From 14 July – 2 September 2021 we will be hosting Alice Dawson in our Studio, so make sure to come and visit and have a look at her in action. Here’s a few words from Alice to give you all an idea of her work.

Alice Dawson: Artist statement

My interdisciplinary practice is concerned with ecology, environmentalism, feminism, and natural science. Through sculpture, moving image, installation and writing I seek to educate and raise awareness of environmental issues and to harbour a connection with Nature, whereby scientific research is the base of my creative expression.

Materiality is my greatest tool of communication, whereby every material, object or process I use and engage with holds a significant meaning within the work. Ongoing research includes achieving successful representation of natural processes, in which I have moved from observer to active participant, working with organic matter such as mould, mycelium and animal remains. In examining the natural process of decay, I additionally cite decay as humanity’s distancing from the natural, as we deny our origins through construction and development.

My practice aspires to the rules of Surrealism as my drawing, painting and sculptural work are made with psychic automatism – said to be the purest state of expression. I consider my intuitive drawings and ceramic sculptures to be my ultimate personal truth, in connection with Nature.

My ceramic functional ware is made without planning and each piece is completely unique. The vases can act as standalone sculptures or be used to hold flowers, bringing an essence of Nature into the home. The works aim to embody the natural processes of growth and metamorphosis and into their making I bring my research of unique growth patterns within the forest, fungi, and plant worlds.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THURSDAY 19th AUGUST WILL BE A “DRUM JOURNEY“.

Serenity Sound Meditation. Thursday 15th July. Echium Room. Ventnor Botanical Garden. 09.30 to 10.30. £10.00 per session.

Contact Steve direct to book – Steve Woodford 07867 900475

Come along and join us at the Beautiful Botanical Gardens and bathe in the vibrations of the gongs and bowls and go on your own inner journey. Please bring along mats, blankets and anything else you may want to make yourself comfy and warm with some water for after. I will start with a little meditation to help ease you down to allow you to rest, relax and recharge for the day. Just £10.00 per person. Doors will be closed at 09.30.

We are Maxine and Steve and proud co-operators of Serenity Sounds.

We would like to tell you a little about ourselves and our work with sound and touch on how Sound sessions may work for you.

We started down the Sound Work after taking part in a Sound Bath in 2015 with Bear Love. Previous to that I had been working with Hoop Drums from around 2007 and Max from 2014, so used to using the healing energies in that way. After coming out of the Sound Bath, we both knew that was where we had to go too next!

So we started the path in 2015 with Gong Training with Mark Swan and bought our first gongs.

Then we took a Sound Course with Lesley Carol at the Atlantis College of Sound and Crystal Healing. Lesley, like us, works intuitively and we had a great time as well as learning with her and qualified in early 2016. We then were very lucky to get on Gong Camp 2016 with Mitch Nur from the USA, who has been working with sounds for over 40 years. Here not only did we meet and make some really great friends, but some deep learning and when walking into a room of over 30 different gongs opened our eyes a lot .Here is where we first encountered the Singing Bowl Gongs we have now in our guardianship. Since then, we have held some wonderful singing bowl workshops with our wonderful friends Craig and Jacquie Shankster to help spread the deep knowledge they have over on our little Island.

The learning never stops and each time we create the space and sit behind the gongs, or pick up a drum, we continue to find out more both outwardly and more importantly, inwardly.

Why did we choose the name Serenity Sounds?

The meaning of the name Serenity : Noun meaning …calm … peaceful and untroubled.

That is the intent we have set for those that come along to see us.

Working from the heart, we play intuitively and therapeutically with an intent to help you to create within and around you a wonderful serene space, wherein you can relax as the sounds and vibrations of the gongs, singing bowls, drums and other sonic instruments wash over and through you transporting you on a journey towards your own inner healing realms.

No two sessions or events are ever the same. We endeavour to tailor the sounds to encompass and touch each and everyone present allowing the vibrations to go deep and help you reset and recharge.

We appear at various events and locations on the Island, both public and private throughout the year and are proud to work both by ourselves and alongside many yoga teachers and other therapists.

