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FASHION SHOW

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Holywood Music Festival’s Committee invites you to a Spring Fashion Show at Sullivan Upper School on Wednesday, 9th March at 7.30 p.m. ebruary is over, the days are getting longer, there have been occasional signs of sunshine and the birds are beginning to sing, so we can believe – and not hope - that Spring is on the way. You’re very warmly invited to welcome the change of

seasons by joining us at Sullivan for a fashion show presented by Lulu Blu, which can be found in Church Road, Holywood. We will have a range of models and the show will be compered by Alison Fleming, a former pupil of the school who is

SPRING STROLL Join RSPB NI reserve warden Chris Sturgeon for a guided walk around Belfast’s Window on Wildlife - a haven for nature nestled in the bustling Harbour Estate. Highlights might include migrant flocks of black-tailed godwits, breeding moorhens, coots and mallards, feeding swallows, house martins and swifts, and courting common terns! PRICE: Members free / £5 adults & £3 children (includes admission) HOW TO BOOK: Email Shelly. Ovadia@rspb.org.uk or call 028 9046 1458

much better known as a journalist who presented UTV news and current affairs programmes for many years and who lives and works in Holywood. Tickets cost £12.00, which includes refreshments, and they can be bought at Lulu Blu or from any of

the members of the Music Festival Committee. If you want to join us and have any difficulty getting a ticket, please contact either Marianne Underwood at 9076-0545 or Joanne Boyd at 9076-1472. We look forward to seeing you on 9 March!

NEWS IN BRIEF

Holywood Connects

The next meeting of Holywood Connects will be held at Tesco Community Room on Monday 21st March 6pm – 8pm. If you want to attend, please telephone Redburn Community Centre (02890 428036). Holywood Connects is a forum for Holywood people to meet together to discuss matters of mutual interest.

We Are Sailing - Exhibition

An exploration of local sailing clubs and their history. The 150th anniversary of the Royal Ulster Yacht Club will be celebrated in 2016. To acknowledge this milestone North Down Museum presents ‘We are Sailing’, an exploration of local sailing clubs and their history. Sailing clubs play an important role in our coastal towns both socially and economically and this exhibition will delve into their past. 9th March - 1st May. Tues - Sat, 10am-4.30pm. Sun 12noon-4.30pm. Closed on Mondays except Bank Holidays

Giant LEGO® Brick Animal Trail and Workshops at Castle Espie PERFECT FOR LEGO FANS YOUNG AND OLD Animal Trail For five weeks the world’s most popular toy will bring families closer to nature at Castle Espie Wetland Centre. The Giant LEGO® Brick Animal Trail will URGED TO ENTER 2016 RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS AWARDS be in place to 20 March, with ten sculptures sitting among some usiness in the Community partnership with Ulster Wildlife of their real-life cousins. The is calling on Holywood Trust awesome models, which include firms to enter the 2016 • Employer of Choice, sponsored a giant otter, a massive mallard Responsible Business Awards in by Arthur Cox and a huge goose, will form a Northern Ireland. Applications • Employability Champion, trail for kids (and big kids) to can be made online at www.bitcni. sponsored by Delta Packaging inspire them to build a better org.uk/awards. Entries close on • Community Impact Champion, future for nature. Follow the Friday 25 March 2016 with the sponsored by Belfast Harbour trail around the nature reserve to gala awards ceremony taking • Education Partner, sponsored by discover how many LEGO bricks place in Belfast Waterfront Hall Allen & Overy have been used to make each on Thursday 2 June. • Workplace Health and Wellbeing, animal. Visitors can also enter The awards are run by Business sponsored by Benenden a competition to win their own in the Community and sponsored • Marketplace Leadership, in LEGO kit. for the seventh year by Electric partnership with Fujitsu Ireland. They are open to firms Companies seeking recognition Workshops here of all sizes and from all for their responsible business at Every weekend, during the sectors. There are nine categories a national level may be interested February half term holidays up for grabs in 2016: in the UK Responsible Business (Mon 15 – Fri 19 Feb) and on St • NI Responsible Company of the Awards, also run by Business in Patrick’s Day (Thurs 17 March). Year, sponsored by BT the Community. Find out more at • Resource Efficiency Champion, in www.bitc.org.uk/awards. To find During your day out at Castle partnership with WRAP out more, visit www.bitcni.org.uk/ Espie’s Giant LEGO® Brick Animal Trail take part in a fun • Business & Biodiversity, in awards or call (028) 9046 0606 filled LEGO® workshop and leave with your very own model to take home. During the hour take part in three exciting tasks. At the start two teams and will be racing to build against the clock.Then with the workshop On Saturday 12th of March from 12- 4pm Rudolp Steiner School host leader’s guidance build a model their annual Easter Festival. It’s free admission and along with puppet of a duckling to take home. shows, children craft activities, including candle making and easter Finally, take part in the great gardens, they are having an international street food theme and a animal escape. Building a Lego visit from the owls. They of course always have an easter egg trail and brick car to safely transport your professional stalls as well as nearly new books and children clothes. animals and test it out on the A great day out for all the family. ramp! Workshops advised for 34 CROFT ROAD | 028 90 428029 | INFO@HOLYWOOD-STEINER.CO.UK ages 4+ plus.

