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10/12/2025

10/12/2025

🍃Massage isn’t just relaxing—it’s nervous system medicine.

What happens when you receive touch:
Safe, compassionate touch activates your vagus nerve, the master regulator of your parasympathetic (rest and digest) system.
Your heart rate slows. Blood pressure drops. Your body finally gets the message: you’re safe.

The chemistry of calm:
Massage reduces cortisol (stress hormone) by up to 30% while increasing serotonin and dopamine. This isn’t just feeling good—it’s literally changing your brain chemistry and rewiring stress patterns.

Breaking the cycle:
Stress creates muscle tension. Tension signals danger to your brain. Your nervous system stays on high alert. Massage interrupts this loop, releasing physical holdings and allowing your system to recalibrate.

Trauma release:
From a somatic perspective, unprocessed emotions and trauma get stored in your body as tension. Massage creates a safe container for your nervous system to finally let go. If you’ve ever cried during bodywork, you know what I’m talking about.

The long game:
Regular massage doesn’t just provide temporary relief—it retrains your nervous system over time. Your body learns what safety feels like, making it easier to access calm on your own.
Touch is medicine. Your body is wise.
Regulation is your birthright.

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10/12/2025

🌱 What Does The Vagus Nerve Do?
The vagus nerve acts as a two-way communication pathway between the brain and gastrointestinal tract, communicating and carrying information back and forth between the brain and internal organs.

It is often referred to as the mind-body connection, and gut-brain axis.
This network provides the central nervous system with integral information about the function of internal organs, particularly the gut, liver, heart and lungs.

It’s therefore responsible for the modulation of our:
🌱Inflammatory response
🌱heart rate
🌱blood pressure
🌱respiration
🌱digestion
🌱food intake

Signs Your Vagus Nerve Needs Support 🌱
Difficulty regulating emotions | anxiety | depression | low immune system | difficulty concentrating | inability to make decisions | increased inflammation | digestive issues | feelings of ‘flight, fright or freeze’ reactions | difficulty forming relationships.

Benefits Of Vagal Stimulation 🌱
Greater emotional stability | a sense of calm and wellbeing | improved digestion | reduced inflammation | ability to cope with stress | deeper relationships/connections.

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01/12/2025

✨ The Ancient Practice of Burning Sage ✨

There’s something deeply grounding about the ritual of burning sage.
Whether you’re cleansing your space, setting intentions, or simply creating a moment of peace, this ancient practice has been used for centuries across cultures.

🌿 Why burn sage?
• Clear stagnant energy from your space
• Create a calming, meditative atmosphere
• Mark transitions and new beginnings
• Purify the air with its natural antimicrobial properties

How to smudge:
Light the sage bundle, let it catch fire briefly, then blow it out so it smolders.
Move through your space with intention, letting the smoke reach corners and doorways.
Always use a heat-safe dish to catch ashes.

What’s your favorite way to create peaceful energy in your home?

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30/11/2025

✨ Give the gift of wellness this Christmas ✨

Vouchers available 🙏

30/11/2025

How Reiki Supports Your Nervous System 🌿

Ever wondered what’s actually happening in your body during a Reiki session?
When you settle into the couch,something powerful begins:
Your nervous system shifts from “fight or flight” into “rest and restore” mode.

In this deeply calm state:
✨ Your heart rate slows
✨ Breathing deepens naturally
✨ Muscle tension melts away
✨ Stress hormones decrease
✨ Your body focuses on healing

The gentle touch, quiet space, and focused presence all signal to your nervous system: you’re safe, you can let go.
Many clients notice they feel more grounded, sleep better, and handle stress with more ease after regular sessions.
Your body knows how to heal - sometimes it just needs permission to slow down enough to do it. 💫

14/11/2025

Release your soul.
In a world of fakeness,masks and untruths, being
your authentic self is definitely a place of peace and safety.

In our outer world we are told who we should be.

When we connect to ourselves on a deeper level we remember who we are, who we came here to be….authentic!

Our story changes, our life starts to align with what we want when we find our authentic self.

🕉☯️ 💯

06/11/2025

SAVE THE DATE ‼️
INNER JOURNEY DAY RETREAT 🌱
Sunday 26th of April 2026.