Also under the Serenity Sounds banner, you will find other integral parts of the group. Dragon Isle Drums and Maxine’s Felted Wool Drum Beaters and Steve Woodford Intuitive Energy Worker and Steve’s Himalayan Rock Friends. They also each have their own pages on FB for more information.

As we continue to walk along this pathway, we are sure there will be more changes coming along.

Namaste.

Steve and Max.

This class will be operating with social distancing in place, in a large safe open area within the beautiful setting of Ventnor Botanic Garden.

*Please note Mark will be taking a two-week break for half-term on Fri 28 and Fri 4 June, Then resuming on Friday 11 June to continue through the Summer.

Pauline, who attends Mark’s classes has written “I realised I was starting to suffer from ‘Covid Anxiety’, I think most of us have been there where you tell yourself how lucky we are to live in such a beautiful place compared to many people, but unfortunately this doesn’t always make you feel better! As I walked along I started to do the breathing exercises we had been doing with Mark in Yoga starting with light controlled breathing working up to deep breathing, stomach, chest, and up to the shoulders. I had lifted myself up and started to enjoy the sights and sounds around me. I went back home feeling so much better and uplifted. Although we talk about our yoga movements and exercises do we really put them into practise? Well I did and I do and it works.” March 2021

This style of yoga includes a wide range of practices, beginning with gentle warm-up towards a stronger set of postures or sequence where modification or alternatives can be used for varying abilities. This is followed with relaxation, pranayama (deep controlled breathing for harmonising energy levels) and meditation. Benefits can include mindfulness, improved strength and flexibility, relaxation and well-being.

A friendly class with the aim of finding harmony and wellbeing by balancing relaxation with postures, and breath with a range of movements. The effort of performing yoga postures is controlled by including an equal measure of comfort. Deep breathing helps to calm the mind. My own yoga journey began over 20yrs ago, and the benefits of positive mood and increased energy keep me practising. The British Wheel of Yoga with whom I am trained are the largest governing body for yoga in the U.K. In over 10 years of teaching, experience shows me that every student is an individual, and my classes are carefully crafted to create both enjoyment and challenge that is appropriate to all levels of ability, with use of alternatives and modifications. Often people who have enjoyed yoga in the past come back for more, beginners have grown to love yoga in these classes, and if you are experienced you will find this practice a valuable step on your on-going journey. Come and join us and see what this friendly class can do for you!

Photographer Gary Wallis

PLEASE NOTE THAT THURSDAY 19th AUGUST WILL BE A “DRUM JOURNEY“.

Serenity Sound Meditation. Thursday 15th July. Echium Room. Ventnor Botanical Garden. 09.30 to 10.30. £10.00 per session.

Contact Steve direct to book – Steve Woodford 07867 900475

Come along and join us at the Beautiful Botanical Gardens and bathe in the vibrations of the gongs and bowls and go on your own inner journey. Please bring along mats, blankets and anything else you may want to make yourself comfy and warm with some water for after. I will start with a little meditation to help ease you down to allow you to rest, relax and recharge for the day. Just £10.00 per person. Doors will be closed at 09.30.

We are Maxine and Steve and proud co-operators of Serenity Sounds.

We would like to tell you a little about ourselves and our work with sound and touch on how Sound sessions may work for you.

We started down the Sound Work after taking part in a Sound Bath in 2015 with Bear Love. Previous to that I had been working with Hoop Drums from around 2007 and Max from 2014, so used to using the healing energies in that way. After coming out of the Sound Bath, we both knew that was where we had to go too next!

So we started the path in 2015 with Gong Training with Mark Swan and bought our first gongs.

Then we took a Sound Course with Lesley Carol at the Atlantis College of Sound and Crystal Healing. Lesley, like us, works intuitively and we had a great time as well as learning with her and qualified in early 2016. We then were very lucky to get on Gong Camp 2016 with Mitch Nur from the USA, who has been working with sounds for over 40 years. Here not only did we meet and make some really great friends, but some deep learning and when walking into a room of over 30 different gongs opened our eyes a lot .Here is where we first encountered the Singing Bowl Gongs we have now in our guardianship. Since then, we have held some wonderful singing bowl workshops with our wonderful friends Craig and Jacquie Shankster to help spread the deep knowledge they have over on our little Island.