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CITY AIRPORT SUPPORTS ‘GIANT’ LEAP FOR LOCAL EDUCATION Partnership with Belfast Giants to deliver healthy living programme in Knocknagoney Primary School

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Taking a trip out on the ice at the SSE Arena to launch the scheme are Belfast Giant players Adam Keefe and Mitch Ganzak, along with Michelle Hatfield from the airport, Kayla Thomson and Ayden Paterson from Knocknagoney Primary School.

undreds of Greater Belfast primary schoolchildren are set to benefit from an education programme focused on healthy eating and living an active lifestyle, thanks to an exciting new partnership between George Best Belfast City Airport and the Belfast Giants. Entitled ‘Giant Fliers’, the initiative will see Belfast Giants players visiting four primary schools across the city once a week for four weeks to deliver the programme to key stage two pupils. The primary schools involved are Seaview, St Malachy’s, Knocknagoney and St Kevin’s. A key part

of the scheme will provide the P5-7 pupils with the opportunity to watch their new ‘teachers’ in action by attending a Belfast Giants home match at the Odyssey Arena. The programme is the latest to receive support from Belfast City Airport’s Community Fund which, now in its seventh year, has provided over £250,000 of financial support to more than 100 local community projects and groups. Michelle Hatfield, Director of Human Resources and Corporate Responsibility at Belfast City Airport, said: “The importance to young people of eating

healthily and living an active lifestyle cannot be overstated and helping to facilitate young people to do this is one of the key aims of the airport’s Community Fund. “The Belfast Giants have made a hugely positive contribution to the local community since they arrived in 2000 and we are delighted to partner with them for the Giant Fliers programme, which will not only enrich the children’s education, but help to instil healthy eating and living habits at an early age. “We look forward to seeing the children getting involved and hearing how

they take on board the messages being delivered by the players. The scheme will appeal to children who love sport and already exercise, as well as to those who maybe don’t exercise enough.” Giant Fliers was launched at the SSE Arena recently, with pupils from all four schools in attendance. The first school visit is set to take place this month. Each month will see the programme visit an individual school, with the first week bringing the ‘Healthy Eating’ message to the young people and the next three weeks focusing on the ‘Active Lifestyle’ message.

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HUB CLUB March 2016

SAY HELLO To The Holywood Hub olywood is fortunate in having a website where the organizations of the town can present themselves to the public. The Holywood Hub (www.holywoodhub.org) provides a onestop site for finding out what is going on in the town. It is free of charge, and exists for sporting, educational and other voluntary organizations as well as businesses. Any organization connected to Holywood can have its details listed on the site. Once joined up, they can post up news and notices of future events taking place in the town. These events are also posted up on a Facebook page, “Holywood Calendar and Hub”. The site reflects the liveliness and diversity of life in a small town. Events currently advertised include a lecture on family history, a course in tai chi by international teachers and information about dementia-friendly church services. The

site aspires to include on the Hub most of the organizations of Holywood, cafes, and retailers, churches and sports clubs, solicitors and dentists. Only last week, a fresh contributor to the site was a wholly new company, “LadyGeekGeek Website Construction”. To join up, organizations can send a message via the site’s Contacts page and then fill in a short questionnaire, allowing them to become Contributors. Details of the organizations are then quickly posted up on the site. Contributors are then free to put up news and forthcoming events. The site was set up last summer through a collaboration between Ardmore Advertising, MacCauley and Richie Solicitors and Holywood Shared Town. Since then, it has gone from strength to strength. Nearly fifty organizations are listed and these put up regular postings of news and events.

