Elements Centre for Wellbeing

21/11/2025

It's been a frenetic few days and now I am officially in recovery.

After Sunday's retreat, I didn't plan things so well and ended up with a few really full days of work.

If you've worked with me in any capacity, you will know how much I put into every client session, every yoga class, every soundbath. Throw in a retreat where massive resource was needed. Though believe it or not, it was the food prep that occupied the most headspace - with some weird and wonderful food intolerances, it was just easier to keep that all in house and do it ourselves.

I am now officially on a few days off. Classes are on on Sunday night but for now... The lights are on, but I'm absolutely not answering the door. Sorry, not sorry!!!

20/11/2025

💓 LAST 2 EVENTS BEFORE CHRISTMAS 💓

🥰My soundbath on the 7th at 10.30 AM has sold out but I’m planning a second one at 12 midday.

Festively themed of course! This will be themed 'PEACE' and will be @ 12PM - 1.45 PM on the 7th of December from my studio in Dalgety Bay.

Here's what to expect:

With sound and meditation, I will be guiding you through a healing experience to calm your mind, your body and your soul.

Using tibetan bowls, crystal bowls and triangles, gongs, drums and beats and my voice , this sound bath will help ease you into the festive season in the most relaxing way.

Sound baths can produce a range of profound impacts including;

❤️ Balancing and soothing the parasympathetic nervous system

❤️ Easing stress and dis-ease

❤️ Improving mental, physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing

❤️ Improving sleep

❤️ Energetic cleansing for the body and reinvigorating the body with new and fresh energy

❤️ Improving immune function

🥰For those who are interested in somatic yoga(£11) there is also one final class before Christmas on Sunday 30th at 10.30AM:

☀️This class is perfect for shaking up old energy. I can virtually 100% guarantee that you will leave feeling amazing.

Expect lots of powerful sequences against a strong musical background to help you shift and move stagnant energy. A POWERHOUSE of a class

🥰Sunday 30th of November 10.30 - 11.30 (Establishing your boundaries) 5 SPACES AVAILABLE

Drop a line to amy@elementshypnotherapy.com for more information or to book

19/11/2025

Last Sunday, Gill and I had the absolute pleasure of hosting 17 beautiful women for our special Cailleach retreat.

We explored wintering as our theme.

Wintering remains a time of taboo in our culture. We’re not raised to recognise wintering or to acknowledge its inevitability. Rather we see it as a humiliation. Something to be scared of. We put on a brave public face and grieve privately. We make a secret out of a process that is entirley normal . And we do this at great cost because wintering can bring some of the most powerful and insightful moments and wisdom.

Plants and animals don’t fight winter. They witness the full glory of their cycles. Birth. Death. Rebirth. They adapt. They metamorphosise.

An experience of burnout and trauma led me to explore Winter symbolically – especially the divine feminine archetypes and the cyclical way of living.

I had to re-evaluate my expectations of myself but also of transformation and healing.

Whilst many will have you believe transformation is all deep breaths and k*m bay as, it’s not. It’s messy. And painful and destructive. Like the Cailleach.

Together we journeyed through a tranformational experience.

💓 Gill offered up cacao through a powerful heart opening ceremony

😡 We explored the themes of anger and rage in a wild somatic sequence: Anger towards self, anger for the collective and anger as love.

😱 We screamed our little hearts out to the echoes of Florence and the Machine

🍱 We feasted on a nourishing healthy lunch

🎵 We enjoyed a yoga nidra and soundbath foccusing on harnessing the power of the Cailleach - Goddess of Winter

🙏 We moved towards the end of the day with a slow and soothing yin sequnce that was focussed on the heart.

🍁 Followed by a releasing ceremony

♥️ And closed the day by sharing personal hopes

oh and we danced to Madge’s Like a Prayer! One of my most favourite songs in the whole wide world!!!

It was the most glorious day. I'm not going to lie, I'm still frickin' exhausted but it was honestly my pleasure to dance, cry, laugh and SCREAM with you all.

Can't wait to do the next one. Imbolc here we come?

And for those raring for a bit more, next somatic class (Finding your Boundaries) is on Sunday 30th @ 10.30AM. £11. 6 spaces left x

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18/11/2025

I'm noticing more and more the answer to the question of 'How are you'? With one word.... 'Busy'.

I know. I've said it myself.

Many wear it like a badge of honour.

We run around filling our calendars and our days with so much stuff that we don’t offer space to tune into how we feel at any given moment.

To tap into this feeling state, offering the body time to restore and for the nervous system to catch up; only then can we unearth who we actually are underneath all the noise.

We have access to so much input; news apps, text and whatsapp messages, emails, social media notifications. So much drama. And pain. So much NOISE.

But underneath all of this, the stillness; an opportunity to emotionally digest so that we can move through the world with purpose, intention and clear action.

Slowing down enables us to create a connection to this ability to digest. It allows the nervous system time to breathe. To help us move towards our desired experiences with wisdom and intention and aligned with our personal integrity.

