Earthtones YES

15/06/2026

Saturday 27th - lots of free activities in the market square, and Earthtones will be there will a stall!

🇬🇧 NEXT WEEK — ARMED FORCES DAY — WE SALUTE YOU, MANSFIELD! 🇬🇧

Our Armed Forces Day event We Salute You — Mansfield's Support of Our Uniformed Services is coming to the Market Place next Saturday and it's going to be a brilliant day for the whole town. Here's everything you need to know:

📅 Saturday 27 June 2026
📍 Market Place, Mansfield Town Centre
🕥 10:30am – 4:00pm
🎟️ FREE entry — all welcome

🎵 LIVE ENTERTAINMENT ALL DAY ON STAGE FROM 10:30AM
Mansfield District Corps of Drums
Little Princess Parties LTD
Annie Fotheringham
Darren Newbould

🧗 FREE ACTIVITIES
25ft Climbing Wall
Bungee Trampoline
Plus more activities throughout the day

🪖 STANDS & EXHIBITORS
Royal British Legion Mansfield Branch
Mercian Regiment Army Reserves
Mansfield & District Royal Naval Association HMS Sherwood
Girlguiding Mansfield
Veterans Unite Charity
Police 🚔 | Fire 🔥 | St John Ambulance 🚑
Town centre businesses - The Little Lotion Company, Sensational Treats N Sweets, Earthtones YES

All alongside the usual Saturday Mansfield Market — so come down, support our uniformed services, support local, and make a day of it with the family.

Mansfield District Council - My Mansfield

15/06/2026

Monday Mantra to Parasharum, the Axe Warrior avatar of Vishnu.

This mantra is for courage, disciplined action and cutting away what is no longer right.

Om Paraśurāmāya Namaḥ

See the blog post later in the week for more details on this mantra, and Parasharum

14/06/2026

Monday Mantra!

Tomorrow's mantra will be to Parashuram - another avatar of Vishnu (the first card I pulled was Varaha again; clearly Vishnu wants some attention!)

This mantra is for courage, disciplined action and cutting away what is no longer right.

If you would like to be included in this energy, leave a ♥️ or a comment 🙏🏼

See you tomorrow!

14/06/2026

Just home from an amazing intensive weekend of training these three amazing women in Tuning Forks Therapy. They've learned three treatment protocols, which will cover every eventuality. They are off to complete their case studies now to gain their accredited qualification!

Oh and ladies, when I got home, next door's children were on their trampoline with a metric tonne of balloons 🤣

12/06/2026

Spring Clean day at Earthtones!

There's nothing quite like a good clean and sort out is there?

Today saw the old sash windows open wide, a good deep clean and a proper tidy.

Here are my thoughts on the wonders of a good clean:

Today was one of those behind-the-scenes days that nobody really sees, but they make all the difference. While our wonderful cleaner tackled the less glamorous jobs, including a deep clean of the kitchen, toilets and communal areas, I spent the day sorting, tidying and refreshing the training studio...

12/06/2026

Hello, I meant to post this yesterday, but I was in bed fighting the infection that's been plaguing me (and on my birthday too!)

I'm trying to kid myself I'm better today 😆

Anyway, the point of this post was not to wallow, but to show you this.

Durga has ARRIVED!! 🕉️

Ya Devi Sarva Bhuteshu
Shakti Rupena Samsthita
Nama stasyei Nama stasyei
Nama stasyei Namo Namaha

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

10/06/2026

Oopsie!

I promised you a blog post yesterday. I wrote a blog post yesterday. I forgot to tell you about the blog post yesterday. So here it is!

All about Varaha, one of the avatars of Lord Vishnu, and why you might find this mantra useful.

I pulled the Varaha card this week, so we’ve landed on one of the most quietly powerful images in Hindu mythology: the Earth being lifted. Varaha is the boar avatar of Vishnu, the preserver of the universe, who is said to appear whenever the world is in danger of being dragged down into the depths...

08/06/2026

I'm doing some work on the website this evening, incense burning, doggo snoring at my feet, music playing.

I'm playing the playlist I put together for the Cacao Ceremonies/Gong Baths here at Earthtones.

This song has just stopped me in my tracks. I know it well, but tonight, everything stopped.

Do you know it? Do you love it?

May you know in your bones that this earth is your home.
May you feel in your soul you are worthy and whole.
May you know in your bones that this earth is your home.
May you feel that you belong

https://youtu.be/86d3x5cbyH4?si=anZy0_xeb8oJgWBp

If you're interested in listening to my Cacao Ceremony playlist (it's a bit of a living document - it changes as fall in and out of love with songs), look on Spotify for a playlist called "Cacao at Earthtones"

Olivia Fern · Red Thread · Song · 2024

08/06/2026

Monday Mantra to Varaha, the boar avatar of Lord Vishnu

Om Namo Bhagavate Varāhāya

Blog post coming tomorrow to tell you all about Varaha

07/06/2026

Today I opened the last brick of Keith's Cacao that I brought home from Guatemala over 2 years ago! (Not the brick in the picture). I was craving cacao this afternoon but didn't want a hot drink so ..

15g Keith's Cacao
A handful of red berries and banana
A huge spoonful of soy yogurt
And a glass of oat milk

20 seconds in the ninja and voilà

I have fruit and soy yoghurt for breakfast every morning. I think I'll be blending it with cacao from now on. No sweeteners of any kind added. You could add some nut butter if you wanted more protein.