Zala Wellbeing

08/09/2026

Look at our room! So excited!

Plants to come, you will be able to purchase these too. The plants have been grown by a green witch (me) so they will bring good energy's into your home, if you can keep them alive of course. Hehe.

1-1 sessions available from the cwtchy base.

This hasn't been an easy journey but we are really getting somewhere now. I'll do a live Friday to introduce the new space.

Big love 💕

08/09/2026

We have some exciting news to share with you.

We have been successful in securing a town council grant from Abertillery & Llanhilleth Community Council to support men on their wellbeing journeys.
A safe space to chat, learn new strategies, meet new people and to support wellbeing.

These sessions will be held at Kenny’s Vinyl Vault in Abertillery. More information to follow soon.

25/08/2026

✨ Something new is coming to Zala…

We’re beginning to introduce a new kind of sensory relaxation experience, created to encourage deep rest, nervous system regulation and that wonderful feeling of being able to simply switch off for a while.

Using gentle sound, ASMR-inspired techniques, calming sensory elements and guided relaxation, each experience is designed to help the body slow down, soften and settle.

Expect soft sounds, subtle sensory experiences, moments of stillness and a peaceful, nurturing atmosphere and if you wish some gentle touch with some sensory items. We talior each experience to each individual so there will be a range of sensory experiences you can choose from. These range from hands on touch to scented steam. Contact for a menu and if you have anything you particularly like, let me know and ill do my best to accommodate.

There’s nothing to achieve and nowhere you need to get to — just an opportunity to get comfortable, receive and let your nervous system have a rest.

A little bit unusual, a little bit magical, and very, very relaxing. ✨

As we begin introducing these sessions, I’m looking for a few volunteers who would like to experience one for free and give us some gentle feedback afterwards.

If this sounds like something your nervous system would appreciate, please get in touch. 💛

23/08/2026

Hello 👋

We’ve had quite a few new people join us here recently, so I thought it might be a good time to reintroduce myself, and Zala.

I’m Zara, founder of Zala Wellbeing Support CIC.

Zala started from a fairly simple idea: wellbeing support should feel human and easy to access, addressing the real issues we struggle with.

It shouldn’t always be clinical, complicated or something we only think about when we’re already struggling. Sometimes wellbeing looks like learning how to breathe properly again. Sometimes it’s understanding why your body reacts the way it does. Sometimes it’s sitting around a table making something with your hands, getting outside, learning to set a boundary, or simply spending a couple of hours somewhere you don’t have to pretend you’re fine.

That’s really what we try to create at Zala.

We run workshops, groups and one-to-one sessions around things like mindfulness, breathwork, creativity, somatic practices, boundaries, gratitude and living a little more gently. We also love getting outside, growing things, gathering people together and finding ways to make wellbeing feel like part of everyday life rather than another thing you have to be “good at”.

My own background is in Occupational Therapy services, community wellbeing and facilitation, and I’m also a trained Death Doula. I have lived experience with cPTSD.
Over the years I’ve become increasingly interested in the spaces between the usual services — the places where people might not need fixing or treating, but could really benefit from connection, understanding, practical tools and somewhere safe to land for a while.

Zala has grown a lot since it began. There are now other wonderful people helping to facilitate, support and shape what we do, and we're slowly building something that I hope will belong to the community far more than it belongs to me.

We’re still learning. Still experimenting. Still occasionally making things up as we go along 😂

But underneath everything we do is the same belief:

People deserve spaces where they can just be human.

So if you’re new here, hello and welcome. 💛

Stick around. Have a nose. Come along to something if it feels right.

And if you've been here since the early days — thank you for growing with us.

Zara x

23/08/2026

*edit, change of date because I dont check things before I make posts. 😂*

Thinking of doing a little event day at the tent on Saturday 12th September, trying to keep it cheap or free. I'm wondering what would YOU like to see? Maybe we could do a little crafting? A picnic bring your own dish? Breathwork and meditation? Drumming?

Also, do you have any skills YOU want to bring and practice for the day? Let's do a day where we share our gifts with one another.

