Lena Brailsford Therapy & Support

13/10/2025

Pamper Day ✨🍁
Wednesday 15th October | 9:30am – 3:00pm | Room 101, Matlock

As the leaves begin to turn and the air takes on that golden autumn glow, it’s the perfect time to slow down, release, and restore. Join me for a nurturing midweek retreat designed to help you recharge, reconnect, and fill your stores before winter’s quiet rest.

💆‍♀️ Taster sessions are around 20 minutes each — a wonderful way to sample something new.
Or, if you’d like to sink in a little deeper, you’re warmly invited to combine the familiar with something new — perhaps blending your usual massage or reflexology with Angelic Reiki or chakra balancing for a truly bespoke, restorative experience.

I charge by time, not treatment, so your session is completely yours — to rest, receive, and simply be.

🌿 Featured this season: Angelic Reiki
A deeply gentle yet powerful energy therapy that’s 100% inclusive — suitable for everyone, from babies to elders, and for any state of health, whether you’re feeling well, managing physical treatments, or in need of emotional or spiritual support.
It’s non-invasive, and can be received seated or lying down — a soft embrace of light and calm that supports you exactly where you are.

You can also enjoy:
🍂 Swedish or targeted massage
🍂 Indian head massage
🍂 Reflexology
🍂 Usui Reiki
🍂 Oracle card readings
🍂 Chakra balancing — with crystals, sound, or breath

In the afternoon, join me for a gentle Guided Angel Visualisation — a peaceful moment to centre, ground and open your heart to the season’s quiet magic.

✨ Sparkly non-alcoholic drinks, seasonal nibbles, and crystals will be waiting to make the day feel extra special.

🌾 DM or text Lena on 07713 318120 to book your slot — spaces are limited.
Come and treat yourself to an autumn pause — grounding, soothing and filled with golden light 🍁

xx Lena xx

12/10/2025

Any dads free to receive a feee 20min seated reiki session by two recently attuned Angelic Reiki Dads. 3pm . Potential Space. Only 2 slots available, so first come first served . Can’t confirm until 12 as i am teaching. Take this opportunity to unwind with guys who know and understand 🥰💖Dm@or text lena 07713318120
Ps obviously alwsys open to mums or any parent xx

07/10/2025

🍂✨ Angelic Reiki Attunement – October Energy ✨🐉

As autumn invites us to release the old and welcome new light, this is a beautiful moment to take that next step your personal wellness journey and experience an Angelic Reiki Attunement — a deeply transformational 3 day journey of healing, awakening, and connection.

With the recent Aries Full Moon igniting courage and new beginnings, the energies now are ripe for phoenix and dragon energy to rise, guiding you to embody strength, clarity, and divine flow.

Angels and dragons often unite in a timeless dance , celestial grace meeting elemental power, reminding us that true strength is born from love.

🌕 £252
🌿 Dates & times to suit you inc 10th-12th
🕊️ Small, intimate groups (2–8 people)
💫 Lifelong guidance & community

If you feel the call, DM or text Lena on 07713 318120 to reserve your space this October and step into the warmth of angelic light, rebirth, and gentle empowerment.

05/10/2025

✨Lovely family weekend just relaxing and being together.✨

Saturday started with the kids getting absolutely soaked at football — so that quickly turned into a chill indoor day! They begged me for massages before Strictly, and somehow Mark managed to sneak in a full body massage AND a Rosa facial! 💖

Sunday was our Wizarding Day adventure — me and Rosa somehow persuaded Mark and Rowan to join us. Despite the initial grumps, they both ended up embracing the magic, and Rowan was even throwing spells albeit secretly ! 🪄

We loved seeing all the amazing things our lovely friend Elisabeth Johnson @ Collins Earthworks Ltd had on her stall — the kids spent up in minutes 💖 We bumped into so many families and friends; it had such a lovely community feel.

Rowan even enjoyed his first ever wander around Wirksworth with a mate (don’t worry — fully tracked on the phone 😂).

Just one of those weekends that fills your cup💕

01/10/2025

💃 I asked and the universe delivered. 😂

I’ve been itching to do something — anything — dance-y for ages. The Wirksworth Arts Dance Day re-fired that desire: salsa, clog, line dancing — I didn’t care, I just felt the pull. But between kids’ clubs, late work nights, and no time for daytime classes, nothing’s lined up since the Essential Energy Dance Mums group fell apart.

Then yesterday… I was in full-on rant mode after pick-up (yep, another day of hearing how families who are dual heritage, neurodivergent, LGBTQ+, foreign, etc. are being isolated, misunderstood, unsupported… argh). A friend invited me on a dog walk and I snapped: “Not unless I can scream into the woods and bash sticks on trees!” (probably not the dog’s vibe 🐕😅). So I wandered off to watch my son kayak and chill by the river when — BAM — who should I bump into but a T’Owd Man member walking her dog. Someone I never usually see. We chatted, and suddenly I thought: why not? It felt like the angelic nudge I’d been waiting for.