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Have You Ever Wondered What It Takes To Be A Samaritan? BANGOR AND NORTH DOWN BRANCH IS URGING YOU TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

veryone has it in them to be a Samaritans volunteer. To touch another person’s life when it really matters, either by giving them the space to talk through how they are feeling or by helping to keep the charity’s branches running so the service can be offered by others. Bangor and North Down Branch of Samaritans is making a plea to members of the local community, to sign up to support people who might not have anywhere else to turn. If you have just a few spare hours

a week they would like to hear from you. Based on Dufferin Avenue the Bangor and North Down Branch currently has 60 volunteers and is always looking to recruit more people to ensure the branch can continue to offer its services to the local community. Samaritans offers round-the-clock emotional support for anyone struggling to cope. The confidential service is offered by phone, email, text, letter and face-to-face. Deirdre Walsh, Director said: “We are currently beginning a new

recruitment exercise with the aim of recruiting more listening volunteers to answer calls from people who are struggling to cope. However, there are a wide range of other roles available in the branch to suit people with different skills. We need people with administrative and IT skills and those who can organise fundraising and outreach activities, to name a few. If you think that volunteering with Samaritans might be for you, why don’t you come along to one of our Information/Selection

event being held in 92 Dufferin Avenue, Bangor on Saturday 12th March at 10.00 am”? New volunteer Caroline said: “Choosing to volunteer with Samaritans has been a brilliant opportunity for me. I received extensive training, ongoing support and really valued having a mentor to guide me. “It’s an amazing opportunity for personal development and growth too, as, you discover things about yourself, as a Samaritan, that you weren’t previously aware of”.

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LEFT: Players chairman David Marshall with the NODA award, together with NODA President Chris Ingram and Sheelagh Hobart, the regional representative for Ireland, at a NODA-organised seminar on 30 January. BELOW: An early rehearsal for the upcoming Nobody’s Perfect production.

Our community is fortunate to have a number of flourishing amateur dramatic societies. One such is the Helen’s Bay Players who will shortly celebrate their golden anniversary. While the Players have supplied a varied diet of entertainment for the past 49 years, their more customary fare is now comedies and farces. any LOOP readers will have enjoyed their production this January of Inspector Drake’s Last Case, which attracted excellent audiences. One expert critic, who has sat through many an amateur production, wrote that the Players ‘gave their audiences much laughter and enjoyment … [in] another one of the silliest plays I have seen.’ The next production, again in St John’s Church Hall, Fort Road, Helen’s Bay, from Thursday 17

to Saturday 19 March, is Nobody’s Perfect written by Simon Williams. This well-written and highly entertaining play tells the story of Leonard who tries to break into writing by entering a female-only romantic fiction competition. His problems start when he wins, but that is just the beginning. He has his wayward father and daughter to deal with as well. A great evening’s entertainment is once again assured. Tickets (£8 adult, £5 under 18) can be

purchased in advance from Square Cut in Station Square, Helen’s Bay, or through the Arts and North Down Council Visitor Information Centre (or the Council website), or at the door on the night. Last year, the Players’ high standard was recognised in their winning the National Operatic and Dramatic Association (NODA) award for best drama in the Wales and Ireland region, for their production of Searching for Doctor Branowicz.

(The photograph pictures current Players chairman David Marshall with the award, together with NODA President Chris Ingram and Sheelagh Hobart, the regional representative for Ireland, at a NODA-organised seminar on 30 January this year.) The Helen’s Bay Players would be delighted to hear from anyone with an interest in joining. More information can be found on Facebook, at http:// www.facebook.com/ TheHelensBayPlayers.