The learning never stops and each time we create the space and sit behind the gongs, or pick up a drum, we continue to find out more both outwardly and more importantly, inwardly.

Why did we choose the name Serenity Sounds?

The meaning of the name Serenity : Noun meaning …calm … peaceful and untroubled.

That is the intent we have set for those that come along to see us.

Working from the heart, we play intuitively and therapeutically with an intent to help you to create within and around you a wonderful serene space, wherein you can relax as the sounds and vibrations of the gongs, singing bowls, drums and other sonic instruments wash over and through you transporting you on a journey towards your own inner healing realms.

No two sessions or events are ever the same. We endeavour to tailor the sounds to encompass and touch each and everyone present allowing the vibrations to go deep and help you reset and recharge.

We appear at various events and locations on the Island, both public and private throughout the year and are proud to work both by ourselves and alongside many yoga teachers and other therapists.

Also under the Serenity Sounds banner, you will find other integral parts of the group. Dragon Isle Drums and Maxine’s Felted Wool Drum Beaters and Steve Woodford Intuitive Energy Worker and Steve’s Himalayan Rock Friends. They also each have their own pages on FB for more information.

As we continue to walk along this pathway, we are sure there will be more changes coming along.

Namaste.

Steve and Max.

Hello, I’m Coco Monroe (aka Lisa) and I am passionate about dance, especially Burlesque Chair Dance! I am so excited to bring you a fitness class that is so fun you won’t even notice you are working out. There is a new sassy routine every 4 weeks where you will learn different moves and tricks, as well as increasing your core strength and flexibility. All the music are poppy recognisable tracks so you feel like you’re having a girl’s night out dancing!

I am a trained dancer and singer songwriter; I studied a Foundation Degree in Performing Arts specialising in acting and dance. I have worked for clients such as ITV and been in music videos and commercials. I also started releasing my own music last year under the artist name of Love Lisa. I’m passionate about performing and cannot wait to transfer some of that enthusiasm to you!

These classes are designed for everyone, whether you have a dance background or not. We are all in it together and there to support each other. So if you fancy yourself as Roxie Hart from Chicago, or if you are a wallflower, you are in the right place! Come along and join the fun, you will not look back once you have tried Burlesque Chair Dance!

Coco Monroe xx

Forest Bathing leads you away from the noise of modern life, into Nature, where you can just ‘Be’

Not just a walk in the Gardens, this is a facilitated experience, allowing you to open your senses and create balance for your body, mind and spirit.

Skilfully blending natural health & healing techniques with the Healing power of Nature. Engaging your senses with Guided Meditation, Sound Healing, Creativity and Silent Time.

Forest Bathing allows you to Relax, Recharge & Reconnect to your Self.

• ​ Relieving stress and anxiety
• Lowering blood pressure
• Facilitating relaxation
• Boosting your immune system
• Lifting depression
• Improving concentration and creativity
• Creating calm and balance, allowing your mind, body & spirit to heal

These sessions will take place in various locations around the Gardens, and will last approximately 2 hrs.

Small group sessions are just £20 per person.

Numbers are limited for each session, so pre-booking is essential.

Please book directly with Anthea, your qualified Forest Bathing Facilitator, via the Forest Bathing Isle of Wight website: www.forestbathingisleofiwight.co.uk

or text: 07507 442259

Please wear comfortable outdoor clothes, appropriate for the weather.

What to bring:

-something to lie on (perhaps a yoga mat)

-a blanket to cover yourself with, to maintain your body temperature as you relax into meditation

-something to drink and a snack if you need one

If there is light rain we will continue outside.

If the weather is really bad, the session will be adapted and held in the Echium room (dress warmly as the balcony doors will be open)

 

What other people say:

“A truly wonderful afternoon spent in the forest with Anthea.

