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The Wellness Space, Sandbach (2026)

02/02/2026

Why I sing for my nervous system 🙏🏽

If your nervous system had a fitness level, how fit would it be?

We talk a lot about muscle tone in wellness, strong glutes, flexible hamstrings, but there’s something far more important & invisible, vagal tone.

The vagus nerve is the longest nerve in the body. It runs from the brain stem to the gut, touching the heart & lungs. Its job is simple, to tell your body “you’re safe now”.

High vagal tone means resilience. Stress happens & you bounce back.
Low vagal tone means getting stuck in anxiety, fog, overwhelm.

Here’s my favourite way to train it…

I sing.
Badly.
Loudly.
Joyfully.

Not for the sound, but for the feeling.

The vagus nerve passes through the vocal cords, so humming, chanting & singing physically stimulate it. It’s an internal massage for your nervous system, lowering cortisol, boosting oxytocin & shifting you from fight or flight into rest & digest.

Which is why I’m so excited to share this…

This summer I’m launching the Soulful Sisterhood ‘ Choir’ - very casual, more of a women’s circle feel, gathering for us to gather, learn & sing beautiful ancient and high vibrational songs together.

No auditions, no judgement, no being “good”.
Just women, connection, vibration, nervous system regulation & some truly soulful songs.

If your soul is craving expression, release & a bloody good sing-along, this is for you.

Full blog on this is live on my website. ( linked in my bio 🔝 )
Comment CHOIR or DM me if you think you wanna get involved. 🎶

Let’s make some noise. 🧘🏽‍♀️ 🪐🪷🐚🌾🌹🦚🪶

So grateful to have found this video, shared by these sensational women sharing their divine healing magic 🪷🙏🏽

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01/02/2026

This summer, a book quietly changed the way my husband & I see our entire future, presence & past.

At a time when he was deeply struggling, searching for direction, purpose, clarity, The Alchemist lit a torch in the dark. Not with answers, but with permission.

Permission to keep going, to stop fighting the uncertainty, to trust that even the hard parts were shaping something meaningful.

The idea of a Personal Legend landed differently for both of us. It helped us step out of over analysing every decision, every setback, every unknown, & instead soften into the journey itself.

For me, it felt like a gentle remembering. That life is always speaking to us, if we slow down enough to listen. Through signs, synchronicities, nature, the butterfly that crosses your path, the quiet nudge in your body, the moment that stops you in your tracks.

Faith isn’t loud, it’s subtle. Beauty lives in the present moment, not the destination.

This is something I bring into my yoga practice every single time I step on the mat. Trusting the body, listening to the wisdom beneath the noise, moving with curiosity rather than force, allowing the practice to reveal what’s needed rather than controlling the outcome.

“When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”

Sometimes guidance doesn’t come as a shout. Sometimes it comes as a book at exactly the right time.

Everything that’s happened to me, to us, over the years - has happened for a reason. & as hard as some of those challenges have been- I wouldn’t change them for the world, they helped to mould us into the people we are today…

If you haven’t yet read the Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho, I highly recommend, it’s a beautiful read.

🙏🏽♥️

30/01/2026

The first limb of yoga is the Yamas, our social ethics, how we show up in the world. It begins with Ahimsa, non-violence.

This week Ahimsa has felt anything but poetic.

Yesterday my endometriosis flared so intensely I almost fainted at the wheel. The pain was sudden, overwhelming, disorienting. Doctors have now told me not to drive until I’ve had a 48 hour ECG, after uncovering that the blackouts I’ve experienced since I was 16 were never fully investigated. Even though this episode was likely my nervous system reacting to severe pain, they’re being cautious.

On high pain days, or on my period, I’m not supposed to drive.

And honestly, that broke something open in me.

I felt trapped in my body, frustrated as hell, angry at myself, angry at a body that already feels like it asks so much of me. The old narrative crept in fast, you’re broken, you’re a problem, you should be able to cope better.

This is where the practice really begins.

Ahimsa for me, right now, looks like not turning that anger inward. It looks like letting myself grieve what feels limiting without shaming myself for feeling it. It’s choosing rest instead of punishment, softness instead of force, compassion instead of control.

It’s reminding myself that my body is not betraying me, it is communicating. Loudly. Honestly. Asking for care.

This is also where Satya, truth, meets Ahimsa. The truth is this is hard. The truth is I feel limited. The truth is I don’t need to spiritually bypass that to be a “good yogi”.

Non-violence isn’t just about how gently we treat others. It’s about how we respond when our own body says no.

Peace in the world doesn’t start with perfection. It starts with honesty, tenderness, & the willingness to stop fighting ourselves.

28/01/2026

I’m a wellness teacher, and I still live in a very real, very human body.

I still navigate chronic pain & wobbly mental health, even with years of awareness around nervous system regulation & continuous practice.

My yoga asana practice isn’t particularly strong or flashy. I can’t do arm balances or dramatic inversions.

I still occasionally doom scroll.
My house is often messy.
Some days my energy is low, quiet, internal.

I used to think I had to be “together” to hold space for others.

Now I know that being human is my greatest qualification.

My imperfections have deepened my empathy.
My lived experience has expanded my capacity to connect.
My own healing journey helps others feel safer, less pressured, less like they need to perform or be fixed.

I don’t believe you need to be perfect to begin this work.
I believe you need curiosity, compassion & a willingness to meet yourself where you are.

This path continues to shape me, not just as a practitioner, but as a person who holds space with care, nuance & deep respect for where others are.

