Janine Ford Therapies & Yoga

20/10/2024

**New Class** Monday lunchtime class has moved to Tuesdays…
GENTLE STRENGTH YOGA Bucklebury Memorial Hall:
Tuesdays from noon until 1pm
🌍 Join from anywhere in the world! >> Online and f2f.
Beginners & all levels welcome.
⁉️What kind of yoga class is it ⁉️
We explore and blend ALLLL sorts of movement & wellbeing practices from yoga to qigong to pilates to breathwork to just sharing ideas and tips for self-care. ❣️ Usually some core/arms/leg strength and a balance plus plenty of time to stretch and relax.
🧘🏾‍♀️💪🌬️✌️😇
£60 for 6-week term. Drop-ins welcome (£12).
🫣Don’t be shy, we’re a very friendly group!🤗

26/09/2023

With a little help from my friends and beyond, I’ve been crowdfunding, award-winning, PR-ing and fundraising to save our free weekly cafe

I’ve just about managed to keep teaching a couple of yoga classes and massaging .mackane.newbury
Both of which give me my meditative screen-free + sacred time with students and clients.

I want to say a big thank you to my ‘call a friend’ lifesavers .bowyer.50 .twomey
for being absolute stars ✨ 🙌🙏 …don’t think this is the last time I’m going to call you begging for help! 🛟😘❤️

18/09/2023

A cause that’s very close to my heart…

I got involved with Educafe when it began just after we emerged from lockdowns. I was very new to West Berkshire and the weekly cafe gave me a fantastic reason to get out of the house, make new friends and start to rebuild my wellbeing business after my move from Essex in late 2019.

I began by offering free chair yoga each week at Educafe, then I applied for funding for other wellbeing activities. I won funding to run three separate wellness programs including Educafe Gets Active, a Wellbeing Festival and New Year, Healthy Habits. These included free fitness & wellness classes such as baby-friendly Pilates, bellydancing, nature walks, a gong bath and many more.

Since then, with lots of hard work from volunteers and funders, the Educafe family has exploded and we’re now a thriving community based in Newbury. I still teach chair yoga and many of my students who joined 2 years ago join every week.

Educafe is an incredible model for building community cohesion & we make a huge difference to so many people, in so many ways.

But now, Educafe’s future is uncertain. Funding will run out in March 2024 and we need to secure investment to ensure our vital services continue.

We need help from friends, family, local businesses and anyone else willing to help!

Any donations are appreciated but also any support to spread the word about what we do, help us fundraise and offer rewards we can use to encourage donations.

Please see the crowdfunding page, donate and reach out if you can help.

If you don’t know about Educafe already now is the time to find out. Please follow and share…

🙏

🛟Save Our Educafe🛟

As though being a finalist isn’t enough, today, we launch our first ever crowdfunder.

WHY?
1️⃣ To speak loudly & clearly about the immeasurable value of Educafe to the local community
2️⃣ To explain exactly what we do
3️⃣ To raise vital funds and secure our future

What can you do to help?
👉DONATE: any contribution big or small matters
👉SHARE: re-post, send links to friends and fam, local businesses and champions
👉REACH OUT, DM and tell us about what Educafe means to you so we can share your story.

✊ We are not just a cafe, we are a community ✊

Read the full story, donate, share and follow our journey:
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-our-educafe

03/07/2023

***NEW YOGA CLASS***
At Upper Bucklebury Memorial Hall, in the Oak Room on Thursdays
6.30-7pm (stay for a gentle stretch after if you have time)

QUICK FIX
A 30-minute short but strong all-round dynamic yoga workout. We’ll focus on arms, core & full body strength. I’ll challenge you to explore your mobility, balance and inner fire.

This is an intermediate level class. You don’t need yoga experience - just a healthy dose of determination. I’ll offer different variations and you can choose how hard you work.

If you hate gym culture but want to be strong, this class will be perfect for you. We’ll laugh, sweat and encourage each other healthily.

Available on Zoom. £7 drop in or £30 for 6 classes.