It is a fantastic way to relax and connect with all of nature’s beauties. Anthea will take it at your own pace and with whatever you feel comfortable with. I came away feeling relaxed and peaceful. I highly recommend Forest Bathing”

MB

“First time Forest Bathing was a little unsure what to expect. The whole experience started working for me as soon as I entered the forest. If you’ve never been forest bathing before, it is nothing to fear. I have noticed changes in myself, sleeping through the night, feeling more positive and not so fatigued” MJB

 

forestbathingisleofwight.co.uk

07507 442259

This class will be operating with social distancing in place, in a large safe open area within the beautiful setting of Ventnor Botanic Garden.

*Please note Mark will be taking a two-week break for half-term on Fri 28 and Fri 4 June, Then resuming on Friday 11 June to continue through the Summer.

Pauline, who attends Mark’s classes has written “I realised I was starting to suffer from ‘Covid Anxiety’, I think most of us have been there where you tell yourself how lucky we are to live in such a beautiful place compared to many people, but unfortunately this doesn’t always make you feel better! As I walked along I started to do the breathing exercises we had been doing with Mark in Yoga starting with light controlled breathing working up to deep breathing, stomach, chest, and up to the shoulders. I had lifted myself up and started to enjoy the sights and sounds around me. I went back home feeling so much better and uplifted. Although we talk about our yoga movements and exercises do we really put them into practise? Well I did and I do and it works.” March 2021

This style of yoga includes a wide range of practices, beginning with gentle warm-up towards a stronger set of postures or sequence where modification or alternatives can be used for varying abilities. This is followed with relaxation, pranayama (deep controlled breathing for harmonising energy levels) and meditation. Benefits can include mindfulness, improved strength and flexibility, relaxation and well-being.

A friendly class with the aim of finding harmony and wellbeing by balancing relaxation with postures, and breath with a range of movements. The effort of performing yoga postures is controlled by including an equal measure of comfort. Deep breathing helps to calm the mind. My own yoga journey began over 20yrs ago, and the benefits of positive mood and increased energy keep me practising. The British Wheel of Yoga with whom I am trained are the largest governing body for yoga in the U.K. In over 10 years of teaching, experience shows me that every student is an individual, and my classes are carefully crafted to create both enjoyment and challenge that is appropriate to all levels of ability, with use of alternatives and modifications. Often people who have enjoyed yoga in the past come back for more, beginners have grown to love yoga in these classes, and if you are experienced you will find this practice a valuable step on your on-going journey. Come and join us and see what this friendly class can do for you!

Photographer Gary Wallis

PLEASE NOTE THAT THURSDAY 19th AUGUST WILL BE A “DRUM JOURNEY“.

Serenity Sound Meditation. Thursday 15th July. Echium Room. Ventnor Botanical Garden. 09.30 to 10.30. £10.00 per session.

Contact Steve direct to book – Steve Woodford 07867 900475

Come along and join us at the Beautiful Botanical Gardens and bathe in the vibrations of the gongs and bowls and go on your own inner journey. Please bring along mats, blankets and anything else you may want to make yourself comfy and warm with some water for after. I will start with a little meditation to help ease you down to allow you to rest, relax and recharge for the day. Just £10.00 per person. Doors will be closed at 09.30.

We are Maxine and Steve and proud co-operators of Serenity Sounds.

We would like to tell you a little about ourselves and our work with sound and touch on how Sound sessions may work for you.

We started down the Sound Work after taking part in a Sound Bath in 2015 with Bear Love. Previous to that I had been working with Hoop Drums from around 2007 and Max from 2014, so used to using the healing energies in that way. After coming out of the Sound Bath, we both knew that was where we had to go too next!

So we started the path in 2015 with Gong Training with Mark Swan and bought our first gongs.

