Health Matters: How Qigong Can Help With The Stresses Of Life – An Introduction and Taster

Join us for a ***free*** and enlightening session on the practice of Qigong at our April talk in our 'Health Matters' series. NB: Booking essential for this session due to space.

Qigong (pronounced as 'chee' 'gung') is a relatively modern term, originating in the 1950's in China but the actual practices are much older.

'Qigong' describes movements combined with the breath that are designed to maintain or improve health and wellbeing and it was originally part of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). The Chinese Doctor would prescribe one or two different movements to help with an illness or condition and some of these movements can be traced back several hundred years.

Doors open at 7pm for a 7.15pm start.

During the session, Synergy Health Therapist Claire Maclaine (Clarity Welllness) will guide you through:

• a brief introduction to this form of Qigong

• practice of the 3 basis stances: bear, leopard and duck/dragon

• taster session of holistic qigong based on the Shibashi Set 1 movements.

Places are limited to 10 people due to space.

Please wear comfortable clothes that you can move around easily in and flat soled shoes. Movements can be performed standing or seated.

To ensure we have enough room for the taster session - booking is essential. Please book via reception@synergyhealthkendal.co.uk, call 07942 141019 or use the direct booking link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/qigong-free-talk-and-taster-session-tickets-1256510279069?aff=oddtdtcreator&utm_source=email&utm_medium=sparkpost&utm_campaign=postpublish&fbclid=IwY2xjawI1bOBleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHRXA2vTmD2QodXo9K4GWlONcV0yUa4-FV3lptlUTGpO0r16OayFcIPPabg_aem_BTL8UE7501SXvyyE_jYnsw

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 Take a look at our other events in the series here: on Facebook - https://fb.me/e/68k94wnaF or the website https://www.synergyhealthkendal.co.uk/events/health-matters

Every first Thursday of the month. 7pm - 9pm. At Synergy Health Kendal, Bridge Lane, Kendal, LA9 7DD. What3words: ///area.closer.spare

This interactive workshop led by Synergy Health Kendal therapist Liz McWatt, will cover a wide range of holistic nature based approaches to managing women's health concerns, at all ages from puberty to menopause and beyond. In particular it will cover hormones, how to bring them in balance and how they can be an underlying impact of other health concerns.

Liz will bring her experience as a Registered Nurse, Nutritional Therapist, Homeopath and Shamanic Practitioner with 28 yrs experience as a private practitioner working in Cumbria. 

Further details available soon.

The course will be £75.00 for the full day.

A deposit of £35 secures your place.

Concessions available on request. 

To register your interest or to receive more information direct to your inbox when it becomes available, contact reception@synergyhealthkendal.co.uk or call 07942 141019.

~Why Women's Hormones~

Hormonal disruption and period issues can be tremendously disempowering for women, creating unwanted additional challenges when trying to navigate a busy full-on life.

We live in an increasingly toxic world and together with today's high stress levels our bodies and hormones are under siege from many directions; this is causing havoc with women's natural cycles.

Oestrogen dominance is a commonly occurring issue for many women and plays a role in many conditions such as PMS, Fibroids, Endometriosis, and heavy periods. Although genetics play their part, there are other factors at play which we can influence. There are many dietary and natural interventions that can bring oestrogen into balance again and this can make a huge difference to reproductive health.

Synthetic hormones are something our bodies were not designed to deal with. What this means in real terms is that we don't process them the same way we process natural hormones because we don't have the enzymes to deal with them. This means they become another source of toxicity which can become a health burden.

~From the course leader ~

"As a Nutritional Therapist & Homeopath I have helped many women of all ages rebalance their hormones and manage their symptoms, often with complex underlying issues. I too suffered from awful periods due to fibroids and endometriosis; I was threatened with a hysterectomy many years ago, but I managed to bring my symptoms under control with a combination of nutritional support, homeopathy, herbs and a shamanic healing session and I never looked back from that point. I can honestly say, as a result of this intervention in earlier years, Menopause was a breeze! So, I am passionate about empowering women to do the same for themselves. I have put together all my knowledge and skills to offer a 1-day workshop to empower women of all ages to truly understand their body's and what they need for vibrant health."

~What will you learn on the day? ~

Expect to learn all about your reproductive system, hormones & what governs them, and which dietary & lifestyle factors are affecting your reproductive health and how you can restore balance. We will be covering common period & hormone issues which can occur at all ages - be it puberty, menopause, in-between or beyond - so if you are a woman - this workshop has something for you.

