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 house 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 inside the NHS and privately. My particular areas of experience are in trauma and well being, though I frequently work with different points similar to low vanity, low temper and anxiousness.
Throughout the scientific coaching, I seen a mismatch between the frequent discussions of the well-documented advantages of mindfulness, meditation and respiratory practices and the truth that we, as practitioners, hadn’t been given the instruments to both combine these strategies into our classes or to assist shoppers combine these practices into their life.
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 folks 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 ideas in my very own life and in my work to expertise higher wellbeing and higher help 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 respiratory practices both independently or together, one thing I had not seen elsewhere. Once we discovered the location, we have been in a position to convey this to life by considerate design and the character that the house already possessed. Our imaginative and prescient was to share these complementary approaches to assist folks change into 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 improvement.
What’s your mission with Seven Lion Yard?
Our studio is dedicated to offering a supportive house for folks of all ranges, to expertise the advantages of holistic breathwork, meditation and mindfulness primarily based practices permitting them to raised handle stress, calm their thoughts and physique, and discover steadiness of their life.
How is Seven Lion Yard totally different from different studios?
I consider our give attention to psychological wellbeing and our studio design are distinctive. We provide a mix of evidence-based practices geared toward serving to folks deal with life’s challenges in an area designed with calm, restoration and rest in thoughts. Tucked away behind the hustle and bustle of Clapham Excessive Road in a quiet and picturesque setting, our courses embody parts of breathwork, meditation, mindfulness, yin and restorative yoga and sound therapeutic to boost wellbeing. We will even shortly be launching breathwork courses for being pregnant and workshops for mums-to-be, in addition to in-depth workshops in meditation and breathwork for individuals who want to take their observe to the following degree.
What recommendation would you give to somebody who’s considering of opening their very own studio?
Beginning a enterprise is thrilling and terrifying and every thing in between so, earlier than you begin, make positive you’ve folks in your life who can provide emotional and sensible help and anything you may want. You can be extra resilient within the face of the inevitable ups, downs and uncertainties in case you have the proper staff round you.
Do you’ve a quote or mantra that you just reside by?
In my life I have labored and I proceed to work laborious to develop and display self-compassion. I believe it’s so essential 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 essential:
“Being human isn’t about being anybody 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