Then we took a Sound Course with Lesley Carol at the Atlantis College of Sound and Crystal Healing. Lesley, like us, works intuitively and we had a great time as well as learning with her and qualified in early 2016. We then were very lucky to get on Gong Camp 2016 with Mitch Nur from the USA, who has been working with sounds for over 40 years. Here not only did we meet and make some really great friends, but some deep learning and when walking into a room of over 30 different gongs opened our eyes a lot .Here is where we first encountered the Singing Bowl Gongs we have now in our guardianship. Since then, we have held some wonderful singing bowl workshops with our wonderful friends Craig and Jacquie Shankster to help spread the deep knowledge they have over on our little Island.

The learning never stops and each time we create the space and sit behind the gongs, or pick up a drum, we continue to find out more both outwardly and more importantly, inwardly.

Why did we choose the name Serenity Sounds?

The meaning of the name Serenity : Noun meaning …calm … peaceful and untroubled.

That is the intent we have set for those that come along to see us.

Working from the heart, we play intuitively and therapeutically with an intent to help you to create within and around you a wonderful serene space, wherein you can relax as the sounds and vibrations of the gongs, singing bowls, drums and other sonic instruments wash over and through you transporting you on a journey towards your own inner healing realms.

No two sessions or events are ever the same. We endeavour to tailor the sounds to encompass and touch each and everyone present allowing the vibrations to go deep and help you reset and recharge.

We appear at various events and locations on the Island, both public and private throughout the year and are proud to work both by ourselves and alongside many yoga teachers and other therapists.

Also under the Serenity Sounds banner, you will find other integral parts of the group. Dragon Isle Drums and Maxine’s Felted Wool Drum Beaters and Steve Woodford Intuitive Energy Worker and Steve’s Himalayan Rock Friends. They also each have their own pages on FB for more information.

As we continue to walk along this pathway, we are sure there will be more changes coming along.

Namaste.

Steve and Max.

Hello, I’m Coco Monroe (aka Lisa) and I am passionate about dance, especially Burlesque Chair Dance! I am so excited to bring you a fitness class that is so fun you won’t even notice you are working out. There is a new sassy routine every 4 weeks where you will learn different moves and tricks, as well as increasing your core strength and flexibility. All the music are poppy recognisable tracks so you feel like you’re having a girl’s night out dancing!

I am a trained dancer and singer songwriter; I studied a Foundation Degree in Performing Arts specialising in acting and dance. I have worked for clients such as ITV and been in music videos and commercials. I also started releasing my own music last year under the artist name of Love Lisa. I’m passionate about performing and cannot wait to transfer some of that enthusiasm to you!

These classes are designed for everyone, whether you have a dance background or not. We are all in it together and there to support each other. So if you fancy yourself as Roxie Hart from Chicago, or if you are a wallflower, you are in the right place! Come along and join the fun, you will not look back once you have tried Burlesque Chair Dance!

Coco Monroe xx

This class will be operating with social distancing in place, in a large safe open area within the beautiful setting of Ventnor Botanic Garden.

*Please note Mark will be taking a two-week break for half-term on Fri 28 and Fri 4 June, Then resuming on Friday 11 June to continue through the Summer.

Pauline, who attends Mark’s classes has written “I realised I was starting to suffer from ‘Covid Anxiety’, I think most of us have been there where you tell yourself how lucky we are to live in such a beautiful place compared to many people, but unfortunately this doesn’t always make you feel better! As I walked along I started to do the breathing exercises we had been doing with Mark in Yoga starting with light controlled breathing working up to deep breathing, stomach, chest, and up to the shoulders. I had lifted myself up and started to enjoy the sights and sounds around me. I went back home feeling so much better and uplifted. Although we talk about our yoga movements and exercises do we really put them into practise? Well I did and I do and it works.” March 2021

This style of yoga includes a wide range of practices, beginning with gentle warm-up towards a stronger set of postures or sequence where modification or alternatives can be used for varying abilities. This is followed with relaxation, pranayama (deep controlled breathing for harmonising energy levels) and meditation. Benefits can include mindfulness, improved strength and flexibility, relaxation and well-being.

