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Please help us 🙏. Input required.

- We need your input!
We are busy working on a packed schedule of events here at our Riverside Retreat right up until Christmas, but we need your help.
SO many ideas, what would you like to see on our events schedule? In collaboration with the many talented therapists, facilitators and practitioners in our area we have a long list - please have your say and help us create a fabulous Autumn schedule.

Just vote with the numbers in a comment below - thank you!

1. Mindfulness Session
2. Sound Bath / Meditation
3. New Moon Meditation / fire pit
4.Wicca / Witchy events ie witchy crafts
5. Breathwork
6. Wreathmaking
7. Sip and Paint
8. Boozy Book Club
9. Drumming lesson
10. Bushcraft - whittling wood, nature crafts or fire lighting
11. Health and Wellness Talks
12. Essential Oils workshops
13. Reiki
14. Shiatsu / Acupressure points - learning to self-use these techniques for various things ie anxiety, panic attacks, relaxation or headaches
15. Dried Flower arranging
16. Dutch oven / outdoor cooking - baking sourdough
17. Spell nights / palm reading
18. Pumpkin picking / carving
19. Journalling

And of course, always open to other ideas.

08/09/2025

To celebrate the turn of the season have 25% OFF on us until the end of September.
Valid on all appointments (not dining experiences I'm afraid).
Simply use the code SEPTEMBER at the checkout.
Bookings through our website ❤️

22/08/2025

*BALLOONS 🎈 25% OFF *

Wishing everyone a fantastic Strathaven Balloon Festival weekend! Have already enjoyed the first lift offs this evening 🙌🙌.
We have a banner in the park over the weekend 👇so if you spot it and send us a pic we’ll send you a 25% off code for all sauna / cold pod sessions in September 🙌🙌🙌🙌🫶

13/08/2025

If you are looking for some holiday reading, this excellent book will put you on track for a healthier Autumn.

‘Good Energy' by US Surgeon Dr Casey Means, explains that all cells need the right conditions, both fuel and co-factor vitamins and minerals, in the right quantity to make good, clean energy. She unpacks ‘good energy’ vs ‘bad energy. Those familiar with my recommendations will get a major dose of confirmation.

But, how do you know if it applies to you?

Well, firstly you’ll be gaining weight as excess fuel gets packed away into fat cells. Secondly, you’ll have inflammation, which is basically pretty much any disease and certainly those that end in ‘itis’ resulting in pain, redness or swelling.

So what's the answer?

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12/08/2025

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We’re now on — and we’ve made it super easy to stock up on your favourite gluten free breads!

Our Amazon shop runs in bundles, so you can grab all the bakes you love in bulk🤎

It’s all part of our ongoing mission to make good gluten free bread more accessible for everyone!

16/07/2025

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16/07/2025

Happy 1st birthday to Lauren and Revive who’s been with us for a whole year 🥳

Revive beauty lounge turns ONE 🎉

I can’t believe it’s been a full year since moving home from London and starting up my little business!

It’s been the most amazing year and I couldn’t have done it without you all. Whether you’ve been here since day one or just recently started coming I’m so grateful for your support, good vibes, and trust.

Thank you for letting me do what I love every day❤️

We’ve got some fun things coming to celebrate, so keep an eye out! 🎁

Here’s to year two and even more crazy adventure ahead!! 👶🏼 🎀

Lots of love,
Lauren xo

01/07/2025

Another topic close to my heart as the narrative on cholesterol is SO wrong. The amount of clients I see on unnecessary statins is shocking!
Read and learn people! Then be your own health advocate.

For decades, we’ve accepted the 1970s lipid hypothesis as gospel truth. This suggested that high blood cholesterol levels drive atherosclerosis & heart disease, painting cholesterol as the villain. But what might surprise you: the liver actually produces 80% of your body's cholesterol & it does this for essential, life-supporting reasons - nothing to do with clogging arteries.

I want to challenge the “cholesterol = bad” narrative & showcase why the body works so hard to manufacture it! Let’s start with why your body NEEDS cholesterol:

🔬 Cell Membranes - Cholesterol acts as a crucial structural component in cell membranes, where it helps maintain optimal membrane fluidity & stability between phospholipid molecules.

🧠 Brain Power - Cholesterol is essential for brain function as it makes up about 25% of the body's total cholesterol, where it's crucial for forming & maintaining myelin sheaths that insulate nerve fibres & enable rapid signal transmission.

☀️ Vitamin D - Cholesterol is the starting material for vitamin D synthesis in your skin when exposed to sunlight

🫀 Hormones - Without cholesterol, your body cannot produce ANY steroid hormones including oestrogen, testosterone, progesterone, cortisol & aldosterone

🍽️ Digestion - Cholesterol creates bile acids that act like natural detergent, helping absorb essential vitamins - ADE&K & fats

⚡ Energy - Cholesterol pathways also produce CoQ10, a powerful antioxidant crucial for cellular energy production

The bottom line: Cholesterol isn't an enemy - it's an essential molecule required for vital functions. The real problem isn't cholesterol itself, but the environment it operates in. LDL cholesterol normally serves as a harmless transport vehicle, carrying cholesterol from the liver to cells where it's needed. However, when inflammation takes hold—often triggered or worsened by high sugar diets that cause blood sugar spikes & glycation - LDL particles become oxidized, transforming them into now reactive particles that the immune system attacks as foreign invaders, potentially leading to arterial plaque formation.

Tomorrow I’ll dive deeper into the hormone (of course 😉) element, it's utterly fascinating!