We will be covering:

• How your menstrual system works - and what your menstrual system needs to be in balance, NATURALLY

• The common factors that can make it all go wrong
  Learn about the genetics, dietary and environmental issues that create body imbalances that can lead to the development of menstrual symptoms.

• How to harness natures cycles to thrive
  Learn how to work with the medicine wheel, a powerful natural healing cycle which you can work with to support your hormonal health.

• Nutrition for healing your hormones
  Which foods naturally help hormone balance.

• Natural remedies for common menstrual disorders
  Learn to manage and heal your menstrual symptoms. Create your own unique medicine kit.

We will be looking at bite sized nutrition interventions to get your hormones back in sync. We will also be learn the wisdom of Herbs & Homeopathic remedies that can support your cycle. You will come away with ideas for a home remedy kit to support you & your periods.

• Working with chakras and a guided meditation session to heal your hormones. Learn the importance of working on the energy level to support health. Experience powerful energy techniques.

• How the earth's natural cycles impact women's hormonal systems and how to connect with these cycles to really harness nature's healing power.

For more information contact: reception@synergyhealthkendal.co.uk or call 07942 141019. 

You can also view the event on our facebook page here: https://fb.me/e/5ha91LlJO

One Day Workshop at Synergy Health Kendal 10am – 5pm with Liz McWatt.

Booking essential (see details below). For more information, get in touch with Liz McWatt direct on 07725 738358 or by email at lizmcwatt@proton.me. 

About the workshop

This is a beginner’s course that will teach you what Shamanism is, and the basic skills of how to safely perform a shamanic healing on yourself and others.

As we encounter life’s journey, we all need access to help and support at different times in different ways. At Synergy Health Kendal, we aim to offer a range of different treatments that support on all levels - physical, mental, emotional and spiritual - for individuals to choose a path that suits their own health and wellbeing journey.

You will come away from this day having experienced doing your own healing session and how to connect with your power animal. You will also learn other effective ways of retrieving power which you can easily repeat at home.

These new skills can help you to transform your relationships with yourself, others and the natural world around you enabling you to move forward in your life with more authority.

This is largely an experiential workshop with some theory, some creative visualisation and more than one practical experience of doing your own shamanic journey.

Explore the power of the shamanic journey – the most ancient of spiritual healing practices which has survived throughout the world since hunter-gatherer times

Experience undertaking the shamanic journey for yourself.

Learn  how to retrieve your personal power, restore the dynamic of power in relationship with others and how to thrive in your life.

What will you learn?

• You will learn how to create your own sacred space and set clear boundaries with spirit

• You will learn how to prepare yourself for undertaking a successful journey

• You will learn about the origins of shamanism & how a shaman perceives reality

• You will learn how to enter into a journey

• You will have the opportunity to connect with your power animal to receive healing

• You will learn how to retrieve & be connected to your personal power

From Liz, the workshop leader:

“One of the things I love about shamanic healing is its accessibility for all. Hardwired into all of us, this is how our ancestors healed themselves until relatively recently in human times - it is a skill you can easily wake up!

“You don't need to be special or particularly experienced to have thoroughly enriching experiences through shamanic journeying.

“Journey for Health is a one-day experiential workshop which will take place in the lovely healing space that is Synergy Health Clinic in Kendal town centre, situated right next to the river. You will learn:

• The basic etiquette of navigating shamanic realities

• How to create sacred space

• How to set good ritual boundaries

• How to engage in a shamanic journey

• How to meet and work with your personal power animal”

“Additionally, we will take a look at the importance of reclaiming this way of relating to the natural world to benefit not only your own wellbeing but the complex sentient community of all of the non-human people's who also exist in this world we inhabit.

“You will leave this workshop with new skills you can put into practice from day one to support both your own and loved ones' well-being in every respect.”

What kind of things can be healed with shamanic healing?

The important thing is that you have a clear aim of what you want to achieve when you start the journey. You can ask for healing and insight into any life situation and see what your power animal or guides come up with.

From Liz, the workshop leader: “The most common thing I ask my guides to do for me is healing; sometimes that’s just a general and I see where they go with it and sometimes it is very specific. For example ‘Please help me heal my…..’ or ‘Please show me…….’ .”

Issues clients commonly bring to shamanism for healing:

• A sense of never being well since …

• Feelings of being lost in life

• Hopelessness and despair, feeling completely disempowered

• Healing for unhealthy family patterns, ancestral issues

• Healing of previous abuse or trauma

• Various physical health issues

• A knowing they need soul retrieval 

• Healing after relationship breakdown

• Release from unhealthy relationships

• Something is missing from my life!

