Chronic Pain Coaching/ pain cafes SW

28/01/2026

https://mailchi.mp/76b8570be69f/this-months-theme-self-compassion-a-special-sound-healing-invitation

Please see attached a link to our newsletter for February. We are looking forward to welcoming Jem from RebalanceU to run a sound healing session for our young adults pain cafe at Unit8Gym. If you would like to subscribe to the newsletter please pm me your email address.

Living with chronic pain asks so much of us—patience, resilience, and strength we don’t always give ourselves credit for. This month, we’re creating space to gently turn inward, soften self-judgement, and explore what it can look like to meet ourselves with kindness, especially on the harder d...

28/01/2026

We are nearly at the end of what has been a very long month. Looking forward to February which will be much shorter!

23/01/2026

It's a bit bananas!
We do apologise but the Unit 8 session today will be for independent use only due to staff sickness. If you have previously used the equipment and would like to do the circuit before catching up with everyone over a coffee please go ahead. Julie and Sean will be at the next session instead.

08/01/2026

Sharing a really useful resource here. The late Michael Mosley had some really great common sense ideas. This one is on sleeping.

As more people than ever report struggling with their sleep, Michael Mosley uses the latest science to explore how this impacts our health and what can be done to improve our sleep.

07/01/2026

What a great opportunity! Please contact Mobilates if interested.

If cost, pain, fatigue, or fear of injury or flares has been stopping you from exercising, this is your chance to give it a go safely, supported by lived experience teachers.

✨ WE HAVE FUNDING AND OUR NEXT COHORT STARTS NEXT WEEK ✨

After a long time working behind the scenes, we finally have funding to offer FREE Bed Pilates and Pain Reprocessing Therapy for people living with long term health conditions.

And we are so excited to welcome our next LAEP cohort 💖

LAEP is for people with chronic illnesses, often invisible, often overlapping, and so often creating barriers to accessing physical activity.

If you want to get stronger, reduce pain, reconnect with your body in a kind and nurturing way, and feel part of a very special community, this is for you.

What’s included:
✨ An initial one to one with Leanne to talk through your needs and adaptations
✨ Bed Pilates
✨ Pain Reprocessing Therapy
✨ A follow up consultation to plan what comes next
✨ 4 months of subsidised Mobilates membership
✨ All taught by lived experience teachers

🗓 Starting next week, Tuesday 13th January, so please do sign up today and book your one to one
🕛 Tuesdays and Thursdays at 12pm
🌙 OR Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6pm
💻 Fully online

Places are limited and filling quickly, so if this feels like it might be right for you, or someone you support, sign up now 👇

👉 mobilates.com/laep

Please share with anyone who might benefit. This project really is very special 💗

With huge thanks to and players for making this happen 🙏

06/01/2026

During today's pain cafes about nutrition we talked about air fryers. I'm a huge convert. It saves money, can cook small portions, stops me picking up trays from hot oven at the wrong height and is easy to clean. Do you have one? What do you think of it?

01/01/2026

Happy New Year 2026.
Welcome to this year. I think we are all glad to leave 2025 behind! Instead of making resolutions I can't stick to (plus associated guilt and shame afterwards) I'm making a few small changes. I will do these simple things each day.
1. Clean one thing. There are 365 days of the year, deep clean something each day will keep me focused.
2. Throw/ donate/ sell something. Reducing clutter brings peace of mind (also less to clean!).
3. Meditation every day. The toughest one for me. I've bought a book (photo) with daily meditations as a great place to start but I will also listen more to apps and podcasts etc.
4. 15 mins movement. Today it was a mindful walk.

Share your thoughts below for making this year happy and successful ⬇️

30/12/2025

30/12/2025

We are really looking forward to the New Year and meeting you all again. Our next session is a young adults session (18-25 year olds) at Feelgood At Unit8gym. Please let us know if you would like a space reserved on any of the cafe sessions.
We had such fun at the Quiz Night that we will be holding regular fundraisers. the next one will be a Bingo night in Plymstock.

28/12/2025

Excited to announce our first of the year, specifically for young adults. If you know of anyone who may need some support around managing please encourage them to book. Limited spaces.

18/12/2025

18/12/2025

We were absolutely delighted to help around 150 families this Christmas via the Neighbourly/Lidl toy drive. It was delightful to see people turning up and receiving toys during this cost of living crisis and hope we managed to spread a little joy around.

The food we give away at pain cafes all comes from surplus via the Neighbourly scheme. It means we stay sustainable, saving waste and money. Any food not used in cafes or taken home is redistributed locally, to families, Community Centres and food banks.