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6. Celtic tree astrology January 8. Healthy chicken jalfrezi 10. January movie previews 12’. competiton 14. Whats on JAnuary 16. Your garden in January 19. Healthy hearty and Happy

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Celtic Tree Zodiac

January, Tree Rowan You may be feeling restless, a short break or an activity that involves being active may help.

Your social life should be quite busy, so remember not to get swept along and follow your intuition, slow down and chill out when you feel you really need to relax.

Keywords. Have fun, seek balance.

August. Tree Vine.

Although this is your birth month, remember to treat yourself kindly and not over do things.

You can be very outspoken and this can lead to confrontations. Why not put your energies and emotions into interests or hobbies you feel quite passionate about. Birthday blessings.

Keywords. Self control, have fun.

February. Tree Ash You may have been doing some study for research, or you may have had some incident that has given you a new outlook on something.

This has given you food for thought, and we feel there are things holding you back from your goals.

Maybe seek some advice from a close and reliable friend or relative.

Keywords, Seek calm and Clarity.

September. Tree Ivy. This month you may need to cut yourself some slack, and stop being so hard on yourself.

There may be some changes due and sometimes you don’t deal well with things changing. Remember change can bring new opportunities so try to go with the flow and not fight against the tide.

Keywords. Flexibility and opportunity

March, Tree Alder.

Take time to listen to your inner wisdom , and try to find a good solution to something that is causing you some bother at the moment. You have a great inner strength, and this will help to see through any difficulties that may be with you at the moment.

Keywords. Trust your intuition and inner strength.

October. Tree Broom Try and be a little more aware of the way others feel, and be gentle with your words.

Changes look to be coming your way, this isn’t necessarily a bad thing as you may have felt a little stuck in your ways of late. If there is something you have been wanting to do now maybe the right time to go for it.

Keywords. Flexibility and challenge

April. Tree Willow.

Looks like time for some clearing and cleansing.

This may be both emotionally and on a practical level.This may bring something that you have been avoiding.Once this has been done, you will find things make you easier and clearer, trust your feelings and intuition at this time.

Keywords, Learn to let go May. Tree Oak. It’s like some information could come your way, You have been feeling Indecisive a bit about some issues. Things that have gone slow or have been obstructed should begin to ease.

Your social life is beginning to pick up too.

There could well be some changes for you this month, and some new opportunities.

Keywords. Decisions and changes.

June. Tree Holly.

This could be a good time to do some sorting and getting rid of any unwanted things in your life. This includes emotional things too. Something will come to light that will be of some use to you.

Communication is highlighted, this is your time to say what you feel and also to listen to others.

Keywords, Clearing and communication.

July. Tree Hazel Something you have been trying to ignore here needs to be dealt with that means facing some kind of responsibility. Whatever it is you have been trying to avoid, you will find that the changes it will bring to you will be very favourable.

Keywords. Responsibility and balance

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November. Tree Elder.

It may be that you have been very active, or maybe chilling out too much, which ever of these now is a good time for seeking balance. If there have been difficulties recently these things need to be dealt with sooner rather than later.

This may be something to do with sorting your living space, you may find you decide to redecorate.You may also find a renewed passion for a lost interest or find a new hobby.

Keywords. Balance and renewal December. Tree Birch.

You have an outgoing and friendly nature it may be wise to just be a little more aware of who you share your thoughts and feelings with.

Some cleansing for your surroundings or yourself is likely. You may feel the need for some changes.

Keywords. Changes due

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Healthy Chicken jalfrezi Instead of calling the Indian takeaway, make your own easy chicken jalfrezi. This curry is also healthy with two of your 5-a-day and a dose of vitamin C

Ingredients For the sauce ½ large onion, roughly chopped 2 garlic cloves, chopped 1 green chilli, finely chopped vegetable oil, for frying 400g can plum tomatoes 1 tbsp ground coriander 1 tbsp ground cumin 1 tsp turmeric

For the meat & veg 2-3 chicken breasts, diced 1 tsp ground cumin 1 tsp ground coriander 1 tsp turmeric ½ large onion, sliced 1 red pepper, chopped 2 red chillies, finely chopped (optional) 2 tsp garam masala handful of fresh, chopped coriander leaves cooked basmati rice or naan bread to serve

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Method

Take 2-3 diced chicken breasts and coat in 1 tsp cumin, 1 tsp coriander and 1 tsp turmeric then leave it to marinate in the fridge while you make the sauce.

To make the sauce, fry ½ roughly chopped large onion, 2 chopped garlic cloves and 1 finely chopped green chilli in a large pan with a little vegetable oil, for around 5 mins, until browned.

