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Gather…your vibe attracts your tribe

March 17, 2019 by Tania Louise Leave a Comment

I am beyond excited to launch Gather: sacred healing circles to empower, nurture and transform.

These beautiful sister circles have a maximum of 8 spaces so they will be a safe, nurturing place where we support each other to heal, grow and realise our potential.

Held once a month at my soothing treatment space, the Angel Room, in Waddington, in the beautiful Ribble Valley, these gatherings will help to equip you with transformational wellbeing tools and insights, and connect you to a tribe of like-minded women in an atmosphere of empowerment, lightness and growth. Our first Gather will be held on May 11th – please see below for details.

Upcoming topics for these sacred wellbeing circles include discovering our purpose, creating your own self-care toolkit, clearing blockages, women’s wellness, abundance, confidence and empowerment, enhancing our intuition, understanding the mind/body connection, and chakra healing.

In each gathering I will be guiding the circle with EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) tapping where we collectively help each other to release our limiting ways of being, boost our confidence and support positive new ways of being. We will also be taken on an inner journey with guided meditation and receive beautiful intuitive energy healing including Angelic Heart, Vortex Healing and Reiki. Nourishing refreshments will also be served. Gather…your vibe attracts your tribe!

Upcoming Events

Our very first Gather circle will be held on Saturday May 11th at the Angel Room in Waddington, from 11.30am to 1pm. The theme for our first circle is exploring our Ikigai – our purpose in life – and transforming our limiting beliefs that prevent us from living our most empowered and fulfilled life. In this gathering you will learn and practice deeply transformational EFT tapping, a tool you can take home and use in your own personal self-care kit.

Fee: The energy exchange is £12 per person, payable in advance.

Booking: Please email tania@tanialouise.com or call 07910 126938 for more details or to book your place. Spaces are limited to 8 places to ensure we have a small, nurturing space to share and grow in.

If it doesn’t open it’s not your door

June 2, 2018 by Tania Louise Leave a Comment

I love this quote and have repeated it in one form or another many times when I see someone repeatedly banging on a closed door. All that energy being spent when clearly the universe has a different and better door that will arise when they let go of the notion that this particular door is the one for them.

And then almost a year ago we found the perfect house when we had an offer on ours and I put my heart, soul, and all my energy, will and determination into making it our house. But the door would not open. From the moment we put our offer in on it the signs were not good and I refused to see them. We got significantly gazumped a week later and had to raise our offer beyond what we could realistically afford. We then spent almost 9 months trying to buy the property and got tangled up in the powerlessness that arises when dealing with solicitors, legalese and dead ends every step of the way.

In the end when the truth came to light, a defective title deed meant it was unpurchasable. The stress of trying to buy a house that simply wasn’t meant for us was immense and destructive, and we were truly heartbroken and broken when we pulled out just before Christmas and moved into a rented home for 6 months.

And then, when we had truly let go of the dream, the universe opened up and a beautiful house in a village we have always loved came on the market. We walked in and I just knew. My heart is my truest barometer and it melted. In a lovely serendipitous twist the day we completed on this lovely house is the exact day last year that we sold ours. The circle is complete. I’m sat here in our cosy snug with a snoozing toddler and dog curled up and I feel incredibly blessed to be here and to have eventually seen the signs that were all around and let go of the notion that something else was meant to be mine. It’s only been a week and I am so in love.

I’m sharing this with you because sometimes we all need a reminder to let doors that won’t open go, to create the space in our lives for something that is meant to be ours to open up. If the door isn’t opening, sometimes we need to let go of the notion that we know what’s best for us and trust that when we let go and flow, the right door will open at the right time.

We are what we think: Why Dr Emoto could change the way we treat ourselves

October 18, 2014 by Tania Louise Leave a Comment

Yesterday a wonderful wise being called Dr Masaru Emoto died. His groundbreaking research inspired many people around the world to live more consciously, myself included, and I wanted to share with you today some of his wisdom, which I hope will inspire you to live a kinder life.