• Healing for pets

• Being stuck in unhealthy behaviour patterns

• Healing of addictions

• Anxiety or fear

• Low self esteem

• Poor boundaries

• Unwanted psychic intrusions

How could I use shamanism usefully if I have little experience or skill?

The only skill you really need is to be able to trust yourself, and what you are experiencing in the journeys and to follow your guides.

Liz, the workshop leader says: “Once you have asked your guides for help, they always lead the journey. The most important guide you will ever have will be your power animal and you will connect with this incredible source of power and knowledge on this workshop. In time, you may meet other guides, should you continue to learn & develop your skills on this path. Some of the most powerful journeys I have had occurred in my early days of learning about shamanism. Your guides do all the work!”

Does Shamanism contradict my religious faith?

Shamanism is not a religion; it is a way of spiritual living in connection with the sacred essence of nature. It is no different than meditating, prayer, pilgrimage, vigils etc.. These sorts of religious practices connect the us to spirit but they don’t tell us what to believe. Shamanism is no different to this. Various cultures around the world have embraced shamanism alongside different religious beliefs.

Is doing a shamanic journey safe?

Shamanic realities are very safe - it is the middle world where we already are now that can be more challenging!

You will be taught how to create sacred space in which to journey, the importance of good boundaries with spirit and how to journey safely.

Your power animal, once connected will always look after you and keep you safe.

 This one day workshop is for you if:

• You are ready to learn a powerful form of self-healing

• You want to connect more deeply with nature

• You seek a deeper sense of connection in your life

• You are ready to learn how to empower yourself

• You seek a deeper sense of spiritual connection.

Learn the language of relating to the natural world around you in a new and deeply authentic way that nourishes your soul.

Connecting with your power animal is a transformative experience. Meet and partner with your power animal – a tremendous healer and teacher – and form a transformative bond to nourish your life and help you truly claim your inner authority. 

Booking essential.

Price: £75* per person. £35 deposit to secure your place. *concessions available upon request

To book or for more information, get in touch with Liz McWatt direct on 07725 738358 or by email at lizmcwatt@proton.me.

Learn more about Liz McWatt, or about Shamanic Healing.

Synergy Health Kendal will be attending this rejuvenating holistic wellness event led by Roots of Life Events. 

Step into the energy of spring and embrace a day of growth, renewal, and connection in the Lake District. This uplifting day invites you to embrace the new season with a renewed sense of balance, vitality, and connection.

With only 6 weeks to go, Early Bird Tickets are now live—don’t miss your chance to save!  

Early Bird Tickets only £2 (until 15th Feb!)

Tickets £5 on the door. Book now: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/EGMA 

Experience: 

- Holistic therapies: Reflexology, reiki, massage, and more  

- Uplifting workshops: Mindfulness, meditation, and sound healing  

- Unique artisan stalls: Natural skincare, eco products, crystals  

- Nourishing food: Vegan and gluten-free options available  

- A supportive wellness community  

Door proceeds and raffle also support CancerCare, providing vital care in our local area.  

Let spring guide you into balance—secure your spot today!

Health Matters: How Sacred Meditation Can Help Your Mental and Physical Health (free event!)

You are invited to our free talk along with an experience of Sacred Meditation.

Join Synergy Health Kendal therapist Laura Clare for the next in our 'Health Matters' series - free to attend talks on Health and Wellness topics.

Meditation is such a powerful tool to support us to reset our behaviour patterns, beliefs and habits - but many people struggle with meditation because they do not know how it works and that thoughts are part of the process.

Come along and hear more about this powerful tool - the oldest, most universal technique in the world, that is accessible to everyone - and how it can support your physical and mental wellbeing.

Along with gaining more understanding we will also experience a short session of sacred meditation.

We encourage you to book to help us prepare for the night, but will also do our best to accommodate anyone dropping in last minute.

Please book via Reception@synergyhealthkendal.co.uk or 07942 141019 or the direct booking link here [link coming soon!].

You can also view the event on facebook here: 

https://www.facebook.com/share/4DLTvP6qG/

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 Take a look at our other events in the series here: on Facebook - https://fb.me/e/68k94wnaF or the website https://www.synergyhealthkendal.co.uk/events/health-matters

Every first Thursday of the month. 7pm - 9pm. At Synergy Health Kendal, Bridge Lane, Kendal, LA9 7DD. What3words: ///area.closer.spare

Join our therapist, Laura Clare, to celebrate World Sound Healing Day, as people all around the globe join together in a toning on 14th February, St Valentines Day. 

Booking essential.

This event is a session introducing you to Chakra Toning through Sound Healing, with all levels of experience welcome. 