I've acknowledged this and continue to roll with it. My client facing hours remain limited every week so that I can give my upmost to each individual client, whilst not sarificing myself.

The only alerts on my phone are text messages. And even then, my phone is always on silent - I'm notoriously hard to contact. And when I am not working, my phone remains in a different room.

I make space each day to breathe. Really breathe. To sit with myself and my thoughts and to make a clear space for the most important person in my life (That's me by the way. I've learnt that when I'm ok, those that depend on me most are better than ok).

I've not got the perfect formula. But I am committed. And it helps me to live a joy filled life (with my sister this summer, being busy having the craic! We're excellent at that!)

17/11/2025

Oh how my cup is filled. I’ve had the most gorgeous weekend with this glorious woman - my wild Galway soul sister .

Turns out a business meeting to plan our retreat works out even better over wine.

Some photos to follow over the next few days of a wonderful day spent with a wonderful group of wild and powerful women.

Our first face to face retreat was a resounding success and we’re already in talks about what we’re doing next.

Watch this space 💓 💪 💓

16/11/2025

Absolute best day ever and we’re only half way through

16/11/2025

16/11/2025

The kitchen is the absolute heart of my home and my favourite place to spend time.

It’s where I pause with a cup of coffee after the school run

It’s been host to many special conversations with loved ones over a cuppa

It’s been the venue for way too many moments of craic and kitchen discos with our dear friends The Lowes

And this morning,it’s turning into a production line for all the ladies coming to the retreat this morning

Cacao is being brewed thanks to head chef Gill who is taking a break from her restaurant in Galway 56 Central Restaurant

Roasted pepper and feta scones are being lovingly put together

All to the backdrop of many laughs and some high brow chats 😹

The time is nearly here for our amazing retreat and we simply cannot wait to welcome you all 🙏

See you from 9.45

15/11/2025

The cacao is getting cut…

Can’t wait to see you all tomorrow 💓

15/11/2025

Taking a moment of stillness this morning before what is going to be a busy weekend.

Final preparations later today for our retreat once my amazing friend Gill arrives. (Can’t wait to see you GC)

We are so excited to welcome 16 fabulous ladies to our retreat tomorrow. We have the most wonderful day planned for you and we really can’t wait to share it.

See you from 9.45 tomorrow 💓

14/11/2025

The 10.30 AM soundbath on the 7th of December is now full. And I plan to host a second soundbath at 12 midday on the same day. Drop me a message to book your space 💓

💓 LAST SOUNDBATH BEFORE CHRISTMAS 💓

Festively themed of course! This will will be themed 'PEACE' and will be @ 10.30AM - 11.45AM on the 7th of December from my studio in Dalgety Bay.

There are just 2 x spaces left for this timeslot but because it has filled so quickly, I am planning to host a second one at midday if there is interest in this.

Here's what to expect:

With sound and meditation, I will be guiding you through a healing experience to calm your mind, your body and your soul.

Using tibetan bowls, crystal bowls and triangles, gongs, drums and beats and my voice , this sound bath will help ease you into the festive season in the most relaxing way.

Sound baths can produce a range of profound impacts including;
❤️ Balancing and soothing the parasympathetic nervous system

❤️ Easing stress and dis-ease

❤️ Improving mental, physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing

❤️ Improving sleep

❤️ Energetic cleansing for the body and reinvigorating the body with new and
fresh energy

❤️ Improving immune function

For those who are interested in somatic yoga(£11) there is also one final class before Christmas on Sunday 30th:

☀️This class is perfect for shaking up old energy. I can virtually 100% guarantee that you will leave feeling amazing.

Expect lots of powerful sequences against a strong musical background to help you shift and move stagnant energy. A POWERHOUSE of a class

🥰Sunday 30th of November 10.30 - 11.30 (Establishing your boundaries) 6 SPACES AVAILABLE

Drop a line to amy@elementshypnotherapy.com for more information or to book

14/11/2025

I spent a few days in Rome with my family last month which was absolutely delightful! It's a place I have been a few times before but it was really lovely to see it through the fresh eyes of my children who were gobsmacked by it.

In the time I was away, I was also reminded - when we step away from our day to day life - how important the slowing down process is. See what the day brings, no plans, just lots of fresh air, walking and delicious food. Oh so nourishing for our bodies and souls.

I don't think I had seen Rome as busy as I did this trip. I was quite overwhelmed by the crowds and found it really lovely to step back and watch from a distance. It reminded me of the importance - in normal life - to step away from the rush. To take that intentional pause in the day and to make the space to get away from the noise.

Most of us only pause when life forces us to- whether that is from burnout, exhaustion or overwhelm.

But choosing to pause intentionally, that’s something else entirely.
That’s what creates space for clarity, creativity, and connection.

Here we are in beautiful Roma visiting my favourite building. We happened to visit at twilight hours when it was getting quieter. I had never experienced it so peaceful and it was a joy to watch from a height all that was going on below.