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Soul essence wellness tent at Paradhis Festival Cornwall

SOUL ESSENCE

Wellness Tent

Immerse yourself in a range of talks and workshops promoting self care and personal growth. From Yoga and meditation to informative talks on nutrition and mental health. 

Sessions are free to attend - please see chalkboards at the festival for up-to-date timings

Please bring your own yoga mat for use across the weekend.

FIRST SESSIONS FOR 2025 BELOW!


TRE® AND GENTLE YOGA

TRE® AND GENTLE YOGA

Friday
14.00-16.15 

A two hour practice, which combines gentle trauma informed Yoga and TRE® (Dr. David Berceli's technique of Trauma Releasing Exercises®), to help release physical and emotional stress as well as deeply held tension and trauma. Not only you will leave the workshop feeling deeply relaxed, you will also go home with a few empowering self-healing tools. 

I will guide you through a mixture of postures, breath work and self-induced, instinctive, therapeutic tremors and we will finish the session with a relaxation.

Neurogenic tremors calm the nervous system down and enable the organism to return to a state of balance, naturally reduce stress levels and create a feeling of well-being and deep relaxation. This natural tremoring can release negative emotions ranging from mild upset to severe anxiety. 

Children welcome from 6 years old if with their parent/guardian. 
Contraindications are pregnancy, recent operations, some heart conditions and certain mental health disorders (to discuss before the class if the case). 

INTRODUCTION TO AROMATHERAPY WORKSHOP

INTRODUCTION TO AROMATHERAPY WORKSHOP

Friday 
17.45-18.45
Sunday
9.00-10.00 

A hands-on aromatherapy workshop where participants explore essential oils and create a personalized massage oil blend to take home in a 50ml blue glass bottle. 

Attendees will sample various essential oils, choose their favorites, and blend them with a base oil. I will also demonstrate simple massage techniques for hands, feet, or shoulders that participants can practice on each other.

This relaxing and enriching session combines practical skills with the joy of crafting something unique, leaving attendees with newfound confidence and a memorable keepsake. 

FAMILY BIODANZA

FAMILY BIODANZA

Saturday
14.00-15.00
Sunday
14.00-15.00 

A lively and uplifting family Biodanza (dance) session - Welcomes all families of all ages. Time to connect! Time to celebrate! Time to be with one another and Time to remember that dancing and music uplifts our  hearts and minds! 

Anna Sadler is the Director of Dance Biodanza 
Cornwall and brings presence and joy to the hearts of all. As a Dance facilitator, mindfulness and meditation teacher and Soul Midwife (end of life doula) Anna knows the value of living fully for today while planning and taking care of whatever tomorrow brings. 

SING FOR YOUR HEART SING FOR YOUR SOUL

SING FOR YOUR HEART SING FOR YOUR SOUL

Sunday
12.45-13.45 

Raise your endorphins and experience the incredible power of singing together in 3 and 4 part harmony.  All songs are taught 'by ear', no previous experience is necessary. 

Claire Ingleheart is a composer, musical director, multi-instrumentalist, choir director and performer.

With over 25 years experience working in theatre, composing for short films, playing in bands and developing community music, she has worked with Wild Works Theatre, Michael Sheen, The National Theatre, Simon Birch Dance (Shoreline, Prideaux Angels, Villages), Yskynna Vertical Dance, Nottingham Television Workshop, Travelling Light, Horse and Bamboo, Dodgy Clutch Theatre, Braga Tanga, The Underbelly and all female, local shanty group, Femmes de la Mer with whom she has toured nationally with Ben Howard, performing at Manchester O2 and Brixton Academy and featured in the latest series of Rick Stein Cornwall.

Claire is passionate about the power of the human voice and how we can use it to connect together, raise our natural endorphins, dopamine and oxytocin as well as make a beautiful sound! 

I recommend my workshops for 12 years and over. 

Vision Board workshop with Tre

VISION BOARD WORKSHOP WITH TRE

Saturday
9.00-10.00
Sunday
16.30-17.30 

Tre will facilitate a Vision Board workshop which will provide participants with everything they need to create a visual representation of their hopes and dreams for the future; from love and happiness to a new campervan or a holiday! 

I provide all of the materials for adults to create a collage of inspiring images and words that represent the things that they would like to bring into their lives. 

The Vision Board collage can then be taken home and placed in a prominent position where it will act as a visual reminder of their hopes and dreams on a daily basis which has been proven to help people manifest their goals and wishes for the future. 

Participants will leave the workshop feeling happy and confident and excited and about the future.

The workshop is fun and creative yet also thought provoking. We will start the workshop by creating a safe space and setting our intentions. At the end of the session participants will be invited to choose an oracle card to take away with them as a message from the universe and a reminder of the day. 

