Stress Monkey Solutions

05/04/2026

03/04/2026

How is this year feeling for you so far?

Restless… energised… emotional… unsettled…
or like something is trying to shift, but hasn’t quite landed yet?

The Year of the Fire Horse carries a strong, expressive energy.
Powerful — but it can feel like too much without support.

This 90-minute workshop is a space to pause
and work with that energy rather than being pushed by it.

We’ll move gently, breathe, and settle the nervous system,
then drop into a guided meditation
to reconnect with your own rhythm underneath it all.

We’ll finish with a warming herbal tea —
chosen to soften, integrate, and bring things back into balance.

Small group.
Calm, contained, not overwhelming.

If you’ve been feeling the intensity of this year —
or you’re ready to meet it differently — you’re very welcome.

📅 April 23rd | 6.30–8pm
£15 (existing students) | £20 (new)

Book here: https://bookwhen.com/stressmonkey/e/ev-sn15p-20260423183000

01/04/2026

Movement that adapts to you

Gyrotonic® / Gyrokinesis® adapts to the person — not the other way around.

It’s widely used to support people with neurological and long-term conditions, including Parkinson’s, stroke recovery, MS and dementia, because it works with neuroplasticity rather than against limitation.

Movement sequences stimulate coordination, spatial awareness and balance while remaining safe, non-pressured and dignified.

Clients often report:
– increased confidence to move
– improved coordination and balance
– better focus in the moment
– a sense of safety in their body

This is not exercise as performance.
It’s movement as communication between brain and body.

Why this is state-of-the-art:
Neuroscience consistently shows that varied, rhythmic, multi-directional movement supports neuroplasticity and functional recovery better than repetitive or linear exercise (Kleim & Jones, 2008; Lotze et al., 2003).

28/03/2026

Man on the roof….

27/03/2026

Today we're exploring the ancient art of Silk Reeling a way that warriors of old kept their joints supple, mobile and strong 💪

Weekly QiGong - every Friday 4.30-5.30. Free for anyone living on the Western Isles with challenging lives. 🤩
QiGong is a gentle movement practice suitable for people with issues with fatigue, mobility limitations or long term conditions. It can be done from chair, bed or standing. 😊
All are welcome to drop in to any Zoom session. Some sessions are also available in person. 😄
Contact info@LTCH.org.uk or DM for more info.

27/03/2026

I took my nieces to see The Snow Queen ballet recently.

Watching their faces as the story unfolded — the music, the movement, the bravery, the tenderness — was a reminder of how deeply young minds are shaped by what they are exposed to.

Art like this matters.

Stories where courage isn’t loud, where love is steady, where perseverance and kindness are what carry the day. Where complexity exists, but hope is not lost. Where beauty, discipline, imagination and emotional truth are woven together without explanation.

In a world that currently offers children a steady stream of fear, speed, outrage and fragmentation, experiences like this do something quietly radical. They widen the inner landscape. They show that there are other ways of being, other rhythms, other outcomes.

Ballet, theatre, music, art — they teach attention, empathy, patience, emotional literacy. They offer an embodied understanding of effort, grace, struggle and resolution. Not as concepts, but as something felt.

I left feeling grateful they got to see this.
Grateful they got to feel wonder.
Grateful that their sense of what the world can be was gently expanded.

This is how hope is seeded — not through shielding children from reality, but by balancing it with beauty, meaning and imagination.

And that balance feels more important than ever.