Add 300ml water to the onion mixture and simmer for around 20 minutes.

Meanwhile, put a 400g can plum tomatoes in a food processor and give it a good whizz (aim for a smooth consistency).

Heat another large pan and gently fry 1 tbsp coriander, 1 tbsp cumin and 1 tsp turmeric in a splash of oil for about a minute. Add the tomatoes to this pan and simmer for around 10 minutes.

Next, whizz your onion mixture in the food processor and add it to the spiced tomato sauce. Season generously, stir, then simmer for 20 minutes. You can make large batches of this sauce and freeze it for later use.

Fry the marinated chicken in vegetable oil and stir continuously. After a few minutes, turn down the heat and add the remaining ½ sliced onion, 1 chopped red pepper and 2 finely chopped red chillies. Stir until the onions and pepper soften.

Add the sauce you prepared earlier to the cooked chicken and simmer for around 10-20 minutes, adding a splash of water if it gets too thick.

Just before you dish it up, stir in 2 tsp garam masala and handful of chopped coriander leaves. Serve with basmati rice or naan bread.

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Movie Previews For January While you might be tempted to take yourself to the gym or yoga class as a result of eating too much turkey, Cineworld are also giving you plenty of reasons to stay glued to your cinema seat. The new year brings with it lots of exciting big screen releases, and here is just a few of them.

After movies like The Favourite, Welcome to Marwen, and The Front Runner start the year in style between January 1st and 11th respectively, it’s on the 18th that the third and final film in M. Night Shyamalan’s Unbreakable trilogy arrives.

Glass picks up immediately after the events of Split, forcing James McAvoy’s Horde, Bruce Willis’ Overseer, and, of course, Samuel L. Jackson’s Mr Glass together for a different kind of superhero epic 20 years in the making!

Then on the same day, Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie butt heads in Josie Rourke’s historical drama film, Mary Queen of Scots, which chronicles the 1569 conflict between the queens of England and Scotland. Expect plenty of intrigue, betrayal, drama, and more.

Winding us down towards the end of the month just one week later on January 25th is A Dog’s Way Home, an endearing tale for all the family which follows one dog’s 400-mile journey to find its owner. If ever you wanted proof that dog really is man’s best friend, this might be it.

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Venue: Leigh Court, Pill Road, Abbots Leigh, Bristol Antiques,Vintage & Collectables Fair Event Date: 13th Jan Description: Over 50 stalls in 2 function rooms selling a wide range collectables including books, silver, ceramics, coins, jewellery antique and modern, glassware, toys, retro & vintage homeware, furniture, military medals and Victoriarna . Monthly fair held the second Sunday of the month Venue: Bawa Club, Southmead Road Bristol

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Bristol Wine Tasting Experience Day - ’World of Wine’ Event Date: 19th Jan Description: Fun Bristol Wine-Tasting Experience Day at Rosa Tapas and Bar in Clifton delicious 3 course food and wine matching Lunch..Great Gift Idea Venue: Rosa Tapas and Bar, 85 Whiteladies Rd, Bristol, UK Hypnobirthing two-day course Event Date: 20th Jan 27th Jan Description: Hypnobirthing provides you with the knowledge and tools to let go of fears and anxieties surrounding childbirth, and instead focus on building positivity and confidence. It will change your perceptions of birth from the painful, unmanageable ordeal that society has programmed women to expect, to the instinctive, gentle and empowering experience that birth should be – one where your body does exactly what it was designed to do!

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Venue: Oldbury Court Estate, Oldbury Court Road, Fishponds, Bristol Crowdfunding and Alternative Finance for Business Event Date: 29th Jan Description: We have put together a workshop with 2 guest speakers who specialise in their field of Crowdfunding and Alternative finance.

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Your Garden In January The garden in January needs to be prepared for all sorts of weather and if you’ve been following our advice over the last few months your hard work is done for now. Most plants are dormant this month as they sleep through the cold weather, but there are still a few things to do in the garden. Spring is just around the corner and work can be done to prepare for the warmth of the new season. When its not too cold bed and borders can be dug over and lawn edges can be repaired and re-shaped. Don’t forget to keep feeding the birds, as food is scare for them over the winter.

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Natural food sources for birds are in short supply during the winter. Give them a helping hand by putting food for them. Keep food topped up but not full all the time – little and often is best.

Plant of the month: Helleborus Why should you plant them?

Popular because they flower in the cold winter and early spring, Hellebores herald the start of the New Year bringing a touch of colour to the garden, commonly known as ‘Christmas Roses’ they are easy to grow and very hardy. They produce attractive flowers and their leaves create a perfect evergreen backdrop to spring flowering bulbs.

