Your Unique Balance
"There is a part of you that longs to function at its highest potential, it calls to both body and mind, seeking a state of pure-equilibrium.
Achieving this balance lies in your ability to look within and be confident following your own unique path."
Balanced Mind
Hypnotherapy
Hypnotherapy is a safe and effective way of making the changes you want in your life. It allows access to the part of you that forms habits and stores memories, enabling you to create new thoughts and associations that are specifically aligned to your goals. Whether you want to increase your confidence, improve your health or overcome a phobia, hypnosis supports you to achieve your true potential.
Balanced Health
Nutritional Therapy
Your nutritional needs are as individual as you are, and continually change. Unique Balance Nutritional Therapy has a whole person approach to your health. It helps you to understand what your body truly needs and gives you the information, support and tools that enable you to gain a greater sense of wellbeing and break free of unhealthy eating patterns.
Balanced Body
Yoga
Unique Balance Yoga strengthens and tones the body, reduces stress and promotes health and wellbeing. It combines Vinyasa and kriya yoga to create a moderate paced practice that is suitable for all abilities, each class has a transformational theme woven through it, which leaves you feeling nourished, balanced and lifted.
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Homeward bound 🤗
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The holiday I had planned was not the one I took 😱 I was supposed to relaxing on a beach☀️ but a few days before I was due to travel I realised, much as I love sun, yoga and friends that wasn’t what I needed...🤔
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Okay.. the truth is I always need sun, yoga & friends ☀️ 🧘🏻♀️ 👯♀️(they are infact my lifeblood!) ... but I knew I didn’t want to step out of reality, have a ‘break’ then step back to life as it has been.
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I realised I was desperate for solitude, I needed time to think, to be inspired & I needed time to sort out a whole pile of stuff that I have been way too busy to do but that I know will make my business and my personal life way better 🖊 📓 📝 .
So last week I didn’t get on my connecting flight in Lisbon ✈️ 👋🏼 instead I waved @amylb25 off on her travels 😘 and spent a week enjoying Portugual and now I am home finishing off with a ‘staycation’ putting my plans into action 💯.
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Following your heart, listening to your needs, making decisions based on instinct isn’t always easy ....but it is always worth it 💜💜💜.
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#gratefultosupportivefriends
#knowyourself #yourfeelingsaremessages #dontlivealifeyouneedavacationfrom #changewhatyouneedtochange #practicewhatyoupreach #hypnotherapist #yogateacher .
despedida Lisbon 👋🏼 😎 hello London ... on to part 2 of my holiday 😁
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#vacation #lisbon #london
Last day in Lisbon 😊 it’s been my first solo holiday in a city rather than a resort and has been a real experience.
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Spending 7 days pleasing myself, in a city that has so many amazing things to do has sometimes felt like I’m in the film ‘BIG’ 😂
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Sounds funny... but as I tell my clients all the time we carry all the younger versions of ourselves within. The memories (and associated beliefs) we hold are understood with the emotional maturity we had at the time they were experienced.
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So right now I am feeling very grateful for the freedom, confidence, finances and health to be here and my younger selves are doing their own internal happy dance 💃🏻
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#lastdayofholiday #lisboniloveyou #travelalonelearnmore #lisbonviews #avenidadaliberdade #marquesdepombalsquare
Actually posting something vaguely work related .. food 🥘 and yoga 🧘🏻♀️ (yep I have the best job in the world 💯)
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Had a delicious late-late lunch watching the world go by @8healthlounge followed by a super lovely yoga class @littleyogaspacelisboa .
No images of my morning - as I was sat my in my PJs with my feet up until 2pm😁😁😁
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#holiday #lisbon #exploringwhatitsliketoliearound
#plantbasedlunch #yogaflow #8healthlounge #littleyogaspacelisboa #nutritionaltherapist #yogateacher
Mystical and magical day-trip to Sintra ✨🌟 with the very knowledgeable @westvagabond .
Visited the colourful Pena Palace and the fabulous Quinta da Regaleira (if you ever get the opportunity, visit this place.... it is amazing... like a 19th century Disney Land for thinkers!!)
