By Jen Wood Covid-19 has caused so much disruption to our lives. Children feel this intensely, and many have been experiencing complex emotions around the recent return to childcare, nursery and school. So how do we understand their worries and go about helping children with anxiety? For some, the hard bit was being stuck at…
We are all excited that we can get a little bit of normal back by visiting our favourite spas for a selection of luxurious beauty treatments. But perhaps you’re still a little wary of going to an actual beauty spa for those little moments and feel more comfortable recreating that in the sanctuary of your…
Gyms may be re-opening as we begin to ease further out of lockdown, but for some, contemplating exercising indoors may still feel a little too much. But how to address the task of shifting additional ‘lockdown pounds’ if you’re not in for a big gym session? Jen Wood chats to Restoration Yard’s in-house fitness expert…
By Jen Wood Has your sleep been affected? I’ve had some difficulty sleeping over the last few weeks. At the start of lockdown my sleep was better, but soon the anxiety of the situation and concerns about my family started to impact my sleep. Many of my friends, family and clients have also been experiencing…
Sunday 21st June ~ TRY OUR FREE TASTER YOGA CLASSES As it is International Yoga Day on Sunday 21st June, we want to fulfil its aims to bring yoga and all its benefits to a wider audience by offering you free taster classes. Essentially, International Yoga Day is about celebrating yoga and informing people how…
By Jen Wood Jen Wood is an emotional wellbeing coach, psychotherapist and wellbeing consultant. She is based at Restoration Yard in Dalkeith Country Park and during the Covid-19 pandemic, is helping us with some of the problems we face from feeling unsettled, to working from home and today, coping with uncertainty. This post includes a…
Tess Johnson is one of our resident yoga teachers. Her classes include Forrest Yoga on Wednesdays at 7pm and Evening Reset Yoga on Thursdays at 5.30pm. Tess originally started yoga to help with a back injury, but soon enjoyed the benefits it gave her, helping process stress and emotions. She was quickly drawn to the…
Declan Mair is one of our resident yoga teachers. His class Online Yoga For Beginners is on every Tuesday from 5.30 to 6.30pm. Declan uses yoga to find balance, stillness and peace in the chaos of modern life. Here Declan shares one of his favourite yoga poses ~ Wide-legged Forward Fold. WIDE-LEGGED FORWARD FOLD “Prasarita…
Are you an NHS worker or know someone who is? We’re giving away free spaces on every class via Restoration Yard’s virtual Wellbeing Lab as a gesture of thanks so those working to care for others at this difficult time. A timetable for lockdown When lockdown was announced, the team at Restoration Yard recognised that…
By emotional wellbeing coach, psychotherapist and mindfulness teacher, Jen Wood The 18th May marked the start of Mental Health Awareness Week 2020, and this year the theme is kindness. During lockdown, I have found solace in the many small acts of kindness that have punctuated the last few weeks. A smile from a passing dog…
Alis Atagan is one of our resident yoga teachers. Her classes include Sunrise Yoga on a Monday at 7.30am and Restorative Flow Yoga on a Wednesday at 12noon. Alis believes yoga is for everybody. It has had a profound impact on her, helping her through difficult times and has helped her learn to love her…
By Jen Wood Ever thought about journalling to help your own sense of wellbeing, but don’t know where to start? Restoration Yard’s emotional wellbeing coach, psychotherapist and wellbeing consultant, Jen Wood, gives us some great tips for starting in her post below as we navigate our ‘new normal’. Journalling. It may conjure up an image…
By Jen Wood Jen Wood is an emotional wellbeing coach, psychotherapist and wellbeing consultant. She is based at Restoration Yard in Dalkeith Country Park and during the Covid-19 pandemic, is helping us through these strange times addressing issues we all face in our new isolation. Here Jen addresses how to build strength and wellbeing while…
By Jen Wood Jen Wood is an emotional wellbeing coach, psychotherapist and wellbeing consultant. She is based at Restoration Yard in Dalkeith Country Park and during the Covid-19 pandemic, is helping us with some of the problems we face from coping with uncertainty to working from home and today, comfort eating. This post includes a…
Jen Wood is an emotional wellbeing coach, psychotherapist and wellbeing consultant. She is based at Restoration Yard in Dalkeith Country Park. She’s worked from home for 10 years and has some insight for those of us who have been thrown into it at high speed during this Covid-19 outbreak As a freelance wellbeing consultant, coach…
Jen Wood is an emotional wellbeing coach, psychotherapist and wellbeing consultant. She is based at Restoration Yard in Dalkeith Country Park. Here she offers some tips on how to keep our minds healthy in these uncertain times. I understand what an uncertain world we seem to be living in today. Amid this pandemic, the social…
So you want to get greener and cleaner in your home? This month Emma Rawson of Sustainable Living tells us how in two new workshops in Restoration Yard – Sustainable Kitchen and Natural Cleaning. In this five minute interview she tells us why and how she created her amazing Sustainable Living workshops that we are…
Hello and happy new year from all of us at Restoration Yard. Here’s my take on a happy you for 2020. I’m Jen Wood, a wellbeing consultant, therapist, coach and mindfulness teacher and I help people get back into balance and live life to the full. I have worked as a therapist for almost 20…
The festive season can be fun, but it can also be stressful. Work may be intense as everything needs to be finished by the end of the year, and there may be demanding clients to entertain, not to mention demanding families. Also, when we get together with our family of origin, our habitual patterns can…
Here at Restoration Yard, the word “restoration” isn’t only used to describe our beautiful buildings – we passionately believe in restoration of self too. That’s why we created the Wellbeing Lab: a haven for emotional healing, rebalancing and renewing the self. With a variety of daily classes, one-off day retreats and bespoke one-to-one sessions, there…
Self-care Christmas? It’s a time of joy, family and a whole heap of expectation – how can we do self-care at Christmas? Indeed, it is one of the most stress-filled times of the year for many of us. Self-care is essential to survive that Christmas stress says Jen Wood, our Wellbeing Lab manager & therapist…
We'll send you all our latest news, events and special offers. Please select which email list(s) you'd like to opt in to below. You can unsubscribe at any time.
The safety of our customers and colleagues is our number one priority. We are delighted to be gradually re-opening with safety measures in place. See our latest update here.
