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What a beautiful day to have a Well Being Day in Central Bath.
The sun shone through the windows as we welcomed in our group to the lovely relaxing yellow room at The Bath Shiatsu Practice with hot water and lemon.
If anyone felt stiff or lethargic yesterday morning, after Do-In and Makkho exercises led by Heidi Armstrong (Shiatsu practitioner and teacher) we all felt released and warmed up. Do-In exercises are a combination of meridian stretching exercises, breathing exercises, chi exercises and self massage. After each exercise Heidi related how we could extend the stretch if we found it easy or if we found it difficult how we could release tension and stiffness through flowing movements. This was a great way to wake up and also to understand more about posture and how this can affect us from a Chinese medicine point of view.
After a fresh juice we opened our Aromatherapy Apothecary led by Lizzie Longhurst and we explored how to blend safetly and with versatility to create home blends. By the end of the session, we had looked at 12 different base, middle and top notes and everyone had blended their own unique balancing blend.
Then it was time for lunch in sunny Henrietta Park with a freshly made revitalising orange, apple and ginger juice. Then we grounded ourselves with Qi Gong exercises led by Heidi and then we both introduced a relaxing seated massage that each person could give to their family. By the end of this, everyone looked thorougly relaxed with loose shoulders and smiles around. What else could be needed? A meditation.
What a peaceful and balanced way to start the bank holiday. Heidi and I will be running more Well Being Retreat Days so do leave me a comment if you are interested and we will let you know about our future dates.
As people left, the first question was ‘When will be part 2?’ …watch this space!