HC Aromatherapy

HC Aromatherapy Where Science Meets Holistic Healing. Aromatherapy-led natural therapies for all ages - babies, children, teens and adults. Based in Gower. IFPA and STA member

Specialising in bespoke aromatherapy, sports and therapeutic massage and pregnancy care. Ymlacio Life which is based at Yoga Place Abertawe, provides a range of holistic therapies which are carried out by friendly, fully qualified and insured therapists. We also make a range of prescription aromatherapy products specific to your body's needs. Helen at Ymlacio Life is a member of The IFPA, STA and the FHT

10/04/2026

🌿 Introducing Nature Nurture 🌿

We’re excited to be launching a new Sustainable Wellbeing Volunteering Programme at Penllergare Valley Woods.

This is not just about spending time in nature.
At Happy Headwork, we believe in sustainable wellbeing. That means moving beyond wellbeing in nature, towards wellbeing with nature, supporting both people and the environment over time.

Nature Nurture offers a supportive, structured way to do that while contributing to meaningful conservation work.

✨ Each session includes:
🌳 A conservation theme exploring the woodland and its management
💭 A wellbeing theme using evidence-based psychology to support wellbeing both in and outside of nature
🛠️ A 2-hour volunteering session working together to care for the woodland
🌿 Time to pause, with a shared lunch break in the woods to relax and connect

🕙 Sessions run 10:00am to 2:30pm

📅 This is a year-long programme, with places released in quarterly blocks
The first block runs on the following Mondays:
27 April | 11 May | 1 June | 8 June | 22 June | 6 July | 20 July

We use a trauma-informed approach throughout, creating a space that feels safe, inclusive and supportive for everyone.

To help make the sessions as accessible and successful as possible, we ask everyone to get in touch before joining:

📩 Email georgina@happyheadwork.com
Georgina will arrange a short call to talk through the programme, understand your needs, and support you to register.

⚠️ Spaces are limited

A small number of places are available per session
Booking is released quarterly
Once full, you can join a waiting list for future blocks
No experience needed. Just come as you are.

Delivered by Happy Headwork Community CIC in partnership with Penllergare Woodland Trust and Swansea University.
Funded by Welsh Government and Volunteering Wales.

If this sounds like something you or someone you know would benefit from, we’d love to hear from you.

Please feel free to share 💚

🌿 Cyflwyno Nature Nurture 🌿

Rydym yn falch iawn o lansio Rhaglen Wirfoddoli Lles Cynaliadwy newydd yn Penllergare Valley Woods.

Nid yw hyn yn ymwneud â threulio amser ym myd natur yn unig.
Yn Happy Headwork, rydym yn hyrwyddo llesiant cynaliadwy. Mae hyn yn golygu symud y tu hwnt i lesiant mewn natur, tuag at lesiant gyda natur, gan gefnogi pobl a’r amgylchedd dros amser.

Mae Nature Nurture yn cynnig ffordd gefnogol a strwythuredig o wneud hyn, tra’n cyfrannu at waith cadwraeth ystyrlon.

✨ Mae pob sesiwn yn cynnwys:
🌳 Thema gadwraeth yn archwilio’r goedwig a’i rheolaeth
💭 Thema llesiant gan ddefnyddio seicoleg seiliedig ar dystiolaeth i gefnogi llesiant mewn ac y tu allan i natur
🛠️ Sesiwn wirfoddoli 2 awr yn gweithio gyda’n gilydd i ofalu am y goedwig
🌿 Amser i oedi, gyda seibiant cinio yn y goedwig i ymlacio a chysylltu

🕙 Sesiynau yn rhedeg rhwng 10:00yb a 2:30yp

📅 Rhaglen drwy’r flwyddyn gyda lleoedd yn cael eu rhyddhau bob chwarter
Mae’r bloc cyntaf yn rhedeg ar y dydd Llun canlynol:
27 Ebrill | 11 Mai | 1 Mehefin | 8 Mehefin | 22 Mehefin | 6 Gorffennaf | 20 Gorffennaf

Rydym yn defnyddio dull sy’n ystyriol o drawma drwy gydol y rhaglen, gan greu gofod diogel, cynhwysol a chefnogol i bawb.

Er mwyn sicrhau bod y sesiynau mor hygyrch a llwyddiannus â phosibl, gofynnwn i bawb gysylltu cyn ymuno:

📩 Ebostiwch georgina@happyheadwork.com
Bydd Georgina yn trefnu galwad fer i drafod y rhaglen, deall eich anghenion, a’ch cefnogi i gofrestru.

⚠️ Mae lleoedd yn gyfyngedig

Nifer fach o leoedd sydd ar gael ym mhob sesiwn
Cofrestru yn agor bob chwarter
Pan fydd lleoedd yn llawn, gallwch ymuno â rhestr aros
Nid oes angen profiad. Dewch fel yr ydych.