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Plus I got to enjoy the beauty of the forest 🌳 🌲, the coastline at Cabo Roca 🌊 and just because this holiday is being so good to me a beautiful sunset on the way home 🌅 💛
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#sintra #westvagabondtours #penapalace #penapark #quintadaregaleira #moorishcastlesintra #caboroca #sunset #mystical #symbols
A rainy Sunday meant it was the perfect day to ride @tram28lisbon
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Decided to get off whenever the mood struck and see if I could find my way back across the city 🤔(yep that’s my kinda fun!😁)
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Anyway... I made it 😅... helped by the fact that @celeiro_viverdecorpoealma is a few streets away from my apartment .... so I just had to tune into my ‘health-food-shop-sixth-sense’ .... and the next thing I know, I’m home and dry with yummy array of picnic treats!!
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#nutritionaltherapistabroad #healthfoodie #lisbon #tram28🚃 #rainysunday☔️ #explore #followyourinstinct #homeanddry🏡
Today has been like my birthday and Christmas rolled into one 😍😍 I am officially in love with Lisbon!! ... street art, architecture, art installations, vintage clothes, bookstores, food, coffee, sunshine, music 😍😍
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@villageundergroundlisboa @lxfactorylisboa @maatmuseum @localyourhealthykitchen #lisbon #lovelovelovethisplace
Who needs google maps 🗺 when you can literally just amble (or march 🏃🏻♀️) around and find so many lovely things. .
Today’s pit stops included: @castelodesaojorge @tram28lisbon @gelato.therapy
@pracadocomercio #elevadordesantajusta .
Top sight seeing spots and the best dairy free gelato 🍧 ever .... and I know my gelato ☺️
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#lovinglisbon #somuchtoseeanddo #castelodesaojorge #tram28 #pracodocomercio #gelatotherapy #lemonrosemarygelato #persimmongelato #yesihadtwoscoops
Let the lisbon adventure begin 🗺🕵🏻♀️🌟 and yes.. if you swiped across ... that is a whole shop full of personalised tins of sardines! 🎣2️⃣0️⃣1️⃣9️⃣
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#lisbon #solotravel #lastminutegetaway #portugal🇵🇹 #nosunbutplentyfun #explore
“There is only one way to look at things, until someone shows us how to look at them with different eyes” Pablo Picasso
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#openyourmind #listen #learn #becurious #morethanonereality #picasso #hypnotherapist #northsomerset #westonpier
I have been super busy recently, rushing from one session to the next, fitting in admin at 10pm 😴😴... so what a pleasure to pause for 5 mins this morning and enjoy the here and now 🐴 🌳 ☀️ 🐴 ... this therapy space is soooo beautiful ☺️ .
#yanleycourt #hypnotherapist #bristol247 #longashton #pause #enjoythehereandnow #autumncolours #horses
St Nick’s Night Market #bristol247 #cornstreet #plentytoeat #nightshopping #autumntime
"In a forest of a hundred thousand trees, no two leaves are alike. And no two journeys along the same path are alike." Paulo Coelho 🌳
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I get the absolute privilege of knowing clients, students and friends beyond the masks we wear to face the world. 💕 Without exception everyone has insecurities and self doubts, myself included (in massive doses sometimes!).
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A lot of fears come from the comparisons our brain is wired to make 🧠 💭 we judge or rate ourselves against others who we perceive as more..intelligent, financially secure, beautiful, fit, healthy, successful, funny, together, blah blah... the list is endless. 📝 💰 💃🏻 🏋🏻♀️ 🤓
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The truth is we are judging the most analysed, critiqued version of our insides with a general gaze at someone else’s outside. 🧐
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Like the quote says “no two leaves are alike, no two journeys are alike” we all have our own life stories, we all have our own beauty. We are no less than anyone else, no more than anyone else. 🥰
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There is no other ‘you’ to compare to, not even the memories you have of ‘you’ yesterday or 5 years ago... because you hadn’t had all the same experiences as you have right here, right now. 📅
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Without comparing yourself to others or to a past version of yourself... with just the knowledge you are always enough and never too much how different would you feel? 💜💜💜
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#hypnotherapist #bristol #avongorge #yogateacher #withoutmasks #youareenough #nevertoomuch #uniquelyyou #waytoahappierlife
“Sunset is a cosmic call to us all to give a break to the rush of life so as to realise the gorgeousness of the existence!