You don’t need to be fixed to be worthy of support.
You don’t need to be strong to be welcome here.

27/01/2026

I’ve been reflecting on my health journey with a little more distance, less urgency to fix, more curiosity to notice.

Becoming a witness to my body, rather than constantly trying to manage it.

What keeps landing for me is how much healing isn’t about control or discipline, but about how safe the body feels.

Blood sugar, energy, pain, resilience, they’re not just shaped by food or effort, they’re shaped by stress, rest, support & nervous system tone.

Right now, nervous system regulation looks simple for me, not perfect.

Gentle movement instead of pushing.
Slow walks, stretching, somatic flow, time spent close to the floor.

Breath that softens the edges, lengthens the exhale, quietly reminding the body it isn’t under threat.

Strength & stability as a way to build resilience, not burn myself out.

Rest without guilt, especially on days when pain or fatigue is louder.

Less pressure to do more, be more, hold it all together.

Supporting the nervous system isn’t passive, it’s deeply foundational.

Sometimes healing doesn’t begin with discipline, it begins with safety.

27/01/2026

I’ve been checking my blood test results recently, again not from panic, but curiosity.

One marker that caught my attention was HbA1c, a test that reflects average blood sugar levels over time.

In 2021 mine was 32, my most recent test showed 38.

Still within the normal range, nothing “wrong”, but clearly different.

What’s interesting to me is how closely this links to the nervous system.

Chronic stress, persistent pain, inflammation, disrupted sleep & hormonal shifts, all common with endometriosis & fibromyalgia, keep the body in a more sympathetic, fight or flight state.

When the nervous system stays switched on for long periods, cortisol rises, insulin sensitivity can change & blood glucose regulation becomes less efficient, even without big changes to diet.

In simple terms, a stressed body handles sugar differently to a regulated one.

For me, this result feels less like a problem & more like information, a quiet insight into how much my body has been carrying.

Sharing this not as medical advice or alarm, but as awareness.

Our blood work doesn’t just reflect what we eat, it reflects how safe, supported & regulated our nervous system feels over time.

Sometimes the body isn’t broken, it’s responding exactly as it’s designed to.

21/01/2026

I thought I was healing my nervous system, but I actually just put my fire out. 🔥

Living life in the “fast lane”, the constant doing, the lack of balance, & living out of alignment, made my body go into a state of total shutdown. I ended up in the hospital experiencing intense pain & worsening symptoms. My system had reached its limit & simply turned the lights out to protect itself.

So when I took a step back to focus on healing & balancing my nervous system, I swung the pendulum as far as it would go the other way.

I chose everything slow. I chose everything quiet.
I leaned so hard into rest that I accidentally became stagnant.

It wasn’t until a questionnaire during my Yoga Teacher Training that the lightbulb finally went off.

The results showed I was significantly lacking in the fire element. While I was busy trying to re-regulate & stay calm, I had lost my spark.

I felt heavy. I felt a bit gray.
I had balanced the scales, but then I let them tip too far into the shadows.

Ayurveda reminds us that we are made of all five elements (Earth, Water, Fire, Air, & Ether), & true health is the dance between them. I realized that for me, regulation doesn’t always mean a weighted blanket & a cup of herbal tea.

Sometimes, regulation looks like a sweaty strength session to feel my own power. A kitchen dance party where I’m being completely ridiculous. Dynamic movement that makes my heart beat a little faster. Play, silliness, & heat.

Healing isn’t just about slowing down; it’s about coming back to life.

Have you ever leaned so far into resting that you felt like you lost your spark?

Sometimes I think it’s a necessary part of the journey, it’s when we feel like we’ve been buried that I fact we’ve actually been planted- these darker slower times are when we deepen and strengthen our roots.

16/01/2026

If you think you’re “bad at yoga” because you can’t touch your toes, I have a secret for you:

Only a tiny part of yoga is about Asana- the postures.

When I first started, I thought the goal was the pose.
I thought the “yoga” happened in those 60 minutes on the mat.
But as I’ve gone deeper into my studies, I’ve fallen in love with the 8 Limbs of Yoga.

Think of them as a compass for living a peaceful, soulful life. Only one of the eight limbs is actually about the physical postures (Asana).

The rest? They are about how we treat people, how we breathe, and how we find stillness in a world that never stops shouting.

Here is a little glimpse into the map:
1️⃣ Yamas: How we treat the world (Kindness & Truth). 2️⃣ Niyamas: How we treat ourselves (Purity & Contentment).
3️⃣ Asana: The physical movement (Preparing the body to sit still).
4️⃣ Pranayama: Mastering our life force through breath. 5️⃣ Pratyahara: Turning our focus inward (Unplugging from the noise).
6️⃣ Dharana: Concentration (Focusing on one thing at a time).
7️⃣ Dhyana: Meditation (The flow of awareness).
8️⃣ Samadhi: Connection (Feeling at one with everything).

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Learning this was such a relief for me. It meant that on the days my body feels too tired for a Vinyasa flow, I can still “do yoga” by practicing kindness toward a stranger or by taking three deep, conscious breaths while the kettle boils.

It’s not a performance; it’s a practice of coming home to yourself.

Over the next few weeks, I’m going to share how I’m weaving each of these into my daily life, the messy parts, the beautiful parts, and everything in between. 🕊️

Yoga is for everyone, no matter what body you’re living in.

📸- taken by the lovely 🙏🏽

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