Mindful Meditation, Learn Qi Gong, experience Sound Baths and Laughter Yoga. We’ll dip into some light-hearted nature immersion challenges such as our torchless night walk. Evenings are chilled and hygge: with food, drinks and music around the campfire. More dates (incl. away days) available for group bookings. ” l For all info and prices, contact:Juliammcp@gmail.com