(Mehmet Murat ildan)
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This amazing sky made me ask out loud to no one but myself... ‘how beautiful is that!’ I was quick to answer ‘wow, so beautiful’ 😁#truestory #powerofasunset #goldenrays #beautifulsky #coloursofnature #pause #bereminded .
#seewhatisee 👀 .
I’ve taken work outdoors today... morning yoga 🧘🏻♀️ class on the field saluting the actual ☀️ followed by admin in the park 🌳 .
Love 💕 love 💕 love 💕 feeling the earthiness underfoot and the sunshine on my skin .
#borninthewrongcountry #outdoorday #yogateacher #northsomerset #westonsupermare #ashcombepark #sunshine #august
Friday night stay-cation 😎 .
I’ve moved house many times .. 26ish at the last count (although I may have missed a few 🤔) so the places I’ve called home have never been based on the security of four walls and familiarity... instead they are the places that have been kind to me... the places that have bought me wonderful friendships, job opportunities and new experiences.
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Yesterday reminded me of how kind Weston has been to me, with its lovely yoga community 🧘🏻♀️ growing friendships 👫 and smile making experiences 🤩
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#enjoyingmynewhome #westonsupermare #yogateacher #hypnotherapist #friends #fridaynight #sunset #bigwheel
#garudasana
Is the first screen a modification or a better embodiment of eagle pose? Which one is more advanced?
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The ability to wrap one leg over the other and turn your arms into a pretzel 🥨 relies on many unchangeable structural factors, such as: the length of upper arm to rib cage ratio and the angle of thigh bone in the hip socket
and/or a level of hyper-mobility that exceeds the healthy range of movement in the joints 😳
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If we are to find a stable and open posture and embrace the qualities of Garuda, 🦅 a magical creature that never needs to land because it rides the wind, remaining open and embracing the present.
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We can choose an arm and leg formation that is accessible, challenges balance, builds strength and provides the sensation of stretch... allowing us to practice residing in our body as it is today (some days lifted leg on a block and a block between elbows in the right way to find stability and openness)
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Advanced yoga requires bravery to let go of our attachment to the shape (and the validation & sense of self it provides)
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🦅 Garuda ... divine creature, mythical bird with golden body of a man, white face, eagle beak and red wings
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🧘🏻♀️Asana ... posture or seat that has the qualities of stability and openness.
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#yogaisaninsidepractice #bebrave #changetheshape #garudasana #advancedyogaposes #yogateacher #northsomerset
Extended birthday celebrations almost complete! Welcoming 46 with Friday night silliness 🥂💃🏻, a return to my darker shiner roots 💇🏻♀️ thanks to @em2_hair, much needed seafront air 🌊 @clevedonpier and lunch🍴 @railwayinnsandford (with sleep 💤 and yoga 🧘🏻♀️ in between) .
#46isthenew46 #birthdayweekend🎈 #bamalan #bristol247 #clevedonpier #railwayinnsandford #em2hair #yogateacher #hypnotherapist
“We Are All In The Gutter But Some Of Us Are Looking At The Stars” – Oscar Wilde 🌟 🦊 .
#staypositive #focusonthegoodstuff #hypnotherapist #streetart #pictonstreet #bristol #lovefoxes
“No one lights a lamp in order to hide it behind the door: the purpose of light is to create more light, to open people's eyes, to reveal the marvels around” (Paulo Coelho) .
#lovingthelighttonight #bristol247 #nighttime #illumination #marvelseverywhere
Peace (noun)
1. freedom from disturbance; tranquillity, calmness, restfulness, quiet, noiselessness, stillness.
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Isn’t this what we are all seeking? .
