Balance and Bliss

31/01/2026

🌸 Half Term Mum & Daughter Wellness Experience 🌸

“Donation-based session – minimum suggested donation £15–£20 per mum & daughter pair.

A gentle pamper with purpose

This half term, I’m offering a special mum & daughter wellness session — a calm, nurturing space to slow down, connect and learn together.

This experience is designed to support:
✨ emotional wellbeing
✨ changing hormones & moods
✨ nervous system regulation
✨ confidence, self-worth & body awareness
✨ meaningful connection between mum and daughter

💗 What’s included:

☕ Warm chocolate / tea, drink on arrival
A warm welcome in a cosy treatment space.

🫧 Homemade hand scrub ritual
Together, you’ll create a gentle hand scrub using simple, natural ingredients you already have in your kitchen.
This is a lovely, mindful activity you can easily repeat at home.

🤍 Guided hand massage & reflex points
Gayle will gently teach you both:
• how to massage the hands safely
• simple reflex and pressure points that support emotions, stress, digestion and hormonal balance
• techniques your daughter can use when feelings feel big

🌿 Grounding & breathing practice
A short, calming exercise to help busy minds and nervous systems soften and settle.

💞 Connection & conversation
A relaxed, age-appropriate chat around self-care, emotions and listening to the body — with no pressure to share.

This session offers:
🌸 a shared memory
🌸 practical tools you can use at home
🌸 a safe space for growing emotions
🌸 gentle education without overwhelm

✨ Half Term Special – limited spaces available
An affordable offering to support families and young wellbeing.

📍 [Asha Wellness Centre]
📅 Half Term dates available
👩‍👧 Suitable for ages [7 to 12 ] other age groups can be discussed

To book or ask questions, send me a message 💌
With love,
Gayle – Balance & Bliss

31/01/2026

The last day of the long month of January!! Time to get back into the swing of things. Let’s get your February off to a great start and book your next appointment with me for your lovely treatments. Plenty to choose from. I have availability for the coming week
Tuesday 3rd @ 12pm.
Wednesday 4th @ 10 or 11 .30 am
Thursday 5th 2pm
Opened on Saturday 7th 12pm / 1.30pm/ 3pm.
I look forward to seeing you and hearing about your Christmas and new year plans. Have a lovely weekend xx

30/01/2026

Is putting adolescents on the pill “the answer” for heavy periods?

Short answer:
➡️ Sometimes it’s a tool
➡️ But it should not be the automatic or only answer

Heavy bleeding in adolescence is common, especially in the first 2–5 years after menarche, because the hormonal system is still maturing.

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What’s actually happening hormonally in adolescents?

During puberty:
• The hypothalamic–pituitary–ovarian (HPO) axis is still developing
• Ovulation is often irregular or absent
• This leads to unopposed estrogen, which can cause:
• Heavy bleeding
• Frequent cycles
• Long or unpredictable periods

This is not pathology in many cases — it’s part of maturation.

🌀 The body is learning how to cycle.

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What the pill does

The combined oral contraceptive pill:
• Overrides the natural cycle
• Suppresses ovulation
• Creates a synthetic, withdrawal bleed (not a true menstrual cycle)
• Can reduce bleeding quickly and predictably

From a medical perspective, it’s often used because:
• It works fast
• It’s familiar to doctors
• It reduces anemia risk in severe cases

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The concern many parents & practitioners share

Starting the pill very early may:
• Bypass the body’s opportunity to learn hormonal regulation
• Mask underlying contributors (nutrient deficiencies, stress, inflammation)
• Interrupt the natural feedback loops between brain–ovaries–uterus
• Affect long-term cycle literacy and body awareness

This doesn’t mean it’s harmful in all cases — but it shouldn’t be default without investigation.

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When the pill may be appropriate

✔️ Severe bleeding causing anemia
✔️ Bleeding affecting school attendance or quality of life
✔️ Suspected bleeding disorders
✔️ When other approaches have failed
✔️ As a temporary stabilising measure, not a lifelong solution

In these cases, it can be protective and necessary.

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What should ideally be explored before or alongside the pill

A truly adolescent-centred approach includes:

Medical checks
• Iron & ferritin levels
• Thyroid function
• Bleeding disorders (e.g. von Willebrand disease)
• Cycle pattern history

Foundational supports
• Adequate iron, zinc, B vitamins
• Blood sugar stability
• Nervous system regulation
• Sleep and circadian rhythm
• Stress load (school, social, trauma)

Gentle holistic supports (age-appropriate)
• Education about the menstrual cycle
• Body literacy & reassurance
• Simple abdominal self-massage
• Warmth therapy
• Breathwork / EFT for nervous system calming

(Not invasive practices, not adult sexualised language)

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The key question to ask isn’t:

“Should she go on the pill or not?”

It’s:

“What is this young body trying to learn, and how can we support it safely?”

28/01/2026

🌸 Mother & Daughter Rhythm & Regulation Support

Ages 11–15 | Parent Present

A gentle, trauma-informed program for young teens experiencing heavy or frequent bleeding, irregular cycles, or emotional overwhelm — designed to build calm, confidence, and connection.

Over 4 weekly sessions you will:
• 🌙 Support the nervous system and reduce stress
• ⏰ Establish healthy circadian rhythms (sleep, meals, natural light)
• 🤲 Learn EFT tapping for emotional balance
• 🧘‍♀️ Practice guided meditation for calm and focus
• 💆 Explore gentle self-massage (hands, arms, shoulders, feet)
• 🌿 Observe simple dosha tendencies for comfort and balance

What’s included:
• 4 × 60-minute sessions
• Parent present at all times
• Take-home guides & short daily practices

What we don’t do:
❌ No womb-stimulating therapies (yoni steaming, castor oil packs)
❌ No hormone-altering supplements or herbs

Why it works:
• Builds trust and confidence in her body
• Reduces stress and anxiety around cycles
• Encourages healthy routines and self-care habits
• Strengthens the mother–daughter bond

✨ Perfect for mothers wanting to support their daughter in a safe, nurturing, and practical way.

