Mind Insight

22/12/2025

Lost your get up and go?

Your health isn't just for Christmas.

If you are experiencing musculoskeletal pain, injuries that keep reoccurring, or just want to take the best care of yourself.

Treat yourself in the New Year.

Appointments available in Cheltenham.

Treat your body this Christmas — it deserves it.
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18/12/2025

Back pain? Shoulders aching? Neck playing you up? Knees stopping you doing things?

Try KCR for a whole body reset.

Reduce pain, get more mobile, do more of what you love.

Appointments available in Cheltenham. DM me.

Your healthiest year starts here. Book a KCR treatment today for a pain free holiday season.
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17/12/2025

How has your day started? ☀️

Mine began with a small success — after four attempts (and a few sighs!), I finally managed to pay for a networking event I’ve been invited to in January.

In the end, I contacted the person who invited me, and he kindly shared a new link.

In passing, he said something that really stayed with me:

“Technology gives us so many opportunities to practise acceptance and patience — fills me with gratitude 😬.”

I couldn’t have said it better myself. 💛

It’s these everyday moments that remind me why I value my mindfulness practice so much — not just for the big challenges, but for the little frustrations that pop up along the way.

Can I have a lie down now? 😅

How about you — what small wins or mindful moments have you had today?

16/12/2025

Everything you ever wanted to know about mindfulness - but were afraid to ask. Almost.

I'll be at The Isbourne on Monday 22 December, helping you ease the stresses and strains of the Christmas run up with some guided meditations.

If you are ready to bring more loving kindness to yourself, gift yourself some time to stop and breathe.

The event is free and you can book your place through the link in the comments.

✨ 30 Years of Light, Healing & Community ✨

On 22nd December, we invite you to join us in celebrating The Isbourne’s 30th anniversary — three decades of supporting wellbeing, growth and spiritual enrichment across Gloucestershire and beyond. Join in with one of the many free events we have available. Book your tickets at https://isbourne.org/whats-on for your chosen event.

Since 1995, The Isbourne has offered a welcoming hub of holistic classes, therapies, workshops and courses — helping people nurture mind, body and spirit.

We’re incredibly grateful to everyone who has walked through our doors, shared encouragement, volunteered, donated, and helped us build a community that cares. 🙏

💚 Come celebrate with us — whether you’re a long-time friend or just discovering us for the first time: help us mark this milestone and look forward to what’s ahead.

15/12/2025

I'll be leading an introduction to mindfulness at The Isbourne on Monday 22, as part of their anniversary.

Come and learn what mindfulness is (and isn't), ways to practice in daily life, and share some guided meditation.

📍The Isbourne
⏰22 December, 10am to 10.45am
💰 Free

Link to book in the comments.

🎉 Celebrate 30 Years of The Isbourne, Special Anniversary Sessions 🎉
As part of our 30th anniversary celebrations, we’re delighted to offer a selection of free wellbeing sessions designed to help you pause, reset and reconnect during the festive season.

✨ What’s on:

💫 One-to-One Emotion, Body & Belief Code Sessions with Claire (SOLD OUT!)

Discover and release trapped emotions, body misalignments or limiting belief systems using muscle testing, supporting you to move forward with greater ease and clarity.
Six individual sessions available.

🧘 Mindfulness & Guided Meditation with Alison Bale
An introduction to mindfulness and how it can help you respond more flexibly to life’s challenges. Includes several guided meditations.
Practices will be seated; feel free to bring a mat, blanket and cushion if you prefer to lie down.

🌿 Energy Exercise with Max Watkins
An uplifting class drawing from a variety of Tai Chi and Qigong forms to support balance, flow and wellbeing.
Please wear comfortable clothing.

💖 Gentle Stress-Release & Relaxation with Janie Whittemore
A nourishing group session blending guided reflection, soothing Havening and Reiki-infused relaxation — helping you release stress and enter the season feeling lighter.
Just bring yourself.

💚 All sessions are FREE as part of The Isbourne’s 30th anniversary celebrations.
When booking, please enter 0 in the donation box — donations are welcome if you’d like to support us.

✨ Celebrate with us and enjoy a moment of calm, healing and connection.
👉 Book now at https://isbourne.org/whats-on

10/12/2025

Are we there yet?

When I moved to India, I had this idea that once I’d fought my way through all the paperwork and the bureaucracy, I’d arrive at a place where the job was done.

Where I had all the right ticks in boxes.

Fat chance.

I now know better – I appreciate that even when I think I’ve ‘arrived’, the goal posts will move, something new will arise, and there will be something else I hadn’t thought of.

There’s a reason we can mindfulness a practice.

It encourages us to show up without an agenda about where and when we need to arrive. And drop the idea we will ever have everything figured out.

And all our problems solved.

For me this is a relief. It’s a weight off my shoulders.

I don’t have to be ‘done’ – and every time I practice, however it goes, that’s good enough.

Connect with me for more on how to bring the power of mindfulness to transform your stress and pain.

09/12/2025

09/12/2025

✨ “The world seems to work on my behalf, catching me when I go too far.” — David Whyte

Sometimes the help we need arrives quietly, just when we need it most. 💫

Mindfulness invites us to pause, trust our instincts, and come home to ourselves. 🌿

Join me for December’s Monthly Mindfulness — a gentle loving-kindness meditation and year-end reflection.

🕯️ Wednesday 10 December, 18:30 GMT on Zoom
(Link to join in the comments.)

08/12/2025

✨ “The world seems to work on my behalf, catching me when I go too far.” — David Whyte

Sometimes the help we need arrives quietly, right when we need it most. 💫

Mindfulness helps us pause, trust our instincts, and come home to ourselves — even when there’s no one perfect answer. 🌿

Join me for December’s Monthly Mindfulness — a gentle loving-kindness meditation and reflection to close the year with care.

🕯️ Wed 10 Dec · 18:30 GMT on Zoom

Link to book in the comments.

05/12/2025

✨ “The world seems to work on my behalf, catching me when I go too far.” — David Whyte

Have you ever had that experience — when help arrives just when you need it most?

It might not always be obvious, but there’s often a quiet support around us, ready to catch us when we overreach or lose our way.

We all face moments when decisions about work, relationships, or health don’t have one clear or easy answer.

Mindfulness invites us to pause, listen inwardly, and begin to trust our own instincts and capabilities — to sense what feels right for us.

In December’s Monthly Mindfulness, I’ll be exploring this theme with a gentle loving-kindness meditation and an end-of-year invitation to come home to yourself. 🌿

🕯️ When: Wednesday 10 December, 18:30 GMT
💻 Where: Zoom
🎧 30 minutes — camera on or off, whichever feels right
💬 No pressure to speak — just come as you are

The link to book is in the comments. I’d love for you to join me.

03/12/2025

Who has got the ‘I must try harder’ gene?

Me. I’m like the horse in Animal Farm (appropriate as horses are a favourite animal of mine).

When in doubt, assume more effort is required and double down.

Until you reach one of those moments where you acknowledge more effort is not an option.

Clue - your body usually realises the game is up before your mind is ready.

If this chimes with you, I hear you.

I hit burn out working in India and yet I can still fall into the trap of old habits (they're comfortable, don't you know).

And be slow to listen to my own wisdom long enough and consistently enough to make changes.

Some of the attitudes that have helped me along the way are letting go – particularly of things I cannot control – and being patient with myself.

What helps you navigate when you need a fresh approach?

02/12/2025

Tis the season when they get stuck down chimneys, too!

KCR treatments available in Cheltenham.

Regardless of how much present-lifting you've been doing.

DM me to book.

Tis' the season to be jolly - and pain free.