Dear

Welcome! So much to report & to celebrate for me, but not 3 months ago, when I last published this Health & Wellbeing newsletter.… I wondered if I’d ever get myself sorted in more ways than one!......as lockdown eased I just seemed to have too much to think about & was not in my yoga body!

I am here, back in mind, body & soul with 5 big ticket items to share :

So lots to celebrate now, JOY, and as I look back, which I’m not prone to do, I realise how much (like everyone else) I took on……plus of course I continued to work remotely with my clients.

I AM HERE > RIGHT NOW!

As most of you already know my aim is to help you adapt as well as be happy wherever you are at, from a holistic wellbeing perspective...and not to lecture! My total experience as a coach, yoga teacher, well-being consultant, business leader, body worker, therapist & colour fashionista is available for you.

 

Bi-monthly & seasonally you will receive interesting things to do & wear, holistic health and fitness support ranging from healthy eating to relaxation techniques, including special offers...plus I will share my personal musings of those intuitive thoughts and ideas that have popped up for me.

 

Sincerely, 

Ann Edwards

Some of you may have seen Waitrose Food Magazine which has a wonderful selection celebrating Lebanese Mezze with those delightful mis-matched colour plates & glasses…it reminds me of a wonderful celebratory Moroccan lunch that we gave when we christened the 1st Therapy Shed in our garden….here is the menu.

On the day, I remember sending our friend Stuart to supervise David on the BBQ as he was distracted by talking to everybody....it was 10 years ago! We left the BBQ when we moved too! Although recently to have a joint celebration in the garden for the birth of our grandchildren we had a firepit as the evening was so chilly....

Plus to keep up this North African theme, I now offer a 3 hour Moroccan Rose Hammam detox treatment, including mint tea & sweet meats plus the tabla music, but missing the twig beatings & cold hosing down!....email me to learn more : ann@ann-edwards.co.uk

Here is my 1st client review :

As I mentioned in my introduction about my 3 month struggle – rather like wandering in the wilderness & desert, I had not realised until now how powerful it was to have this kind of physical & spiritual struggle & challenge....when your whole self kinda shuts down & you just function day to day, doing what you have to do on an automatic pilot…for many I’m sure that is how it always is?

So which came first to support me to journey out of it?….that’s a HEAD question, for me, for now I came back to sitting quietly on my own & focusing on my breath, then starting to practice stronger yoga postures as I had lost core strength as well (too much lockdown food & wine?!).

As I work with clients in person again I can support them from my own experience & insight as to how important it is to surrender and ‘drop in to how it is’, acknowledging how it is, sensing & feeling how it is rather than ignoring it, crying out, working harder, being angry, taking paras, antibiotics etc etc.

The time to explore all of this experience makes a difference too, plus keeping a journal, which I do for my Yoga Therapy programme. It helps to see & record where you have come from in the journal, the words you are using. Particularly important now as the different lockdowns seem to have blurred into one experience & a year that seems far away & yet only this time last year....

PS I have just been sent this article, how opportune! – ‘Yoga & Accepting Change’.

So finishing off for now, hope to see you again soon & to share our JOY together….HAPPY STAYCATION & SUMMER OF LOVE!

As I go to print here is my latest offering for treatments & therapies, with 10% off with this newsletter. This also includes a complimentary check-in & initial consultation :

The Therapy Shed was set up by Ann to promote wellbeing and positivity. Ann is a talented, insightful and supportive holistic massage and yoga therapist. She draws on her business and coaching career, as well as over 15 years as a therapist. Ann has been practising yoga for more than 30 years, encouraging holistic approaches to individual wellbeing.

Ann is now adding Acorn Therapies at Ashurstwood to her existing Forest Row location, offering her unique and bespoke range of therapies on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays (all by prior appointment).