We will explore simple vocal toning using vowel sounds. NO SINGING EXPERIENCE is required and you can hum or simply bathe in the sounds made by the group if you prefer. 

The session ends with a universal sound "ah" which ripples around the whole planet on this day each year. 

This is a single session, held at the relaxing riverside space of Synergy Health Kendal, and costs £15.00 per person. Concessions available on request. Free parking on site. 

For more information or to book - contact reception@synergyhealthkendal.co.uk or call 07942 141019. 

 You can also view the event on facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/share/1DZ86sRvqY/ 

If this is your first time at Synergy Health Kendal, we are tucked away and can be a little hard to find at first. So do familiarise yourself with our directions - Finding Us - beforehand, and arrive in plenty of time to ensure a relaxing session. 

Health Matters: 1. Backcare for Gardeners

Join Synergy Health Kendal therapist Alison Marsden for the first in our 'Health Matters' series - free to attend talks on Health and Wellness topics.

Learn how to look after your back whilst gardening and cultivate a healthy spine with Alison Marsden.

Alison has been helping people get relief from back pain for over 25 years by combining her experience and knowledge of the Alexander Technique and Yoga. She will offer you a few helpful techniques that you can apply in your daily life to promote flexibility, effortless poise and relief from pain; helping you enjoy your gardening even more!

She also has a love of gardening herself too and might give you some gardening tips along the way!

No booking necessary - although you can contact reception@synergyhealthkendal.co.uk or call 07942 141019 to reserve a seat! 

You can also view the event on facebook here: 

https://www.facebook.com/share/19uQYKaAK9/

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Take a look at our other events in the Series here: https://www.synergyhealthkendal.co.uk/events/health-matters

Or on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/share/1BpsrzkiyU/

Our Health Matters series takes place every first Thursday of the month. 7pm - 9pm. At Synergy Health Kendal, Bridge Lane, Kendal LA9 7DD. 

Join therapist Laura Clare on Saturday 1st February at Synergy Health Clinic in Kendal for a *free* presentation outlining the many health benefits of Sacred Meditation.

Perhaps you have tried to meditate using an App or an online course but found it difficult to maintain your practice?

Whatever your level of experience you will be welcome and Laura will do her best to answer your questions. From 2pm until 3pm (with a hot drink before you leave).

Please contact reception@synergyhealthkendal.co.uk or call 07942 141019 to book.

You can also view the event on facebook here: https://fb.me/e/GPNVWW8zh

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During February, Laura will also be offering a course at Synergy Health Kendal for anyone who would like to learn an effortless, age old, universal meditation practice.

The course will be experiential, requiring no belief system. Over three Saturday afternoon sessions, you will gain the skills, experience and understanding to enable you to confidently bring meditation into your everyday life.

Each session will run from 2pm until 4.30pm on Saturday and will build into a complete course. Each session is £50 for 2.5 hours with concessions available on request.

Further details available for the 3 part February course at this link: 3-part-course, or on our facebook page: https://fb.me/e/5R5XPLTU1

One Day Workshop at Synergy Health Kendal 10am – 5pm with Liz McWatt.

Booking essential (see details below). For more information, get in touch with Liz McWatt direct on 07725 738358 or by email at Liz@holistic-healing.org.uk. 

About the workshop

This is a beginner’s course that will teach you what Shamanism is, and the basic skills of how to safely perform a shamanic healing on yourself and others.

As we encounter life’s journey, we all need access to help and support at different times in different ways. At Synergy Health Kendal, we aim to offer a range of different treatments that support on all levels - physical, mental, emotional and spiritual - for individuals to choose a path that suits their own health and wellbeing journey.

You will come away from this day having experienced doing your own healing session and how to connect with your power animal. You will also learn other effective ways of retrieving power which you can easily repeat at home.

These new skills can help you to transform your relationships with yourself, others and the natural world around you enabling you to move forward in your life with more authority.

This is largely an experiential workshop with some theory, some creative visualisation and more than one practical experience of doing your own shamanic journey.

Explore the power of the shamanic journey – the most ancient of spiritual healing practices which has survived throughout the world since hunter-gatherer times

Experience undertaking the shamanic journey for yourself.

Learn  how to retrieve your personal power, restore the dynamic of power in relationship with others and how to thrive in your life.

What will you learn?

• You will learn how to create your own sacred space and set clear boundaries with spirit

• You will learn how to prepare yourself for undertaking a successful journey

• You will learn about the origins of shamanism & how a shaman perceives reality

• You will learn how to enter into a journey

• You will have the opportunity to connect with your power animal to receive healing

• You will learn how to retrieve & be connected to your personal power

From Liz, the workshop leader:

“One of the things I love about shamanic healing is its accessibility for all. Hardwired into all of us, this is how our ancestors healed themselves until relatively recently in human times - it is a skill you can easily wake up!

