Seven Sisters Serenities - Holistic Therapies for health and well being.

03/11/2025

Loving the great new Tropic Advert … I can have it covered for you this Christmas 🎄🩷🥰🛍️.

03/11/2025

Have a good week everyone 🩷

31/10/2025

This is so true so very very physical . Remember it can be a loss of any kind that can make you feel like this , loss of a broken friendship, missing family if you have moved away , loss of animals , loss of a job and retirement and friendship and routine . It’s a massive subject and although we more easily notice the emotions it is easy to misunderstand the physical impact .
Be kind to yourself , observe , rest , heal 🩷 it’s your journey and you can take whatever route you need .
Aid the healing ❤️‍🩹 through massage , reiki , sound therapy , conversation , movement , dance ,breathing , yoga, stretching 🙆‍♀️, hobbies , walking , reading , nature , friends , phone calls , warm baths 🛀, candles 🕯️ and music 🩷
Sending healing ❤️‍🩹 to those who need it today x







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Grief Is Weirdly Physical

No one tells you that your body signs up for the full experience of grief, no questions asked.

Your throat tightens at random times, like it’s trying to stop tears from leaking out.

Your shoulders creep up toward your ears; your stomach forgets how to digest food and even breathing feels like work.

And sleep is the worst coworker…always on break when you need it most.

Then there are these strange bursts of energy, almost like your body gets tired of being sad and starts rebelling. Suddenly, you’re deep-cleaning the kitchen at midnight or deciding that now is the perfect time to reorganize your sock drawer.

Grief turns into this unpredictable blend of exhaustion and adrenaline, like running a marathon without knowing where the finish line is.

Food becomes its own saga. Some days you can’t swallow a thing, and other days you act personally responsible for keeping the local bakery in business.

Your body doesn’t know how to process loss, so it tries everything, crying, sleeping, walking, eating, not eating, staring at the ceiling for three hours straight.

Here’s the thing…the strange grace of it all is even when your body aches, it keeps going.

It keeps breathing for you when you forget to. It gets you out of bed, holds you upright, carries you through the heaviness. Grief lives in your muscles and bones, but so does survival.

So if you’ve wondered why your back hurts, why your heart feels heavy, or why you find yourself sobbing next to the bananas at the grocery store, please know this is all part of it.

You’re not broken.

You’re just doing the emotional equivalent of working out at the gym.

And honestly…you deserve a medal just for showing up at all.

Gary Sturgis

26/10/2025

This is another wonderful post
And such a good read .😁
I have been working much more with Manual Lymphatic Drainage Masage more recently so I can really relate to this at so many levels as a therapist /body worker . Very powerful work with incredible results .🩷

What Trauma Does to Your Body Over Time (Even If You Don’t Talk About It)

There are things we survive — but never speak about.
Things we push down with a smile, a laugh, a “I’m fine.”
But the body keeps a different kind of memory.

It doesn’t forget what the mind tries to bury.

🧠 Trauma is Not Just a Memory. It Becomes Biology.

Trauma isn’t just what happens to you —
It’s what happens inside you as a result.

Whether it’s childhood neglect, emotional abuse, betrayal, loss, or years of living in survival mode — trauma doesn’t just live in your mind.
It rewires your nervous system.
It reshapes your hormones.
It recodes your immune response.

Over time, trauma becomes physical.

🔬 Here’s What Trauma Does to Your Body (Over Months… and Years)

1. It dysregulates your nervous system.

The body gets stuck in fight, flight, freeze or fawn.
You might feel always on edge, or always exhausted.
Your vagus nerve — the one responsible for calming your body down — goes offline.
Suddenly, loud sounds feel threatening.
Touch feels overstimulating.
And rest? Impossible.

📉 Chronic trauma = chronic dysregulation = chronic stress.

2. It hijacks your hormones.

Your adrenal glands don’t know you’re safe.
They just know you’ve been running from lions for too long.

So they keep pumping:
• Cortisol (your stress hormone)
• Adrenaline (your panic hormone)

Eventually, this can lead to:
• Adrenal fatigue
• Burnout
• Thyroid issues
• Hormonal imbalances like estrogen dominance or low progesterone

🌀 The body starts to think that calm is dangerous — and chaos is normal.

3. It weakens your immune system.

When your body is always in crisis mode, it stops prioritizing healing.

Studies show that trauma and PTSD:
• Increase pro-inflammatory cytokines (which age you from the inside)
• Suppress immune function
• Make you more vulnerable to chronic infections and autoimmune conditions

🛡️ The immune system can’t protect you properly when it’s constantly in battle mode.

4. It affects your gut (deeply).

Did you know 80% of your immune system and 95% of your serotonin lives in your gut?

When trauma strikes, your gut gets hit too.

