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Empowering others through psychoeducation, shadow work, and energy healing — blending science, psychology, and spiritual practice.

Mental health and wellbeing support

21/06/2025

Summer Solstice Blessings!

Today we reach the longest day of the year - the height of light, warmth, and growth.

At Zala, we honour this turning point with gratitude for what has bloomed and space for what still wants to grow. 🌼 Whether you've had a golden season or it’s felt more like a scorcher, the solstice is a moment to pause, breathe, and realign.

✨ Let the light illuminate what you need to let go of.
✨ Let the warmth remind you that joy is a right, not a reward.
✨ Let the sun's strength fuel your next brave step - even if it's a tiny one.

We’ll be gathering in circle soon to mark the changing seasons - details coming soon. Until then, soak up what nourishes you, and let the rest fall away. 💛

10/06/2025

What is a Death Doula, and What Do They Do?
You may have heard of a birth doula — someone who supports people as they bring life into the world.

A death doula is someone who does the same at the other end of the journey.
We offer emotional, spiritual, and practical support to people approaching the end of life, and to their loved ones. This can look like:
✨ Creating calm, sacred space in the final days
✨ Supporting conversations around legacy, wishes, or fears
✨ Helping families prepare, process, and say goodbye
✨ Offering rituals, presence, and companionship when words aren’t needed
✨ Advocating for dignity and choice at the end of life
✨ Sometimes, just sitting beside someone so they are not alone

Death doulas aren’t here to rescue or fix — we’re here to walk alongside. To honour death as a natural, sacred part of life.
To witness. To soften. To remember.
This is work I’ve been called into for a long time — and now I’m beginning to step into it more fully.

Throughout my career in healthcare, I have sat with many people in their final days.
I've quietly guided families through the passing of their loved ones — through the fear, the uncertainty, and the profound tenderness of those moments.

Death can feel scary. Sometimes even traumatic.
But it doesn't have to be.

Yes, it will always bring sadness. It can be painful.
But with the right support, we can learn to move with that pain, not against it — to allow the waves of grief, rather than brace against them.

In doing so, we can begin to reconnect with the sacred beauty of the process.
Even in sorrow, there can be meaning.
Even in endings, there is presence, intimacy, and deep love.

If you or a loved one is approaching the end of life, and you feel the need for support, please reach out.
I offer a compassionate, gentle space to help you navigate this sacred transition.

09/06/2025

Short garden update, introducing the bees! Tent coming very soon then we will be off with sessions and relaxing retreats. Continue to watch this space!
To anyone who might want to hire or co facilitate a session with us you can find contact information on www.zalawellbeing.uk or message us on any social platforms.

08/06/2025

🌿 A little pause, a lot of growth🌿

I chose to slow and take some time off for my birthday. My intuition life has been whispering—then singing that it was time for me to slow down. Spend time having fun. So I listened.

By July, I’ll have taken two months of very reduced work with Zala Wellbeing. Not completely off, but much softer than usual. I’ve been deep in my own personal and spiritual process, clearing what no longer serves to make space for what is coming. And I can feel it… a growth spurt is on its way for Zala, to catch up with all this growing I've done myself.

I’ve realised more than ever the importance of stepping away from the capitalistic rhythm that says we always have to be doing, producing, pushing forward. Nature doesn’t work like that—and neither do we, not truly. Sometimes the most powerful growth happens underground, unseen. But it’s real. And it’s necessary.

The roots of Zala are strong and deep. I’ve grown so much in such a short space of time, and I have no intention of stopping. Ever. This path of healing, learning, and remembering is lifelong.

I understand my role now clearer than ever before: I am a guide. A facilitator. A weaver of thresholds. I help people cross from one state of being to another—whether through somatic coaching, ritual practice, or soon, the sacred work of death doula support. This is the path I’m walking more fully into.

