“I don’t think I have ever met anyone quite like you..the warmth that you have, your openness and ability to make people feel safe is a true blessing..”
The Listening Space at White Eagle Lodge
The Listening Space: Listening inward, held by sound and story
We are delighted to invite you to a series of gentle, restorative wellbeing workshops combining the power of sound and storytelling
My dear friend Shirley is an experienced sound practitioner who works beautifully with music to create immersive and nurturing experiences. Working with music & sound in the community since 2005 with people of all ages and backgrounds, a trained Soundhealing and Yoga Nidra Practitioner.
Stories can offer new perspectives, soothe the mind, and support emotional regulation, helping to calm the nervous system in a natural and accessible way.
Together, through the weaving of sound and story, we invite you into a space where you can pause, reflect, and reconnect. From this place of embodied support, we will transition into a longer yoga nidra–style guided rest, offering deep nourishment for the mind. This extended visualisation invites the brain and nervous system into a state of profound calm, supporting clarity, steadiness, and inner quiet. Everything offered is invitational and designed to cultivate a sense of safety, containment, and being held.
This is not a space to strive or achieve. It is a return to the body as a home, and to rest as a necessity.
You will be further nourished with a warming cup of golden milk and a homemade sweet treat inspired by my mother, Fatma, offered as a gesture of care and comfort
These sessions are designed to help you feel calm, rested, and held.
When: Saturday 26th September, 2–4pm at the sacred Eagle Lodge, Liss
Cost : £45 with refreshments included Book: The Listening space
The Art of Rest: The Gentle Return
In a world that asks us to keep moving, this is an invitation to return.
The Art of Rest: The Gentle Return is a two-hour guided gathering devoted to grounding, restoration, and deep, conscious rest. This is part of a rolling programme of events curated for Amble. This offering centres on the foundation of the body and the settling of the mind.
When we feel supported at our root, the nervous system can begin to soften. From this place, the mind can slowly come to rest.
Root & Mind
This session focuses on the base of the body, the root as a place of safety, stability, and belonging. Through gentle somatic practices, you will be guided into slow, respectful movement and awareness at the base of the spine. These subtle practices support the release of held or stagnant energy, allowing the body to lead without force or expectation.
From this place of embodied grounding, we will transition into an extended yoga nidra style guided rest. This deeply nourishing practice invites the brain and nervous system into a state of profound calm, supporting clarity, steadiness, and inner quiet.
Everything offered is invitational. This is a space to soften, to be held, and to reconnect with the body as a place of home.
What to Expect:
A 2-hour deeply restorative guided experience
Gentle somatic practices to support grounding and release
An extended yoga nidra–style rest for nervous system restoration
A calm, nurturing environment with no pressure to perform or achieve
Warming golden milk
A homemade sweet treat inspired by Ati’s mother, Fatma
No experience is needed.
This space is open to anyone seeking rest, support, and reconnection.
This is not a space to strive or achieve.
It is a return to the body as a home.
To rest as a necessity.
When: Sunday 13th September 2.00pm - 4.00pm
Fee: £40.00 this event is now full but you are welcome to add yourself to the waiting list. I am running The art of rest again at back at Amble on Sunday 11th October please see the event below
Booking: with Amble
The Art of Rest: The Quiet Palette
Exploring colour and scent as a pathway into calm, softness and rest.
In a world that asks us to keep moving, this is an invitation to pause. This two-hour guided gathering devoted to grounding, restoration and deep conscious rest. This is part of a rolling programme of events curated for Amble.
This offering explores the relationship between colour, scent and rest how the colours and scenes we surround ourselves with can influence the atmosphere within us, and how we might consciously work with them as a gentle invitation towards calm.
Colour, scent & rest
We often experience colour and scent before we have words for how we feel. Blue can evoke spaciousness, stillness and quiet. Green can remind us of nature, softness and restoration. Warm, earthy tones can create a sense of grounding and comfort.
In this session, we will explore these not as something to achieve or interpret, but as a sensory experience. As a trained colour therapist I often use colour to support rest.
Through gentle somatic practices and a colour and scent visualisation you will be invited to notice how different colours and scents feel in the mindbody and what qualities they might invite into your experience.
There is no right colour or scent and no particular feeling you need to reach.
Instead, we will explore the two as a language of sensation and a way of gently communicating with the body and creating an environment where rest can become more accessible. Held within an atmosphere inspired by colour and scent, this deeply nourishing practice invites the body and mind to soften, supporting a shift towards stillness, spaciousness and inner quiet.
What to Expect
Gentle somatic practices exploring colour and sensation.
Guided colour and scent visualisation.
Practices exploring how colour and scent can support feelings of calm, grounding and relaxation.