Wedi’i ddarparu gan Happy Headwork Community CIC mewn partneriaeth â Penllergare Woodland Trust a Phrifysgol Abertawe.
Wedi’i ariannu gan Lywodraeth Cymru a Gwirfoddoli Cymru.

Os yw hyn yn swnio fel rhywbeth a allai fod o fudd i chi neu rywun rydych yn ei adnabod, byddem wrth ein bodd yn clywed gennych.

Mae croeso i chi rannu 💚

09/04/2026

Help us raise funds for new signage so people can easily find and access the Old Mill Foundation.

06/04/2026

Raising money for Yhe The Old Mill Cancer Foundation pop in and have a look at some amazing art work 🙏

A garden should do more than look good, it should smell unforgettable 🌿I am so pleased to be asked to give a talk for th...
27/03/2026

A garden should do more than look good, it should smell unforgettable 🌿

I am so pleased to be asked to give a talk for the Reynoldston Gardening Club where I will be exploring aromatic plants, not just herbs, but scented flowers, leaves, resins and roots, and those plants that quietly release their fragrance as you brush past.

As an aromatherapist, I will share how these plants can lift the mood, calm the mind, and bring a deeper sensory layer to your garden.

If you’re drawn to scent, plants, and a more immersive way of gardening, come and join us on the 8th of April, in Reynoldston Village Hall at 7pm 🌙

✨🌸 Spring Equinox Gratitude 🌸✨Feeling the gratitude for everyone who joined the Spring Equinox meditation at Temple Well...
20/03/2026

✨🌸 Spring Equinox Gratitude 🌸✨

Feeling the gratitude for everyone who joined the Spring Equinox meditation at Temple Wellness Centre on Wednesday . Thank you for coming for your openness, and for sharing such a beautiful, calm and connected space 💛

Today is the the day that we actually mark the Spring Equinox, a significant threshold, a moment where light and dark stand as equals, reminding us of the balance within our own lives between rest and action, holding on and letting go, who we have been and who we are becoming.

It invites us to gently release the heaviness of winter and open ourselves to new growth, new energy, and new possibilities 🌿

We step into that energy grounding, releasing, softening, and allowing something new to begin.

🌿 I release what no longer serves me.
🌿 I welcome what is ready to grow.
🌿 I move forward in balance and trust.

✨ The energy of today doesn’t end here it continues to unfold, gently, in the days and weeks ahead.

✨🌸 Spring Equinox Aromatherapy Meditation 🌸✨Step into balance, renewal, and gentle transformation this Spring Equinox 🌿J...
17/03/2026

✨🌸 Spring Equinox Aromatherapy Meditation 🌸✨

Step into balance, renewal, and gentle transformation this Spring Equinox 🌿

Join us Wednesday 18th March, at Temple Wellness Centre for a deeply immersive guided meditation, inspired by the energies of the equinox and a sacred, intuitively crafted essential oil blend created especially for this seasonal threshold.

🌿 Gently release what no longer serves.
🌿 Open your heart to what is becoming.
🌿 Trust your inner knowing, and step forward in balance and grace.

🌗 Release the old
🌸 Awaken the new
💫 Reconnect with your heart

This is a beautiful, grounding and magical space to pause, reflect, and realign as we move into a new season.

Date: 18th March at 6:30pm
Location: Temple Wellness Centre, Parkmill SA3 2EH
Cost: £10

If you’ve been feeling the call to slow down, reset, or step into something new… this is your moment 🌿

🔗 Book via the link below

https://helencresswell.com/meditations/spring-equinox-aromatherapy-meditation-in-parkmill-gower-18-march/

16/03/2026

🍰 Calling all bakers! 🍰

We’re looking for some kind volunteers to bake for our Charity Cake Sale on Saturday 25th April at Waunarlwydd Community Centre in support of Our Lobular Breast Cancer Mission.

If you’d like to help, we’d be very grateful for donations of cakes to sell on the day.

Last time we were blown away by how many people turned up with amazing bakes (thank you! 💕). To help us stay organised this time, please comment below or send us a message to let us know what you’re planning to bake so we can keep track and make sure we have a lovely variety.

Every bake helps us raise more money for lobular breast cancer research and The Old Mill Foundation 💗

Thank you so much for your support — it really does make a difference.

✨ Aromatherapy Meditation: Spring Equinox Reminder✨As the Spring Equinox approaches, a moment of balance between light a...
14/03/2026

✨ Aromatherapy Meditation: Spring Equinox Reminder✨

As the Spring Equinox approaches, a moment of balance between light and dark, I will be holding a gentle Aromatherapy Meditation this Wednesday at 6:30pm at Temple Wellness, Parkmill. 🌿✨

A quiet space to pause, breathe, and be guided by calming essential oils as we welcome the turning of the season.

Only a few spaces remain.
�Click link to book

https://helencresswell.com/meditations/spring-equinox-aromatherapy-meditation-in-parkmill-gower-18-march/

Spring is stirring here at Temple Wellness 🌿The skies over Parkmill have turned that clear, hopeful blue and Oh to see t...
04/03/2026

Spring is stirring here at Temple Wellness 🌿

The skies over Parkmill have turned that clear, hopeful blue and Oh to see the sunshine and feel its soft warmth on your skin. 🩷

The birds are singing as if they know something beautiful is unfolding.

