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Fun Free Family Activities to Keep Everyone Entertained

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Fun FREE Family Days out - North East  I started writing this at the beginning of the summer holidays, but didn't manage to publish it in time. So here it is, a fun list of loads of cool places for all the family and the best bit is they are all FREE!  The aim of this little list is to help any parents losing their shizzle and running out of headspace and ideas for how to keep the tiny humans entertained and happy! I've got your back me lovelies!  Free fun here we come! Tried and tested we go back to all of these place on a regular basis.  Billquay Farm   Hainingwood Terrace, Bill Quay, Gateshead NE10 0UE A hidden gem for all you animal lovers, this community run farm is just lush, with woodland walks, horses, pigs and loads more. Plenty of space to run around and you can pay a few quid to get some feed to give the pigs a little treat.  We took a picnic and ate on the grass overlooking the horses and the boys found sticks and ran around chopping everything....

Yin to Make the Heart Sing - 7 Reasons to Give Yin a Try

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Yin to make the heart sing! ❤️ 7 Benefits of Yin Yoga - It's one to try people 🙌🏼 I was really grateful to cover a Yin Yoga class last week.  It's been a while and it felt like coming home.  I discovered Yin when I was pregnant with my son. I was booked on a three week intensive Ashtanga teacher training in Spain , but when I discovered I was pregnant they said it would be too intense to do whilst pregnant. So I started looking for an alternative course that was slower paced, and low and behold there was a course starting the following weekend in Yin with Sarah Lo .  So what actually is Yin Yoga?  Yin yoga is a super slow-paced style of yoga that focuses on holding poses for longer durations usually ranging from 3 to 5 minutes or even longer. While traditional yoga practices emphasise muscular strength and flexibility Yin yoga targets the deeper connective tissues such as ligaments tendons and fascia.  So you're going in deep with this ...

This is me Kitty!

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This is me Kitty! Hello wonderful souls, I've decided to create a blog so I've got a place to dump any little pearls of wisdom that may help someone in need.  Also I find writing quite a therapeutic practice, anyway we'll see how this goes. This may be the only post I actually do 🤣.  Over the past decade I've done so many different trainings and qualifications in a wide variety of practices. So now is the time to stop being scared and start bringing it all together.  So here's a bit about me, I'm a dedicated Yoga and M editation instructor with over a decade of experience, over the years I've  developed a deep understanding of the mind-body connection and the importance of finding balance in a busy and often chaotic world.  We live in our heads far too much, so any opportunity to get out of that space is much needed.  People need a break from all that noise.  My own journey into the world of Yoga and Meditation began over 15years ago when...