You don't have to be in the Olympics to benefit from Sports Massage!

Are you suffering from from back pain, muscle injury or stress?


Sharon offers Sports Massage on a Thursday or Friday. Why not come along and have a quick stress busting back, neck and shoulders rub on a Friday and get relaxed for the weekend?

Sports and remedial massage therapy is not just for sports people. It helps many people who’ve never played sports! Whether you’re a marathon runner, an office worker, or a soon-to-be mum—It will relieve pain, facilitate movement and encourage relaxation.
Give us a ring 01873 858391 or send an email aberhealing@gmail.com and we can book you in.

Maxine's Baby Wall!

We love seeing these new little visitors to the clinic. The mothers have been frequent visitors to the clinic so it's great to see the fruits of  their hardwork and the help of Maxine's treatment.

Maxine trained in Acupuncture inthe UK and China and has continued to professionally develop. She has a special interest in Fertility and is affiliated to Zita West Fertility Network www.zitawest.com Maxine has experience of working with individuals and couples exploring their fertility and helping individuals put a ‘strategy’ in place to support their good health.

Maxine has ten years experience working with couples who are undertaking IVF, IVI, ICSI and IVM. Supporting couples throughout their treatment and process. Research in 2009 showed Acupuncture during the IVF process improves the chances of successful pregnancy by 65% (British Medical Journal Feb 2009)

Maxine works with women supporting them through pregnancy. Acupuncture can also be used safely to induce Labour.See more

Healing our land, Healing Our Selves

'Healing our Land' Day


The Secret Forest, Stockwood Scowles. Opposite Clearwell Caves. Coleford, Glos GL16 8JR

Date: 9th June 2012

Time:10am – 5pm

Fee: £55

Drawing on Spiritual and Shamanic Practices of this land. The workshop will introduce you to:

• The Inner and Outer Secret Garden

• The World Tree, Yggdrasil

• Singing the Earth Meridian awake

• Focussing on the natural elements, seasons, animals and poetry in our landscape.

The day is facilitated by Maxine Smillie, Shamanic Healer and Acupuncturist. Her work draws on the principles of core Shamanism, a heart centred practice that can enrich lives.

Please contact Maxine 0784 593 3860 to book

Abergavenny Natural Therapy Centre. Therapy days

Monday

McTimoney Chiropractic

Zero Balancing



Tuesday

McTimoney Chiropractic

Homeopathy

Acupuncture



Wednesday

Remedial Massage

McTimoney Chiropractic

Zero Balancing

Psychotherapy

Homeopathy

Kinesiology

Allergy Therapy

Reflexology

Counselling



Thursday

Hypnotherapy

Psychotherapy

Sports Massage

Aromatherapy Massage

McTimoney Chiropractic



Friday

Remedial Massage

Kinesiology

Counselling

Sports Massage

Aromatherapy Massage

Homeopathy

Acupuncture

A great Spring pick me up!

Time for a spring tonic of Nettle Soup!



Pick the tender young leaves, make sure you use gardening gloves!


Wash the leaves and gently cook in some butter with abit of garlic if you like, potato and stock. Liquidise when cooked.

The leaves of Nettle concentrate iron from the soil and can help in iron deficiency anaemia if the fresh leaves are made into a soup and eaten regularly. The high Vitamin C content of the plant helps the iron to be absorbed.


Lots of interesting facts about nettles here http://www.traditionalherbalist.com/Articles/nettle.html





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To treat or not to treat?
Recently a client came into the clinic with left-sided chest pains; she looks distinctly peaky, pale and sweaty, saying that she feels unwell - it must be the pain she says, and perhaps some bodywork would help relieve the pain and make her feel better.

Part of our skill and training as CAM practitioners is to know when the client is in the right place for treatment or whether they should be referred to their GP, or even to A & E.

In the above story, this lady was swiftly dispatched from the Natural Therapy Centre in an ambulance to A & E where she was eventually diagnosed with pneumonia - definitely not a chiropractic case then!!

We are what we eat, it is said. And if you think about it in any depth, all the food that goes into our stomachs breaks down and eventually becomes part of the cells that make up our bodies, or it is passed on out as waste matter.

Here's a few ideas you might mull over before selecting your daily nosh:

• Eat food....not too much, mostly plants.
• Eat meals, not snacks.
• Eat wild, if possible.
• Avoid anything out of a packet, tin or plastic package, whose contents are unfamiliar, unpronounceable or more than five in number.
• Would you great-grandmother recognise it as food? If so, it's probably OK for you!

Bon appetit!