All details at janineford.com/yoga

Email me to say hi or book: jfordtherapies@gmail.com

Get your guns ready 💪 💥 😜

01/07/2023

I’ll be teaching a free 30-min gentle and playful yoga sesh here today (Sat 1st July)… No mats required! Hopefully no rain 🤞

Donations welcome to Educafe UK via The Good Exchange

https://app.thegoodexchange.com/project/19511/educafe-cic/educafe-journey-2022-2023

Classes at…

Upper Bucklebury Memorial Hall every Monday at noon & Thursday at 6.30pm

Free Chair Yoga at Newbury Library every Wednesday 2.15-2.45pm.

https://janineford.com/yoga

Pleased our Summer Fete 2023 is almost here! Fingers crossed for fair weather! Everyone welcome Saturday 1st July from Midday.

30/05/2023

Coming up over the summer…

YOGA+BRUNCHfarm with
On Saturday 10th June & 17th August
👉 Book tickets here: https://janineford.com/events

YOGA @ UPPER BUCKLEBURY MEMORIAL HALL (& on Zoom)
New term starts this coming Monday 6th.
Gentle Strength - Mondays noon to 1pm on 5/12 June & 3/10/17/24 July
**New class**Quick Fix 30-min Strength on Thursdays 6.30-7pm on 6/13/20 July & 3/10/17 Aug
👉 Details: https://janineford.com/yoga

MASSAGE + REFLEXOLOGY
Availability in June:
Tues 6th at noon & 2.30pm
Tues 13th at 11am
Availability in July:
Tues 4th at 11am & 2pm
Friday 14th at noon, 3 & 5pm
Tues 18th at 11am & 6.15pm
https://janineford.com/buickmackane
👉Email to book or to be added to mailing list: jfordtherapies@gmail.com

Thanks to all my models 🤩

25/05/2023

It’s a long one!!!
Back in 2019, Colline was one of the first people I got to know in Newbury when I migrated my entire life and business here from beautiful
I remember feeling lucky and relieved that I’d found this amazingly friendly, warm and go-getting woman business owner who’d left her corporate life behind for something a bit different! She made me feel welcome and gave me the hope that I could build a life here.
We quickly found that aside from business, we had lots in common - top of the list: FOOD + the desire to build and feel part of a close COMMUNITY.
Fast forward to 2023 and my gosh, we’ve done so much - indulged our food obsession many times, become a beautiful network of women with ‘s women’s circles .mackane.newbury …worked together to build the behemoth that is and unsurprisingly has gone from strength to strength. You cannot find a better place in Newbs to brunch/chill/meet/eat too many brownies.
To top it off and put the icing on the cake so to speak, we’re joining forces for
Our first ever joint brunch club .farm is 10.6.23 and the theme - as always and more than ever - will be celebrating ourselves and each other. We’ll move & breathe with some restorative yoga (hopefully outside!). Then the feasting, toasting, sharing, listening, slowing down, enjoying each others company and reflecting on life with a full bellies & smiles… as we’re doing in this pic 🥰 🥂
Thank you Colline for being such an absolute diamond - I know I’m not the only one that is grateful to have you in my life and
Book your space: https://janineford.com/events

15/05/2023

What could be better for your mental health than a cat cuddle, a cat nap & reflexology?
😻👣
I have limited mobile availability but you can find me at the canal-side studio .mackane.newbury most Tuesdays and now, some Fridays.
🦢
Next availability
~ FRI 26TH MAY ~
~ 6TH & 13TH JUNE ~
Email for slots and to book: jfordtherapies@gmail.com
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No cats at Buick but BYOD (bring your own dog!).

02/05/2023

Fancy joining the Goring Gap Walk on 13th May with Educafe (and me!)?

Join the Educafe team for a walking half marathon along the Thames on 13th May.

This is a chance for us to spread the word about Educafe and for our supporters to walk and talk together.

We’re also inviting local businesses and any sponsors to get in touch if you’d like to support us. Have you got a team who would like to walk and raise money for Educafe?

Please use the discount code EDUC10 and this will give you a 10% discount:
https://riversideramble.co.uk/

Once you’ve registered, please email janine@educafeuk.co.uk to confirm your presence and find out about a meeting point on the day.

25/04/2023

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21/04/2023

After lots of organising, planning, shopping blending, mashing, toasting, chopping, peeling, baking and sprinkling it’s nearly time to TASTE 👅 the 3rd instalment .farm