In Dr Emoto’s pioneering research he studied the effects of negativity on water molecules and found that when harsh and negative words were directed at a jug of water, and the water was then frozen, the crystallized water molecules that he photographed were misshapen and malformed. Conversely when he directed words of love and kindness to a jug of water, froze the water and photographed the water crystals, he found that the crystals became breathtakingly beautiful as they took on the vibration of love.

To see this check out this amazing video where you can see the power of positive and negative words on water.

So how does this affect us?

Our bodies are made up of approximately 70% water. Each and every time we direct negativity to ourselves such as ‘I’m too fat/ugly/I hate my body’ etc, the water molecules in our body become negatively impacted by that. And yet when we tell ourselves we are beautiful, that we love ourselves, the water molecules in all our cells transform beautifully to reflect this vibration of loving kindness.

In our society there is a growing tendency to compete against one another with our bodies and looks, and women are unfortunately our own worst enemy for this. If we do not look like the perfected and enhanced images we see in the media we beat ourselves up, go on harsh diets, over-exercise, or simply continually criticize ourselves and fill our heads with negativity. But do we ever really consider what this is doing to our consciousness and our cells?

How much kinder would it be to gently encourage ourselves to take care of our bodies through nourishing food, fun exercise, and to enjoy treats as part of a balanced life? How much more comfortable in our own skin would we be if we could look at ourselves through a filter of love and tell ourselves how amazing we are, and to take comfort in our body that continues to get us through life, doing the best it can?

While we may think piling on the self-criticism will make us not eat that extra cake/packet of crisps/whatever it is you reach for when you comfort eat, in reality all it does is make us feel not good enough, and then eat to make us feel better, and then be filled with self-loathing. Ever wondered why it’s called comfort eating? It’s because of all the limiting thoughts we tell ourselves about how we’re not good enough and that we need to be a certain size/shape; it’s no wonder we reach for a sugar or carb hit to make us feel better. But it’s always short-lived and the cycle usually begins gain.

It’s time to break the cycle. If we have our health and our mobility we are blessed. If we can learn to cherish ourselves as wonderfully work-in-progress beings doing the best we can, how much easier will it be to support rather than criticize ourselves. There is only one of you; and as this unique spark of creation, surely you are worth some self-kindness, love, TLC and support?

You can read more about Dr Emoto’s amazing work by checking out his books and website, which also encourage drinking mineral rather than tap water, and help us to see that water in all its forms deserves our love and respect.

Finding freedom from issues with VortexHealing

September 24, 2014 by Tania Louise Leave a Comment

As I write this I’m currently away in Brighton part way through a course called Jewel, a 10-day advanced level of VortexHealing. Most of us on the course have been working with VortexHealing for the past 5 years or more and at this point in our healing journeys we are as a group working on some of the big issues that many people face.

Yesterday and today we worked on clearing the issue of Rejection in all the emotional, karmic and genetic layers we can get at in ourselves, as it is an issue we can be challenged with not only from our present life experiences, but also inherited from our parents, and even further back from ancestors and past lives. Before we worked on it I really didn’t think it was an issue that affected me but as we worked through the layers of emotional conditioning using this wonderful method of healing, I could get a real sense of where I had felt rejected in my life at times, and where I had rejected people and situations rather than deal with them. The freedom I now feel after working on this issue is palpable and I feel lighter and clearer as a result.

As practitioners when we work with VortexHealing it’s so important that we work on our own ‘stuff’ not only so we can be more in balance in our lives but also so that we can share with our clients how this therapy really can make a difference. From my perspective, the healing that has happened in my life over the past 5 years with this transformational therapy has made a dramatic difference to my sense of personal peace and wellbeing. And after working on my own issues I also know how much our issues can weigh us down and affect our relationships with ourselves and others.

