Meditation

~ claire ballardie

Meditation

I offer mediation sessions both on-line and in person at my psychotherapy practice.

What is meditation?

Meditation  helps you to recognise your own thoughts and anxiety, and help you to learn relaxation techniques, developing the ability to cope with stressful situations. Meditation is about enjoying the moment and to see yourself in a kind and positive way.

Learning techniques that can be used for a short time each day can help to introduce calmness into your life, reducing the body’s signs of stress such as high blood pressure, feelings of panic, shortness of breathe and so on. Meditation promotes a holistic feeling of well-being for both mind and body.

What happens in a session?

We will check your posture and focus on your breath to start with to calm your mind- and to slow down a ‘busy’ brain. We will work through the body releasing tension, aiming for a deep sense of peace and relaxation. We will spend some tome on relaxing each part of the body in turn, focusing on breathing techniques. You will be guided through a meditation, such as walking through a garden to help you to mentally relax and to bring about a sense of calm, like a daydream. We all have a special place to remember where we felt happy and relaxed.

Meditation can help to:
  • Reduce anxiety
  • Balance mind, body and soul
  • Promote self-healing

Stressful situations such as a visit to the dentist, sitting in traffic jams etc can be managed in a calmer way with meditation techniques, enabling you to keep your cool when under pressure! Performance anxiety, such as making a speech or taking part in a competition can be significantly reduced with meditative techniques.

Contact me for further details.

 

Supervision

~ claire ballardie

I currently have availability offering supervision for counsellors, psychotherapists, equine therapists, and other professionals.

As a supervisor, my responsibility is:

  • To provide a safe, ethical, and confidential environment.
  • To facilitate reflective discussion regarding clinical work.
  • To offer guidance the integration of theory with client work.
  • To Support the supervisee’s integration of theoretical knowledge and practical skills.
  • To engage in ongoing discussion with supervisees to model reflective and experiential learning.
  • To monitor the supervisee’s professional development and adherence to ethical standards.

 

Supervision is not limited to the therapy room. You do not have to be an equine practitioner to experience  how horses can enrich your process during supervision, according to your individual needs to support your practice.

 

 

Alternatively, supervision in nature, using eco-therapy to enhance your experience of supervision, adding depth to our work,  is available in our private grounds.

In-person and on-line options via Zoom are available, both for individual supervision and small groups (maximum 4). Group sessions can be indoors, or outside.

 

 

 

Please contact me with your requirements and for further details.

Prices

What is Ecotherapy?

~ claire ballardie

Ecotherapy, or nature therapy, is about being outdoors, using nature to compliment counselling sessions. Talking about what you notice outdoors in your counselling sessions can help you to understand more about what is going on for you right now.

How does Ecotherapy (Nature therapy) work?

  • Being outside connects us to nature, the here and now.
  • Using your senses in the surroundings connects mind and body.
  • It gives an opportunity for self-reflection
  • Creates a sense of calm and brings awareness to how you are feeling right now.
  • It can be easier to talk about your worries when walking, moving around.
  • exploring nature leads to exploring you own thoughts.

 

Using Mindfulness outdoors is about paying close and full attention to something in your awareness, to still a busy mind, focusing on your breath. Examples are: listening to the birds, feeling the breeze on your face, feeling the ground underfoot, touching leaves of a tree. Using your senses helps you to be focus on how you feel right now.

Considerations

  • Be comfortable, dress for the weather, being cold, wet, or too hot, distracts from being able to fully focus on what is around you.
  • Being outdoors may evoke memories, which is where my role as your therapist can be useful, to explore sad, and happy memories, to help you to understand, and to learn about  your feelings.

Contact me for more information or to book.

Price

Take a look with me at what Ecotherapy is and how it can benefit you.




Wellbeing Nature Days

~ claire ballardie

WELLBEING NATURE DAYS: Coming soon!

Come along for a restorative and relaxing experience.The day will be an introduction to a variety of calming  practices for you to try, including:

  • Meditation
  • Tai Chi
  • Drumming
  • and more………..

…………. all set in a beautiful private setting of woodland and streams.You will have the opportunity to connect with nature, with yourself and with others and will leave feeling relaxed, connected and empowered.

These workshops are run by two qualified psychotherapists, Claire Ballardie and Dawn Harding, who share a keen interest in wellbeing in nature. 

WHO IS IT FOR?

Open to adults (over 18 years) Come and join us for a wonderful day in a quiet and private setting, offering a unique and rustic feel among the woodland and fields.

WHERE?

Private setting in Market Lavington, near Devizes, Wiltshire.

 

YOUR HOSTS:


Claire Ballardie BA (Hons) MBACP

07710 420357

claire@wiltshire-wellbeing.co.uk

 

 

Dawn Harding Dip.Couns.(MBACP)

dawn@stepping-stones-counselling.co.uk.         

  www.steppingstonescounselling.co.uk

 

Contact Claire if you would be interested in future events.

 

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Our July workshop was a huge success…..

The weather was good to us, the group bonded through the different activities and left feeling a true sense of calm while also taking away several techniques they would like to incorporate into their daily lives.  Here are a few snaps from the July 2022 workshop.

 

Mandala

Mindfulness in Nature Workshop Sunday 24th July 2022

~ claire ballardie

SUNDAY 24th JULY 2022

MINDFULNESS IN NATURE WORKSHOP

We had a fabulous relaxing and informative day. The weather was kind-not too hot-with a cool wind creating movement  through the trees.

A variety of mindfulness practices connected us to the healing power of nature, with great participation from the group.The Tai Chi section, and drumming amongst the trees proved very popular and terrific fun to do.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The day ended with the creation of a fabulous mandala, just using natural items nearby.

 

 

 

 

 

Come and join Claire and Dawn for our next wonderful day on Friday 9th September 2022 in a quiet and private setting, offering a unique and rustic feel among the woodland and fields.

TO BOOK: 

Dawn Harding 07585 558101

dawn@stepping-stones-counselling.co.uk

Claire Ballardie 07710 420357

claire@wiltshire-wellbeing.co.uk