Beneath the desire to perform, the desire to please, the desire to be successful, the desire to be enough, the desire to be loved...
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External validation might meet that need momentarily (if at all) and then we are left seeking again.
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Peace is found not in validation but in trust - a trust that we are enough, a trust that life will unfold as it should, a trust that we are exactly where we should be right now.
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Nature reminds me that everything has a purpose, everything is connected, everything flows as it should and we are all part of that everything 🌺
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#thursdaythoughts #peace #connection #hypnotherapist #yogateacher #trust #nature #myjobistoremindyouofyourbeauty #selfcare
Lovely outdoor 1-1 yoga session today .. we saluted the sun ☀️ enjoyed down dog with Roxy 🐶 and as always @holly_x_webb was a pleasure to teach, making the practice her own with Holly hands 👐🏼 and glutes of fire 🍑 🔥 .
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#onetooneyoga #smilewhenyoupractice #outdooryoga #yogateacher #salutethesun #bestclients #sideangleposevariation #parsvakonasana
It’s been a while since I’ve posted a food pic... so ... here is a food pic!! My red & green lunch🥗😄
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As a Nutritional Therapist I often get asked if I ever eat ‘naughty’ or ‘bad’ food...
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The answer to that always disappoints as it sounds so relaxed... “there is no bad food, I focus on eating what I fancy and what makes my body and mind feel good. Sometimes I eat too much, sometimes I don’t eat enough green veg, sometimes I rush my food and don’t even taste it! Im not perfect and that is exactly how it should be.”
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But feeling this relaxed with food has taken me years (decades in fact) before this, I had years (yep I mean decades) where semi-starvation, bingeing, purging and obsessive ‘so say healthy’ behaviours were the core of my food relationship. .
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I don’t normally share this stuff but something about my pink and green lunch (and maybe that crazy-making full moon 🌕) made me especially grateful to have years (not quite a decade yet!) of mental freedom to be able to eat what I want, to not label foods good or bad and to nourish myself.
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And today is the day I wanted to share more of me than my lunch and the ‘hashtag pink sauerkraut’ 🙏
#eatingdisorderrecovery #selflove #perfecteatingisnothealthyeating #feedyourbody #nourishyoursoul #nutritionaltherapist #morethanpinksaurkraut .
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St. Paul’s carnival 2019 #carnival #stpaulscarnival #jahtubbyssoundsystem #qualitexsoundsystem #sunnyday #nicevibes
My trip to Barcelona was a whole month a go now ... just getting round to posting pictures. .
We had a glorious sunny beach day 🏖 a rainy coffee shop and gallery day ☔️ ☕️ 🖼 and a cloudy walking, exploring day ⛅️ 🚶🏻♀️ ⛪️ .... perfect 👌🏼 .
#picasso #espresso #barcelona #walked20000stepsthough #beach #laramblas #borndistrict #gaudi #getaway
About last night 😁 first day off in two weeks and the warmest eve for what seems like ...ever!!! Meant mucho fun was had in Bristol Town #outout #silentdisco #harbourside #bristolinsummer #dayoff #warmweather
Happy Summer Solstice ☀️ and International Yoga Day 🧘🏻♀️.
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I’m back to the gram after a little social media break (partly because of holidays, partly because of life changes) and was feeling uninspired about what to post and then this happened .... .
Nature showing how it moves and changes with unpredictability. No better way to celebrate the solstice and IYD than to be captivated by its beauty. .
#sunset #summersolstice #westonsupermare #internationalyogaday2019 #beautifulsky #presentmoment #missedthegram #gladtobeback
Happy Easter..... what a blissful, sunny bank holiday weekend 💯☀️
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Yesterday was a heart pumping walk up Glastonbury Tor 🏛 and today it was yoga outdoors with these beautiful people 🧘🏻♀️ . Being barefoot on the earth, feeling the sun on my skin is super happy making 🌟
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#easterbankholiday #yogateacher #northsomerset #glastonburytor #outdooryoga #yogatribe #earthbeneathus #skyaboveus #lovelovelovethesun
How different would your life be, if you lived your own unique balance?