The Calm Raft

30/04/2025

We hope you can join us tonight in Newton Abbot. We have a lovely session planned! If you are travelling from Paignton we think it will be worth the 20 minute journey! If you can't come, we hope you still find time to give yourself the gift of calm and focus on your wellbeing today 🌱🌹

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We are really looking forward to welcoming you tonight to the Calm Raft. If you have had a stressful week so far or you are feeling as if life is tough at the moment, take some time for yourself and come and focus on your calm and wellbeing.

Bring your duvet or pillow or both and / or a yoga mat if you want to get super cosy for our short meditation at the end of the session.

Arrive between 6.50 and 7.00pm if you want to pay on the door or pay via our website:
www.thecalmraft.co.uk

Don't forget the entrance to the hall is on St Paul's Street down a little alley next to the solicitors (not at the front on Queen's Street). We will be there to direct you if you are not sure though! If you are coming alone, we will greet you at the door and make sure you feel comfortable coming in for the first time.

23/04/2025

Here's all the details about Newton Abbot Calm Raft starting tonight.
If you can make it to Newton Abbot it would be lovely to see you.
If you can't, watch this space for details of Paignton Calm Raft in the near future x

23/04/2025

Newton Abbot Calm Raft starts tonight at 7.
Paignton Calm Raft to follow in the near future x

15/04/2025

Sorry for all the changes!
Things will settle down soon, and everything will make more sense. This page will become The Calm Raft - Paignton as we're expanding our little Calm Raft family.
There will eventually be groups running in Paignton again, but meanwhile the nearest Calm Raft group is in Newton Abbot

15/04/2025

If you are thinking of coming along to the weekly Calm Raft sessions at St Joseph's Church Hall on a Wednesday from 7 - 8.30pm, you might want the chance to say HI informally before your first session!

The amazing guys at have offered that anyone who comes to visit us at the CALM RAFT COMMUNITY TABLE on Thursday 17th April between 2pm and 4pm can have a FREE TEA OR COFFEE on the house! We will be there for a friendly chat or to be a listening ear to anyone that needs a friendly face or just wants to find out a bit more about the Calm Raft!

All you have to do is go to the bar and ask them for the CALM RAFT COMMUNITY TABLE, and your drink will be free and they will point you in our direction! You can stay for the full 2 hours or just pop in for 15 minutes - whatever works best for you!

If you haven't been to the Orsino Lounge, it is a super friendly relaxed place (part bar, part coffee shop) and they are really passionate about supporting the local community. They also serve delicious tapas so we might be booking a Calm Raft social at some point once we are up and running!! We are really excited to be able to collaborate with them :-)

Looking forward to meeting you for a chat!

Lisa and Philip :-)

15/04/2025

Are there any future worries that you can try to put to one side today so that you feel less stressed? Can anything wait till tomorrow or even next week? Can you "take something off your worry pile" even if it is only for a short period of time?

20/01/2025

I'm always thinking about how to do wellbeing well, for myself and others. Seven Waves is an approach to help people prioritise wellbeing and to help people normalise calm in their everyday life. I've been doing a lot of thinking and reading and planning around wellbeing, and I think the idea behind Seven Waves grows more important by the day. But, I'm not a lone ranger, and I wouldn't want to be. So! Big exciting plans are afoot with Seven Waves, including a name change to reflect a slight change in direction to make wellbeing more accessible to more people
❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜

10/11/2024

I'm resting the wellbeing group for a bit but it was absolutely beautiful meeting up with a couple of the group for an early morning reflective walk this morning

18/09/2024

Hi all. After much reflection, I've decided to pause the wellbeing sessions for now. To run a good wellbeing group it's important that the trainer is in the right headspace and I've got a lot of temporary stress in my life for a few months as I move house.
What I would love to do with this time is visit other wellbeing groups and make strong connections and have good conversations around wellbeing so I'm not cancelling Seven Waves, I just think I need to rest it for a few months. If you know or run any wellbeing events you think I should attend, please message and let me know,
Philip xx

10/09/2024

03/09/2024

Next session Thursday 12th 7.15. Jasmyn House, Midvale Rd, Paignton £10

01/09/2024

Note that there's no session this week as it's 2nd and 4th Thursdays only. Also note new start time