December Appointment Spaces
Thursday 6th December – 2:15pm, 3:30pm & 5:15pm
Friday 7th December – 2:45pm & 4:45 pm
Monday 10th December – 1:00pm & 2:00pm
Thursday 13th December – 1:45pm, 5:00pm & 6:00pm
Friday 14th December – 2:45pm
Monday 17th December – 1:45pm
Friday 21st December – 12:00pm
As always call or text me on 07946 071 672 to book.
Looking forward to seeing you
Coronavirus – Apocalypse Now or Apocalypse Later? (title courtesy of Steve Douglas)
/in Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyle support, mental health, self development, Self-help, Uncategorised, wellbeing, wellness /by Rachel SurteesI have heard this virus referred to in many ways. Some have suggested it is like an invisible monster roaming our streets and that we should be scared to set foot outside our houses in case it happens to be close by (like the monster might get bored and move on if we all hide away for long enough), others have compared it to a mortal enemy with whom we are at war Read more
Holding your sh*t together in tough times!
/in Health & Wellbeing, mental health, self development, Self-help, stress relief, wellbeing, wellness /by Rachel SurteesHuge emotions are arising for people, fear, anxiety, loss, sorrow, anger, despair, and this for many is becoming overwhelming. People are turning to distractions to numb themselves out in a bid to remain functional and whilst this provides temporary relief from the feelings, they just keep returning, unbidden to wash Read more
How are you doing?
/in Healing, Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyle support, Nature, self development, Self-help, stress relief, Uncategorised /by Rachel SurteesWow, the world has certainly become a very different place all of a sudden hasn’t it?
I’m not massively brilliant at this staying in contact business, but in these crazy worrying times I thought I would break my usual radio silence to ask how are you doing (and yes, I would actually like to hear your honest answer)?
I’m seeing so many different responses to this current crisis but a lot of what I am observing is very split between positive and negative poles. I’m opting to stay somewhere in the middle, acknowledging my fear, hurt, despair and grief whilst also holding in the other hand the belief that this time will change our world permanently and my hope that perhaps that change might be for the better, not only for humans but for all beings on our planet. I could quite easily drop into the fear and stay there but I don’t think residing solely in that place will serve me well.
I’ve been chatting to people who are struggling with the crisis and particularly the social isolation that we are experiencing at the moment and we’ve been asking the question how do we get through this? Read more
Christmas Opening
/in Health & Wellbeing, massage, Reflexology, stress relief /by Rachel SurteesWhere are you on your list of things to take care of this Christmas?
Get booked in before all the appointment spaces go. Call or text on 07946 071 672
Surviving Winter
/in Health & Wellbeing, health supplements, Lifestyle support, massage, natural health, natural remedies, Reflexology, Self-help, stress relief, Tension Relief /by Rachel SurteesKeeping in Fine Winter Fettle
The four things that reliably keep us physically healthy are eating well, drinking well, moving well and resting well. This is no different in winter to any other time of year, however all of these areas seem to suffer somewhat in the darker, damper days. Read more
December Appointment Spaces
/in Healing, Health & Wellbeing, massage, Reflexology, stress relief, Tension Relief /by Rachel SurteesThursday 6th December – 2:15pm, 3:30pm & 5:15pm
Friday 7th December – 2:45pm & 4:45 pm
Monday 10th December – 1:00pm & 2:00pm
Thursday 13th December – 1:45pm, 5:00pm & 6:00pm
Friday 14th December – 2:45pm
Monday 17th December – 1:45pm
Friday 21st December – 12:00pm
As always call or text me on 07946 071 672 to book.
Looking forward to seeing you
It’s time to make self care a priority!
/in Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyle support, massage, natural health, self development, Self-help, stress relief /by Rachel SurteesThis year I decided that I needed to get my act together so I set out on January 1st with a series of self care objectives in mind.
I started in January with a sponsored, month long dryathlon to raise money for the Woodlands Trust. This seemed to extend right into the back end of February I got so carried away with it. I’ve shaped up my diet, I’m continually increasing my exercise levels and introducing new forms of exercise into my repertoire, I’ve reinstated my fortnightly visits to the massage therapist and am receiving reflexology once a month too, I have cut back on social media time, and I am prioritising down time. For the first time in what feels like at least a couple of years I feel fantastic, I have energy, I feel more productive when I am working, and I feel rested when I’ve had time off.
As I sat by the stream in the picture above the other day enjoying the sunshine filtering down through the trees and listening to the birds singing, I began to wonder what had taken me so long to get round to making these shifts in my lifestyle and I came back to one of my biggest bug bears as a holistic therapist Read more
Where does time go?
/in Healing, Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyle support, Medicine wheel, natural health, Nature, self development, Self-help, Shamanism, Uncategorised /by Rachel SurteesIt’s a lovely feeling when our energy starts to wake up again at the beginning of February. You can almost feel the life returning to your bones, and as the days go onwards and the weather starts to perk up a little we become more and more active.
I love those early days of spring where I find I have lots of ideas floating around, but I love this time of year even more. The ideas that I was floating back in February are starting to come together now into something more concrete, ‘things which are actually happening’. It feels exciting, and it’s great to be part of the flow, working in tune with the rhythms of the year. Not to mention that the bluebells are now starting to bloom too (that always gets me excited). Read more
New organic healthcare products available in clinic and online
/in health supplements, Lifestyle support, natural beauty, natural cosmetics, natural health, natural remedies, natural skincare, Uncategorised /by Rachel SurteesClients have been asking me for ages now what products should they use to complement their therapy sessions, or what are the options in natural skincare products, what supplements could they be taking to make sure they are in peak health etc. I quite often end up pointing people in the direction of Neal’s Yard as I’ve used their products for years and can highly recommend their high quality skincare products, health supplements, essential oils and herbal products.
So when the opportunity to become a consultant came my way, I figured why keep pointing people to another place to buy what they need to keep them looking and feeling great when I could just bring the products straight to them.
I’ve just placed my first stock order today so very soon there will be all these fabulous products available in clinic: Read more
New year’s resolutions? Start on the right foot!
/in Lifestyle support, self development, Self-help, Uncategorised /by Rachel SurteesIt is traditional in our culture to make new year’s resolutions which we are supposed to start from the 1st of January. We see people every year making a commitment to do certain things with their life and by the time we’ve hit February most thoughts of achieving the things we sought to do have gone completely out of the window.
Why is it then that we repeatedly make the effort to come up with a list of things we wish to do differently in our lives, when we know from experience that we are unlikely to meet the challenges we have set for ourselves? Read more