Fast forward to last night: me and fellow newbie Sheena laughing our heads off, bashing sticks, shouting, trying to learn the moves. It was a workout for body and soul. Everyone was so warm — familiar faces from Exile, kayaking, Wirksworth wanderings — and the live band (around 10 musicians on drums and winds!) was pure magic. Sound healing for the spirit. 🌸

Now I just need my own sticks (hawthorn or hazel, apparently) 🪵😂 My heart (and my cheeks from smiling) are still full this morning. ❤️

🌟 My advice: seek your happy. Take the energy from frustration, anger, or pain, and transmute it into purpose. Mine came from rage about isolation and lack of community — and look what the universe handed me. 🦋💖

In love and light,
Lena ###

30/09/2025

🌸💖✨ Do you ever find yourself stuck in the same cycle — doing the same things day in and day out, hoping for a different outcome? Procrastination can feel like safety, but often it just keeps us right where we are. Why waste more of your precious energy circling the same loop, when even the smallest shift can open the door to new flow?

Anyone who works in education, especially alongside those with autism, knows that sometimes a change of focus is the very thing that breaks the cycle. Movement starts to return, new possibilities appear, and suddenly there is space to breathe again.

If you, your child, or someone you love feels caught in that cycle — why not gift yourselves something new? Don’t overthink it. Don’t wait. Just try. 🌸✨

When you book a session with me, my time is truly yours. Together, we can choose what feels right in the moment — reflexology, massage, reiki, sound work, crystals, meditation, an oracle reading, or simply space to chat and let it all out. Whatever unfolds, I’ll be there to hold space, to listen deeply, and to honour your journey with warmth and compassion. 💖

I’m at Room 101 every Monday, Potential Space under Earth & Harmony every Tuesday, and the rest of the week I remain beautifully flexible — free to travel to your home or to any space where you feel safe and at peace.

✨🌸💖 Sometimes the change you’ve been waiting for starts with just one gentle step. Maybe this is yours.
DM 07713318120 to book 💖

29/09/2025

✨ Love, Memories & Pilgrimage ✨

Every year, mum and dad but now just Dad makes a pilgrimage to Colchester — retracing the footsteps of where he and Mum met, fell in love, and began this beautiful story that shaped all of us. 💕

The nursing home may be gone, the maternity ward where Ness was born no longer standing… but being there brings the tales of my childhood to life.

As the kids ran free on the beach at West Mersea, I could picture Mum — an island girl — gazing out to sea, missing her homeland thousands of miles away, yet feeling connected by the water, the sky, and the memories they hold. 🌊

Spending time with my childhood friends was the perfect reminder of how rich these connections are — listening to Roy & Jay share their incredible knowledge of the town’s history, and Emma speaking passionately about helping others and raising support for Ukraine. We are all connected in supporting peoples mental health, well-being and have a love of nature💛💙Again a reflection of our parents interests and passions.

Life moves fast, but days like this remind me how important it is to honour love, remember our roots, and keep supporting each other — in community, in kindness. ❤️

Here’s to love that lasts generations, to memories that never fade, and to the people who make trips back extra special.🏡✨

25/09/2025

🌸✨ Follow-Up Post + Video Script ✨🌸

“I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you 🌸. I was truly moved by all of the warm words of love and support 💛 after my last post ,it was so beautiful ✨ and, honestly, so unexpected.
I’m so grateful for every single message 💛.

But I wanted to be clear: I didn’t share my story for sympathy 🌸. I shared it to show what is possible , that anyone can do something if they are personally motivated ✨ and driven to do so. If they take setbacks as learning opportunities and keep pushing forward 💛.

Like any professional who wants to grow, I have had to push through fear and discomfort 🌸. The fact that people don’t even know the preparation I do before and after social events just shows how experienced I am ✨and how long I’ve been learning to do this. I do it with self-awareness, making sure I regulate and take care of myself every step of the way 💛.

Mine is a story of being solution-focused 🌸, not stuck in a victim mindset.
✨ This is what empowerment looks like.
🌸 This is what choice looks like.
💛 This is self-advocacy, self-esteem, and self-respect in action.

So be the YOU that you want to be and shine ✨🦋🌸.

Your stories ,your resilience, matters 💛. If you feel called to share it, please do 🌸. You have no idea how many people will hear your story and feel solidarity, strength, and love ✨ towards you , myself included. I’ll probably cry with emotion when I read them , again something inever did as a defiant child💛.

🌸✨ Have a blessed and beautiful day ✨🌸
in love and light lena x
Namaste 💛

23/09/2025

✨ Love Links – Today’s Angelic Reflection ✨

This morning, my daily angelic reflection was all about Love Links – the practice of offering something beautiful to my angels as a thank-you for their guidance and support.

