See you next Thursday at 6-30

Welcome to all the new members of this joyful group hope to see you soon.

I am back... We begin our brand-new meditation theme tonight at 7:30pm, and I'd absolutely love you to join us. Over the next five weeks, we'll be exploring what it truly means to return to a place of calm—not because life suddenly becomes perfect, but because we learn how to reconnect with the peace that already exists within us. Each session is designed to gently regulate your nervous system, quieten the busy mind, and give you practical meditation techniques that you can use in everyday life, whether you're feeling overwhelmed, anxious, stressed, or simply in need of a moment to breathe. Tonight we'll be introducing our beautiful Returning to Inner Peace meditation, a simple Light & Breath practice that you can use anywhere, anytime, to help you feel calmer, more grounded and more connected to yourself. 🌿 6:30pm tonight 💚 Free for all Joyful Mind Community and Trance Tribe members Join us tonight at 6-30 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9692249643?pwd=NGl2VWFZWUtLSzNyS1VNN3l0a21hQT09

Hypnotherapy is more than just a myth, it’s a powerful path to healing. ✨ I am so proud to share my recent conversation on the LSE IQ podcast. For a long time, hypnotherapy has been shrouded in misconception, but my journey from working in the NHS to becoming a hypnotherapist, has shown me that it is so much more than what we see on stage. After witnessing firsthand how hypnotherapy can provide relief where conventional medicine sometimes falls short, I became passionate about changing the narrative. I truly believe that when we bridge the gap between science and holistic practice, we unlock incredible potential for healing. In this episode, we dive into: Why cultural perspectives on hypnosis vary so drastically. The clinical reality of hypnotherapy in modern wellness. How we can move past the stigma to embrace effective, life-changing tools. A huge thank you to the team at LSE IQ for exploring this topic with such depth and nuance. If you’ve ever been curious about how hypnotherapy actually works, or if you’ve been skeptical in the past, I’d love for you to give this a listen. 🎧 Listen to the full episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2clHyAVj2fA7MhTU8onobX?si=KekM5CZ6S7GvhLDYFSRzLQ

Tonight’s meditation class took us gently into some of the deeper teachings inspired by Thich Nhat Hanh’s The Art of Living. Together we explored interbeing, emptiness, perception, consciousness, and the nature of reality — asking curious questions such as: 🌿 What does it really mean to be connected? 🌿 What is “me”… and where does “me” exist? 🌿 Are we separate selves, or part of a much larger web of life? 🌿 Is reality ultimate truth… or shaped by perception, conditioning, and the stories we tell? Through reflection, discussion, and our Breath of Interbeing meditation, we explored the beautiful possibility that we are full of “non-self” elements — connected through breath, body, Earth, and perhaps a little cosmic magic too ✨ These are big concepts. Not necessarily things to “understand” in one evening… but fascinating invitations to ponder, explore, and carry into our everyday lives. A little update from me too… There won’t be meditation classes during June. I’m in the middle of moving house and also preparing for an operation, so I’m taking my own advice and consciously slowing down a little to support healing, recovery, and a gentler pace. Sometimes self-care looks like breathing deeply, resting well, and allowing ourselves the grace to do less for a while. Thank you, as always, for your beautiful presence, curiosity, openness, and shared breathing selves 💛 Meditation will return… but for now, June will be a month of recovery, boxes, healing, and practising what I preach. Be gentle with yourselves.