Swansea Life
The Gower Retreat Holistic Centre offers a
range of relaxing sessions.
RETREATS LIFE COACHING
If yoga is not your thing or you don’t think it will
be enough to cheer you up, you may just need If visiting a psychotherapist sounds too
a break. Taking time out of your schedule to daunting then you may want to try a life coach.
Lynne Wager
recharge your batteries is very important. Life coaching originated in the US more than
20 years ago, and has been developing more
As a guest staying at one of the many retreat recently in the UK.
centres in Swansea, you will receive great care
and attention. One place you can relax is at Life coaching is not therapy or counselling;
the Gower Retreat Holistic Centre. This serene it does not delve into the past, but helps you
retreat is based in an idyllic location where to move forward in your life and tackle your
you can enjoy the mystic charms of the Gower. personal challenges. A life coach works with
There is a 23-acre property and the opportunity you to bridge the gap between your dreams
to change your lifestyle through yoga, Ayurvedic and your life.
bodywork and a good diet.
“Coming here is like taking a break without
travelling to Spain or somewhere,” says Alaea
Beynon, along with husband Rex, the owner
“It’s Important
of the centre. They provide you with a series
of body-work sessions, yoga sessions and a
to look
healthy vegetarian menu to help you transform
stress into vitality.
at what’s
Winter blues, Alaea says, can make your cycles
go out of sync. She suggests keeping to a
stoppIng you.”
regular sleeping pattern, doing breathing work
to strengthen your nervous system and eating
warm foods.
There are many different types of life coaches
Eating a large meal in the middle of the day
who work with all types of dreams and goals.
and in the evening will help too. “Mood swings
When women come to see her they are
They take an objective view of your life
are caused by toxins, which are created by an
generally looking at their career. “Some
and motivate you to take steps that lead to
inefficient digestive system,” she explains. At
women are negotiating their life stages with
success.
this retreat centre, the use of Ayurveda works
the choices that they have to make and
to strengthen the nervous system. They help
realising that they can’t have it all,” she says.
Lynne Wager, director of Well Training, which
you work out a new lifestyle, which will make
“It’s important to look at what’s stopping you
is a professional counsellor training service
you feel better.
and also where you are at with your life.”
based in Swansea, has worked with problems
such as stress, anxiety, bereavement,
They offer a range of residential workshops to
Christmas is supposed to be a joyous time;
relationship difficulties, depression, anger
stimulate the body, mind and spirit. Just one
however it can be filled with problems for
management, abuse, eating disorders, self-
day’s activity will be sure to undo any tensions
some. Life coaching helps individuals look
harm, trauma and difficulties in living.
you may have and renew your energy for your
ahead to the future.
next adventure.
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