27/01/2026

SPACES HAVE COME AVAILABLE
DM Gayle 07722866507
Sunday 1st February 6pm til 7.30pm

The Snow Moon arrives during the quiet heart of winter — reminding us that stillness is not emptiness, it is protection 🌨️✨

Just as the earth rests beneath layers of snow, this circle invites you to soften, slow down, and feel held.

Through sound, candlelight, journaling, humming, and gentle meditation, we’ll support the nervous system, release what no longer needs to be carried, and cultivate inner safety and self-compassion.

You don’t need to arrive calm or “together.”
You only need to arrive as you are 🤍

📍 Harmony Hub, Ballyclare
🕯 Sunday 1st February
⏰ 6.00pm – 7.30pm

✨ Hosted by Balance & Bliss
💫 DM to reserve your space.
See you soon . Gayle xx

27/01/2026

💗 Galentine’s Self-Love Retreat for Teen Girls 💗

A beautiful way to close Children’s Mental Health Week offering teenage girls space to slow down, breathe, and reconnect with themselves ✨

💞 Build self-love & confidence
💞 Support emotional wellbeing
💞 Experience a 9D Breathwork journey

🗓 Sunday 15th February
⏰ 11am
📍 Asha Wellness Centre
💷 £44 energy exchange

A safe, nurturing space for teens to feel supported, grounded, and empowered

✨ Facilitated in a trauma-aware, age-appropriate environment with wellbeing and safeguarding at the heart of the experience

✨ Limited spaces
💌 DM to book

25/01/2026

🌿 Haven Gathering – Our 3rd Circle 🌿

Monday 26th January

You’re warmly invited to our third Haven gathering — a relaxed, nurturing girls’ night, with no pressure to attend unless it feels right for you.

✨ Hot or cold drink on arrival
✨ A safe space to gently talk about our future — hopes, ideas, or simply listening
✨ Time to connect, settle, and just be

We are blessed to have Rachel guiding us through a beautiful practice:

🪑 Chair Breath & Gentle Yoga
A calming 20-minute seated chair yoga session, centred on grounding and rooting.
Using slow, supportive movements to help the body soften and settle, the practice closes with a soothing chakra meditation, offering space to turn inward and feel steady and supported.

🌱 Before we grow, we root.

After the practice, we’ll ease back into conversation together.
If you’re happy to do so, it would be helpful to bring payment or bank details, for the Grand Opera show . I am waiting to hear back from them regarding seats for a group. Also please feel comfortable with up to £5 donation towards the costs of our space and refreshments with no pressure.

Come as you are.
Stay for as long as you wish.
This is your Haven 🤍

With love,
Gayle
Balance & Bliss

22/01/2026

The Snow Moon arrives during the quiet heart of winter — reminding us that stillness is not emptiness, it is protection 🌨️✨

Just as the earth rests beneath layers of snow, this circle invites you to soften, slow down, and feel held.

Through sound, candlelight, journaling, humming, and gentle meditation, we’ll support the nervous system, release what no longer needs to be carried, and cultivate inner safety and self-compassion.

You don’t need to arrive calm or “together.”
You only need to arrive as you are 🤍

📍 Harmony Hub, Ballyclare
🕯 Sunday 1st February
⏰ 6.00pm – 7.30pm

✨ Hosted by Balance & Bliss
💫 DM to reserve your space.
See you soon . Gayle xx

22/01/2026

✨Empowering Young Women✨

📢WE ARE RECRUITING📢

We’re recruiting for our next Empowering Young Women Programme ‼️

This 15-month programme, running one evening a week, is all about supporting young women to:
* Build confidence and self-belief
* Develop real-life skills you’ll use now and in the future
* Form strong, supportive friendships
* Gain accreditation’s

To get involved: Contact Shonagh on +44 7784 088938 📞 or text our Instagram page! 💜

18/01/2026

When to see a doctor about heavy periods

Heavy periods might be normal for your child. The NHS defines a heavy period as:

Needing to chaining pads or tampons every 1-2 hours
Needing to double up on period products
Periods that last longer than 7 days
Passing blood clots bigger than the size of a 10p coin
Regularly liking through clothes or bedsheets
Feeling like you need to avoid usual activities such as sports or school
Regularly feeling very tired and/ or short of breath
It's important to know that heavy periods could lead to iron-deficiency anaemia. This is a common condition amongst menstruating women, and can have a range of symptoms such as fatigue, lack of energy, shortness of breath, pale skin, headaches and heart palpitations, if your child experiences any of these symptoms alongside heavy periods, make an appointment to see the GP to discuss.

Sometimes, heavy bleeding can be a sign of other conditions- such as PCOS, uterine fibroids, Endometriosis or Adenomyosis. If you suspect there could be an underlying cause for your child’s heavy flow, make an appointment with the GP to request some tests that can help you find out more.

17/01/2026

If your cycle feels unpredictable, long, short or confusing — this is exactly what my Irregular Cycle Regulation sessions support.

Bookings available via Fresha ✨

A sanctuary of relaxation, Balance and Bliss invites clients to unwind under the expert hands of Gayle, a skilled Holistic Massage Therapist