A friendly class with the aim of finding harmony and wellbeing by balancing relaxation with postures, and breath with a range of movements. The effort of performing yoga postures is controlled by including an equal measure of comfort. Deep breathing helps to calm the mind. My own yoga journey began over 20yrs ago, and the benefits of positive mood and increased energy keep me practising. The British Wheel of Yoga with whom I am trained are the largest governing body for yoga in the U.K. In over 10 years of teaching, experience shows me that every student is an individual, and my classes are carefully crafted to create both enjoyment and challenge that is appropriate to all levels of ability, with use of alternatives and modifications. Often people who have enjoyed yoga in the past come back for more, beginners have grown to love yoga in these classes, and if you are experienced you will find this practice a valuable step on your on-going journey. Come and join us and see what this friendly class can do for you!

Photographer Gary Wallis

PLEASE NOTE THAT THURSDAY 19th AUGUST WILL BE A “DRUM JOURNEY“.

Serenity Sound Meditation. Echium Room. Ventnor Botanical Garden. 7pm to 8pm. £10.00 per session.

Contact Steve direct to book – Steve Woodford 07867 900475

Come along and join us at the Beautiful Botanical Gardens and bathe in the vibrations of the gongs and bowls and go on your own inner journey. Please bring along mats, blankets and anything else you may want to make yourself comfy and warm with some water for after. I will start with a little meditation to help ease you down to allow you to rest, relax and recharge for the day. Just £10.00 per person. Doors will be closed at 09.30.

We are Maxine and Steve and proud co-operators of Serenity Sounds.

We would like to tell you a little about ourselves and our work with sound and touch on how Sound sessions may work for you.

We started down the Sound Work after taking part in a Sound Bath in 2015 with Bear Love. Previous to that I had been working with Hoop Drums from around 2007 and Max from 2014, so used to using the healing energies in that way. After coming out of the Sound Bath, we both knew that was where we had to go too next!

So we started the path in 2015 with Gong Training with Mark Swan and bought our first gongs.

Then we took a Sound Course with Lesley Carol at the Atlantis College of Sound and Crystal Healing. Lesley, like us, works intuitively and we had a great time as well as learning with her and qualified in early 2016. We then were very lucky to get on Gong Camp 2016 with Mitch Nur from the USA, who has been working with sounds for over 40 years. Here not only did we meet and make some really great friends, but some deep learning and when walking into a room of over 30 different gongs opened our eyes a lot .Here is where we first encountered the Singing Bowl Gongs we have now in our guardianship. Since then, we have held some wonderful singing bowl workshops with our wonderful friends Craig and Jacquie Shankster to help spread the deep knowledge they have over on our little Island.

The learning never stops and each time we create the space and sit behind the gongs, or pick up a drum, we continue to find out more both outwardly and more importantly, inwardly.

Why did we choose the name Serenity Sounds?

The meaning of the name Serenity : Noun meaning …calm … peaceful and untroubled.

That is the intent we have set for those that come along to see us.

Working from the heart, we play intuitively and therapeutically with an intent to help you to create within and around you a wonderful serene space, wherein you can relax as the sounds and vibrations of the gongs, singing bowls, drums and other sonic instruments wash over and through you transporting you on a journey towards your own inner healing realms.

No two sessions or events are ever the same. We endeavour to tailor the sounds to encompass and touch each and everyone present allowing the vibrations to go deep and help you reset and recharge.

We appear at various events and locations on the Island, both public and private throughout the year and are proud to work both by ourselves and alongside many yoga teachers and other therapists.

Also under the Serenity Sounds banner, you will find other integral parts of the group. Dragon Isle Drums and Maxine’s Felted Wool Drum Beaters and Steve Woodford Intuitive Energy Worker and Steve’s Himalayan Rock Friends. They also each have their own pages on FB for more information.

As we continue to walk along this pathway, we are sure there will be more changes coming along.

Namaste.

Steve and Max.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THURSDAY 19th AUGUST WILL BE A “DRUM JOURNEY“.