During client sessions there are some core issues that I see many people struggling with, either with complete awareness that it is something affecting their lives or it will be running in the background and negatively impacting their lives and relationships. Some of these include:

Abandonment: Feeling abandoned by those we love, which can stem from childhood such as having an emotionally unavailable parent or a loved one who died early on in our lives. It can also make us needy in relationships, fearing the other person will leave, or it can make us shy away from close relationships to avoid the pain of being abandoned
Fear: Ranging from deep-seated primal survival fear that can be held in our systems over many lifetimes up to every day anxiety that stops us living a full life
Lack: This can be a sense of never having enough, or being enough (not good enough/slim enough/wealthy enough/attractive enough/a good enough parent/partner/child etc), and it can make life feel lacking when compared to others
Guilt: Blaming ourselves from things that we have done in the past, this issue keeps us stuck in the past and forever giving ourselves a hard time over what we have done, which as it can’t be resolved just keeps us powerless

These are just some of the common issues I see with clients but as part of our VortexHealing training we deal with the whole spectrum of issues that people are challenged with. One issue that I think is prevalent with many people is Co-dependency and many issues are very much connected with it.

Co-dependency can manifest itself in many different ways; you may be a people pleaser and need others to be happy in order for you to feel okay, you may be an overprotective parent or spouse being over-involved with the lives of your significant others, taking responsibility for their emotional wellbeing, or you may have control issues and need things and people to be a certain way in order for you to feel safe and okay.

This issue gets in the way of being authentically you in relationships which can lead to feelings of resentment, frustration or power struggles, or at the other end of the scale, removing yourself from close relationships all together because it is simply just too complicated. If you’re unsure whether co-dependency affects you have a read of this fantastic article that covers it in detail.

The good news is that whatever issues you are consciously dealing with or that are subconsciously affecting your life and relationships, VortexHealing can work on clearing them at a very deep level. Given that we only get once crack around the track in this life, letting go of old issues can be incredibly liberating and create a real sense of freedom for peace to emerge.

To get more information on how VortexHealing can help you, please check out the VortexHealing page or email tania@tanialouise.com to book in for a session.

Wishing you freedom and peace,

Tania x

Better out than in…

July 18, 2014 by Tania Louise Leave a Comment

So this week has been all about surrendering & accepting what is and funnily enough it hasn’t been easy! Most of the time the wise part of me is present in the background, guiding me back on track, soothing me when I’m riled and encouraging me to stay out of any dramas. This week however, I think she may have gone on holiday and left me with the un-awakened part of me that is prone to a bit of drama and woe, as it hasn’t been smooth.

When life gets a little bumpier, as it does from time to time, before I can reach peace and acceptance I have to find an outlet for getting out whatever it is that is pushing my buttons. If I keep it in I very quickly feel out of balance. For me journalling and EFT work best. What doesn’t work best is express how I feel when I’m in the midst of it, as once it’s out, it’s out! You see, while I am calm and centered a lot of the time, I have also inherited my dad’s Ukrainian fireyness, and we need to Let.It.Out. But as I’ve discovered over the years, there’s a healthy way and then there’s the other way.

In the work I do with clients a lot of the time people have been keeping stuff in; old hurts, regrets, anger, disappointment, guilt, and because it hasn’t been resolved, it has dragged the person down to a place where they feel out of balance, unhappy, and unable to fully move on to a place of peace. Strong and painful emotions kept in can hugely stress our body, and if left unresolved, I believe can affect our health. There are plenty of ways that people learn to deal with their stuff such as having distractions that could include shopping, drinking, eating or working, but these never get to the truth of the matter, and what we resist persists, so we may as well do something about it.

Journalling is something that I’ve been doing for the last couple of years as part of the counselling courses I’ve been on. We’re encouraged to write about whatever comes up for us in class as well as in every day life. I have found that having this space to get everything out on the page is really therapeutic. Sometimes though you can journal about it, meet a friend and rant about it, or have a good old shout but the issue isn’t cleared and it will just keep on repeating itself in your life, one way or another, until we really tackle it and heal it. The best method for truly getting to the roots of our issues that I have found is EFT, which stands for Emotional Freedom Techniques.