An extended yoga nidra–style rest for nervous system restoration
A calm, nurturing environment with no pressure to perform or achieve
Warming golden milk
A homemade sweet treat inspired by my mother, Fatima
No experience is needed. This space is open to anyone seeking rest, support and reconnection. This is not a space to strive or achieve. It is an invitation to slow down. To notice what surrounds you to simply rest and be.
When: Sunday 11th October Time: 4pm - 6pm Venue: Amble Creative wellbeing, Gomshall Surrey Cost: £40.00 Booking : A gentle return
Restful: A space for softness, care and quiet reconnection
Continuing the theme of Restful, this session centres on nurturing, soothing practices for the whole system, offering a supportive space to slow down and settle the nervous system with care and compassion.
The session will include Yoga Nidra, the use of sound and a sustainable offering to mindful practices that can be gently incorporated into everyday life. As always, a sweet treat inspired by my mother’s kitchen will be lovingly served.
I will share accessible sustainable rituals to support deep rest. I will guide you in creating a restful environment that supports reconnection at your own pace and in your own way.
During this session, you will be invited to:
Be guided through a face massage focussing on using spoons to massage acupressure points and work on points on the face which correlate to the body detoxifying and flushing out toxins.
Rest in a guided Yoga Nidra designed to integrate the senses and support deep rest whilst using sound therapy as part of the practice.
Explore slow and gentle restorative movement. This is an invitation to pause, soften, and rest a shared space of ritual, care, and reconnection.
Nice words from previous attendees ‘I eagerly await your workshops because you know exactly what to do! I have used your practice so much in recent months and they’ve really helped my own nervous system thank you Ati’
Please bring a mat, warm comfortable clothes, socks and water.
Cancellation policy for Workshops and Courses: * When booking courses, workshops or events please note we don't offer a refund or a credit to use for future purchases. * If we can fill your space from the waitlist we will credit the workshop or course onto your account for use at a later date. * If you ‘no-show’ a course, workshop or event you will not receive a refund or transferable credit. * If a course or workshop is cancelled, you will be offered either a full refund or the option of being transferred to an alternative course or workshop. We hope you understand the need for our cancellation policy, to ensure a fair system for everyone coming to the studio.
When: Sunday 15th November 2026 2.30pm - 4.20pm Fee: £40.00
Venue: Vayu Yoga Guildford
Booking: Restful
Layers of the Self : retreat through movement, touch & inner mapping
Layers of the Self is a gentle, creative, and embodied retreat exploring the many parts that make up who we are and how they can be held, heard, and integrated into a sense of wholeness.
Using movement, breath, touch, symbolism, and nourishment, this retreat invites you to slow down and meet yourself with curiosity and compassion. Through the symbolic use of nesting dolls, we will explore different layers of the self: the parts that protect, feel, think, and hold our experiences, while staying rooted in the body as a place of safety and connection.
This is not about fixing or changing yourself it is about welcoming each part and allowing them to belong within the whole.
What the Retreat Includes
Somatic Yoga
An accessible, all-levels practice focusing on sensing rather than striving. Movement and breath support the heart, head, and lungs, inviting spaciousness, grounding, and nervous system regulation.
Inner Mapping with Nesting Dolls (Parts Work)
Using nesting dolls as a tactile and symbolic tool, we will gently explore different parts of the self: inner roles, emotions, and protective layers. This playful yet meaningful practice supports self-understanding, boundaries, and integration, allowing each part to be seen and held within the whole.
Touch, Presence & Emotional Softening
Through guided, optional self-touch and embodied awareness, we will explore how emotions live in the body, particularly around the heart, head, and breath. These practices support release, soothing, and reconnection, offered as a self-practice guided with care and respect.
Who This Retreat Is For
This retreat is open to anyone seeking:
A deeper connection with themselves
Gentle nervous system support
Creative and embodied self-exploration
Rest, nourishment, and emotional ease
All practices are inclusive, adaptable, and optional. No prior experience with yoga, therapy, or parts work is required.
Layers of the Self is an invitation to come home to every part of you with softness, curiosity, and care.
Ati and Louise are long-standing friends and collaborators who bring over 25 years of combined experience in therapeutic and wellbeing work. Their approach is rooted in warmth, trust, and deep respect for the whole person, blending yoga therapy, somatic movement, and integrative therapeutic models. Together, they offer a grounded, intuitive, and thoughtful space, drawing on their collective knowledge, lived experience, and wisdom to support meaningful connection, healing, and integration.
When: This event has now passed we will be running another one in Autumn 2026
Where: Warnham Yurt, Naboths, Northlands Road, RH12 3SQ
Cost: £ per person - You will also enjoy a lovingly prepared South Asian-inspired lunch, rooted in nourishment, warmth, and tradition. Food is offered as part of the practice: a moment to pause, receive, and be held through flavour, scent, and shared experience.
Please contact me to book x
