Awakening Rose

09/01/2026

Winter time foods and the 3 tastes to favour at this time of year...

❤️ Sweet is present in foods like rice, milk, dates, maple syrup, jaggery. The qualities are oily, cooling, and heavy and a sweet taste increases the vital energy and is wholesome in moderation to all the tissues (seven dhatus – plasma, blood, muscles, fat, bone, marrow and nerve tissue and reproductive tissues) it makes us feel good and promotes stability but in excess it can cause disorder and imbalance causing colds, congestion, heaviness, diabetes, laziness, and obesity.

❤️ Sour is found in vinegar, cheeses, lemon, green grapes, fermented foods, citrus fruits, sour cream. They are substances that are liquid, light, heating and oily in nature and like sweet, when in moderation they are positively refreshing, taste delicious, stimulate appetite, and energize the body. If used in excess they cause thirst, hyperacidity, acid indigestion and can aggravate or bring on skin conditions like dermatitis, acne, eczema, and psoriasis.

❤️ Salty holds moisture in the body, improves digestion, lubricates & helps clear obstructions of digestive areas but in large amounts could cause swelling or a water imbalance. Salty include seaweed, marmite, miso, tamari, miso broth & salts (try Cornish Sea salt, rock salt, pink Himalayan, and kala namak rather than table salt which can be quite treated and drying)

❤️ These are all calming for the nervous system in this season and staying away from cold, raw foods/salads, that are too cooling in winter, and upping servings of veggies – especially greens and root vegetables that are grounding because they grow in the ground – along with squashes, pumpkins and marrows that grow near to the ground, all foods that nourish and centre, while also having a good water content.

If you would like to know more about seasonal eating come along to the next half day Yoga retreat and seasonal lunch & receive a free PDF on Ayurveda, digestion & wellbeing.
Yoga & eating - what could be better ❤️
Sunday 1st February
10 to 3pm
Chailey Village Hall

08/01/2026

Dates for Seasonal meditations.
2026

These have changed a little - to now start with gentle restorative yoga soft movement & breath-work to then move into deepening meditations or yoga Nidra depending on the season ❤️

Closing with a seasonal tea & sweet treat to slowly come round & notice gently how you feel. Deeply relaxing & restful.
Small intimate group of 6 people. rose

Monday 2nd February- 2pm Imbolc
3 spaces left

Friday 20th March
4pm Spring Equinox

Friday 1st May
4pm Beltane

Friday 19th June
4pm Summer Solstice

Tuesday 4th August
4pm Lammas

Wednesday 23rd September
2pm Autumn Equinox

Friday 30th October
2pm Samhain

Friday 18th December
2pm Winter Solstice

Summer ones held outside in garden when weather is delightful 🙏

£17 per session or £120 for all 8 sessions.

Booking essential
Much love Faren 💚

06/01/2026

Keep toasty...

Hot Winter Toddy 🧡🍊
Sliced fresh ginger
Couple of cloves
Pinch cinnamon
Squeezed orange & slice of zest
Squeezed lemon
Topped up with hot water
Stirred in a tsp of honey with turmeric.

Have enjoyed this throughout the day today to help keep the body hydrated, to stay warm & not shock the system with cold water drinks. Clearing at this time of year, caffeine free & warding off of ailments. Keep the pe**er up.

If you are interested in or would like some help with your current health, lifestyle, emotional or physical. One wellbeing & holistic, Ayurvedic consultation is available from mid January.

A bespoke treatment based initially on an in-depth consultation form, an hour appointment with email info sent afterwards & follow up 30 minute session at later date. Can be in person or online.
£120 for whole consultation. Can be paid in 2 parts.
Treatments of reflexology, massage or healing , supplements, oils etc may be recommended too - not included in price.

Message me directly to find out & what you might be looking for 🧡🍊
Love ###

06/01/2026

Yoga this week with me

Off we go nice and slow. This was yesterday a beautiful scenic walk with all the birds still enjoying the ice free parts of the water & calling to each other as they moved slowly through. Fresh air first thing & lots of birdy footprints on the ground.

Back to work week for most after a hopefully restful time - we will move with Winter in mind, warming up the body, noticing how we feel, breathing to find depth but equally finding space in a sense of resting poses too. Moving with the seasonal cycles. Enjoying our practice however that feels.

Wednesday 8am Awaken to the day
Focused energising movement.

Sunday 9 to 10.15
Sacred Sunday
An extended slower practice to restore & unwind.

Join me Faren

Book via Unity App or website.

Look forward to seeing you on the mat.

