Welcome to our Summer 2009 Newsletter! In these challenging times that seem to be beyond our control, it’s important to focus on the things you can control to some degree. Two areas you can take charge of are your day-to-day health and your outlook on life in general.

When you can focus your attention on your personal goals and look for the bright side in your everyday life, you just naturally feel happier. So make sure you take a pleasant walk on the positive side of life and enjoy your days!

This Newsletter covers the whole Summer with classes running for 7 weeks from the 1st June and some will run for another 4 weeks from the 20th July. Again we have made some changes to our Class Schedule, so make sure you check when your favourite class is on. Book and pay by Saturday 30th May and receive your 10% early booking discount.

In this issue you can read about Homeopathy and our new Homeopath, Pru Fox, who, as an introductory offer will give you 20% off your first consultation until 14th August. A fantastic new workshop for women only, is taking place on Friday 26th June at 18:30; make sure you book your space to find the 'Funny Woman' inside you. One of our male clients, who recently started a Yoga course, has given us a story about 'Yoga from a Male Perspective'. 

For the expecting couples, we now have HypnoBirthing back on the schedule, with our first course starting 5th & 6th September.

In addition to our Homeopathy offer, we would also like to extend the current offer on our Body Bliss package - with a slight twist. The Body Bliss consists of a cellulite busting Body Wrap and a Mini Facial - all done with Organic Skin Care products. For the month of June - receive a free Eye Brow Shape with the Body Bliss package. This can be done by Threading or Wax.

We hope to see you over the Summer, to help YOU take charge of your day-to-day health.

Enhanced self confidence and the knowledge that you can overcome life’s trickier situations with humour is a powerful skill. Women often find it harder to be funny particularly when called upon to speak in public, so Funny Women, the leading female comedy brand, runs workshops to empower you with some of the tricks of the comedy trade.

So come along and find your female funny at one of our comedy workshops. Using the tools used by professionals from the world of comedy we can help whether you want to develop your own comedy routine or liven up your presentation skills. We help build confidence and professionalism at any level whether you have lots of experience in public speaking or none at all. If you are a novice we will help you overcome those first few hurdles and, whatever your level, we ensure everyone has some fun along the way.

Funny Women provides a friendly and informal environment where women can enjoy one another’s company as they overcome the fear of standing up in public and using a microphone. Many previous participants tell us how nervous they were to begin with and then how addictive getting up on stage can become! Whether you want to become a professional comic or just want a confidence boost – our two hour comedy workshop could be the start of funnier things to come.

To book your space, please contact us on 020 8940 0888.

‘Well, if it’s good enough for Ryan Giggs!

Like, I suspect, most men who exercise regularly, stretching tends to come a very poor second to actually rowing, cycling, running, lifting weights etc. We all know we should, but I for one will typically spend hours sweating on a mountain bike trail and then have a quick 60 seconds stretching before jumping into the car to go home. However, I’ve recently started rowing and being on the shorter side, it’s important that I maximise my reach as much as possible, and I quickly realised that if I was going to improve I was going to have to work on my flexibility. Past experience telling me that I wouldn’t do much on my own I joined a beginner’s yoga class at Earthlife.

The class is fairly small, typically 6-8 of us, so you get the individual attention you need to ensure that you’re doing the positions correctly and gaining maximum benefit. And it works, whilst I ached after the first session, now after 4 weekly sessions, my flexibility is improving and I can see the difference each week.  It’s not just helping my rowing; I’ve noticed my recovery after cycling and running is a lot quicker.

And the reference to Ryan Giggs?  When asked, the Manchester United footballer will always say that regular yoga sessions are the secret of his long record-breaking career.’ Paul F.

Homeopathy is a highly effective, safe and gentle way to treat illness, without the use of drugs. Have you noticed that when you are ill or even just a bit under the weather, your thoughts, emotions and body are all affected? Homeopathy stimulates the body’s own healing powers by matching all your symptoms - physical and emotional - with a remedy which will prompt a natural, safe, gentle and rapid cure without suppressing the complaint or compromising your energy. Often the way back to health is so subtle that you forget you ever had some of your symptoms in the first place! The time taken to respond to treatment will depend on how long you have had your illness, and how deep-rooted it is.

Homeopathy can successfully treat all kinds of emotional and physical problems.

It can also be very helpful for people who have no specific diagnosis, but just aren’t feeling as healthy as they think they should be. Some of the conditions that can be helped are: Allergies, Anxiety, Asthma, Immune System, Cystitis, Depression, Eczema, Emotional problems, Growing pains, Hay fever, Headaches, Insomnia, Jet lag, M.E., Menopausal problems, Painful periods, PMT, Pregnancy, Surgery, Vertigo… and more.

Our new Homeopath is Prue Fox, who has been passionate about homeopathy for 26 years! She trained for 4 years at the Centre for Homeopathic Education in London and now assists in the college student homeopathic clinic, supervising students.

Prue is a registered member of the Society of Homeopaths and is bound by the Society’s Code of Ethics.

Prue is available on Monday afternoon/evenings and Tuesday mornings. To book your appointment please contact Earthlife on 020 8940 0888 or info@earth-life.co.uk.

HypnoBirthing® is back!

‘My dream us that all women will come to know the joy of a truly safe, comfortable and satisfying birth for themselves and their babies.’ Marie Mongan, founder of HypnoBirthing®.

HypnoBirthing® was developed 15 years ago in the U.S. and is a childbirth method that uses hypnosis to eliminate pain and fear from the birthing experience.

Through a 2 day workshop; pregnant women learn to achieve deep relaxation by practicing methods of visualisation and self-hypnosis. These techniques are also taught to birth partners, who learn to help deepen and support their partners level of relaxation during birthing. By learning techniques to manage the tension caused by fear and anxiety, the mum-to-be approaches the birth feeling calm, confident, aware and in control.

Calm and peaceful births create calm babies. Calm babies find it easier to breast feed and sleep and tend to go on to be calm children. This makes for a happy and relaxed family.

The next workshops at Earthlife are scheduled for 5th & 6th September and 28th & 29th November. They are run by Karen Mander, who is a highly experienced HypnoBirthing practitioner,

trained in the original Mongan method, a hypnofertility practitioner and meditation teacher. Karen brings her own personal experience together with the HypnoBirthing techniques, to provide a caring and successful workshop, which guides couples through all aspects of birth, with particular attention on profound relaxation and releasing fear. She has helped many couples to achieve the natural birth of their choice and to assess and embrace what they really want to achieve at birth. Karen is recommended by numerous midwives and other leading birth professionals.

To book your space, please contact Karen Mander on karen@heavens-gate.org.uk or 07778 776 999.

Body Bliss Package
Body Wrap + Mini Facial
£10 OFF + Free Eyebrow Shape

Get ready for the Summer with a BodyWrap, using detoxing, cellulite busting seaweed gel. Whilst you are wrapped up you will receive an Organic Mini Facial. Included in this offer is a FREE Brow Shape, done either by Threading or Waxing. This offer is valid until 1st July and is available on Thursday evenings and all day Friday. To book your session, please contact Earthlife on 020 8940 0888 or info@earth-life.co.uk.