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FOOD/DRINK March 2016

GOING LOCO FOR COCO

VITA COCO COCONUT OIL IS AN ALL-PURPOSE WONDER POT. THE ULTIMATE COOKING INGREDIENT, BEAUTY SECRET YOU NEED TO KNOW AND ONE OF THE BEST NATURAL ENERGY SUPPLEMENTS OUT THERE, COCONUT OIL IS ORGANIC, 100% RAW AND COLD-PRESSED (WITH ALL OF ITS NATURAL GOODNESS).

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ing about using coconut oil in her recipes, blogger Indy Powersays: “I love using Vita Coco coconut oil in all my cooking, for both sweet and savoury dishes. It has so many amazing health benefits and can be used in so many ways - I use it on my hair, skin and nails as well as in my food! Its antimicrobial properties are great for digestion and it helps to prevent high cholesterol and high blood

pressure as well as supporting the healthy functioning of our immune system and thyroid. It's so easy to cook with because of its lovely subtle taste, which doesn’t over-power other flavours and because it tolerates high temperatures it’s the perfect substitute for butter and other oils when baking."The Little Green Spoon’s Cranberry Pistachio Breakfast Squares are made using honey, almond

butter, deshelled pistachio, gluten free oats, desiccated coconut, dried cranberries, coarse salt and of course Vita Coco Coconut Oil which is organic, 100% raw, extra virgin and cold pressed. These breakfast squares are a perfect option for on-the-go snacking during your commute or after a morning workout, providing you with long-lasting energy throughout your morning!

Cranberry Pistachio Breakfast Squares 4 Tablespoons of Vita Coco Coconut Oil 3 Tablespoons of Maple Syrup/Honey 4 Tablespoons of Almond Butter 1/2 Cup of Pistachios, Deshelled (75g) 1 Cup of Gluten Free Oats (100g) 1/4 Cup of Desiccated Coconut (20g) 1/2 Cup of Dried Cranberries (75g) Pinch of Coarse Salt

Preheat the oven to 180 C. Roughly chop the pistachios and add them to a baking sheet with the gluten free oats. Bake them at 180’C for about 8 minutes until lightly toasted, tossing once in the middle. While they’re cooking, roughly chop the dried cranberries and then add them to your food processor with the desiccated coconut. Add in the toasted pistachios and oats.

Add the Vita Coco coconut oil, almond butter, maple syrup and salt to a small saucepan on medium heat and whisk until smooth. When the mixture is completely melted, add it to the food processor and blend until you have a crumbly paste. Press the mixture tightly into a small baking tin lined with parchment paper. Pop it in the fridge for about an hour to set. Slice into squares and serve.

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Vita Coco Coconut Oil is ideal for cooking, adding to coffee or smoothies, spreading on toast, adding as a topping for popcorn and it can also give you a nutritional energy boost. Vita Coco Coconut Oil is available at Amazon, Tesco, Boots and Dunnes Stores across Northern Ireland and is available in 250ml (RRP £5.99), and 500ml (RRP £9.99) glass jars and a 750ml (RRP £14.50) PET jar. Vita Coco Coconut Water is available in three sizes: 330ml, 500ml and 1litre. With this new addition, Vita Coco Coconut Water is now widely available in four flavours (produced by combining the 100% natural coconut water with fruit puree, keeping the natural offering):

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HEALTh BEAUTY WELLBEING

BEAUTY & THE C WORD

This month is Ovarian Cancer Awareness month. 4 months ago all I could have told you about OC was that I had seen the City Hall lit up in teal, I had read of Una Crudden’s brave fight and her passion to raise awareness for something called ‘the silent killer’ but I didn’t know how it would feel to hear my Mum had been diagnosed with this very thing. Nothing is going to make dealing with this news less painful or chemotherapy less difficult. Indeed losing your hair is more emotional than I could ever have imagined…and it wasn’t even happening to me! But peppered throughout all the hard times have been special, relaxed, calm moments where I’ve been able to put my beauty skills to practice.

DEALING WITH CHEMOTHERAPY SKIN Skin will change. We kept things very simple, as the skin can become more sensitive and dry. To avoid this Mum has been using Yon-Ka Lait Nettoyant cleanser and Yon-Ka Nutri Defence moisturiser. Everything we are doing is to sooth, hydrate, nourish and replenish. For her body, an emollient cream such as E45 is comforting and will relieve dry, itchy skin.

