Bringing Balance

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Bringing Balance

Helping children grow in confidence, calm and balance
Ex primary school teacher | Wellbeing & mindset coach in training
Reflex integration informed

30/10/2026

Making the most of a beautiful morning on my last day off by taking a longer (and rather squelchy) dog walk out to the shipwreck. It’s been a while since we’ve had the time to walk out there at the same time as the being out far enough 🙏💕

02/10/2026

How did this go for me today when I needed a little reset before my work day begins? Perfectly 🥰

The 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 technique is a simple way to slow down, notice what’s around you and bring yourself back to the present moment.

This morning, I added in gratitude — noticing and feel grateful for the things I can see, hear, feel, smell and taste, and taking a moment to appreciate them before the busyness of the day begins.

Sometimes we don’t need to change everything. We just need a moment to pause, notice and reset. 💛

A simple tool for children and grown-ups alike.

❤️

19/09/2026

Sometimes we all need a moment to reset. 🌿

After a busy week at work, I can find it takes a little while for my mind and body to catch up with the fact that it’s the weekend.

So on my dog walk this morning, I deliberately slowed things down and used the 5–4–3–2–1 grounding technique — noticing what I could see, feel, hear, smell and taste around me.

Nothing complicated. Just a few moments to pause, notice my surroundings and allow myself to shift out of the pace of the working week.

Transitions can be hard — for adults as well as children. Sometimes our nervous system just needs a little help to move from one pace, place or expectation to another.

That’s something I think is really important within Bringing Balance. We don’t always need to do more to feel better. Sometimes we need to slow down, reconnect with what’s happening around us and give ourselves a moment to regulate.

And the lovely thing about this technique is that anyone can use it, anywhere.

This morning, the seafront and a dog walk were exactly what I needed. 🌊🐾

23/08/2026

Seven days on a ship and apparently my body hadn’t quite got the message that we were back on dry land! 🚢🌊

I’ve been home for a day but was still feeling a little out of sorts — almost as though I could still feel the movement of the ship.

I’d set up these movements ready for a client session and realised that actually, they were just what I needed too.

So before my client arrived, I took a few minutes to do them myself.

I chose movements involving balance and cross-body coordination, giving my brain and body lots of information about where I was in space and working with my vestibular system — the system involved in balance, movement and our relationship with gravity.

I also incorporated some of the movements I use when working with the TLR and ATNR primitive reflexes. TLR in particular has a close relationship with the vestibular system, so after a week of constantly adjusting to the movement of a ship, it felt like a good time to give mine a little attention!

This is also a good example of why movement is such an important part of my sessions with children.

The activities I choose aren’t simply about getting children moving or “burning off energy”. They’re chosen purposefully, depending on what that child might need at that particular moment.

Sometimes we need movement to wake us up and energise us.

Sometimes we need it to help us feel more grounded, regulated and focused.

And, sometimes, the grown-ups need it too! 😂

I definitely felt better afterwards — and I think the floor has almost stopped moving 😁

12/08/2026

What an incredibly wholesome evening and a great way to start my time off from work.

We are so fortunate to live somewhere with the most amazing sunsets. This also means we live somewhere that provided a perfect spot to watch the eclipse.

Our seafront that is usually fairly quiet in the evening was so busy, full of people enjoying time with their friends and family. We met some lovely people who also lent us their eclipse glasses - we had a genuinely lovely evening (I’ve never airdropped photos with strangers before 😂). This has definitely brought me balance after a busy time at work.

09/08/2026

A little glimpse into one of this week’s sessions 💛

With the summer holidays in full swing, we’ve been keeping things playful while still working on some really useful skills.

This week we used movement, coordination and problem-solving activities to challenge focus, concentration and visual discrimination.

What can look like a simple game can actually ask a lot of the brain: watching, processing, planning, coordinating, remembering and adjusting when something doesn’t quite work first time.

And that’s something I really value in my sessions.

Children don’t need to sit at a table doing “focus work” to develop focus. Movement, play and carefully chosen challenges can give us lots of opportunities to practise the skills that support learning — without it feeling like more school during the summer holidays.

Fun, yes. But always with a purpose. 💛

23/07/2026

There are so many things I love about living by the sea and being in nature.

Today, has reminded me how, in the same way as the tide comes on and clears the residue of what has been before to start afresh, each day is a new beginning, a fresh start. Time to be in the present and not hang on to what is no longer there - the past! 🙏🏻💕

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