Yoga & Wellbeing

05/02/2025

We are fundraising for the charity this Feb at and we’d love your support! 💚

We are putting on a mini-retreat in Perranporth!

Join us for 2 hours of gentle breathing, chair yoga and Tai Chi, head massage, reflexology raffle prizes and more!

We want this event to be accessible to all, so we’ve asked for a £5 minimum donation to attend, however, if you can afford more we would gratefully receive your donations to support our friends at CLEAR, your generosity no matter how big or small, is truly appreciated!🙏🏼

CLEAR are a Cornish charity and trauma specialists who support men, women and children to flourish after trauma. To learn more about the charity please visit www.clearsupport.net

A HUGE thank you to the team who will be volunteering their time to support the event… Dr Louise Melley from Turret Therapies , Clare Anderton, Darren Charles AND we are so grateful for the St Michael’s Church Hall for allowing us to host this fundraiser at their venue 🙏🏼🫶🏼

21/09/2024

S U N D A Y 6 T H
O C T O B E R

10-2pm

** 2 x spaces left **

Join us for this collaboration as acupuncturist Nat and I fuse our holistic practices to bring you a 1/2 day retreat overspilling with goodness, nourishment, knowledge and wisdom! Learn about the fundamentals of Chinese Medicine (TCM), dive in deeply to delicious Yin Yoga sequencing, learn specific acupressure points to stimulate wellness, enjoy soothing meditations and guided relaxation...this 1/2 day retreat is bursting with goodness and we cannot wait to share it all with you!

About Nat:
Nat has a degree in Acupuncture from The College of Integrated Chinese medicine and completed an Advanced Course in China working alongside Chinese Acupuncturists in Bejing hospitals. Her professional experience is diverse and includes work within a Sri Lankan charity clinic and luxury cruise liners. Nat now concentrates her energies on her private practice just outside of Newquay where she continues to share the health benefits of acupuncture from her business called The Hide at Lanteague.

About Aimee:
Founder of The Nook Wellbeing + Creative Space, Aimee’s joy for all things Yin started many moons ago. As a seasoned yogi, having studied stronger more dynamic practices of yoga for many years and struggling with her own health, Aimee fell upon yin (literally!) and instantly felt an affinity with this slower-paced introspective practice.
Aimee finds that her facilitation as a Trauma-informed Yoga Therapist and Creative Arts Facilitator marries magically with this style of practice and infuses her knowledge of Ayurveda and TCM into her classes and private client sessions.

19/03/2024

learn 〰️ teach 〰️ explore 〰️

TRAUMA-CONSCIOUS YIN YOGA FACILITATOR TRAINING

November 2024

Want to engage in a Yin Yoga Facilitator training that goes beyond the foundations? Join us for our comprehensive, in-depth, experiential and in-person program at The nook + take a deeper dive into your journey…

The Trauma-informed Yin Yoga Facilitator Training (YYFT) program is designed to provide you with the knowledge and skills you need to become a confident and effective yin yoga facilitator. Led by experienced and qualified instructors and guest speakers - our program covers a wide range of topics and lectures, including group discussions and physical teaching practice. Expect a deep dive into teaching methodology alongside yin yoga philosophy, Chinese meridian theory, anatomy and physiology.

What makes this training unique is the trauma-informed emphasis and psychoeducation.

This program leans into a trauma-informed approach and how to utilise the skill of language and space holding to optimise your offerings. Learn about self-regulation, Dr Porges Polyvagal Theory, the vagus nerve function, meditation, compassion and mindfulness techniques and how to provide cues of safety within yourself and for the participants in your sessions.

This training will enhance your awareness of how trauma impacts the body and how to modify your classes to create a more trauma-conscious experience and environment. We will also explore how trauma affects the body, brain and endocrine system. We will dive into our own internal perception (interoception) and discuss how body awareness and mindfulness can help form and reform identity and our sense of self.

Our advanced Yin Yoga Facilitator Training program includes talks from our physiotherapist, Psychologist and Mindfulness facilitators.

This program is suitable for both experienced yoga practitioners and existing teachers and for those who might have an intellectual curiosity about trauma theory.

We have 4 spaces left. Want to find out more? Head to www.thenookcornwall.org

04/02/2024

R E T R E A T
31st May - 3rd June 2024

Bamboo forests, wild swimming lake, secret gardens, sea dips and sand dune strolls all await you at this 3 night Summer 2024 Yoga Retreat.

Rest back and fully recharge this Summer with this Yin, Restorative and gentle vinyasa retreat in nature.

