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Coaching and movement classes for Every Body to empower and exhilarate so you can live a joyful life!

Alex is an experienced coach with a track record of successfully coaching a range of clients to improve their lives in all areas.

20/12/2025

😮 We have now raised a combined £195.49 for Cancer Research UK!

Halfway now, this is dip #6 of the Cancer Research UK 12 dips for Christmas.

I enlisted the help of my son to film this one, he thought it was hilarious that dad had to do this! 🥶

Please help me smash our new target of £200 by donating here:
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/alexanders-giving-page-452

Your donations are really helping me get through this challenge!

As the festive season begins I will be off social media for a few weeks, but I'll keep on dipping and will update you when #12 is finished! 🧊

17/12/2025

😮 We have now raised a combined £185.49 for Cancer Research UK!

This is dip #5 of the Cancer Research UK 12 dips for Christmas.

I had a LOT of resistance today about getting into a VERY cold bathtub today- as the outside temperature dips, so do the cold water pipes in our house!

But I clenched the jaw, gritted the teeth, got the trunks and hat on and jumped in anyway! 🥶

Please help me to get to our new target of £200 by donating here:
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/alexanders-giving-page-452

Your donations are really helping me get through this challenge, next update here soon!

16/12/2025

1 in 2 people in the UK will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime.

We will all know someone who develops cancer.

My mother in law was only 60 years old when she developed cancer and is no longer with us.

So, as part of Cancer Research UK 12 dips for Christmas challenge, please donate here as I raise money for all of those we will know in our lifetimes:
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/alexanders-giving-page-452

We have now raised an incredible £175.49, smashing my target of £150, so our new target is £200!

£200 can buy DNA nucleotides, something scientists use to make copies of genes, giving us clues about how things go wrong in cancer.

14/12/2025

🥳 Dip 3 for Cancer Research UK 12 Dips for Christmas!

We have now raised a combined £137.99 for Cancer Research UK as part of this challenge!

£100 can pay for a PhD student's cost for one day, to equip them with the skills they’ll need to make the research breakthroughs of the future.

Once again, I can share another photo of my cold water torture, again in the bath, as there's too much sewage in the sea today! 🥶💩

Please donate here, we are SO close to the £150 target!
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/alexanders-giving-page-452

If you donate I'll share another photo!

11/12/2025

🥳 I have now raised a combined £137.99 for Cancer Research UK as part of their 12 cold dips challenge!

£100 can pay for a PhD student's cost for one day, to equip them with the skills they’ll need to make the research breakthroughs of the future.

As promised, I can share another photo of my cold water torture, again in the bath as there's too much sewage in the sea again today! 🥶💩

Please donate here, we are SO close to the £150 target!
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/alexanders-giving-page-452

If you donate I'll share another photo!

10/12/2025

🎉 Woo hoo! We've raised £75.49 for Cancer Research UK so far! — thank you so much to everyone who’s donated already! 🎉

This year I’m taking on the 12 Dips of Christmas for Cancer Research UK — which means I’ll be doing 12 cold, probably-regrettable dips throughout December to help raise money for life-saving cancer research.

It’s a fun challenge, but the cause behind it is serious, and every donation really does make a difference.

I had planned to take my dips in the local sea, but as you can see from the image taken from the Surfers Against Sewage Safer Seas & Rivers Service (https://datahq.sas.org.uk/sewage-data-hq/is-it-safe-to-swim/ ) There's been too much sewage in the sea to enter!

So I've had to get creative and I'm going to take my cold dips in a cold water bath at home until the sewage alerts are gone! (photo below, I was wearing swim shorts along with the Cancer Research UK bobble hat!)

If you’d like to support me (or just want to see me suffer in cold water- Pictures will be shared here!), you can donate here:

https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/alexanders-giving-page-452

05/12/2025

As we come to the end of 2026, I’ve been thinking a lot about how we spend our time.

