Turning Tide Wellness

29/03/2026

This week we will use the yoga practice to embrace the energies of the Pink Full Moon that represents awakening, alignment and forward movement. It invites reflection on what is ready to bloom in our lives and where we are being called to open up.

This moon supports self-trust and expansion, encouraging us to step toward what feels alive, nourishing, and aligned, even if it still feels tender or new.

It’s a reminder that growth often begins with permission: permission to try, to hope, and to move gently into what’s next. 🪷🩷

28/03/2026

27/03/2026

Spring is the season of renewal. Just as nature sheds the cold grip of winter and welcomes new life, our bodies, too, need a reset. Ayurveda, the ancient Indian system of holistic healing, emphasises seasonal cleansing to eliminate toxins, restore balance, and prepare the body for the changing climate.

A spring cleanse is more than just a detox—it’s a way to align yourself with nature’s rhythms, improve digestion, boost immunity, and refresh both body and mind.

Ayurveda recognizes spring as the ideal season for detoxification. During winter, our bodies accumulate Ama (toxins) due to heavy foods, slower digestion, and reduced physical activity. As the weather warms up, these toxins start to loosen, making it easier for the body to eliminate them.

A spring cleanse helps by:
🌱Supporting natural detoxification processes
🌱Enhancing digestion and metabolism
🌱Reducing sluggishness, bloating, and congestion
🌱Boosting energy levels and mental clarity
🌱Strengthening immunity for the season ahead

A true spring cleanse goes beyond physical detox. Mental and emotional cleansing is just as important.

Yoga supports digestion and toxin elimination on a physical and emotional level. This week we focussed on:
- twisting poses, side bends, flexions and extensions which stimulate the liver and intestines
- ⁠inversions to help stimulate the lymphatic system for removal of toxins
- ⁠Kapalabhati to clear toxins and stagnant air from the lungs. 🪷💜

27/03/2026

27/03/2026

26/03/2026

Deep in the forest, you will eventually come across a fallen tree.

At first it can feel like a loss.

A tree that once stretched tall toward the sky now lies quiet on the forest floor. Its bark splits. Its wood softens. Moss begins to gather along its spine, and small mushrooms push through its surface like tiny lanterns.

But if you look more closely, you will see that the forest does not treat this fallen tree as something finished.

It becomes something else entirely.

Over time the log holds moisture like a sponge. Moss blankets it. Insects move in and begin their quiet work of returning wood to soil. Ferns take root along its length.

And often, if you visit the same place years later, you will see young trees growing directly from that old trunk — their roots reaching down through the softened wood.

Foresters sometimes call these nurse logs.

The fallen tree becomes a cradle for new life.

The forest understands something we often struggle with: what appears to be an ending may actually be a transformation.

Nothing in the forest is wasted.

The old tree feeds the soil. The soil feeds the seedlings. The seedlings rise toward the same light their ancestor once reached.

Life continues, not in spite of the fallen log, but because of it.

In our own lives we often resist the moments when something collapses — a plan, a role, a chapter we thought would last longer.

Yet the forest reminds us that decay is not failure.
It is part of the cycle that allows something new to root.

Sometimes the most important thing we leave behind is the ground we create for what comes next.

So if you ever find yourself sitting beside a fallen log in the woods, notice what grows there.

You may be looking at the quiet beginning of the next forest.

25/03/2026

24/03/2026

Looking forward to Claire’s White Lotus Complementary Therapies next visit to the studio 🪷💜

23/03/2026

➰EXAMS WEEK➰

🌱Study Better with Essential Oils🌱 📚✏️

Do you want to improve your concentration, increase memory & boost brain function for your exams naturally with Essential Oils?!
Wouldn’t you like to walk into the room where you study at home with the waft of ‘Rosemary’ improving mental clarity & boosting your memory?!
Check out the oils below that can help you through your exams:
🌱ROSEMARY enhances concentration & increases memory.
🌱Diffusing PEPPERMINT while you study can help you stay focused & alert without feeling sleepy & it also increases retention rates so you can soak up as much information from your study material.
🌱Citrus oils like WILD ORANGE & LEMON have sweet fruity scents that are uplifting & have mood boosting properties to instantly put a smile on your face!
🌱EUCALYPTUS cuts through a cluttered mind, eliminating mental unclarity & awakening your senses. It works just like Peppermint in clarifying your mind & increasing mental performance. Eucalyptus also strengthens your immune system to fight off viruses during exam week.
🌱YLANG YLANG has calming properties that will help with anxiety & nervousness & help you settle down peacefully to study without making you feel sleepy.
🌱BASIL stimulates the mind & increases concentration levels as well as boosts memory power. It clears the nasal pathways & promotes clear & easy breathing. If you can breathe in more oxygen this will promote more blood flow & oxygenation of the brain.
Want to know more? Why not come to my workshop to blend your own exam aid roller bottle and learn more about application tips.

I will also demonstrate some yogic breathing techniques (pranayamas) that will help calm the mind and bring back mental clarity.

Date: TBC

Please WhatsApp me on 07545400015 to book and let me know what date would suit best during the second week of the Easter break.

£20pp ( this includes one 10ml rollerbottle ). There will be the opportunity to make more and/or purchase additional oils at an extra charge.

22/03/2026

Now that Spring has officially sprung, we are going to use the yoga practice to help support our bodies’ natural detoxification process to get rid of toxins by increasing circulation, compressing and twisting internal organs, and encouraging relaxation.

19/03/2026

This week we used the yoga practice to prepare for the Spring Equinox (Ostara). We gave thanks for a rebirth of vitality and joy after the long winter months. We prepared ourselves to forge ahead and have courage to expand beyond our safe boundaries- to crack the shell of our own limitations that we might expand our engagement with life. We take action to plant seeds- both actual and metaphorical- recognising that the struggle of the tender shoot through the soil is rewarded by its blossoming of its fruit. We journey towards summer, towards new experiences and lessons to learn.

We used the elements during the yoga practice to break the shell of our limitations of thought ( air), courage (fire), emotions (water) and physical body (earth).

At Spring Equinox the sun rises exactly due East and sets due West giving us a day and night of equal length. This balance between dark and light reminds us that Ostara is not only the celebration of spring, but also a moment of equilibrium before moving onwards into the waxing energies of summer. ☯️ ☀️

19/03/2026

So much joy and happiness in the dawn chorus this morning celebrating the Spring Equinox! 🌱 🌄