Authors

Donna is married and lives with her husband, 3 sons, a dog, and a Giant African land snail, when not working she loves taking Kundalini Yoga classes and walking with the family in the beautiful woodlands near her home. Website: www.mandalabirthing.com Facebook: @mandalabirthing Instagram: @mandalabirthing_uk

Judith has been practising Emmett Technique since 2007, when Ross Emmett made his first visit to the UK to share his knowledge with a small number of therapists. With a background in health and social care and also in higher education, Judith draws on this knowledge and her training in Bowen Therapy to provide individualised treatment programmes for her clients. Based at therapy centres in Llandeilo, Neath and Cowbridge, Judith also offers a service to local businesses and at charitable events by arrangement. Judith has been a tutor for the short introductory Emmett course called Easy Muscle Management or EMM-Tech. She continues to study with Ross Emmett on a regular basis, as well as with the UK instructors. Judith can be contacted at judith@everybodysbetter.co.uk or through her website www.everybodysbetter.co.uk. Social media: Twitter: @emmett_hands & @pregnancyplus. Facebook: everybodysbettertherapies Emmett & Bowen Practitioner Appointments available in Neath, Cowbridge & Llandeilo Available for EMM-Tech Courses throughout Wales, the Borders & Beyond Ring: 07932 347 983 Web: www.everybodysbetter.co.uk Web: www.emmett-uk.com

After 6 years of experience working with children who have special educational needs and disabilities and reaping the benefits of yoga in my personal life, I decided to complete training with Special Yoga. This allowed me to offer yoga to the population I was already working with. This method of yoga can be adapted to all abilities and needs - I really do mean it when I say it is for everyone. I now offer 1:1 and group yoga, both privately and in schools, for children aged 0-18 years. I am used to working with a multi-disciplinary team and therefore can work closely with therapists and professionals to assist children in bringing yoga to their lives. I have adapted to the current situation by also offering 1:1 and group yoga online via video call or pre-recorded videos. You can find some free yoga practices on my Instagram and YouTube channel. For more information or enquires please contact me or visit my website. Email: soleilsalutations@gmail.com Website: www.soleilsalutations.com Instagram: @soleilsalutations

Denise Wood is from Gloucestershire in the UK but currently resides with her husband in Cyprus. After 16 years of working in the National Health Service (NHS), Denise has successfully launched her own business: Positive Approaches Life and Wellbeing Coaching. She specialises in helping clients find a healthy life balance and is passionate about supporting parents to manage the many pressures of family life. To learn more or to connect visit: www.positive-approaches.co.uk Or LinkedIN: Denise Wood Cert. L.C. Wellbeing | LinkedIn

I have been passionate about wellness from a very young age. My mum introduced me to holistic wellness therapies such as reflexology and healing massage as a child because growing up I suffered from severe allergy problems, asthma, and digestive problems. I was interested to learn more about my body and how holistic therapies could help me further. This led me on my personal journey to healing my gut health, asthma, and allergies - becoming medication free after 20-something years of inhalers and antihistamines! I learnt the importance of balancing my body and mind connection. My journey inspired me to help other people, so I trained to be a health coach as well as a yoga instructor. I absolutely love seeing my clients progress on their wellness journey, it's so rewarding. Contact Details Website: trinajane.com Instagram: @trinajaneoduffy Website: mycollectivecompass.com Instagram: @mycollectivecompass LinkedIn: @my-collective-compass

Hi! I’m Steven from @_breathlife_ And I’m all about connection…connection to yourself, to others and our environment. I definitely believe we need a little more of that in the world today! I love helping people to question their reality and reconnect them to what I call the Simple-Self. That part of you that knows exactly what it needs, how simple it may be. Whether that’s a good conversation with a good friend whilst walking through the woods , being creative, or a little dance . When we reconnect to the Simple-Self we quickly realise how little we actually need and how we can let go of everything else that doesn't serve us. And that’s where the breath comes in…our breathing doesn’t lie. It connects us straight to what’s alive in us, whether that’s joy or stress. There’s no hiding when it comes to the breath. Which is why it is my favourite tool! I use all kinds of breathing modules depending on what you need; activating or relaxation techniques for shorter sessions or Conscious Connected breathing for the more deep and intense sessions. I’ve been doing Breathwork sessions on and off for about 7 years until I got fully qualified, and I have to say: Nothing is the same once you start breathing properly! Besides being a qualified breathwork facilitator I'm also an ICF accredited coach, I have a background in Psychology (MSc) and I’m a Firewalk Facilitator About Breathlife: Breathlife is the vehicle through which Steven offers all his activities. It works on 3 principles: - Everything should be an Experience. - We only work in a committed Environment. - We celebrate the Experiment. Breathlife offers full spectrum breathwork facilitation and coaching, from functional breathing exercises to 2hr connected breathing journeys. Contact Details Instagram LinkedIn Website Card Deck