22/08/2026

Our next event in the bell tent this coming Thursday. Would love to see you there.

A creative journaling session where you will be able to express and explore yourself.

22/08/2026

First event in the bell tent this year and by the goddess was it a good one. We had a sensory sound bath and cacao in the beautiful Welsh countryside.

This event was facilitated by our Joanna Bryant from Kenny’s Vinyl Vault and everyone agreed she held a beautiful ceremony.

Lots more to come soon. Thank you to everyone who attended, it was a pleasure and a privilege hold you.

Until next time ❤️

14/08/2026

Mindful activity of the day:

Collecting all the bits of wood that have fallen from our big walnut tree to use as kindling in the winter before it gets wet in the rain next week. Such a mindful activity, a bit of a workout and there is something so primitive about it which got me thinking about my ancestors!
Also, future me will thank me for clearing it all!

Went to fill up all the hydration stations I have around the garden for all the rabbits, squirrels, birds and bugs.
I am in Norfolk, we've had a hosepipe ban all summer and the land and animals have struggled... so I will be dancing in the rain next week! 💃🌧

Have a blessed day everyone ✨️

05/08/2026

A letter to your inner child...

Hello, Caroline here !
I have been getting more and more attuned to the guidance the Universe gives me to find out the next steps in my healing journey.
Looking back, I have been given so many opportunities in the past to work on various aspects of myself and past trauma but actively chose to ignore them because I felt I wasnt ready... in the last year and half, as I fully accepted the help, things have moved quite quickly and intensely, and I have been pushed to face all of the things I had buried deep down in the name of self preservation.
Turns out, it's not helpful to ignore and not feel your feelings!
Last month, I got many signs that I needed to work on healing my inner child and decided (or was gently pushed by the Universe) to write little Caroline a letter.

That was honestly one of the most incredible healing experiences I have had so far!
As I started writing, I felt this overwhelming sense of "this is exactly what I needed to do" and as I read the words to little me out loud, I felt the most wonderful release of old, stagnant emotions. While doing that, I felt that I also needed to heal teenager Caroline, something I had never really thought of!
I have been feeling so incredibly light and grateful to have been showed to do this and cannot recommend it enough.

Just picked up a pen and wrote:
"Dear little *insert own name*", then let myself write and resisted the urge to edit anything.
To finish the letter, I added "I see you, I hear you and I love you unconditionally, adult *insert own name*."

Have you ever tried writing a letter to your inner child or would you be willing to?
Happy healing ✨️

(Attached is a whimsical picture of the sunset I took that day)

28/07/2026

Do you practice self gratitude?

Hi all, Sophie here. As some may know I am a Palliative care nurse and currently work in the community in South Wales. Recently, I received a patient allocation for someone who lived in the same small village as a Nursing Home where I got my first job in healthcare as a Carer 19 years ago. It was the first time seeing the home in years and it got me thinking about how far I had truly come. 19 years ago I was 17, had just moved to Wales without any family. I was incredibly lonely, frightened, insecure and lost. But that home was where I found one of my best friends Zara. It was also where I learned the true meaning of care. I learned how to communicate, even with those difficult to communicate with. I learned how precious life is, and how quickly it can pass you by, especially resonant when caring for dementia and palliative care patients.

I had time-travelled, back to that poor lost girl as I sat in my car. I brought myself back to my current situation. About to go into a house to sit with a dying man over night, relieving his symptoms and alerting his family if there are any changes. I have a masters degree in palliative care. Me. that poor lost girl. I have overcome the loss of both parents 3 months apart, had two IVF rounds and 1 miscarriage and am now going through a divorce. Yet, here I am. Coping, finding love again, reclaiming my freedom. I am no longer lonely, frightened, insecure and lost. I am now loved deeply, confident and grounded.

Although the struggle is real, and I do still have some crippling anxiety at times, this recognition of my journey and how far I have come and what I have overcome has enabled me to be truly grateful to myself for pulling all that off. Maybe you could take some time today and look back, not in sadness, but in gratitude, that you are no longer there. Wherever there may be.

Feel free to share below something about yourself you are grateful for.

With love x