Trauma is linked to:
• IBS
• Leaky gut
• Food sensitivities
• Bloating, constipation, or diarrhea
• Gut-brain axis dysfunction

🍽️ This is why trauma survivors often struggle with digestion — it’s not “just anxiety.” It’s biology.

5. It gets trapped in your fascia, your lymph, your breath.

Trauma isn’t just in the brain — it lives in the body:
• Muscles hold memory.
• Fascia tightens with fear.
• The lymphatic system stagnates under inflammation.
• Breath becomes shallow.
• The diaphragm freezes.

That’s why trauma healing often requires more than just talk therapy.
You need to move it.
Breathe it.
Drain it.
Release it.

🕊️ You can’t think your way out of trauma — you have to feel your way through it.

💥 Silent Signs of Long-Held Trauma

Sometimes trauma doesn’t look like flashbacks.
It looks like:
• Chronic fatigue
• Autoimmune flares
• Hormonal chaos
• Constant people-pleasing
• Panic over small things
• Neck tension that never releases
• Being “too strong” for too long

The body whispers before it screams.

✨ The Good News: Healing is Possible.

But it’s not linear. And it’s not quick.

Healing trauma means:
• Safety first — the body needs to feel safe to let go.
• Nervous system repair — through lymphatic therapy, breathwork, cold therapy, somatic work, and nervous system regulation.
• Restoring trust in your body, slowly.
• Unfreezing the parts of you that went numb to survive.

It might take years.
But you’re not broken.
You’re healing.

🕊️ Final Words for the Silent Warrior

If you’ve carried pain no one saw,
If you’ve survived seasons that nearly broke you,
If your body is tired in ways you can’t explain —

Know this:

✨ You are not crazy.
✨ Your symptoms are valid.
✨ Your body is doing its best to protect you.
✨ And you are so worthy of healing — slow, gentle, whole healing.

You didn’t choose the trauma.
But you can choose to unlearn the fear,
Restore the safety,
And come home to your body — one breath at a time.

24/10/2025

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21/10/2025

Lots of this makes perfect sense to me , maybe it will to you … x

18/10/2025

It was a pleasure to be a part
Of the https://applegate.care/ Retreat day today at the Ventnor Botanical
gardens as one of many therapists sharing their skills .
There are so many experienced therapists on the IOW I felt very privileged to be one them.
All the ladies had a relaxing time joining in many activities, followed by a lovely lunch which we were
Able to join in with as well and went done a treat !!! 😁😁
Thank you for asking me , it was lovely to meet you all . 🩷🙏

16/10/2025

Go gently today and look into the whispers 😊 best time spent today xx

12/10/2025

Holistic healing treatment’s here at Queen Bower Farm also include our lodge for short stays 🙏 .
There is nothing nicer than a well-being, nurturing appointment whether that is for massage, reiki , reflexology , holistic facial , guided meditation to then wander back to your private accommodation on site feeling totally relaxed and with a different , more positive mindset.

Maybe hands on treatments are not for you and a walk and talk in nature observing animals from a distance is more your kind of relaxing ? Or just admiring the views and letting your senses connect to nature 🐝🦋🩷🌻🌺💐
Life is tough and as busy humans we are always having to navigate difficult times in our life and work through emotions and personal struggles.
Maybe a short break away, respite from care roles for family whether that be elderly or illness to enable you to super charge your batteries and look at things from new perspective could be what you need and can make a powerful difference to your well-being .
We can’t help others if we don’t look after ourselves 😉, this is a fact !
Preventative health care is always best than waiting until it’s too late to then Struggle to build yourself back up . Trust me I know ! I have been there and got the T shirt !

If I can help you in anyway please reach out 🙏🦋🩷 .

Open to adaptations to meet your requirements.

If you don’t want to leave your pets behind , bring them with you 🐶🐔🐎🐩🐖 Stable and grazing also available for ponies who might like to come too 😁.

Simple , well-being 😊 back to factory settings 🥰 nothing more , nothing less , a reminder of how it is to feel peaceful and quiet in your mind and body again 🩷 let me be part of your journey 😊

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For further information and any enquiries Contact Yasmin Collins 07973851532 ☎️
Email : queenbowerfarm@gmail.com

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Beautiful self contained holiday home based in Alverstone . Perfect for walkers, cyclists and nature lovers.

09/10/2025

Last treatment finished tonight 🥰 . Met some beautiful people today at Wessex Cancer Support and then treatments back at the farm this afternoon and evening. Moving energy, realignment of the body , small subtle adjustments making a powerful difference for the highest of good. Laughter , tears and releasing of emotions …. Powerful, profound work .

06/10/2025

Pop outside and admire the beautiful full moon 🌕 🥰.
My photos do not do justice, so go and see for yourself and get a better photo to post in comments please😂 🙏 xx