Elements Centre for Wellbeing

15/12/2025

I don’t like moving a great deal in December believing it to be a lovely time for introspection and resting in stillness.

My favourite classes are the ones where the body just sighs….. Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh! And classes today and tomorrow,will reflect this.

Whilst I always incorporate meditation into the majority of my classes,I love hosting a specific yoga nidra class (yoga nidra translating to ‘yogic sleep’).

These last few classes of the year will be focussed on your deep relaxation. We will be moving as little as possible.

If you’re not already in a class,you’re welcome to join us. Drop a line to amy@elementshypnotherapy.com if you’d like to come along. Classes are Monday at 10.30AM/6PM/7.05PM and Tuesday at 5.55PM/7PM

And I’ll be hosting another nidra between Christmas and New year along with some other events (I’ll pop all the details below).

There’ll be no stretching in this one,just you,your mat,your eye mask and blanket and my voice guiding you through an immensely relaxing and mentally nourishing experience.

Here’s the full details for my festive timetable:

💪 Sunday 28th of December @ 9.50 - 11AM- Somatic yoga - Releasing the junk (A powerhouse of a class set to a mega soundscape to help shift the junk) £13

🙂‍↕️ Sunday 28th of December @ 11.15AM - 12.30PM - Yin yoga (Slow hold with bolsters and an epic playlist) £13

🎶 Sunday 28th of December @ 12.45PM - 14.00PM- Soundbath (Releasing) £16

🧘Monday 29th of December @ 9.40 - 10.40AM - Hatha (meditative) yoga £10

💤Monday 29th of December @ 10.50 - 11.40 - Yoga nidra (no movement in this one. Just a seasonal yoga nidra to help you switch off completely) £9

14/12/2025

13/12/2025

So proud of my little kiddo. After a recent trip to Rome,including a trip to the Vatican City,my daughter was horrified that women are not allowed to step forward for major roles in the Catholic Church

We’re not even Catholic but far be it from me stop her vociferousness in this or any other antiquated system.

I love my little feminist! And I love a reminder that I’m raising a progressive and empowered young lady 💪

12/12/2025

Sometimes I feel like in December, the world turns up to 11. No gradual dialling. Just a sudden barrage of information, busy-ness, stuff to do.

Though I'm not sure (particularly in recent times), that it is just December anymore. Pausing to feel, to understand, to ask the deeper questions and actually listen to the answers almost feel counternormal in a culture built on optimization, momentum and productivity.

I remember a time when I used to thrive on busy-ness and the sense of importance it gave me. I've worked hard to move away from this. At least a lot of the time.

That constant onslaught on my mental, emotional, and physical body one day just became too much. It felt weird to normalise slowing down at first. Now, I can't imagine being any other way. Again, A LOT of the time. It’s not to say I don’t work hard. But I rest hard too.

It took a while to actually slow down my movements. To turn away from a frenetic gym session, opting instead for a lie on my mat.

Age and experience has taught me that rest isn’t passive; it’s a reclamation.

In slowness, the body returns to what it does best: Rebuild the immune system. Restore the adrenals. Soften the nervousness;that feeling of constantly being on high alert. Returning the parasympathetic nervous system—or the “rest and digest” system as it’s known to its optimal function. I read somewhere recently,it’s like turning the lights back on in rooms we forgot existed.

In stillness, we remember our primal intelligence. That part untouched by the franticness, by burnout, comparison, by needing to get it done now.

Don't get me wrong.... I still speed up.
My neurology still gets caught in that spiral. That old idea of 'doing just one more thing'. To catch up.

But who am I catching up for?? The part that loves ticking off the to do list?

Slowing down is not a retreat from life.
It’s the way back into it.

The winter season is my reminder of the cycles of the natural world:

Deep hibernation
A slowing down
My heart turning inwards to what I need
A yearning to hear what’s underneath the noise

Modern world wants to keep turning the volume up.
The world might not be getting quieter, but individually, we can.
We can choose to honour rest as the nourishment it deserves to be seen as.
It is not a laziness but rather an inner wisdom.
It's not an escape from the world but a reclaiming of the self- your most important asset

So here I am in the nurture of my kitchen - the heart of my house- treating myself in the way I deserve to be treated.

11/12/2025

🎶 Soundbath and other events over Christmas period 🎶

BOOKING NOW

I always take a nice long break over Christmas though host a few classes in the days between Christmas and New Year.