Looking at global time-use data, it’s surprising how much of our days disappear into routine — work, sleep, chores, and habits we barely notice.

It made me realise how easily a whole year can pass without us intentionally choosing what we want from it.

We all get the same 24 hours, the same 8,760 hours in a year… but how we use them is what shapes the direction of our lives.

So this year, I’m choosing clarity and intention — and helping others do the same.

If you’re ready for a fresh start, clearer goals, and a year that actually aligns with who you want to be, I’d love to support you.

2026 is the year you want to create real change.

Learn more about my transformational life coaching: www.joyfullifeguide.com

Let’s get clear on what matters to you and build an actionable plan you can actually follow.

Your time is precious — let’s make this your year.

Source: https://ourworldindata.org/time-use

28/11/2025

This training changes people.
Not because of theory.
Not because of technique.
But because it wakes up something REAL.

The feedback from our recent training programme says it all…

💛 “I left with a heart blasted wide open"
💛 “Their insight and guidance was inspirational.”
💛 “A life-changing experience I feel privileged to share.”
💛 “Shauna and Alex are inspiring.. makes my heart sing!”
💛 “Authentic, heart-based, and deeply moving.”
💛 “A powerful affirmation”
💛 “So impressed with this course.”

Dance Your Ability® is where people come to remember that movement is medicine—
for every age, every ability, every story.

If you’ve been yearning for deeper purpose…
If you want to bring accessible, joyful movement into the world…
If you’re ready to expand your heart and your impact—

This is your invitation.
Join us: www.danceyourability.com

💛 "Just awesome!"

23/11/2025

It has been difficult to choose a defining moment to share from the first in-person Dance Your Ability Therapeutic Movement Foundation training at the The Study Society in London!

I have chosen our final celebratory dance as it encapsulated the utter joy, play, connection and empowerment that is the foundation of the Dance Your Ability method!

We had the pleasure of being joined by a small soul who was overjoyed to be part of our dancing circle!

It was an honour to be Dance Your Ability Teacher this year, supporting the inspirational Shauna Devlin during the 2 training programmes that trained 40 new Dance Your Ability facilitators!

The Dance Your Ability method is truly unique and offers inclusive free-style, conscious dance programs to people of all abilities & all ages.

Learn more here: www.danceyourability.com

03/11/2025

Every Dance Your Ability Therapeutic Movement session is unique.

The sessions are special because each member of the group has an opportunity to dance their dance in a circle as only they can.

And in a circle we are all seen!

With bravery and joy we all create something, through movement, voice and on this occasion, instruments!

Thank you to Steffan Lewis, Ann James, Victoria Barber Thompson and allthe incredible staff for supporting these regular sessions at Plas Gwyn Nursing Home and the opportunity to work with the BEST dancers!

08/10/2025

Just surrender into the music!

05/09/2025

🤔 What does the daily life of a Dance Your Ability facilitator look like?

🌞 Morning — bringing joy and presence to elders living with dementia in care homes

🌤 Afternoon — supporting and empowering individuals of all abilities through movement

🌙 Evening — holding conscious dance events that open hearts and expand community

Every day is about more than dance — it’s about connection, healing, and transformation through movement.

📍 Upcoming Training – London, UK (The Study Society)
✨ Online sessions:

Oct 28 (Tue) 6–8pm GMT

Nov 1 (Sat) 9am–1pm GMT

Nov 15 (Sat) 9–11am GMT

✨ In-person sessions:

Nov 8 (Sat) 9am–4:30pm GMT

Nov 9 (Sun) 9am–4:30pm GMT

This training is designed for conscious dance facilitators, yoga teachers, movement practitioners, therapists, caregivers, and anyone passionate about using movement as a tool for inclusion and transformation.

If you’re ready to expand your impact, the Dance Your Ability Training gives you the tools to work with all populations such as care homes, with disability communities, and in conscious dance spaces.

👉Explore your training options here: https://www.danceyourability.com/training

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