NAILS They can become brittle, flaky and ridged. My top tips: • Use nail-strengthening cream, hand cream and cuticle oil (Dadi Oil is incredible) • Use an emery board instead of cutting your nails. • Wear gloves when doing chores. • Don’t use false nails. Nails can also become discoloured. Victoria Derbyshire on her blog recommended painting them to prevent/ disguise this. So far this trick has worked well! Jam n’ Jelly is mum’s fave colour and never fails to lift her spirits!

MAKE UP The tone of your skin may also change during treatment, becoming redder or blotchy. This may mean you need to change your foundation. I love Glow Time BB cream by Jane Iredale a wonderful foundation, great coverage and super comfortable for all day wear. Brows - Along with hair loss comes eyebrows thinning/disappearing. Mum has found a pencil the easiest - though we did experiment with a number of different products. The photo shows a before and after of the Sketch-a-Brow pencil from Senna

“MUM HAS FOUND A PENCIL THE EASIEST THE PHOTO SHOWS A BEFORE AND AFTER OF THE SKETCH-A-BROW PENCIL FROM SENNA”

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MUM’S THE WORD With Hastings Hotels hastingshotels.com TREAT YOUR MUM TO A REALLY SPECIAL MOTHER’S DAY THIS YEAR AND SURPRISE HER WITH A DELICIOUS LUNCH IN THE LUXURIOUS SURROUNDINGS OF A HASTINGS HOTEL. MARCH 6 IS THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW YOUR MUM JUST HOW MUCH YOU APPRECIATE HER AND HASTINGS HAVE A RANGE OF OFFERS AVAILABLE ACROSS THEIR SIX HOTELS WHICH MUM WILL JUST LOVE. arketing Director Julie Hastings explains why choosing a Hastings Hotel will help sons and daughters create the perfect Mother’s Day this year: “March 6 is the perfect time to show your Mum just how much you care and there is no better way to spoil her than to treat her to a delicious meal and luxurious experience at a Hastings Hotel. If you’re mummy prefers the buzz of a city centre location or a relaxing drive through breath-taking scenery to enjoy some of Northern Ireland’s finest sights, we have an option that she will be thrilled with. If you can’t decide what to get your Mum this year then why not try a Hastings Hotels gift voucher and let her decide for herself which hotel to visit,” added Julie.Check out the offers available with Hastings Hotels this Mother’s Day:

kids menu is also available for any little ones that come along to enjoy the special occasion. Mother’s Day Yellow Afternoon Tea If your Mum loves nothing more than a relaxing Afternoon Tea then the Europa Hotel is offering a ‘Yellow Rose’ afternoon tea which is available on March 5 and 6 from 2-5pm from only £28 per person including a beautiful yellow rose for all Mums and if you would like to add a sparkling cocktail, your Afternoon Tea will cost £36 per person.

/// Everglades Hotel, Derry~Londonderry The Everglades Hotel is offering a Grand Buffet Lunch this Mothering Sunday which can be enjoyed for only £26 for adults and £13 for children. The hotel is the perfect destination with views overlooking the River Foyle and just a short five minute drive /// Culloden Estate & Spa, Belfast into the bustling, historic Derry City Centre. The Relax in the sumptuous surroundings of the Culloden Everglades Hotel is also offering a special Mother’s Estate & Spa by enjoying a delicious Mother’s Day Day Afternoon Tea on March 5 from 1pm and for only lunch for £50 for adults, including a glass of Prosecco, £17 per person. and £20 for children. Overlooking Belfast Lough and the County Antrim coastline this magnificent hotel /// Slieve Donard Resort & Spa, Newcastle and its surroundings is sure to impress your nearest Surprise your Mum to a Grand Buffet Lunch in the and dearest. Oak Restaurant at the Slieve Donard Resort & Spa for only £45 for adults and £25 for children. After lunch /// Ballygally Castle, Ballygally take a stroll around the impressive grounds and soak If you are looking for somewhere to enjoy lunch whilst up the spectacular views of the nearby Mountains of soaking up spectacular views of the North Coast then Mourne. Ballygally Castle is just the location. Adults can dine on a tasty lunch for £38 whilst children’s lunch is £18. /// Stormont Hotel, Belfast Once you have sampled the scrumptious feast, why If you would like to treat your Mum to a tasty lunch in not walk it off on the nearby beach with your loved a great location then the Stormont Hotel is ideal as it ones. is situated just a few steps from the historic, Stormont Estate, which offers a range of beautiful walkways and /// Europa Hotel, Belfast places to play for children, and minutes from Belfast For only £30 you can treat your Mum to a truly city centre. This March 6, they are offering a Grand unique experience with a delicious lunch set against Buffet Lunch in the Stormont Suite from only £42 for the backdrop of Belfast’s stunning city landscape. A adults and £20 for children