Here are my scheduled events for the 28th and 29th of December. Drop a line to amy@elementshypnotherapy.com if you would like to join us

💪 Sunday 28th of December @ 9.50 - 11AM- Somatic yoga - Releasing the junk (A powerhouse of a class set to a mega soundscape to help shift the junk) £13 - LIMITED AVAILABILITY

🙂‍↕️ Sunday 28th of December @ 11.15AM - 12.30PM - Yin yoga (Slow hold with bolsters and an epic playlist) £13

🎶 Sunday 28th of December @ 12.45PM - 14.00PM- Soundbath (Releasing) £16 - LIMITED AVAILABILITY

🧘Monday 29th of December @ 9.40 - 10.40AM - Hatha (meditative) yoga £10

💤Monday 29th of December @ 10.50 - 11.40 - Yoga nidra (no movement in this one. Just a seasonal yoga nidra to help you switch off completely) £9

Drop a line to amy@elementshypnotherapy.com for more information or to book

10/12/2025

I’m really enjoying embracing the power of reiki. I combine its gentle energy with hypnotherapy to offer you a very powerful experience.

Treat yourself to an hour of calm. You can book a session with me for £45 or a block of 3 for £120

Drop an email to amy@elementshypnotherapy.com to check current availability

09/12/2025

I finished working with the most gorgeous hypnobirthing couple recently. We've been working together for quite a few months now and the last session was a birth rehearsal where they practiced using different positions and movements to help birth their little bundle. Underpinning this was a discussion about trusting the body and its innate ability to do this.

I always have music in the background and my instrument playlist is 11 hours 37 minutes in total. But the most extraordinary thing happened as we were closing up our final session and going our separate ways. The song RISE UP by Andra Day came on the airwaves - the most beautiful synchronicity particularly considering our discussion about trust earlier in the session. They left the building to the wonderful strains of this gorgeous song. But not before I suggested they put it on their birthing playlist.

It is something I suggest to every couple I work with and in pregnancy yoga class- have two playlists - one relaxation music preferably special songs that remind you of special moments. The other an upbeat playlist - great for getting the energy up when needed.

I love how music can really help us to feel better. And I have some amazing stories in my life of how particular musical tracks have had that same synchronicty. When I was in active labour with my second daughter Alannah for instance, the song 'PUSH IT' by Salt n Pepa came on and that was what she was born to! I was damned if she wasn't going to come out before that song finished!!

All the love and luck in the world to you both if you’re reading this. May you both Rise Up and enjoy the most amazing experience. I can't wait to hear your news

And if you are expecting a baby in 2026 and want to talk about how I can help,please drop me a line to arrange a time to chat xx

08/12/2025

Christmas is one of my favourite times of the year. As one of my dear friends once called me, 'I am an absolute Christmas sap'.

My fondest Christmas memories include getting a play shop set, a few years later, the Lord of the Rings trilogy. I can still picture those brightly wrapped presents spilling out from beneath our pine tree jammed into the corner of the sitting room, twinkling with happy lights.

As I got a little deeper into my teens, lots of fun nights out over the Christmas season. Early adulthood was all about meeting for Chrismas drinks in my favourite little blue house on the corner Tigh Neachtain, and then onto Wards for a few illict Christmas eve pints before heading back to my house for a particularly sophisticated game called 'Whiskey Slaps' and vol au vents.

Over the years, my encyclopedia of memories has grown. Sadly, I've not had a Galway Christmas since 2019 - that was a good one - but I am now happily making memories with my little family here.

One thing I have noticed as the years have gone on, is my want for LESS stuff, not more. What I really value, I already have. And that is what I want to curate more and more of. I used to spend so much time considering all the things I was going to gift my girls. But incidentally, it was always the smaller stocking fillers that got the most love and attention.

So this year, we are doing it differently. No (or at least, significantly less) stuff. We've agreed memories, not things. The ground has been laid for Santy bringing a gift of flights to a number of European destinations. Because I've learnt, it's the experiences I remember. Not the things.

Photo from a very fond Christmas past circa 2011 with one of my fave people Maria

07/12/2025

I'm a hypnotherapist. I love words and the impact they can have.

And I've just realised that the word 'WHEEEEEEEEEEEE' when said with intention, has the most marvellous fun impact ever.

At a particularly high tide recently, when the waves were lashing the shore, I bounced and pummelled in the tide having the most fun all to myself. Each wave that came, another opportunity to practice my WHEEEEEE at the top of my lungs (thinking that the sound of the waves was drowning my voice to other beach goers. My husband and kids patiently waiting in the car for me, told me otherwise!!!)

But it made a very joy filled experience, an even more joy filled one. I was the biggest kid on the beach. And it rocked!

Try it!! Though not necessarily with sea swimming …. December definitely not the best time to start if you’re not used to it 🥶

07/12/2025

Pop up shop

A friend has put a pop up shop in my middle room in the studio

Lots of Sweaty Betty bargains

Honesty box there (cash only please) if you want to buy any of her bargains.

07/12/2025

There’s so many relaxing events in the studio that I’m not sure who left these.

If they’re yours,feel free to drop in during class times to get them. Thanks!

06/12/2025

Soundbath 10.30AM tomorrow

There’s a couple of spaces that have unexpectedly come available in my soundbath.

This month’s theme is ‘peace’ and I can guarantee a very relaxing experience.

£15 for a space

Drop a line to amy@elementshypnotherapy.com if you would like to join us 💓