April teaches us that growth has its own timeline.
Buds don’t bloom instantly, and neither do we.
It’s a month that invites you to trust the process, to be gentle with yourself, and to honor both the visible progress and the unseen work happening beneath the surface.

The seasonal shift can help break winter stagnation and create a sense of possibilities.

and will post more details in the new year.

Please PM me if you are interested as numbers will be limited!!

Love and light 💜

Femke and Nikki 🙏

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02/11/2025

✨Massage is so much more than an occasional treat.

✨Physical healing and pain management
Massage therapy can reduce chronic pain, help injuries heal faster, and address specific musculoskeletal problems. It increases blood flow to tissues, breaks up scar tissue and adhesions, and can restore range of motion.

✨Nervous system regulation.
Massage affects your autonomic nervous system, helping shift you from “fight or flight” (sympathetic) to “rest and digest” (parasympathetic) mode.
This has cascading effects on stress hormones, heart rate, and digestion.

✨Mental health support.
Regular massage has been shown to reduce anxiety and depression, not just through relaxation but by lowering cortisol levels and increasing serotonin and dopamine. For some people, therapeutic touch itself has profound psychological benefits.

✨Immune system boost.
Studies show massage can increase white blood cell counts and improve lymphatic drainage, literally strengthening your body’s ability to fight illness.

✨Body awareness and trauma processing.
Massage can help people reconnect with their bodies, which is particularly important for trauma survivors or those who’ve become disconnected from physical sensations. Sometimes emotions or memories stored in the body can surface during bodywork.

✨Athletic performance and recovery.
For athletes, massage isn’t a luxury it’s part of training, helping prevent injuries, speed recovery, and maintain optimal muscle function.

Never underestimate the power of touch.

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02/11/2025

🌱Ways in which to keep your frequency high.
It doesn’t matter if you’re thinking about vibrational energy, emotional state, or overall wellbeing it involves consistent practices that support your physical, mental, and spiritual health.
Here are meaningful ways to maintain that elevated state.

🌱Mindful awareness and presence.
Stay grounded in the present moment rather than ruminating on past regrets or future anxieties. Meditation, breathwork, and mindfulness practices help you tune into a calmer, clearer frequency.
What you consume matters.
This includes food (whole, nourishing foods over processed ones), media (uplifting or neutral content over fear-based news cycles), and conversations.
You literally become what you take in, so be selective about what enters your system.

🌱Movement and body care.
Exercise, dance, yoga, or even walking in nature keeps energy flowing through your body rather than becoming stagnant.
Physical stagnation often mirrors emotional or energetic stagnation.

🌱Authentic connections.
Spend time with people who uplift you, inspire you, or allow you to be fully yourself.
Genuine connection and laughter are some of the fastest frequency raisers.

🌱Creative expression.
Creating anything like art, music, writing, cooking, building,puts you in a flow state that naturally elevates your energy.

🌱Gratitude and appreciation.
Regularly acknowledging what’s good in your life shifts your focus from lack to abundance, which fundamentally changes your energetic state.
Nature immersion.
Time outdoors, especially near water, trees, or mountains, helps reset your nervous system and reconnect you to earth’s natural rhythms.

🌱Sound and music - Certain frequencies, music, or even your own voice through singing or humming can literally shift your vibration.

🌱Purpose and service.
Engaging in work or activities that feel meaningful, or helping others, creates a sense of fulfillment that raises your frequency naturally.

Ultimately the key is consistency rather than perfection, even small daily practices compound over time.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

28/10/2025

🌱Meet the team !!
Please give our Pathways to Work page a follow.

Much appreciated.

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28/10/2025

“Hi everyone. Within 2 weeks we will be up and running with our unique project put together for Rotherham Pathways 2 Work - supporting residents aged between 16 to 64 into meaningful positive mindset changes, upskilling with digital-social media-ai, with coaching to creating a side hustle business alongside standard job search and with wrap around holistic wellbeing support from an experienced complementary therapist.

Awesome team 🚀

If you are in that age group or know someone who is, who is currently unemployed and not in education or training - reach out. We have funding to support 30 people.”
Nikki ❤️

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