Serenity Sound Meditation. Thursday 15th July. Echium Room. Ventnor Botanical Garden. 09.30 to 10.30. £10.00 per session.

Contact Steve direct to book – Steve Woodford 07867 900475

Come along and join us at the Beautiful Botanical Gardens and bathe in the vibrations of the gongs and bowls and go on your own inner journey. Please bring along mats, blankets and anything else you may want to make yourself comfy and warm with some water for after. I will start with a little meditation to help ease you down to allow you to rest, relax and recharge for the day. Just £10.00 per person. Doors will be closed at 09.30.

We are Maxine and Steve and proud co-operators of Serenity Sounds.

We would like to tell you a little about ourselves and our work with sound and touch on how Sound sessions may work for you.

We started down the Sound Work after taking part in a Sound Bath in 2015 with Bear Love. Previous to that I had been working with Hoop Drums from around 2007 and Max from 2014, so used to using the healing energies in that way. After coming out of the Sound Bath, we both knew that was where we had to go too next!

So we started the path in 2015 with Gong Training with Mark Swan and bought our first gongs.

Then we took a Sound Course with Lesley Carol at the Atlantis College of Sound and Crystal Healing. Lesley, like us, works intuitively and we had a great time as well as learning with her and qualified in early 2016. We then were very lucky to get on Gong Camp 2016 with Mitch Nur from the USA, who has been working with sounds for over 40 years. Here not only did we meet and make some really great friends, but some deep learning and when walking into a room of over 30 different gongs opened our eyes a lot .Here is where we first encountered the Singing Bowl Gongs we have now in our guardianship. Since then, we have held some wonderful singing bowl workshops with our wonderful friends Craig and Jacquie Shankster to help spread the deep knowledge they have over on our little Island.

The learning never stops and each time we create the space and sit behind the gongs, or pick up a drum, we continue to find out more both outwardly and more importantly, inwardly.

Why did we choose the name Serenity Sounds?

The meaning of the name Serenity : Noun meaning …calm … peaceful and untroubled.

That is the intent we have set for those that come along to see us.

Working from the heart, we play intuitively and therapeutically with an intent to help you to create within and around you a wonderful serene space, wherein you can relax as the sounds and vibrations of the gongs, singing bowls, drums and other sonic instruments wash over and through you transporting you on a journey towards your own inner healing realms.

No two sessions or events are ever the same. We endeavour to tailor the sounds to encompass and touch each and everyone present allowing the vibrations to go deep and help you reset and recharge.

We appear at various events and locations on the Island, both public and private throughout the year and are proud to work both by ourselves and alongside many yoga teachers and other therapists.

Also under the Serenity Sounds banner, you will find other integral parts of the group. Dragon Isle Drums and Maxine’s Felted Wool Drum Beaters and Steve Woodford Intuitive Energy Worker and Steve’s Himalayan Rock Friends. They also each have their own pages on FB for more information.

As we continue to walk along this pathway, we are sure there will be more changes coming along.

Namaste.

Steve and Max.

Hello, I’m Coco Monroe (aka Lisa) and I am passionate about dance, especially Burlesque Chair Dance! I am so excited to bring you a fitness class that is so fun you won’t even notice you are working out. There is a new sassy routine every 4 weeks where you will learn different moves and tricks, as well as increasing your core strength and flexibility. All the music are poppy recognisable tracks so you feel like you’re having a girl’s night out dancing!

I am a trained dancer and singer songwriter; I studied a Foundation Degree in Performing Arts specialising in acting and dance. I have worked for clients such as ITV and been in music videos and commercials. I also started releasing my own music last year under the artist name of Love Lisa. I’m passionate about performing and cannot wait to transfer some of that enthusiasm to you!

These classes are designed for everyone, whether you have a dance background or not. We are all in it together and there to support each other. So if you fancy yourself as Roxie Hart from Chicago, or if you are a wallflower, you are in the right place! Come along and join the fun, you will not look back once you have tried Burlesque Chair Dance!