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INDEPENDENCE In Later Life

ABOUT AGE NI Age NI is the leading charity for older people in Northern Ireland. The charity was formed as the result of the merger between Age Concern and Help the Aged in 2009. Our vision is a world where everyone can love later life. Our society is ageing. More than 350,000 older people live here today, and there are more people over the age of 50 than under the age of 19. In the next twenty years, the number of people over 50 will increase by more than 30%. As we grow older we face new challenges, and may face difficult issues like illness, poverty or loneliness. We still want to laugh, love and be needed. We want to stay independent and keep doing the things we love. We all want a fulfilling later life.

www.ageni.org The Age NI Personal Alarm service provides independence when you want it and help when you need it. Dame Mary Peters is one of more than 8,000 people in NI who have the service installed at home. eople have this idea that a personal alarm is something that much older people use’, says Mary. They think ‘that’s not for me’ or ‘I’m too young to think about things like that’. My friends have all said that I’m not old enough for a personal alarm! I’m very realistic though and I think that it’s important to plan for all eventualities, if you can.’

‘I’ve thought about occasions before, when I’ve had a fall outside or slipped on the stairs. On those occasions I was lucky – I didn’t do myself much damage, but I could have. To be frank, if I fell and hurt myself at home I could be lying there for days before someone might find me. It’s something I felt that I needed to acknowledge and take positive steps

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to prevent. I want to make sure that I continue to feel confident at home as I grow older. ‘So, I wear it always when I’m at home, around my neck. It’s connected to the call centre which is on hand 24 hours a day and I test it regularly. Thinking about our independence and the possibility of losing it is a little like thinking about writing a will. Many of us

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TEACHING YOGA AND MINDFULNESS THROUGH CREATIVE STORYTELLING

Can you do the Cobra? Or the Butterfly? How about the Busy Bee? No they are not random dance moves – but yoga poses! PLAYOGA is about having fun with yoga through PLAY and IMAGINATION; engaging in physical activity; being focused on creating a story and learning.

YOGA ENGAGES CHILDREN’S NATURAL, BOUNDLESS ENERGY AND PROVIDES LOTS BENEFITS: BOOSTS CONFIDENCE ENHANCES CONCENTRATION & FOCUS INCREASES FLEXIBILITY & BALANCE HELPS FOR RELAXATION BUILDS BODY AWARENESS “We’ve been doing tree pose at home”, Robbie aged 3. “We used our ‘balloon breathing’ to calm down from a tantrum – and it worked!”, Mum Janice “My 3 year old son loves Playoga. He is learning all the basics of yoga in a really fun and energetic way.”, Mum Amberlea

urrently classes are aimed at pre-schoolers - age 2 ½ - 5 years, along with the parent or guardian, so yes - the ‘big people’ get involved too! We use storytelling, games, play, song and dance to create fun yoga poses & promote mindfulness. ‘Having practised yoga for nearly 20 years’, says Playoga instructor Jill, ‘I decided to learn more about yoga for children. The benefits for adults are great – fitness, calming, flexibility, strength

– so I knew that it would be amazing for children. The RainBow Kids course that teach kids yoga was so much fun! So many yoga poses are based on animals and their movements, so it lends itself so well creating amazing adventures to go on! So far this term we’ve been to the yoga jungle and on a bear hunt!’ Seeing the little ones all chilled at the very end of class is just wonderful. And even better when you hear that they use their new techniques a home:’

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