WellBeing BY LEONORA ELLIS
You might think that ‘wellness’ is a modern The parishioners were enchanted by her gimmick born out of TikTok beauty trends and beauty; she never seemed to age (lucky for hopeful yoga instructors, but the word comes some!), and her singing voice was unlike from a wealth of history on humans’ overall anything they had ever heard. health. Dating back to ancient philosophies and A young man who attended the same church, medical practices (3000-1500 B.C) a holistic Mathey Trewella, fell head over heels for the system was born: Ayurveda (“life health”). beautiful woman and one day followed her Originating from Hindu texts that typified the home. Neither of them was ever seen again. importance of creating harmony between the body, mind, and spirit. Sounds pretty good right? One Sunday, a ship cast an anchor a mile from Boardmasters thought so too, opening a Fitness Pendour Cove, soon after, a mermaid appeared and asked for the anchor to be raised because & Wellbeing area in 2016. it was resting on her door. The sailors obliged Boardmasters Festival is all about maintaining and quickly set sail. The villagers concluded a balance between enjoying that late night rave that the mermaid was the same lady from the and looking after your aching body and incessant church, and she took the young man to live headache the next morning. with her in the sea. To commemorate her, they Welcome to Zennor Haven wellbeing area, carved the mermaid onto one end of a pew in somewhere that has its roots firmly placed in the church. This fifteenth century carving, the legend. The Mermaid of Zennor, so the story goes, “Mermaid Chair” still stands today. is about a beautiful young woman who attended services at St. Senara’s The Zennor Haven area Church (not far from St Ives).
is perched high upon the jagged cliffs of Watergate Bay, with a view across the same wild ocean
48
