Rooted Well Being

13/02/2026

🌿 Sometimes the body doesn’t need more force.
It needs more listening.

In bodywork it’s tempting to focus only on the place that hurts and try to make it release.

But tension is often part of a wider pattern. When we meet the body with patient, attentive pressure, rather than pure force and technique, tissues can soften in their own time. This doesn’t mean ignoring symptoms. It means approaching them as part of a wider conversation within your body.

I think of this as listening touch - working with the body rather on it.

It’s something I’m continuing to explore and refine in my practice. 🌿

08/02/2026

🌿 Presence in the belly

Much of my work centres around the abdomen - the physical and emotional centre of the body - and how we listen to symptoms and sensation.

The gut is where many of us hold tension, protection and unprocessed feeling. We often try to override or ignore it. But the body tends to respond differently when it is met with gentle, steady presence.

In abdominal work I practise what I think of as listening touch: meeting the belly with attention, curiosity and patience. I also guide clients to bring that same quality of awareness to their own body - breathing into what they feel and noticing without forcing, analysing or resisting.

Sometimes sensations soften simply because they are no longer alone.

When the gut and diaphragm begin to feel safer and more supported, breath can deepen and the whole system may start to reorganise itself.
Space returns. Movement returns. Ease becomes possible.

I’m gradually shaping a practice that weaves together abdominal massage, mindful touch and nervous system awareness: exploring how presence itself can be healing.

This work continues to unfold, guided by the body and by the people I work with.
I’m increasingly drawn to the belly as a place where presence itself becomes medicine. 🌿

05/02/2026

🌿 Listening beneath anxiety

What we call anxiety is sometimes something quieter underneath - fear that hasn’t yet found a space to be held.

When fear doesn't have our presence or company, our body often tries to contain it somewhere, frequently in the gut. Our diaphragm can tighten to hold it down. Our breath can become shallow. Our belly holds and our digestion can slow down.

Over time, that physical holding can feel like constant background anxiety, a hum in the nervous system that’s hard to name, and that can ripple into more physical symptoms.

In my work with the gut, I see how gently turning toward what the body is protecting - rather than trying to fix it, hide it, isolate it or override it - can soften these patterns in the body. When fear feels presence instead of suppression, our body doesn’t have to brace in the same ways. When our gut and diaphragm feel safer and seen, the whole system often follows.

This is part of an ongoing exploration for me: how listening to the body can guide us back toward greater health and a deeper sense of home in ourselves. 🌿

30/01/2026

I’m noticing something again and again in my work:
when we support the gut, other things begin to shift too.

Back pain eases.
Breath deepens.
Sleep changes.
Emotions release.

The gut isn’t just about digestion. It’s our centre: physically, emotionally, instinctively.

When it tightens, everything compensates. When it softens, there’s a ripple effect through our entire being.

Recently I’ve been working more intuitively with the abdomen, the lower back, and the nervous system together - bringing more and more listening and attunement to my practice.

Healing doesn’t come from doing more, but from attuning better.

This work is continuing to unfold and I’m letting it grow slowly, guided by the body and my clients 🌿

29/01/2026

Lately I’ve been reflecting on empathy as an organising principle - not just personally, but culturally and somatically.

When we live from our head alone, we can lose touch with empathy and default to control, logic, hierarchy or “power over”.

When we live more from our body, empathy arises naturally. It’s cellular, felt and relational.

My practice is essentially about helping people return to the body - not to fix or override it, but to listen.

When the body feels safe, heard and attuned to - it knows what to do.
When we centre life over ego, responsiveness over dominance, something very different becomes possible - in our health, our relationships, the way we care for one another and our world.

This is what guides my work and my life - returning to the body, to empathy and to what keeps life at the centre.
More soon 🌿

21/01/2026

🌿 Listening to the belly

The gut is not just about digestion.
It’s the centre of our body - and often the engine room.

When our belly tightens or holds, it can ripple out into our lower back, the shoulders, neck and even our head.
One area compensates for another. Our whole system responds.

I was reminded of this recently when physical tension in my abdomen travelled into my back, neck and developed into a headache; my body shows me how connected everything is.

In my practice with clients I see this again and again:
when we gently support our gut, other symptoms often soften too.
Because our body is being listened to - at its centre.

Our belly can hold so much: stress, emotion, protection, memory.
And when it feels safer, the whole system can begin to settle. 🌿

14/01/2026

💜 Lately I’ve been reminded how closely the gut listens to our emotional world.

Sometimes when we begin to feel safer, in our bodies or in our relationships, old tension starts to unwind. When that happens, our gut can temporarily feel unsettled: bloating, churning, disrupted sleep and/or heat at night.

It can be easy to see this as “something going wrong”.
But often, it’s the body digesting deeper layers that it’s held for a long time.

I’ve noticed that when I gently turn towards what’s being felt, rather than trying to fix or suppress it, things begin to settle again.

Healing isn’t always linear. Sometimes it looks like movement, release and then integration.

More reflections on the gut as a guide back to our centre - and to ourselves - coming soon 🌿

06/01/2026

💜 A return to centre

So many of us live from the neck up.
Thinking, managing, holding it all together.

But the body remembers another way.

Our belly is our centre...
of intuition, emotion, instinct, and truth.
It’s where we soften… and where we brace.
Where anger, fear, guilt and grief can be held.
Where boundaries are felt - before they’re thought.

When life asks more of us - stress, relationships, responsibility or new territory - the gut often tightens.
We may think it’s food. Sometimes it is. Often, it’s more.

We return to centre when we journey back from the head to our body.
Back to listening.
Back to safety.
Back to ourselves.

This is the work I’m being drawn to again - through the gut, through the body, through what’s held beneath the surface.
I’m exploring this terrain more deeply again, in my own body and in my work.

More soon. 🌿

04/12/2025

Give the gift of wellbeing this season 🌿

Massage and bodywork gift vouchers now available at Rooted Wellbeing, Herne Bay.

Perfect for anyone who needs calm, a reset or some time purely for themselves.

✨ Order online: rootedwellbeing.co.uk/gift-vouchers

Gift vouchers Treat a loved one… Gift vouchers start from £10. A list of voucher options are available to choose from within the form below, if you are unsure please explore the full treatment list or call me to chat through options. Thai massage is great for: pregnancy aches and pains, sciatica,...

26/11/2025

🌿 Gift vouchers - a gift of calm this winter

As the year winds down, many of us are feeling the pull to rest and reset. A sensitive, nurturing treatment can be the perfect way to support that, whether it’s for someone you love or for yourself.

✨ Therapeutic Thai yoga massage gift vouchers are now available ✨

You can choose any amount or book a specific session and I’ll email or post the voucher ready to gift.

Give someone the chance to pause, breathe and come home to themselves.

📍 Herne Bay Clinic | Home visits (on request)
🌐 www.rootedwellbeing.co.uk/gift-vouchers
🕊️ “A gift that nourishes from the inside out.”

13/10/2025

Tomorrow's circle is ON but please note it has moved to my clinic (small cosy space). Capacity reached; please DM to be added to the waiting list. The circle will be back at Cacao Atelier in November. 🌿

03/10/2025

🌿 What happens in a sharing circle? 🌿

It’s not a class or a workshop - it’s a safe and supportive space to pause, listen, and be heard.
You can share as much or as little as you wish. Listening is always welcome. 💛

📅 Tuesday 14th October, 6:30–7:45pm
📍 Cacao Atelier Café, Herne Bay
💰 £10 contribution (concessions available, donation pot for the space)
👥 Spaces limited to 12

👉 Book your place here: https://calendly.com/rootedwellbeing/circle