29/12/2025

Half Day Yoga retreat & Ayurvedic inspired seasonal lunch ❤️

Sunday 1st February 2026
10 to 3pm
Chailey Village hall

Very excited to bring this next session in for 2026

We meet at a time on the cusp - still in the wintry feels but with those buds of movement towards the Spring. Time to bring in more movement to the body whilst also honouring the time to rest & restore.
A day to practice in depth with healthy movement, breath, meditation with sweet treats, seasonal teas, and a delicious vegetarian wholesome lunch.

10 am Meet & settle - make ourselves comfortable
10.15 gentle flow practice to bring in some energy.
11.45 seasonal tea & sweet treat. Time to be still & journal, take time out or chat & be social.
12.15 restorative yoga with theme around benefits of seasonal living.
1.15 Vegetarian light lunch of Soup & other goodies.
2.15 Meditation or yoga Nidra practice to close.

This is a light outline of our day which may vary a little.

Early bird price in this group
£60 per person until 10th January then
£65 per person ✨

Message me to find out more.
Look forward to it🙏
Heading into the newness & opening up of 2026 ❤️🐦‍🔥

Much love Faren 07788150831

25/12/2025

Merry Christmas 🎄

5.22am ✨
Still behaving like I'm 6 years old at the excitement of Christmas Day.

Have the best day everyone 🎄🎄🎄
Loves ###

21/12/2025

Awaken to the Day
Wednesday 24th December
8am

Christmas Eve morning Yoga class ...
Really looking forward to this session.

Come along for the last practice before Christmas, movement to settle into the body, focus around the breath to feel more present & time on the mat to reset to feel connected. Perfect set up for the day.

Book via the Unity website or App.
Faren - Awaken to the Day

Reception won't be open at this time so follow round to the back of the building & come in that way five minutes before class to settle yourself in.

11/12/2025

DECEMBER NEWS
Have a looksie

Hello December, 🧡 A little late to the party as we head into those true wintertime feels of darker nights & twinkly lights. Heading inwards. Looking forward to fresh frosty mornings. How are you feeling? What might be calling you? Love this build up to Christmas, but mostly, that shift in t.....

08/12/2025

Awakening Rose Rituals

WINTER BALM
Trying not to have favourites in the balms & sure I say this each season but this one is such a therapeutic trooper - full of some amazing goodies.

Eucalyptus, scotch fir, cedar-wood with juniper give strength to muscles, reduce aches, St John wort aids the nerves. Sweet orange for a lift, bergamot to ease with clary sage balancing plus the magic of cloves, litsea & peppermint. A strong team. Perfect on the chest if colds or phlegm, use all over the body if feeling dry and a lovely foot rub whilst sitting on the sofa. Bound together with bases of cocoa butter, shea & coconut plus local beeswax grated in to bind.

💚 small batch
💚 organic
💚 hand made
💚 recyclable
💚 sustainable
💚 natural
💚 aromatherapy

PURIFY - RECUPERATE - REVIVE

Smells like chocolate mint to me.

£15 - 60ml
£20 - 120ml

07/12/2025

✨🎄 December Offer

Gift vouchers are a perfect gift for those we love to take into the New Year and have some therapeutic time on the couch once the business of Christmas has subsided.

All one hour treatments bought as a gift voucher will receive a free 15 minute facial as an extra.
So 75 mins for the price of 60mins
Included
Holistic massage
Reflexology
Facial (this will make a luxurious 75 minute facial )
Reiki/ seichim session

£65
(Savings of £15)

Valid for one year
Can be emailed out or posted
Easy parking
Full consultation taken
📍Awakening Rose
North Chailey, East Sussex

facials

06/12/2025

🤍 New term bookings for 2026 ...
How did that happen 🤍

A new cycle of seasons ...

🤍 Yoga Term at Chailey Village Hall - 2026 a lovely warm clear space to practice. We move through seasonal themes within the yoga, focusing on how the body feels, bringing in breath work & meditations to bring a sense of alignment. Slow flow. A sense of ease in the body. Asanas & prana.

Wednesday at 5pm
Dates are opening up for ...
7th Jan
14th
21st
28th
4th Feb
11th Feb
18th No class half term
25th Feb
4th March
11th
18th
25th March.

11 weeks of booking whole term £88 (£8 per class)
Booking to half term
6 weeks £60 (£10 per class)
6 class pass £75 (£12.50 per class)
Drop in £15

Message me to find out more & if you have been feeling for a while you would like to have a consistent weekly class. 3 weeks left in December if you want to pop along for a class to see if it's your thing.

We will be gently bring bringing in intention to feel more present, we won't be shouting new year, new you.

Looking forward to another great yogi year.
#2026