Presently Peaceful

01/08/2025

Delighted to fit a camp in before going back to school 🙂

This camp starts next Tuesday and suits primary school children but also any child starting
school in September.

The focus of these camps will be preparation on returning to or starting school so we will be learning all about mindfulness and how to deal with big emotions such as worry and sadness, building confidence and self-esteem and how we can approach life's challenges with gratitude and a more positive attitude 💜

The camp includes yoga and arts and crafts, drama and music and plenty of mindfulness practices and life long skills that children can learn and use throughout their lives.

For any queries or to book contact:
Tara on 087 1313858

23/07/2025

Saturday's class, we were still focusing on using our senses to ground us in the moment 💜

A Harvard study found that people who practice being in the moment are happier and healthier. So sometimes we need an anchor to ground us in the moment as our monkey mind is designed to jump around 🐵

Using our senses help ground us in the moment. We focused on our sense of touch and relaxed mind and body to a senses meditation while completely focusing our attention on a fidget we held in our hands 🖐

Breathing exercises such as windmill breathing, balloon breathing and extenda ball breathing helped ground us in the moment and also offset the parasympathetic nervous system which is the opposite to the stress repsonse 💜

Great chats and laughs were had while we completed our senses hand art. Children can use this to remind them how to calm the monkey mind, be present and deal with big emotions 🖐

I read the book Take Five. Lovely book to remind children that sometimes we all feel envious but we all have things we can be very grateful for 💜

We managed to fit in some chair yoga towards the end of the class 🙂

Thanks to all the wonderful children who attend classes. We have two classes left which I am really looking forward to 💜

02/07/2025

✨ Thank you to everyone who came to our information evening last night, we were thrilled with the big turn out and with the interest from parents and volunteers in this new club for ND teens! We are so looking forward to seeing this club come together. Thank you to Hotel Minella & Leisure Centre for providing the lovely room and helping us set up. Brenda, Maria and Tara.🩷

11/06/2025

What a wonderful second class we had last Saturday focusing on using our senses to be present in the moment 💜

We started class with getting to know each other and the get to know you dice game 🎲

We picked some chakra cards with positive messages just for us and we did some balloon breathing and feather breathing. It's amazing how many fun breathing exercises you can do with just a feather 🪶 breathing exercises can trigger the parasympathetic nervous system bringing us from feeling stressed to feeling calm 🫶

We spoke about how our monkey mind works and how we can calm the monkey mind and be present by using our senses 👀 👂 👃 This is particularly effective for people who feel anxious.

We used our sense of hearing doing a sound meditation 🧘‍♀️ and we did some art focusing on what we see, hear, smell, touch, and taste in this moment 🙂

I am looking forward to seeing everyone for our next class 💜

30/05/2025

So proud of my Alex 🥰🥰🥰

29/05/2025

3 spaces left for Saturday Classes in Clonmel 9am-10.15am. Primary School aged children. Payment is per class.

Contact Tara 0871313858

21/05/2025

Delighted to be back with children's creative mindfulness and yoga classes in Clonmel Saturday mornings starting 31st May 9am-10.15am 💜

To book a space or for any queries, contact Tara on 087 1313858 💜

16/03/2025

Lovely to get away with some of the family last weekend 🥰.

11/01/2025

Really thankful for a really wonderful Christmas and of course the extra weeks break for the kids and gown ups 😀 who got to play in the snow ❄️ A busy year ahead of trying to complete a masters and organise a wedding 😅🥰. Wishing everyone a healthy happy and fulfilling 2025. Monday we will be back to the routine and no snow 😆

10/01/2025

08/12/2024

Christmas Mindfulness and Yoga! 🎄 💜

Our last class of our block focusing on self-love and kindness ✨️

We had loads of fun and laughs doing some Christmas yoga and some fun Christmas breathing exercises, which included star breathing, candle breathing, present breathing and wreath breathing🧘‍♂️

We created our Christmas gratitude trees and our gratitude bracelets. I told everyone to use a word that meant something special to them and the girls put their own names which I thought was brilliant. It's all about loving and being kind to ourselves and that will naturally flow outwards 🌟 💜

It has been so lovely every Sunday to go and do Yoga and Mindfulness with a fantastic bunch of kids 💜

Will be back in late January with a new block of classes 💜

24/11/2024

This is Maggie/Puddy.

Maggie had a trip to the vets last week to be neutered.

I'm lucky to get one cat in the door without being divorced before I am even married so I wasn't going to push my luck and take any chances with Maggie birthing kittens 😬

So Maggie was gone a full day to the vets and we rang 3 times because we missed her so much.

In the end, they said look just come down for your cat. The vets in Carrick an Suir are the best, wouldnt go past them.

So upon collection of our beautiful Maggie the vet arrived out and in front of the packed waiting room announced Maggie wasn't neutered Maggie was spayed 🫤 Maggie is a Michael 😳😳😳😳😳😳

So it's taking a bit of getting used to but Maggie is now Puddy/Michael 😬