BABY SLING DANCE WITH NAY

BABY SLING DANCE!
Dance with your baby!
Baby wearing dance class for all, get fit and bond with your baby!

Mums and Babies 0-9 months but if baby is older and happy in sling then bring them along

My name is Nay and I am a licensed massage therapist dance teacher and registered yoga teacher.  I run a yoga business called Nay's Yoga Land sea sky

'Nays Yoga' began in September 2013 after a solo trip to India, learning the traditional forms of Ashtanga Vinyasa Flow. After this I thought about in-cooperating other elements into my yoga practice. So I began to learn SUP Yoga, 'Stand Up Paddle board' This was a natural transition after growing up in Cornwall and spending years by the ocean. The 'Aerial yoga' was introduced when wanting to explore the practice in the air.  I set up workshops and 1-1 sessions, and realised that all three elements with the traditional Ashtanga practice can really complement each other, and there lies the 'Nays Yoga.. Land. Sea. Sky'.

I have also worked at many UK festivals and events teaching Hip-hop Yoga and SUP Yoga. If you want to feel happy from the inside out try learning some basic yoga techniques, I consider yoga to be one of the most useful tools, for general health and well being.

Recently becoming a mother has allowed me to weave in my dance eduction into my offerings. I run weekly sessions of a baby wearing dance class. 


 

Tai Chi Qi  Gong Shibashi

TAI CHI QI GONG SHIBASHI

Tai Chi Qi Gong Shibashi is a gentle, beautiful and flowing Qigong exercise routine that is both a joy to practice and deeply relaxing. 

Saturday
15:15-16.15

Sunday
10.15-11.15 

REST & RESET

REST & RESET

Sunday
19.00-20.00 

Take the Opportunity to rest, breath and connect to the stillness within. 

Jessie will take you on a gentle journey moving through yin yoga postures, which is a floor based practice.  Expect mindfulness and chakra meditation to help regulate the Nervous system and cultivate self awareness. 

Bring a blanket, pillow and layers. 

MiniMe Mindfulness® Mid Cornwall

MiniMe Mindfulness® Mid Cornwall

Teaching children positive mindset and mindfulness techniques (aka superpowers!) in an engaging and innovative way. These sessions are colourful, interactive and most of all FUN! Using meditation, stories, games, music and movement, each child learns a new superpower in every session that they can put to use right away.

COPPER FOX ORACLE

COPPER FOX ORACLE - JANE MARSDEN

Friday: 16.30-17.30 Greeting The Oracle Within
Saturday: 12.45-13.45  Awaken Your Inner Wild: Forest Guide
 

Through fun immersive and potentially transformative exercises, Jayne will coach people to greet the Oracle within; so they can begin to feel confident receiving and interpreting the messages they receive from this wise inner guide. Participants will have the opportunity to get creative and design their own oracle card to take home with them as a reminder that they are the Oracle of their lives.


CHAKRA DANCING WITH SHARKLES - GUIDED HEALING MOVEMENT AND FREEFORM DANCE PRACTISE.

CHAKRA DANCING WITH SHARKLES

Friday: 20.15-21.15
Saturday: 20.15-21.15 

Chakra Dancing with Sharkles - Guided healing movement and freeform dance practise. A fun yet beautiful and powerful journey through the chakras.. We dance from root to crown; connecting to ourselves, our bodies, our joy, releasing that which no longer serves us, clearing blockages and raising our vibration. A safe space is held to freely express yourself and leave feeling grounded, centred and full of love and joy! We close with a gentle sound healing. Everybody welcome :)


ROSIE ATHERTON WELLBEING

ROSIE ATHERTON WELLBEING

"A Sense of Belonging"

Saturday: 11.30-12.30

During this workshop we’ll explore our sense of belonging through sharing, partner work and guided meditation. An opportunity to expand your awareness, grow connection and cherish our belonging to the Earth

Rosie Atherton is an experienced Cornish intuitive healer, mentor, massage therapist, Mama Cacao lover, retreat curator and facilitator of spaces, as well as a yoga teacher. Rosie works mostly from her home area of Cornwall but also in Glastonbury and London. 

LIZ IKAMBA: VOICE AND BODY PERCUSSION PLAYFUL WORKSHOP

LIZ IKAMBA: VOICE AND BODY PERCUSSION PLAYFUL WORKSHOP

Friday: 19.00-20.00 

Liz Ikamba’s Voice & Body Percussion Workshop is an exploration of our innate creativity that taps into our authentic embodied voice, incorporating movement and body percussion to bring out a sense of connection and play. The games and exercises are fun, collaborative and accessible, offering tools for in-the-moment music-making, with the option of also learning songs from around the world in different languages, including Lingala (DR Congo) and Swahili. 

