Seven Lion Yard is a holistic well being and wellbeing centre offering complete psychological and wellbeing companies in Clapham, South London. We caught up with founder Madeleine Jago to search out out extra in regards to the area and the inspirations behind it…
Inform us a bit about your background and your meditation journey…
In my skilled life, I’ve labored for a few years as a psychologist throughout the NHS and privately. My particular areas of experience are in trauma and well being, though I usually work with different points equivalent to low vanity, low temper and anxiousness.
Through the scientific coaching, I seen a mismatch between the frequent discussions of the well-documented advantages of mindfulness, meditation and respiration practices and the truth that we, as practitioners, hadn’t been given the instruments to both combine these strategies into our periods or to assist shoppers combine these practices into their existence.
I discovered that taking a purely cognitive or analytical method can miss the body-based, emotional and unconscious drivers of behaviour and that true psychological change comes from integrating what individuals know with what they really feel. I’ve since educated in different therapies which have extra room for somatic experiences however have additionally built-in extra breathwork, meditation and mindfulness rules in my very own life and in my work to expertise larger wellbeing and higher assist my shoppers.
What impressed you to open Seven Lion Yard and when did you open the studio?
I resolved to create an area that might provide each one-to-one remedy and aware, meditative and respiration practices both independently or together, one thing I had not seen elsewhere. Once we discovered the positioning, we have been in a position to deliver this to life by way of considerate design and the character that the area already possessed. Our imaginative and prescient was to share these complementary approaches to assist individuals turn out to be extra attuned to their emotional responses, soothe their nervous system, handle stress and lead to a extra significant and enduring change in wellbeing. The studio and psychology clinic opened on the finish of Could 2024 so we’re nonetheless very a lot within the early levels of our journey and growth.
What’s your mission with Seven Lion Yard?
Our studio is dedicated to offering a supportive area for individuals of all ranges, to expertise the advantages of holistic breathwork, meditation and mindfulness primarily based practices permitting them to higher handle stress, calm their thoughts and physique, and discover stability of their life.
How is Seven Lion Yard totally different from different studios?
I imagine our concentrate on psychological wellbeing and our studio design are distinctive. We provide a mix of evidence-based practices aimed toward serving to individuals deal with life’s challenges in an area designed with calm, restoration and leisure in thoughts. Tucked away behind the hustle and bustle of Clapham Excessive Avenue in a quiet and picturesque setting, our lessons embody parts of breathwork, meditation, mindfulness, yin and restorative yoga and sound therapeutic to reinforce wellbeing. We may also shortly be launching breathwork lessons for being pregnant and workshops for mums-to-be, in addition to in-depth workshops in meditation and breathwork for many who want to take their observe to the subsequent stage.
What recommendation would you give to somebody who’s considering of opening their very own studio?
Beginning a enterprise is thrilling and terrifying and all the pieces in between so, earlier than you begin, make positive you have got individuals in your life who can provide emotional and sensible assist and anything you may want. You may be extra resilient within the face of the inevitable ups, downs and uncertainties if in case you have the fitting staff round you.
Do you have got a quote or mantra that you just stay by?
In my life I have labored and I proceed to work arduous to develop and display self-compassion. I believe it’s so necessary in bestowing resilience and I’ve witnessed the facility that quietening a self-critical voice can have on my shoppers. Kristen Neff, who writes extensively on self-compassion, captures one thing necessary:
“Being human shouldn’t be about being anyone explicit manner; it’s about being as life creates you—with your individual explicit strengths and weaknesses, items and challenges, quirks and oddities.”
Discover out extra about Seven Lion Yard:
Web site: https://www.sevenlionyard.com/
Instagram: @sevenlionyard
