When your body is telling you it has had enough
Long hours sitting at a desk. Tight shoulders. An aching back. A mind that keeps working long after you’ve finished for the day.
Perhaps you are sleeping badly, feeling increasingly tense or finding that your body simply doesn’t move as comfortably as it used to.
You may not think of these things as connected, but stress and physical tension often reinforce one another.
My approach works with both.
Two ways I can help
Clinical Somatic Movement
For stiffness, muscular tension and recurring aches that can build up through sitting, working, stress and habitual patterns of movement.
Using slow, gentle movements, you learn to recognise and release unnecessary muscular tension and help your body rediscover easier, more comfortable movement.
Stress Relief Coaching
For when your mind feels permanently switched on, you’re overwhelmed by competing demands or you’ve forgotten what feeling properly relaxed is like.
Together we identify what is driving the pressure and develop practical ways to help you manage stress differently, feel more in control and support your wellbeing.
Because stress isn't just in your head
Stress can affect how you think and feel, but it can also show up physically as tight shoulders, a clenched jaw, an aching back or a body that never quite seems to relax. And it works the other way too, because living with a tense or uncomfortable body can affect your mood, energy and ability to cope. That is why I work with both mind and body, using stress coaching, Clinical Somatic Movement, or a combination of both depending on what you need.
A calm space to step away from everything else
Sessions take place at my private Horseshoe Studio in Great Wakering, Essex, close to Southend-on-Sea. It’s a quiet, comfortable space where you can step away from work, responsibilities and distractions and focus entirely on yourself for a while.
One-to-one sessions are relaxed, personal and tailored to what you need.
Great Wakering, Essex | By appointment
WHY CHOOSE ALISON
You coaching and advice were excellent in helping me provide the framework, and environment to get our employee back on track – both in thier work life, and home life.
- They were able to reduce their reliance on prescribed medication
- They shared their anxieties and the possible solutions with family and friends
- And they ended the year as our top performer
Many thanks on both our behalf’s – and I look forward to working with you again in the future.
David Gavins, Sales Director, BCMS
Really enjoyed the session on wellbeing. Alison was highly experienced and knowledgeable, providing insight on really current topics such as mental health. It gave me some useful tips to take away and use in my daily life, to improve my stress levels as well as advice in approaching management if required.
Jessica Crosby, EU Sales Manager
We asked Alison to help us with our IT staff meeting by leading a session on well-being. Alison did a lot of work in advance of the day, finding out about what our people do and our specific needs so that she could tailor the session so that we could get the most out of it. In the session itself, Alison was very enthusiastic and is clearly an expert in her field, the chatter as we left for the break was incredibly positive with people saying they would be trying some of the techniques from the session.
Alison was very professional and easy to deal with throughout our work together and continues to keep us updated with information on well-being.