5 acres of beautiful land, secret gardens and our own private wild swimming lake await!

Whats included?

• 3 nights accommodation

• Morning and evening mindful movement and yoga explorations + guided relaxation journey on evening of arrival

• Welcome gifts

• Therapeutic Creative Art session (optional)

• all equipment

• 2 x vegan/vegetarian brunches

• 3 x vegan/vegetarian dinners

• You will receive dinner on arrival and a light breakfast before departure

• 24hr access to bakes, fruit, snacks and tea/coffees throughout the day

Accommodation:

Choose from our accommodation options; a room in the quaint and cosy Mill House. A luxury yurt nestled in a private spot between two lakes with a huge en suite bath and log burner and the perfect space for dreamy evenings spent star-gazing by the waters edge!

Head to www.thenookcornwall.org to book your spot!

02/02/2024

Just over a month ago 🤍 …

20/01/2024

!! TODAY!! …join us for a day bursting at the seams for an interesting, inspiring and fun-filled collective of informal chats, facilitated sessions and connection.

All sessions are free.

There’s no need to book for the talks but if you’d like to join one or two of our taster workshops, spaces are now very limited but still a hand full remaining! So book via our website www.thenookcornwall.org ✨

15/01/2024

5 more sleeps until our WELCOME DAY event in ! 🎉 We have an incredible line up of facilitators booked! And did we mention ALL sessions are FREE! The intention for this day is to share wellbeing resources, explore new wellbeing tools, meet new faces and connect with others. There’s no need to book the talks, you can just drop in for those, however, please ensure you book the taster workshops (just a few spots remaining!) www.thenookcornwall.org

Join us for a fun and informal event from 9am THIS SATURDAY! X

03/11/2023

New Nook News...

We are hoping you are keeping safe today during this stormy front. We’ve been a little off radar of recent, buzzing away in the background of our current schedule and working on various projects and at events whilst navigating the change in seasons.

04/10/2023

We are so ready for this!

31st May - 3rd June 2024

This retreat experience includes access to 5 acres of beautiful land, secret gardens, delicious food, nourishing yoga practices and our own private wild swimming lake to dip in! …

Example itinerary:

9:30am Mindful Movement session - Gentle YOGA class on the decking/by the lake or in the bamboo forest! ~ A gently uplifting practice to help ease tight and tired muscles combined with relaxing breathing practices to help you feel deeply connected and prepared for your day.

11am Brunch/BREAKFAST ~ refuel with a delicious, nutrition packed organic and locally sourced brunch buffet

12pm free time - read, stroll, hike, swim, surf or book a 1:1 session.

5:30pm YOGA + meditation ~ each evening cool off and unwind even more deeply with Yin, Restorative yoga and meditation – this is a floor-based practice including yoga forms to stretch out tired achy muscles and dissolve tension in mind and body.

did we mention we have a beautiful light-flooded indoor space, tranquil outdoor decking area and other nature-infused grass and decked areas around the site for our practice?

7pm DINNER an opportunity to refuel from your days activities with a delicious mouth watering meal.

Optional after dinner activities could include night time nature stroll, lake dip, hot chocolate around the fire pit, star gazing…the possibilities are endless!

£250 secures your spot.

To find out more visit www.thenookcornwall.org/retreat

12/09/2023

“I love you too Nai”… announcement;

Saturday morning Slow Flow is now available to attend online from this Saturday onwards!

You can book as an individual class or you can use your pass credits as normal and book online as normal too via the nook website www.thenookcornwall.org

The zoom link lands in your confirmation email when you book :)

Join us this Saturday and every Saturday at 10am.

Any questions let me know lovely ones!

With love

Aimee x

09/06/2023

After a rather busy week of packing up our home and adjusting to van life for the next 3 months, I’m looking forward to a weekend of predictability and wellbeing practices! (something tells me I’m getting old(er)!)

Join us TOMORROW 10am to kickstart our weekend.

Expect to feel 'rinsed and soaked' by this movement session - rinsed of tension and soaked in goodness! (with a slight drenching of relaxation in our guided rest at the end of this session! …too much maybe?!(;

All welcome and invited... just follow direct booking link to book;

https://bookatthenook.as.me/?appointmentType=34262279

Or head to www.thenookcornwall.org

06/06/2023

Our Summer time sessions now include Yinyasa - this session fuses flow with a floor-based exploration of the heart & small intestines as part of seasonal balancing.

Join us tomorrow and every Wednesday at 9:30pm booking link in bio 🌸