EFT looks unusual and it is unusual; tapping on different energy points in the body, tuning into uncomfortable feelings that we usually prefer to keep in, and forgiving our selves, all out loud, can feel awkward and bonkers in equal measure when we start. But once you get into the swing of things it can also be incredibly liberating and, most importantly, deeply effective and transformational. In a session I tend to work intuitively and I’m often told that it’s like I’m in the person’s head once we get tapping and talking. I encourage my clients to tap on all issues that arise, and to use it as a self-help tool in their daily life, as part of the session involves me teaching the process to the client. To see EFT in action please check out my YouTube channel where I post EFT demos as well as guided meditations.

I personally use EFT to help me work through and process uncomfortable stuff that arises in my life, and I love how quickly it can take down the intensity of my feelings and create space for clarity and peace to arise. Sometimes though I forget I have this amazing tool, and I’ll go a few days, getting pulled into an issue or a drama, and then at some point the fog lifts and I remember EFT. That aha moment is like a slap to the head; here I am getting stressed and not getting anywhere with it, and all along there’s a way to alleviate it…doh!

Occasionally though we prefer to stay in life’s dramas; we may think it’s giving up, or giving in, to let go, and of course this way of thinking doesn’t lead to peace either. For this I have found self-enquiry to be a life saver as it can help to retrain our thinking from limiting and unhelpful to empowering and supportive. During sessions when it’s appropriate I share the techniques I have picked up from teachers over the years as they can be wonderfully transformational.

Next week I’ll share with you some of the best tips I’ve found for creating a more empowering head-space. In the meantime if you feel you would benefit from learning this transformational and effective technique to help you deal with life’s bumps and unresolved emotional stuff, please email tania@tanialouise.com and we’ll arrange a chat to talk more about how it may be able to help you.

Until then, wishing you a lovely and peaceful weekend,

Tania x

Healing the food & body image groundhog day with EFT

July 7, 2014 by Tania Louise Leave a Comment

Recently in a session with a client we were doing EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques – see the diagram below for the tapping points) and tapping on her thoughts around her weight, and her relationship with her body and food. As with many of the clients I see with issues around this topic, this lifelong battle of yo-yo dieting, and a dislike, and in some cases hatred of her parts of her body, was really affecting the quality of her life. Food was always at the back of her mind, and when she was being strict about following a healthy regime, the fear of slipping back into being overweight and losing control was always present.

As you can imagine, living like this is neither happy or balanced. With the majority of clients that I see who have a similar relationship with food and weight the treatment I usually find most effective to get to the roots of these limiting thoughts and patterns is EFT. During a session we tap on all the feelings that have been stuffed down, usually with food or drink, or other distracting habits such as shopping. Lifting the lid off these painful feelings of unworthiness and getting to the roots of these feelings isn’t the easiest process, but people usually find they can begin to see things in a clearer way, and learn to find respect and even love for themselves and their bodies. EFT tapping points

As mentioned last week I’m on a month-long detox and at the start of week 2 I am feeling lighter and clearer but I have noticed my emotions are a little more tender than usual and I do feel more sensitive. Recently, pre-detox, when I have felt this way I would’ve reached for a perk-me-up coffee, or in the evening a glass of wine or some chocolate, to numb the feelings away. Not having these emotional crutches to reach for I am having to feel what I feel and tap on whatever arises. It’s an interesting process but strangely, I am enjoying the clarity of my feelings, and even though I am having a few detox wobbles, I love that I am dealing with whatever was waiting to be noticed; that quiet voice within, that can easily be drowned out by life’s distractions and indulgences.

While I do go for seasonal detoxes to clean out my system I haven’t ever dieted and don’t own a pair of scales. I know from experience that if I deny myself something I tend to think about it more and that takes up precious energy that I could be using more productively. I also believe that enjoying my occasional indulgences is one of the joys of life. Rather than eat a pizza and feel full of remorse afterwards I prefer to enjoy every mouthful and know that it is a weekly treat.