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Dig over bare ground Run a fork through your vegetable patch or flowerbeds. This will help to aerate – getting air into the soil is important because plant roots need oxygen. Choose a dry day when the soil isn’t too wet.

Don’t break your back breaking down large lumps of soil. Keeping them can help air circulate and any later frost will break them up.

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Healthy, Hearty And Happy Luke And Francesca Launch The 321 Effect

“We’ve had it checked and approved by some great nutritionists, who have helped us to perfect its detail. Alongside the ethos and the wider message of mindfulness and spirituality, it’s our articulation of what’s helped us recover from the problems we’ve overcome.”Subscribers to The 321 Effect website will be given full access to its nutritional information, recipes, meal plans and an app to help diarise and A Bristol couple who’ve overcome the depths of log their meals and calories. As well as meal plans depression and eating disorders have launched a which include meat and fish, vegans, vegetarians new online community for people looking to and are catered for, with a food directory providing maintain balance in diet and wellbeing. Based new options for foods people may not have tried on the premise that healthy eating is about how before. Meanwhile short courses, yoga videos, you feel, not how you look, The 321 Effect (www. the321effect.com) is a holistic approach to spiritual- meditation downloads and daily affirmations are available to those looking to focus on mental and ity, diet and mindfulness. spiritual welbeing.“Learning to love our bodies is not always easy but it is possible,” said Francesca.

Set up by husband and wife team Luke and Francesca, The 321 Effect is the result of a year of Being kind to yourself is the biggest gift that you are able to give. It can completely change how you research and clarity of thought, following several years of struggle with mental wellbeing. As recently perceive your body and your life. as last year, Luke suffered suicidal thoughts and “So the communication’s really important too. Part of panic attacks due to depression and anxiety. Francesca, meanwhile, struggled with buli- learning to feel comfortable in yourself is realising that you’re not alone – so if we can get our mia and body confidence for many years after subscribers to talk to each other and share giving birth to her first child 12 years ago. experiences, that’s a crucial part of what we can However both adults – Luke is 31 and Francesca is offer.” Luke recently recovered from frequent bouts of depression and anxiety, partly due to the pres30 – have since discovered a new stability both sures of running a successful electrical business. physically and mentally and are keen to pass Since then he has learned self-help techniques from on the benefits of what they have learned. They the likes of spiritual leader Eckhart Tolle and sees have created a subscription-based website full of The 321 Effect as a means of sharing that knowlrecipes, diet plans, mindfulness and meditation techniques, health and fitness advice, alongside an edge. “I was in a constant state of anxiety all last ST year,” he said.

“When I started1letting it go, the bulk online communityPRESS for people to share–experiences RELEASE UNDER EMBARGO until JANUARY , 2019 of it was gone. You’re not your mind, and you’re not and be upfront about the challenges they face. yourfaults – if you realise that those things aren’t a HEALTHY, HEARTY AND HAPPY – LUKE AND FRANCESCA LAUNCH T It includes healthy versions of popular meals from problem for anyone else –then they can stop being a problem for you, too. leading restaurant chains, to give people the enjoyment of eating out but in a home environment.

And the couple have also focused heavily on vegan food, dedicating an entire section of the website to vegan food plans.

Francesca said: “People wanting to feel better about themselves and their eating habits are often trapped in a cycle, involving years and years of up and down, emotionally as well as physically. Luke and I have both been on that roller-coast and we know it’s not fun. The 321 Effect is aimed helping people break the cycle. It’s a meal planner made by real people, for real people.

“The 321 Effect is about helping people reach that stage, as a result of eating habits, mindfulness, or a combination of both. We want to help people who “The 321 Effect embraces our thoughts on the have been in the same state as we were. concept that everything is fine in moderation.

Eating sweets and chocolate, for example, is fine if “We want to provide guidelines to healthy eating you limit it. It makes you feel good but too much of which make people feel good about themselves – which bring some enjoyment and happiness without anything can make you feel miserable. being prescriptive, competitive and guilt-laden.

“In fact, weight loss isn’t really part of the plan at all “So: three parts healthy, such as beans, – it’s a convenient by-product, if anything. It’s vegetables, fruit; two parts hearty – meat, fish, carbs – and one part happy food like puddings and about feeling good about who you are inside, and and help Francesca Hawker of “We The 321 Effect howLuke diet can you achieve that. are what snacks. If you stick to those ratios and combine it with some physical and mindful attention, we think we eat and if we want to be healthy, hearty and happy then would seem like common sense to eat A Bristol couple who’ve overcome the itdepths of depression and eating it will serve you well. accordingly.”

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