Thank you endlessly to those who’ve walked with me so far, supported, shared, and believed in the vision. The community garden will still be going strong—and in July, I’ll be holding a celebration there for my original supporters. To honour what we’ve grown, and to open the next chapter together. Manifestation, joy, and maybe a little dancing under the trees.

What’s coming next?
🖤 Chthonik Alchemy – deep shadow work for transformation
🌿 Magical crafting sessions – creative soul medicine
👣 A nature garden for children and adults – a space to play, feel, and learn
🌈 Emotional regulation education – for both little ones and grown-ups
🌱 Home schooling sessions – nature-led, heart-centred, trauma-informed

Many of these offerings will be free or donation-based, but the more we’re supported financially, the more we can offer without barrier. Your support means everything.

Zala is evolving. And so am I.
And I know, with every part of me, that I’m exactly where I’m meant to be.
Thank you for walking with me.

With love, always,
Zara 🌕✨
Zala Wellbeing

27/05/2025

Aging, and the Portals We Forget to Honour

This weekend at The Big Retreat, I found myself in a conversation I’ll never forget—with Ruby Wax, of all people—about something many of us avoid: death.

We spoke about becoming a death doula. About the quiet courage it takes to sit at that threshold and witness the sacredness of someone leaving. And we spoke about aging—how our culture treats it not with reverence, but with discomfort.

Ruby said something that stayed with me:

“Aging is also quite shameful, the way the culture is set up.”

It echoed something I’ve felt for a long time: that we’ve forgotten how to honour the full arc of life. We celebrate beginnings, but treat endings as something to fix or hide away. Our elders become invisible. Death becomes clinical. And in doing so, we lose something vital—something deeply human.

There is, of course, loss. Grief that deserves its full weight. But death is also part of the cycle we are all held within. A transition, just like birth. A portal that asks for presence, care, and reverence.

This path—of becoming a death doula—is one I’ve felt quietly forming for some time. And this weekend, for the first time, I spoke it aloud. Not just privately, but on a microphone, in front of others. And in that moment, it felt less like a plan and more like a remembering.

I’m not sure yet how this will weave into Zala. But I know that true wellbeing must hold space for the whole journey—for life, aging, and death—and everything sacred in between.

Let’s honour our elders. Let’s bring death back into the circle. And let’s remember the power of speaking truth, even with the hard things.

23/05/2025

🟣Accepting Donations🟣

We’ve gratefully received some great donations this week for our garden. THANK YOU🙏🏼

Some of the things we still need are:
🪴 Garden tools
🪴 Soil
🪴 Seeds
🪴 Pallets / wood
🪴 Paint

If you have any of these you’d be willing to donate we’d be hugely grateful. Message us and we can collect locally (torfaen/caerphilly). They’ll be put to great use in the growth of our community garden!🪴

Thank you 💜

18/05/2025

In the garden today we’re welcomed by a wave of unexpected growth — nature always finds a way to surprise us! While we wait for the right tools to move forward, today was less about doing and more about being with the land.

We spent time connecting, walking through the nearby fields, setting intentions for what we’d love this space to become, and asking permission from the trees as we dream it into being 🌳

It’s not all work and no play — it’s about balance, tuning in, honouring the process, and of course having fun too!
We hope you’ve all found time for fun in your weekend too ☀️

17/05/2025

At Zala Wellbeing Support, we believe that giving yourself permission to prioritise your needs is a vital act of self-care, not selfishness. Whether it's online or in person, we’re here to hold space for all of it. 💜

This Mental Health Awareness Week, we’re reminding you of some of the many things you never need to feel guilty for—like saying no, resting, not being productive, or needing time alone. 💬

15/05/2025

A message to stop healing and take a break for mental health awareness week.
*Side note* we have indeed got a post up for mental health awareness week, I've just been taking a break for my birthday and I didn't even realise!

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Tuesday	11am - 7pm
Wednesday	11am - 7pm
Thursday	11am - 7pm
Friday	11am - 7pm
Saturday	1pm - 5pm

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http://www.zalawellbeing.uk/

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