Therapy garden up and running at beautiful new site

The Potting Shed therapy garden is now up and running after moving to Middlemarsh last year – offering a range of therapies and classes in beautiful, rural surroundings.

A special place to relax unwind and be inspired is promised at the new site, which is starting to burst into life.

In addition to the classes, you can enjoy cream teas and buy pots, plants and metal work. Classes include morning outdoor yoga from 9am-10am every Friday in May. This is an hour-long session costing £8 and suitable for all ages and abilities. To book your place contact 07817 624081 or email hello@yogasherborne.co.uk

Pilates for Nature sessions will be held on Thursdays, May 18 and June 1, from 6.30pm and 11.30am respectively. Go to lovickpilates.com to find out more, or email lovickpilates@gmail.com

Snapdragon Holistic Therapies will be offering Angelic Reiki, hand reflexology, ear candling and Indian head massage on selected dates – email snapdragonholistictherapies@outlook.com or call 07768 808658 to book. Snapdragon also offers natural manicures, facials, children’s pamper parties and ‘intuitive artwork’.

There’s a Twilight Meadow Meditation on Thursday, May 25 from 7pm-9pm. Meditate by an old oak tree for mindfulness and spiritual wellbeing with Hilary Campbell of Antlered Path. Energy healing sessions are held from 11am-2pm on Thursdays from May 18. These are free, or a donation entry.

PAGAN VIEWS

by JO BELASCO

When I saw the image of the Green Man on the Coronation invite I decided it was time for a church crawl. While visiting West Dorset churches en masse I couldn’t help but be struck by how many were in close proximity to manor houses.

I was also amazed that so many flew the Union Flag and had royalty magazines next to the church guides. At The Saint Mary Magdalene church in Loders, the church guide steered me in the right direction, explaining: “As far back as the 7th century AD, Theodore, Archbishop of Canterbury, founded the parochial system of the Church of England by persuading lords of the manors to build and endow parish churches,