The workshops are open to all levels and include:

  • Fun, collaborative games and tools for in-the-moment music-making. 
  • Movement and sound-based practices for release and well being
  • Sounding and connecting with the resonance of your natural, embodied voice
  • Circle Singing (group singing connected to ancestral ways)
  • Songs & song rounds
  • An exploration in connection to self, environment and other through sound.

CORNWALL ACUPUNCTURE: COMMUNITY EAR ACUPUNCTURE AND SOUND HEALING

CORNWALL ACUPUNCTURE: COMMUNITY EAR ACUPUNCTURE AND SOUND HEALING

Friday 12:45-13.45
Sunday 11.30-12.30 

A deeply relaxing ear acupuncture treatment combined with tuning forks on the body will enable you to drift away into peaceful bliss. 

I am an Acupuncturist, Artist and Focusing practitioner supporting people's mental, spiritual and emotional health and well-being. 

Over 16's only, maximum 10 people 

SUNNY DAVIDSON: SONGS OF THE FOUR DIRECTIONS

SUNNY DAVIDSON: SONGS OF THE FOUR DIRECTIONS

Saturday: 16:30-17.00 

Sunny will be teaching medicine songs he has learned and written during his twenty years on the Red Path, using a workshop style context to explore their meanings, origins, melodies and lyrics in depth. There will also be opportunities to explore harmony, for those who would like to and songbooks will be available in order to facilitate easy participation. This is an chance to learn beautiful spirit songs to share in ceremony or around the fire. 

SACRED SOULS

SACRED SOULS

Saturday: 19:00-20.00 

I bring over 20 years of experience as a transpersonal psychotherapist and 15 years as a dedicated shamanic practitioner to my work in healing and transformation. A key aspect of my practice is crafting sacred shamanic drums, a tradition I have embraced for nearly 15 years.

I facilitate monthly community-based shamanic healing drum circles, sweatlodges, and sacred healing circles, offering spaces for connection, renewal, and empowerment. My shamanic and energy healing sessions are deeply rooted in ancient practices, helping others on their personal and spiritual journeys.

Recently, I’ve ventured into festivals to extend this work to wider communities, sharing the transformative power of sacred traditions in these vibrant settings. Whether through intimate circles or large gatherings, my mission is to foster healing, build community, and bring ancient wisdom into today’s world. 

ASTARA ALCHEMY: 333 SACRED SOUND WATER CEREMONY WITH VORTEXHEALING & MERLIN MAGIC

ASTARA ALCHEMY: 333 SACRED SOUND WATER CEREMONY WITH VORTEXHEALING & MERLIN MAGIC

Saturday: 10:15-11.15 

Offering a held nurturing circle with medicine song and sound alchemy to connect deeply with our inner & outers waters, receiving the ancient magic of the Cornish land through Merlin magic & transformative VortexHealing. 

Abbey Lakshmi Astara has a strong Spiritual foundation of over 25 years experience in this lifetime beginning with Yogic Teaching & Master level Reiki qualifications attained in India.
Abbey now offers unique Multidimensional Healing Sessions & Spiritual Life Coaching which blends together many healing arts including including Crystals & Sound Therapy, Reiki, Yoga, Lightlanguage, Oracle guidance, Mediumship , Spiritual Artwork & Awakening Starseeds.


HUMAN🎧RHYTHMS

HUMAN🎧RHYTHMS

Friday: 21.30-22.30
Saturday: 21.30-22.30 

Experience the Magic of DJ Babu WayuNunu at Paradhis!

Join DJ Babu WayuNunu of H🎧R 🤍 IxCacao for an extraordinary musical journey that unites us all.

Step into the Soul Essence Tent and let the rhythms set your spirit free—releasing egos, breaking societal boundaries and embracing the essence of our shared humanity. Babu’s unique fusion of Human Rhythms and world music will uplift your soul and transport you to a realm of love, connection and beauty.
This is more than music, it’s a celebration of life, unity and the sacred power of cacao. Let’s dance, connect, and create something unforgettable together.

We’ll meet you in the Soul Essence Tent 🤍🙏🏾
H🎧R Babu 🤍 ☮️☯️🕉🇬🇾X


BODY-MIND RHYTHMS: EMBODIED CONNECTION

BODY-MIND RHYTHMS: EMBODIED CONNECTION

Saturday: 17:45-18.45
Sunday: 15:15-16.15 

This session is about connection. Connection to ourselves, to each other, to nature and to spirit. It will include sharing verbally as group, a short meditation, embodied exercises and conscious free form dance. 

Participants will be encouraged to re-connect with their bodies through conscious presence and to surrender to their intuitive guidance. 

It’s a space to explore the many aspects of self and re-integrate them, release stagnant energy and rebalance in body, mind and spirit. 

It is also a chance to connect with others through eye contact and touch; to explore a sense of community and to bring awareness to self through exploring consent and boundaries.