Luca Stiletti started as a qualified therapist in 2019, providing a variety of massage treatments during his time in Australia and now in London where he resides. He primarily provides a mobile service directly in your home, hotel, or workplace but also on occasion, in a studio offering more flexibility to clients having difficulties in hosting. He sees massage treatments as complementary medicine to help achieve and experience a more relaxed and healthier lifestyle and considers it as "general maintenance” for our bodies. Results are felt immediately after a session. Luca approaches every treatment with his usual enthusiasm and hones his abilities to make the entire experience unique and help reconnect your body and mind. Contact Details Website Instagram LinkedIn

Joanna Lay Owner: GR Swimming Schools Fantastic but crazy mum of 2 grown up children, supported by her partner based in Newbury, Berkshire Began teaching swimming after a conversation with a swim teacher friend in a well known coffee shop! Passionate about helping children & adults learn to swim in a fun, inclusive & safe environment. If I won the lottery id build a swimming pool for SENs children and (not connected) id have fresh sheets on my bed every day. Contact Details Email: jo@swimlessons.co.uk Website

Lauren is passionate about bringing mindfulness into the lives of many to alleviate stress and anxiety, improve focus, enhance sleep and reduce chronic pain. Please feel free to reach out to her with any questions. Contact Details Email: info@themindfulhippo.com Instagram Website

Nicky grew up in Dublin. Her father helped spark her interest in cooking with his creative skills in the kitchen. She went on to study Culinary Arts in a holistic nutrition school in California. This professional training focused on cooking delicious nourishing food for optimum health. As Nicky is also a qualified nutritional therapist with the Irish Institute of Nutrition and Health, she dedicates her time to preparing dishes that can be adapted to everybody's health requirements. Her food is not only bursting with nutrients, it tastes delicious too. Nicky started the fresh food deli in The Hopsack Health Store and worked as the head chef there for 3.5 years. Since then she decided to go on an adventure to Central America where she has gained so much experience working as head chef at Farm of Life healing retreat centre in Costa Rica. Nicky learned a new way to live & heal, connecting to nature and practising meditation. She experienced wonderful openings working with plant medicine, including cacao. As she has spent many years DJing in Dublin, she naturally took a big interest in cacao ceremonies with chakra dancing. She believes this is a powerful tool to help open the heart and still the mind aided by cacao, music and movement. Nicky has held successful workshops & retreats around Ireland and loves to share her knowledge with people. Her creative energy, passion for her work & her heart intention shines through to create beautiful gatherings for people to enjoy and leave bursting with inspiration. My next cacao ceremony will be 7 Sept 2019 in The Chapel of Ease, Irishtown, Dublin 4. We will be celebrating life with a gratitude dance. I will have more information on this shortly. If you are interested in booking in, drop a mail to hello@nickyhalliday.com You can follow me at Website: www.nickyhalliday.com Instagram: @nickyhallidaynaturalchef and @cacao_ceremony Facebook: @nickyhallidaynuaturalchef

Rebecca Smyth is a recent Food and Nutrition graduate from Ulster University who is very passionate about nutrition and improving health. Her main career goal is to help make a difference to the health and wellbeing of the population and aims to pursue this after she completes her Masters in Health Promotion & Public Health. She is a keen writer and won the VOYA Prize for Best Final Year Research Project in her final year as an Undergraduate student. Through her degree, Rebecca has gained an insight into all aspects of Food and Nutrition including Microbiology, Nutrition Through The Lifecycle, Food Product Development and how to conduct a scientific Research Project. She also gained practical experience while out on placement which has been valuable in giving her an insight into the world of work. Rebecca has also achieved all three Duke of Edinburgh Award’s – Bronze, Silver and just recently Gold which have also been a valuable addition to her CV. She particularly benefited from improving her confidence and teamwork skills, which are both valuable assets going forward in public health. She has recently started working alongside Professor Dr Melania A. Duca-Canavan (Head of the International Biopsysis Psychoanalysis Institute and Founder of MC International Events Planning Limited) who gave her the opportunity to work with athletes to help them adopt a more integrated approach to finding health solutions, as well as allowing her to gain an insight into the field of Psychology (which she studied briefly through her degree) and Psychoanalysis. Rebecca is looking forward to completing her Masters degree and getting one step closer to achieving her career goal – to make a difference to the health of the population. Twitter: @Rebecca_Smyth3 MC International Events Planning website MC International Events Planning Facebook I.B.P.I. website I.B.P.I. Facebook I.B.P.I Twitter

Email: ljnutrition@hotmail.com Website: www.ljnutritionbristol.co.uk Instagram: @_ljnutrition_ Telephone: 07796964114

Web: hamishs-holistic-healing.com Email: adele1986@hotmail.co.uk Tel: 07792197822 Facebook: @HamishsHolisticHealing