The daffodils are in full bloom, bright and beautiful scattered like little blessings across the land. And soon the valley will be a flowing carpet of wild garlic, its fresh, green scent carried gently on the breeze, earthy, alive, unmistakably spring.

There’s a quiet enchantment to this season in Wales. Not loud or showy just a steady awakening. A remembering. The land stretching, breathing, coming back to herself.
And we feel it too. Such a magical place to be.

🌿✨ Spring Equinox Aromatherapy Meditation Evening ✨🌿As day and night come into balance, join me for a calming evening of...
03/03/2026

🌿✨ Spring Equinox Aromatherapy Meditation Evening ✨🌿

As day and night come into balance, join me for a calming evening of guided meditation and bespoke aromatherapy to gently release winter heaviness and welcome the fresh energy of spring.

🌸 Relax your nervous system
🌸 Reflect, reset & set new intentions
🌸 Rest in a peaceful, supportive space

🗓 Wednesday 18th March
⏰ 6:30pm – 7:30pm
📍 Temple Wellness Centre (SA3 2EH)

💫 £10

Spaces are limited.

Pause. Breathe. Step gently into spring. 🌿

Book here:

Pause, reset, and welcome spring with a calming aromatherapy meditation evening in Parkmill, Gower. A gentle guided experience to restore balance and set intentions.

✨ Nurturing Motherhood on Gower ✨Pregnancy and the postpartum period are full of wonder and your body deserves care that...
23/02/2026

✨ Nurturing Motherhood on Gower ✨

Pregnancy and the postpartum period are full of wonder and your body deserves care that honours every change. Gentle, tailored massage can help you feel lighter, more comfortable, and truly supported.

🌿 Pregnancy Relaxation Massage

Float into calm with a treatment designed for your trimester. With or without trimester-appropriate essential oils, this massage can help:

• Ease tension and stress
• Support restful sleep
• Reduce swelling
• Give you a moment to reconnect with your changing body

💆‍♀️ Clinical Pregnancy Massage:

For those needing extra support, this targeted approach eases the common aches and pains of pregnancy:

• Lower back and hip discomfort
• Pelvic and sciatic tension
• Neck and shoulder stiffness

Walk away feeling more aligned and comfortable as your body grows.
Kinesiology taping available to help ease uncomfortable pregnancy symptoms.

🤍 Postpartum Massage

After birth, your body continues its incredible work.
Postnatal massage can:

• Support recovery and healing
• Ease tension from feeding and lifting
• Restore calm and balance
• Give you space to reconnect with yourself.

Baby is welcome to come with you especially if you are breastfeeding.

All sessions are delivered in a calm, professional, and nurturing space of Parkmill, on the beautiful Gower Peninsula, giving you a moment of magic in your day. ✨

Cost £60 per session

📩 DM to book a session or ask any questions.

✨ The Face Behind the Name ✨Hi, I’m Helen ,the face behind the business 👋Before retraining as a therapist, I spent 11 ye...
18/02/2026

✨ The Face Behind the Name ✨

Hi, I’m Helen ,the face behind the business 👋

Before retraining as a therapist, I spent 11 years as a science teacher. I’ve always had a very “science brain” and love problem-solving which is one of the reasons sports therapy suits me so well. But I also have a deeply holistic side, and aromatherapy is where that truly comes alive.

I have now been working as an aromatherapist and sports therapist for the past 10 years.
My passion for aromatherapy began in childhood, making lotions and potions in the garden, and it’s grown into a lifelong love. I have also used aromatherapy to support myself through life’s challenges, which makes the work I do feel very personal and meaningful.

I live back where I grew up, in the heart of Gower, and moved home nearly two years ago.
When I’m not working, you’ll often find me outside with my goats, taking mindful moments just looking, listening, and smelling, properly soaking in nature. You can’t beat those quiet field moments 🌿

Home life is full with two teenagers, two cats, two dogs, and three goats so there’s never a dull day!

I offer a wide range of treatments, always tailored to each individual, because every body and every story is different.

Thank you for being here and supporting what I do 🤍





Address

Temple Wellness Centre
Parkmill
SA65LN

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 8:30pm
Tuesday 9am - 8:30pm
Wednesday 9am - 8:30pm
Thursday 9am - 8:30pm
Friday 9am - 8:30pm

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Ymlacio Life which is based at 3 locations, covering the Swansea, Gower and Neath areas, providing a range of holistic and sports massage therapies which are carried out by a friendly, fully qualified and insured therapist.

As a qualified teacher with 11 years of experience working with children both mainstream and those with special needs, Helen specalises in Children’s holistic therapies and children’s sports massage therapy.

Helen is a members of the Federation of Holistic Therapist (FHT) and has an upto date DBS check.