Natalia Bowles Massage and Bodywork

08/07/2025

You can still join us this Saturday, July 12th; bookings are open until tomorrow for the Women's Health Workshop.

Cortisol is an excitory hormone produced by adrenal glands. It is an essential hormone regulating many functions in the body including pancreas function and insulin (released by pancreas). Insulin resistance mirrors as weight gain in chronically stressed body.

27/06/2025

I have been helping my clients with these a lot lately. There are so many things we can do to lessen the symptoms of hay fever, the right massage techniques and products, as well as supporting our body with nutrition and natural remedies.
If you need help, reach out.

Many of us have been looking forward to summer however, for lots of people, the change in seasons can come with a nasty side effect, hayfever. As we approach allergy season, be sure to promote the three ways massage therapy can aid hayfever sufferers and how your business can help!

24/06/2025

This workshop will be valuable to all women interested in women's health, hormonal balance, smooth perimenopausal transition, and healthy and happy menopause.
Happening on the 12th of July in Wellingborough. Book by the end of this month to catch the early bird offer.

This is an invite to a workshop that I am running with Rosie on Women's Health. It's aimed at women aged 35+ who want to enhance their health and would like some ideas on how to do this.

24/06/2025

Mini package created for women 35 years+
A combination of a bespoke nutrition plan, including recipes, and bespoke simple daily steps to combat perimenopausal symptoms, and support smooth hormonal transition.
Lymphatic drainage, therapeutic massage treatments and 1 - 1 exercise classes.

I am introducing a service that I would love for myself for some time. I feel like there could and should be more support, more holistic approach based programs for busy perimenopausal women. We all reach this time in our life, and we find ourselves facing new, often unexpected challenges we have do...

15/06/2025

Lovely weekend with Rosie, Niamh and José planning our first workshop designed for women's health and support.
Rosie has been supplying me with organic oils for my little clinic for nearly a year now. Her products are incredible; natural, and exceptional quality that makes a real difference. We will be making some skin care products together as well as prepare our own lunch and talk about woman's health, nutrition and peri/menopausal challenges. Approx 3-4 hours workshop.
Save the date for Saturday 12th of July.
10 spaces available.
Exact location to be confirmed, but local to Wellingborough, Northampton, Kettering.

14/05/2025

Magic is everywhere.
From today's and yesterday's walk.
So blessed to have this little park close to me. It has been 13 years since this place became my sanctuary.
Finally, acceptable weather for proper barefoot walking. I love my barefoot style shoes, but connecting to the earth, this beautiful living and breathing planet, is so healing. ❤️
Thankful.
















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07/05/2025

Healing walk this afternoon.
When there is nothing else to soothe your body and mind, there is always nature.
I am traning my brain to see beauty everywhere.
It works. Gratitude brings joy and more things to be grateful for. 🙏 🪷💚

06/05/2025

Delicious and super healthy food can look like this. Eat to nourish your body and your soul.
Enjoy your food.

General rule to regulare blood glucose and insulin spikes; avoid large meals especially in the evening, include protein, fat, healthy carbs containing some fibre in each meal.
Your nervous system stays happy, your blood glucose and insulin balanced, your hormones balanced. And therfore your weight becomes and stays optimal.

Start your morning with protein and fat, not sugar! This means no cereal, porridge, toast 🙅‍♀️🙅‍♀️
How you start your morning affects the entire day.

I help perimenopausal woman with gut health, energy, hormonal balance, weight control, energy and happiness!
Get in touch if you are between 38 to 55+ years old, unable to lose weight despite long term efforts, struggling with brain fog, poor short term memory, bloating, joint pain, heavy, irregular periods, lack of energy and low libido, insomnia, low mood, hair loss.

25/03/2025

Poor digestive health = poor immune health.
Important to remind ourselves of this, when dealing with autoimmune disease affecting joint health (and everything else in the body).
There is no quick fix and ignoring this, ignoring gut health won't make your symptoms go away.
Massage can be very soothing and play a part during recovery but on its own, it won't change much long term other than sadly delaying the healing.
Massage can help with circulation and bringing nutrients and lubrication to the joints, local inflammation, proprioception therefore improving neuro-muscular function, relaxation and nervous system responses which is crucial for healing.
But if used on its own, all only temporarily in most cases.

18/03/2025

Are you trying to get fitter but find exercising difficult due to back pain and stiffness? The more you try the stiffer you get? Not sure what to do?
It is ok and natural to feel muscular stiffness post workout especially if you have been sedentary for a long time. Muscular weakness, proprioception and kinaesthetic awareness loss (knowing where your body parts are in the space, neurologically asleep muscles) is a challenging place to be.
Don't get discouraged too quickly. The reason that the body, muscles, and joints including the spine compress and stiffen up is because we try to do too much too quickly, don't have a good plan (types of exercise for our current individual needs).
Even things like exercising while our nervous system is in survival mode are often to blame. This would cause, bracing and further disconnection from the body, low or too high muscle tone, rapid shallow breathing and therefore joint compression.
Massage therapy can be very helpful for recovery so you can build up on your strength a lot faster without joint pain.
I can also help you with a personal exercise plan and nutrition.
Nutrition is also crucial part of the process if you would like to get fitter and stronger. From my experience I know that good nutrition and healthy gut can make you stronger physically before you even lift any weights.
If you need help, get in touch.

Photo taken in Oxford street therapy centre during lockdown when I used to help people remotely. I am currently practising at The Health Hut in Burton Latimer, but exercise, movement coaching sessions and workshops are carried out in Wellingborough O.S.T.C.

02/03/2025

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