I see so many people, usually women, who have an out of balance relationship with food and their bodies, and who are forever denying themselves what they want, and then end up going off diet, beating themselves up about it, feeling full of guilt and then having to repeat. It’s a body/weight groundhog day and one in which the middle path – moderation – and learning to appreciate the skin you’re in, can provide a living solution moving forward. First though, exploring the underlying emotions of why we reach for food or drink is the area that needs tackling first. Body and weight issues are rarely about the food itself and most often have their roots in childhood. It may be that a grandparent was a loving influence in your life and gave you sweets to make you feel better, or perhaps you felt pressured to be a certain weight to fit in but found it hard to live up to these standards and ate to comfort yourself.

Whatever the reason, EFT can provide quick and effective results so that you work through the underlying issues and learn to have a healthier relationship with yourself and food, and get off the yo-yo dieting hamster wheel once and for all.

Someone who enjoys a healthy relationship with food is Corrie actress Cath Tyldesley who enjoys nurturing her body with healthy food and exercise but who will also treat herself. Her recent blog for Hello! Magazine talks about the EFT sessions she has had with me and some of the exercises that work for her.

To accompany this blog I have recorded an EFT video which gives you an idea how to tap using EFT and focuses specifically on food and our emotional relationship with it. If you haven’t tried EFT before I recommend tapping along to it, making sure to use your words when tapping on foods so that it resonates with you.

If you would like more information on how EFT can help you or would like to book in for an in-person session or a session via Skype, please email tania@tanialouise.com and I’ll be in touch.

Wishing you a healthy, happy week,

Tania x

Dry July…

July 1, 2014 by Tania Louise Leave a Comment

Today is the first day of my healthy, detox dry July and so far, so good. But then again, it is only day 1! Usually I’m fairly in balance and only have coffee occasionally and indulge at weekends but the last few months have seen me go to yoga less and hit the coffee more. So this month it’s all about cleaning out my system; no caffeine, alcohol or junk food and cutting right down on sugar, wheat and gluten. I will be doing lots more alkalising with lemony water throughout the day, superfood smoothies, salads and lots of herbal teas. Before bed I will be indulging in soul-soothing Epsom salt baths as they are wonderful for detoxing, relaxing the central nervous system, topping up my magnesium levels and helping me drop off to sleep. If you haven’t already tried them I really recommend giving them a go; they are amazing!

I’m also planning to create more time in my life for those little joyful moments that I’m usually rushing around too much to miss. Running two businesses and working for myself means that I can end up taking care of everyone but me. I realised this last month and have started to make more changes; sitting in the garden watching the family of woodpeckers who have been feasting on our bird feeder every day, rediscovering my love of reading and getting lost in some wonderful books, and just taking the time to meditatively stroke my wonderful sweet-hearted dog. Life is short and we only get one crack around the track. Being busy is just another form of distraction for many of us and it can give us a sense of purpose and meaning to our lives. But when I really became more mindful of my own ‘busyness’ I realised it was pretty devoid of meaning and that I had simply created a habit of being on the hamster wheel.

Letting go of this busyness habit is taking some getting used to, and at first guilt arose that ‘I should’ be doing something, and resistance got in the way. I’m not a big fan of ‘shoulds’, self-imposed or otherwise so I have pushed on through and gradually I’m starting to notice changes.

At first it was a little disconcerting as when you create space in your life, stuff arises, which is why so many of us are good at being busy, so the things we don’t want to face don’t have the space to emerge. For me some feelings arose and also a delicious sense of inner space has started to make itself felt. I have had the space to tap on the uncomfortable feelings and indulge in some wonderful self-healing and now I’m very much committed to keeping up this space creation project to see what other magic arises.

It’s now 10.30pm and the last few hours have seen me glued to the screen making some tweaks on this shiny new website that my lovely hubby has created for me. After being known as Tania from Prism Healing (or Prison Healing as some people have misheard over the years) I am now rebranding as Tania Louise and I feel excited about this new energy that this makeover has brought.

I hope you enjoy checking out my new site, which should be hopefully finished by the end of this week.

Until next time,

Light-filled hugs,

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