Sending light and love

Hello to you all,

To each and every one of you who is a part of our New Day family and community I am sending you peacefulness, optimism and grace. 

Even if I do not see you very often, there may be something here in this message that catches your attention and encourages you along your life path. 

A little part of the reading from our classes this week:  "I love this in-between times, the time after all the gatherings and lights, the time before we swing back into regular routines of the new year. It is the crack between the worlds, the place where dreaming can unfold and then spiral quickly and quietly. It is a time to listen deeply, to stay with stillness open to the impulse to move from the deepest part of who we are" (Oriah Mountain Dreamer)

Weekly pilates - all in Croston, Lancashire

Monday 6:30pm at the Old School, 

Monday 7:30pm at the Old School

Wednesday 6:15pm at the Methodist Hall

Wednesday 7;15pm at the Methodist Hall. 

Class passes remain unchanged at £64 for 8 classes which expire after 10 weeks or when the 8th class is used up, whichever comes first.  This pass is for a set class (day, time) and guarantees your mat space each week so no need to check each week if there is space. Alternatively drop in available at £11 per class. 

All classes are suitable for anyone and everyone no matter what experience you have of pilates whether that is none at all, or a practice you do frequently. We are all, always learning. Pilates does not have an end goal or product, it is an ever evolving practice of exploration and enabling us to move through daily life with ease and mindfulness. 

If you would like to join one of our classes for a one off or more regularly contact me and I can arrange that with you. .

So far 2025 is looking like this ... 

🙏 Sanctuary Sundays 2025

9:30am-12 noon at Old School, Croston

Our seasonal sanctuary Sundays are now an established feature in many of your calendars. 

Winter 23rd february 

Spring 18th May

Summer 31st August

Autumn 2nd November

Each sanctuary morning includes a combination of meditation, pilates, ,refreshments, chatting time, sound meditation, reflexology, aromatherapy and a range of other wellness strategies that can be incorporated into daily life. 

If you would like to book a place for WINTER Sanctuary Sunday please email me and I will send you the booking form and payment details (£40). Our guiding word for this sanctuary is TIME. (limited spaces)

🥾 Saturday Strolling: after our Saturday pilates+walk+coffee and cake on 28th December so many of you have asked if I can arrange another one... and so our next one will be 8th March. Pilates at 9:30am, followed by a walk around Croston and ending with coffee. 

🍴Spring social gathering: Thursday 27th March at 7pm (venue being confirmed)

🌏 Return to Nature Retreat: Sri Lanka: 31st January - 9th February 2025.

This retreat is being led by  my soul sister Chloe Ward and me, I will be teaching pilates each day, offering reflexology with reiki, sharing guided reflexology and aromatherapy sessions, teaching partner pilates/yoga/movement; as well as being generally around to chat with about anything at all! Bookings are via Back to Nature, Sri Lanka Yoga Retreat | Chloe Ward. 

 Sacred Rituals Retreat@ Lithuania: 5th-10th September 2025. 

Join Chloe and I for our second retreat in 2025 to the forests of Lithuania. I will be teaching pilates, guiding relaxation and tension release sessions, offering treatments combining reflexology, massage and reiki with aromatherapy. Walking alongside everyone as we hike, swim and immerse in the ritual sauna ceremony and gong bath 

Sacred Rituals Retreat Deposit | Chloe Ward

💫 Power of 3: watch this space as Chloe, Natalie and I are planning more of these events

🪬Reflexology, with reiki, using a seasonal bespoke oil: contact me to book an appointment: 45 minutes £30. 

💬"Around the kitchen table" - Life and wellness coaching sessions: contact me to book an appointment. £40 for 45-60 minutes. 

I call these "round the kitchen table conversations" because in my experience all the best and most transformative conversations do happen over a cup of tea (or similar!) around a table. 

🛜 You can also look at New Day Pilates instagram and facebook pages for updates; as well as other insights I share. 

📚 My reading time at the moment is absorbed in travel books for Sri Lanka; but alongside those I am dipping into "Love for Imperfect Things" (Haemin Sunim). Each morning I open it randomly and read one of the quotes or short sections on that page:

"When you look at the clouds they are not symmetrical, or neat in rows or orderly but you know they are not a mess; they are wiggly but in an orderly way. Now look at yourself, you are all wiggly. We are just like clouds, rocks, stars. Look at the way stars are arranged - do you criticise the way they are arranged?"

It is a daily heartfelt gratitude for me to be trusted by you all to walk with you on your wellness path as you each flourish in your unique ways.  Thank you for all the inspiration  you give to me; each and every one of you inspires me in the classes I teach you, in conversations we have, in messages you send and in seeing the ever expanding connections between us all. 

love, light and dragonflies

Jane x