At first, I procrastinated … nothing felt quite special enough to express my heartfelt gratitude. And then Corin appeared 🌼 and in that moment of connection, laughter, and shared vision, I knew.

That was my love link. 💛

So today I chose to offer every beautiful 1:1 interaction I’ve had, with Ash the and his mindful pruning, with Chris on his recovery journey after burnout, with Emma on harvesting apples and nurturing connection with children and food, and with the formidable Marisha on how quality attracts quality in both life and surroundings.

Each of these moments felt like a golden thread ,✨together weaving a soul-nourishing tapestry of connection across the land. 🌿✨

This is my offering to my angels today — all this beautiful, living, breathing energy of community and collaboration.

Honestly? Angels rock. 🙌
What would you offer as your Love Link today ?

22/09/2025

The Smile You See

This weekend, someone told me, “You’re the least antisocial person I know.” After I had mentioned that I was in the playground.
They meant it lightly, but it struck me how little people really see or know. How hard I find it, joining in, initiating, maintaining, putting in the effort. Maybe I did miss my calling after all and I should have been an actress, I’m just that good .🤪

Yes, I smile. Yes, I connect. But I had to learn to do that. I had to do that.
I was the only girl in a class of boys.
One of the few children of colour in a mostly white, working-class school.
A member of one of the only families of colour on a middle-class estate.

Eggs thrown. Spitting. Racist slurs. Personal insults. The judgement, looks , isolation,
The “but not you” jokes.
This was my childhood, my adolescence — even at college,university and as a new parent walking the streets.
I have always been noticeable, even when I wished I could blend in. I was so very shy as a child, hiding behind my siblings whenever I could. Even in secondary it was all too much for me often and I would escape the playground to be alone, to find a solitary spot under a tree/ out if grounds where I couldn’t be found and recharge before the next social onslaught.

I learned to show up, to talk, to smile.
Not because it was effortless — but because few came to me.
If I didn’t step forward, talk, make the time, show up, seek connection, I would always be alone , different ; an other. Have no one too share a laugh with, regale an experience or just chit chat with.
Now my smile is real as is my often lively
Invitation to connect, to converse, but it carries so much more beneath it:
Resilience. Loneliness. A thousand unspoken memories.

I choose compassion, even in a world that sometimes lacks it.
I choose professionalism, kindness, and thoughtfulness — even when it isn’t returned.
Not because I don’t love myself, but because I do.
Because I have enough love within me to keep living with love.

And for those who truly look — who take the time to see past the surface —thank you.
Your thoughtfulness, your genuine care, speaks louder than any polite hello in passing.
You connect. You truly see me. And for that, I am deeply grateful.

So, I will keep smiling and pushing myself to be soooo unantisocial.
This little butterfly will keep fluttering, spreading connection and a sense of community & belonging where I can.
And If you are someone who also smiles through pain, who has fought to find your voice, overcome your own anxieties to connect and chooses to live with love and sparkles know that I see you too.
Its tough being a butterfly- just think flying in heavy rain! Shapeshifting from a catepillar to a butterfly !!! Thats gotta hurt 💖
This is the heart of my work as a complementary therapist, Reiki master teacher, specialist SEN teacher, human being and parent. I help people connect, regulate, and rediscover their own strength , love and sparkle— so they can empower others in turn.

If this resonates with you, I would love to connect. Perhaps we can share a laugh, a story, or even a moment of stillness reminding each other that we are never truly alone.
In love and light always 🦋

15/09/2025

03/09/2025

✨ Spirit of Isis ✨

Today’s oracle card was Spirit of Isis. I love starting my mornings with a reading—sometimes intuitively, sometimes following the gentle guidance of the deck. Whether I use active or passive energy, it reflects a deeper truth: the divine balance of energy. This balance flows through everything I do, uniting my masculine and feminine energies and guiding how I move through life, healing, and spiritual practice.

This deck is especially sacred to me—it belonged to my mum. When I hold it, it feels like an extension of her energy, linking me to her love, devotion, and voice, even after her passing. Growing up immersed in her passion for ancient Egypt shaped me (even my Indiana Jones-inspired career path!) and deepens my connection to practices like Angelic Reiki.

Today’s message: stay true to your dreams. Let go of what no longer serves you, but never give up on the path you know is yours. Feminine strength, fueled by love and devotion, can carry you through fear, criticism, and fatigue.

When we let the fire in our belly fuel our heart, we find the energy and passion to pursue our destiny—and realize it’s also moving toward us.

For anyone who needs this reminder today:
🌟 Dream boldly
🌟 Trust divine timing
🌟 Surrender with love in your heart, thoughts, and actions

✨ Soundtrack to this reading: “Into the Mystic” by Van Morrison – a reminder to flow with your path, trust divine guidance, and feel the enduring love that surrounds you. 💫