Coco Monroe xx

Forest Bathing leads you away from the noise of modern life, into Nature, where you can just ‘Be’

Not just a walk in the Gardens, this is a facilitated experience, allowing you to open your senses and create balance for your body, mind and spirit.

Skilfully blending natural health & healing techniques with the Healing power of Nature. Engaging your senses with Guided Meditation, Sound Healing, Creativity and Silent Time.

Forest Bathing allows you to Relax, Recharge & Reconnect to your Self.

• ​ Relieving stress and anxiety
• Lowering blood pressure
• Facilitating relaxation
• Boosting your immune system
• Lifting depression
• Improving concentration and creativity
• Creating calm and balance, allowing your mind, body & spirit to heal

These sessions will take place in various locations around the Gardens, and will last approximately 2 hrs.

Small group sessions are just £20 per person.

Numbers are limited for each session, so pre-booking is essential.

Please book directly with Anthea, your qualified Forest Bathing Facilitator, via the Forest Bathing Isle of Wight website: www.forestbathingisleofiwight.co.uk

or text: 07507 442259

Please wear comfortable outdoor clothes, appropriate for the weather.

What to bring:

-something to lie on (perhaps a yoga mat)

-a blanket to cover yourself with, to maintain your body temperature as you relax into meditation

-something to drink and a snack if you need one

If there is light rain we will continue outside.

If the weather is really bad, the session will be adapted and held in the Echium room (dress warmly as the balcony doors will be open)

 

What other people say:

“A truly wonderful afternoon spent in the forest with Anthea.

It is a fantastic way to relax and connect with all of nature’s beauties. Anthea will take it at your own pace and with whatever you feel comfortable with. I came away feeling relaxed and peaceful. I highly recommend Forest Bathing”

MB

“First time Forest Bathing was a little unsure what to expect. The whole experience started working for me as soon as I entered the forest. If you’ve never been forest bathing before, it is nothing to fear. I have noticed changes in myself, sleeping through the night, feeling more positive and not so fatigued” MJB

 

forestbathingisleofwight.co.uk

07507 442259

This class will be operating with social distancing in place, in a large safe open area within the beautiful setting of Ventnor Botanic Garden.

*Please note Mark will be taking a two-week break for half-term on Fri 28 and Fri 4 June, Then resuming on Friday 11 June to continue through the Summer.

Pauline, who attends Mark’s classes has written “I realised I was starting to suffer from ‘Covid Anxiety’, I think most of us have been there where you tell yourself how lucky we are to live in such a beautiful place compared to many people, but unfortunately this doesn’t always make you feel better! As I walked along I started to do the breathing exercises we had been doing with Mark in Yoga starting with light controlled breathing working up to deep breathing, stomach, chest, and up to the shoulders. I had lifted myself up and started to enjoy the sights and sounds around me. I went back home feeling so much better and uplifted. Although we talk about our yoga movements and exercises do we really put them into practise? Well I did and I do and it works.” March 2021

This style of yoga includes a wide range of practices, beginning with gentle warm-up towards a stronger set of postures or sequence where modification or alternatives can be used for varying abilities. This is followed with relaxation, pranayama (deep controlled breathing for harmonising energy levels) and meditation. Benefits can include mindfulness, improved strength and flexibility, relaxation and well-being.

A friendly class with the aim of finding harmony and wellbeing by balancing relaxation with postures, and breath with a range of movements. The effort of performing yoga postures is controlled by including an equal measure of comfort. Deep breathing helps to calm the mind. My own yoga journey began over 20yrs ago, and the benefits of positive mood and increased energy keep me practising. The British Wheel of Yoga with whom I am trained are the largest governing body for yoga in the U.K. In over 10 years of teaching, experience shows me that every student is an individual, and my classes are carefully crafted to create both enjoyment and challenge that is appropriate to all levels of ability, with use of alternatives and modifications. Often people who have enjoyed yoga in the past come back for more, beginners have grown to love yoga in these classes, and if you are experienced you will find this practice a valuable step on your on-going journey. Come and join us and see what this friendly class can do for you!

Photographer Gary Wallis