“You don't need to be special or particularly experienced to have thoroughly enriching experiences through shamanic journeying.

“Journey for Health is a one-day experiential workshop which will take place in the lovely healing space that is Synergy Health Clinic in Kendal town centre, situated right next to the river. You will learn:

• The basic etiquette of navigating shamanic realities

• How to create sacred space

• How to set good ritual boundaries

• How to engage in a shamanic journey

• How to meet and work with your personal power animal”

“Additionally, we will take a look at the importance of reclaiming this way of relating to the natural world to benefit not only your own wellbeing but the complex sentient community of all of the non-human people's who also exist in this world we inhabit.

“You will leave this workshop with new skills you can put into practice from day one to support both your own and loved ones' well-being in every respect.”

What kind of things can be healed with shamanic healing?

The important thing is that you have a clear aim of what you want to achieve when you start the journey. You can ask for healing and insight into any life situation and see what your power animal or guides come up with.

From Liz, the workshop leader: “The most common thing I ask my guides to do for me is healing; sometimes that’s just a general and I see where they go with it and sometimes it is very specific. For example ‘Please help me heal my…..’ or ‘Please show me…….’ .”

Issues clients commonly bring to shamanism for healing:

• A sense of never being well since …

• Feelings of being lost in life

• Hopelessness and despair, feeling completely disempowered

• Healing for unhealthy family patterns, ancestral issues

• Healing of previous abuse or trauma

• Various physical health issues

• A knowing they need soul retrieval 

• Healing after relationship breakdown

• Release from unhealthy relationships

• Something is missing from my life!

• Healing for pets

• Being stuck in unhealthy behaviour patterns

• Healing of addictions

• Anxiety or fear

• Low self esteem

• Poor boundaries

• Unwanted psychic intrusions

How could I use shamanism usefully if I have little experience or skill?

The only skill you really need is to be able to trust yourself, and what you are experiencing in the journeys and to follow your guides.

Liz, the workshop leader says: “Once you have asked your guides for help, they always lead the journey. The most important guide you will ever have will be your power animal and you will connect with this incredible source of power and knowledge on this workshop. In time, you may meet other guides, should you continue to learn & develop your skills on this path. Some of the most powerful journeys I have had occurred in my early days of learning about shamanism. Your guides do all the work!”

Does Shamanism contradict my religious faith?

Shamanism is not a religion; it is a way of spiritual living in connection with the sacred essence of nature. It is no different than meditating, prayer, pilgrimage, vigils etc.. These sorts of religious practices connect the us to spirit but they don’t tell us what to believe. Shamanism is no different to this. Various cultures around the world have embraced shamanism alongside different religious beliefs.

Is doing a shamanic journey safe?

Shamanic realities are very safe - it is the middle world where we already are now that can be more challenging!

You will be taught how to create sacred space in which to journey, the importance of good boundaries with spirit and how to journey safely.

Your power animal, once connected will always look after you and keep you safe.

 This one day workshop is for you if:

• You are ready to learn a powerful form of self-healing

• You want to connect more deeply with nature

• You seek a deeper sense of connection in your life

• You are ready to learn how to empower yourself

• You seek a deeper sense of spiritual connection.

Learn the language of relating to the natural world around you in a new and deeply authentic way that nourishes your soul.

Connecting with your power animal is a transformative experience. Meet and partner with your power animal – a tremendous healer and teacher – and form a transformative bond to nourish your life and help you truly claim your inner authority. 

Booking essential.

Price: £75* per person. £35 deposit to secure your place. *concessions available upon request

To book or for more information, get in touch with Liz McWatt direct on 07725 738358 or by email at Liz@holistic-healing.org.uk. 

You can also view the event on facebook here: https://fb.me/e/2s0Hdrpa9

Learn more about Liz McWatt, or about Shamanic Healing.

The Synergy Health team will be attending this event at Ye Olde Fleece Inn, Kendal.

Led by local charity Cancercare, it is a 'special evening to celebrate, inspire and empower women in our local area'.

The evening will include a mixture of female guest motivational speakers, along with dedicated practitioners to demonstrate how holistic therapies can support women's wellbeing. During the evening, you can browse local stalls offering a range of complementary therapies and products including self-checking demos, the healing benefits of sound baths, hypnotherapy and much more. Refreshments will be available on the night to purchase. 

You can book tickets through Cancercare: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/64229