WELL-BEING DAY Saturday 24th September
Saturday 24th September 2022, 11am – 3pm
Wellbeing Chill- Out Day @11-3pm,
Gracefield Gardens Health Centre, 6-8 Gracefield Gardens, SW16
11-11.45pm: Jimi Begbaaji – Racial Microaggressions: Toxic Consequences and Timely Remedies. This interactive presentation by Jimi Begbaaji illustrates what happens within when racism occurs. Racial stress and trauma flies under the radar as a root cause for anxiety, depression and illness. Initiate your legacy of peace by joining the conversation.
12-12.30pm and 2-2.30pm: Pause & Breathe by Lillian Lartey. Lillian is the creator of the ‘Pause & Breathe’ Method. Using a few, simple wellness techniques, ‘Pause & Breathe’ helps you ease stress, anxiety and overwhelm, be present in your mind with head space, and feel relaxed in your body where you can breathe better, feel lighter with a sense of peace and feel balanced with calm energy. To find out more about Lillian and her work go here.
1-2pm: Stretch and Tone with Charmaine Obene. Charms uses fun workouts that fuses fi tness
techniques for stretch an body conditioning to help tone, chisel and defi ne the whole body. She takes you and your body through a series of controlled exercises designed to strengthen and tone the muscles, mobilise the joints, increase movement efficiency, build stamina, improve balance, focus on good posture and ease back pain. ALL levels welcome. Come, find your inner peace and build your core.
followed by Essential healing oils Our diet and the foods we eat combine to result in a healthy lifestyle.
Essential oils have the ability to support our natural healing systems, providing amazing health benefits such as aiding sleep, pain relief, allergies and respiratory illness and more. Come and experience the sweet fragrance of healing oils.
Creative Corner Sessions @11-3pm Creative writing Taster with Denise: 11.30am and 1.30pm – Creative Writing Word Games Getting started with poetry and prose. Want to write but not sure where to start? Here are some simple techniques and forms that will get you creating straight away and can also be used as ‘warm-ups’ to activate your imagination. Suitable for everyone, especially beginners
12.15pm and 2.15pm – Creative Writing Characters!
Whose story are you telling? What are the essential ingredients of a story? Discover some techniques
for creating living, breathing characters that you and your readers will want to know. Suitable for everyone including beginners.
Creative Corner from 11am – 3pm
Creative writing Taster with Denise – Denise Woodhouse:
Denise began writing poetry, stories and plays during her childhood in Malawi. Later she had plays performed by the Armchair Theatre Group in Brighton. More recently she studied English and Creative Writing at the University of Chichester, achieving a First-Class Honours degree. Whilst at university she was Poet in Residence for the ‘Insight’ Art Exhibition at Pallant House Gallery and performed her poetry at Chichester Cathedral’s inaugural ‘Cathedral Nights’ event.
Denise has had poetry published in London Poetry Pearl’s anthology and Pen to Print’s magazine Write On! Her flash fiction has appeared in National Flash Fiction Day’s Flash Flood and in 2021 she won Second Prize in the University of Chichester Short Story Competition. The story – about a veteran with PTSD – is currently being recorded for performance by the Royal British Legion. Moving to East London in 2017, Denise began teaching ESOL classes and ran art and craft workshops at her local community centre. She also gave poetry readings and talks at the Royal Docks History Club’s annual Ferry Festival. Now settled in Streatham, she is currently working on two novels.
Arts sessions with Liz: Bring your child to create and paint a Peace dove while you enjoy the talks, workshops and massages. Children and adults chat about what the word Peacemeans to them, discuss their image of peace then draw or cut out their own dove and create their own version of the Peace dove.
Crafting with Simone: Crafting; beautiful colours, textures and ideas – come along to settle into deeply creative and very peaceful activity. Suitable for everyone.
‘Hook Ups’ with Micheline @2-4pm: If you are interested in crochet, thinking about trying it, or would like to show some of what you have made, then this is the session for you! Come to crochet alongside other makers.
“Hook Ups” with Micheline: 2-4pm
If you are interested in crochet, thinking about trying it, or would like to show some of what you have made, then this is the session for you! Come to crochet alongside other makers.
Art by Liz
Elizabeth Balogun is a London based portrait artist, who studied at Croydon College where she has obtained a BTEC National Diploma in Fine Art and City Guilds life drawing. She has done online creative art and craft classes with children and adults and loves teaching new students in creative ways.
Children and adults will talk about what the word peace means to them for 5 minutes and will discuss their image of peace. They will then be given an option to either draw or cut out their own dove and create their own version of their dove.
Massage Taster Sessions @ 11-3pm
Facial, Neck & Shoulder massage by SSpa, Facial will be a cleanse and facial massage – important to detox, relieve tension, rove circulation and rejuvenate the skin on the face. A neck and shoulder massage, besides feeling good, can help to relieve stress and tension, correct poor posture – a result of sitting at computer for long periods and reduce the severity of your headaches. Using Caudalie products. Sspa will be giving out product samples throughout the day.
S.spa London (downstairs at wellbeing95). 95 Streatham Hill, SW2 4UD. 0208 6747814, Sspalondon.net
Hand massage by Roya and Charmaine: Can you imagine your life without your hands? Everyday activity at work, home and everywhere makes our hands prone to stress and pain. Hand massage therapy is the
best way to relief painful hands, improves blood circulation and opens up to energy from the body
Stalls: 10-3pm
Peace raffle with Devika, Enjoy Fruitz Ltd: Your chance to win a lovely fruit basket prize, fruit earrings, fruit jelly shapes etc. Come, find out more and get interested in fruits farming.
ABC A Better Community: supporting Anti-Racism in our services and
communities. Members of ABC will drop into the event. They will talk about their work, including their Parent Forum, for anyone who would like to chat.
Face painting and fruit kebabs by Bloom Day Nursery & Pre-school, Streatham Hill, SW2 3BH
Refreshment stall:
Grab a drink and a snack while waiting for your massage, creative class or session.
Grab a free Coffee * Grab a Massage * Visit Stalls * Networking
New Vision for Women: Nighat Khan runs powerful workshops that help women achieve their full potential and develop their skills to be independent and live healthy lives, connecting and empowering
local women through enlightened training sessions which includes Confidence Boosting, Financial empowerment, Employability Skills and Health & Wellbeing. As founder and Director of New Vision For
Women, she has won the London Faith and Belief Community Award and continues to speak at many events empowering women from diverse faiths and backgrounds.
All these workshops and classes are FREE – Saturday 24th September 2022, 11am – 3pm
