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About Christina Hatt, BA (Hons) English and Drama, British Wheel of Yoga Teacher, studied 9 languages, psychology, meditation, nutrition, various forms of therapy, including music and dance. Has worked in TV, theatre and radio. Mother and grandmother, Christina is a sister and friend to many who have lost their way and require guidance. Christina is kind, warm, calm and balanced. Using her Celtic intuition, and a wide variety of interesting talents and techniques, Christina helps people let go of the past and move forward to finding happiness, harmony and peace within themselves. Christina constantly rescues sick and abandoned kittens and puppies, and is currently writing "Healing Animals in Tunisia" and "Lessons for Living". Christina was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007, and decided to learn and do everything possible to heal herself. Christina would now like to pass this baton of knowledge onto you.
Holidays
Holidays - Jasmine Journeys joyfully announces an innovative programme of Healing Holidays in Tunisia: Choose your own combination of yoga, belly dancing, cookery. Contact chrissiehatt_hotmail.com for availability. Discover the unique healing energies in Tunisia If you are convalescing, tired, or have low energy levels, you will soon feel brighter, happier, lighter, stronger and refreshed. The amazing combination of fragrant gardens, clean air, sunshine and sea - plus the abundance of fresh, local, seasonal foods and spices from the healthy Cap Bon Peninsula will heal and strengthen your immune system. You will stay at the fantastic 5 Star Sindbad Hotel in Hammamet, with a private beach, 3 swimming pools, beautiful gardens, and a variety of restaurants - which is also safe, calm and has won awards for hygiene, good service and cuisine. Sunday 15 April - The Spring Within New Holiday with Christina Hatt and Julia Barnickle, offering a fun week of: Life Coaching, Singing and Writing Therapy, Yoga with Meditation, Belly Dancing, Shopping and Sightseeing, Visit to Morning Market and Tunisian Cookery Lesson. Hot off the press! Details being finalised. An amazing opportunity to expand your horizons, look inside and discover your true potential.
Holidays Jasmine Journeys joyfully announces an innovative new programme of Healing Holidays int Tunisia. The Healing Power of Belly Dancing - Sunday 22 May, Sunday 24 July, Sunday 25 September The Healing Power of Tunisian Cookery - Sunday 25 June, Sunday 28 August, Sunday 23 October. Discover why the ancient Greeks and Romans came to benefit from the unique healing benefits inTunisia*.
Belly Dancing
Belly Dancing The Healing Power of Belly Dancing Learning the art of belly dancing helps women understand their bodies, appreciate their cultural roots, and grow with confidence and joy. * Rediscover your unique beauty and sensuality * Renew hope and confidence, restore harmony and peace * Regain your inner sparkle, feel joyful and playful once again * Release the past and move forward into a brighter future * Realise your power and celebrate your amazing progress * Reduce lymphoedema, strengthen and tone your body * Respect your femininity and find the Goddess in you! Everyone welcome, no experience necessary. Wear leggings or a loose skirt, socks or bare feet. Bring two long flimsy scarves or sarongs, one to tie around the hips and one to use as a veil. Dancing is the oldest form of expression - it is a celebration of the life-force within us, and a powerful way of raising energy. Dancing is naturally therapeutic and healing, as we become united with basic rhythms, we soon forget our worries and the endorphins of happiness flow easily and freely. Dance existed before words, and to this day, dancing will often replace the need to talk, bring comfort, convey a mood, feeling, tell a story, better than words. The subtle movements of belly dancing bring about a new sense of awareness and open up new possibilities. As old blockages, conditioning and memories are brought to the surface and released joyfully, women have a sense of being reborn, with a new identity and strength to love themselves and trust their inner wisdom. A new sense of life-force and vital energy is felt by the particular circles and swings, using the arms, hips, ribcage, shoulders and spine. As these movements gradually re-awaken dormant energies, we feel a sense of harmony with the universe and a new state of elegance and proud gracefulness in our bodies. As we connect to the eternal woman, the earth mother, we can accept ourselves and move into a new awareness of love, peace and harmony. This metamorphosis from a chrysalis into a beautiful butterly is assisted by dressing up in pretty, coloured materials, flimsy veils, twinkly hip scarves, bracelets and bangles. The healing power of belly dancing is also the focus on the stomach, and many believe that the origins of illness and weakness can start here - so by strengthening this area women can heal themselves. Plus each female brings her own character, culture and personality, which is what makes this art form so entertaining and interesting - both to perform and watch.
Tunisian Cookery
Tunisian Cookery The Healing Power of Tunisian Cookery Feed your inner self, and learn how to heal and strengthen your immune system with Tunisian cookery lessons. "Your food shall be your remedy. Let food be your medicine and let medicine be your food." Hippocrates, Greek Physician, 5th Century BC. Learn traditional Tunisian cookery with Hanen Jbali, who will teach you part of a fascinating cultural heritage, with dishes cooked daily and for special seasons and festivals. Experience the subtle mix of spices, flower oils and herbs, which will delight your senses, help you recover after illness, and protect your body from degeneration and viruses. If you are convalescing, tired, or particularly low in energy, you will soon feel brighter, happier, lighter, stronger, and refreshed, and more able to cope with your life's challenges. We will be using fresh, locally-sourced, seasonal foods. We shall be taking you to the morning markets to purchase the produce, then back to a home for preparation, cooking and lunch. Your holiday will also include an opportunity to buy fresh herbs, flower oils, spices and beautiful hand-crafted pottery to show off your newly-acquired skills to their best advantage back home. Please advise us if you have any special dietary requirements or allergies, as we shall be cooking a variety of foods. No experience necessary, bring your own apron if you wish.
Yoga
Yoga The Healing Power of Yoga The word "Yoga" means union - a harmony of energies. So when any disease or illness manifests in your body, it is a sign that there is "disharmony" within yourself. Yoga can bring balance, calm and peace back into your life. Yoga breathing exercises can help you cope with pain, anxiety and panic attacks. Yoga postures and stretches will alleviate lymphoedema and stimulate the flow of your own energy or "chi", which may be blocked and stagnant. Yoga breathing, meditation and visualisation will also help the lympthatic system bring fresh blood to the bones, cells, muscles, and organs of your entire body. From our very first gulps of air as newborn babies, we start to breathe, and many of us go through life being totally unaware of the real power of the breath. Most people only breathe through the top part of their chest, so many toxins can build up in the lower lungs and stomach. By learning deep yoga breathing, fresh oxygen will be brought to the blood vessels, the veins, the heart, the lungs, the liver and the brain. This will stimulate a more efficient function of the digestive and lymphatic system. For anyone who has had their lymph glands removed and may be experiencing lymphoedema, yoga breathing and exercise is vital to ensure maximum flow of blood to any area which may be blocked or stagnant. Unlike the heart, which has a pump and valves to ensure the efficient working, the lymphatic system needs breathing and muscular activity to circulate air, blood and energy flow. So this boost to the lymphatic system, which contains good, white blood cells, will help build and strengthen our immune system, simultaneously evacuating bad blood cells and toxins. Then we can feel our bodies being cleansed, and we will be able to be healed quicker and more efficiently. (Think also of giving yourself a massage, which drains the old tired cells and brings equilibrium and harmony to your energy circuits. You can do this mentally or physically, or both.) As much as possible, deep yoga breathing outside in fresh air, full of the sun's dynamic solar energy will make you feel wonderful. By breathing in good, deep fresh breaths of air, you will simultaneously expel any bad air you may have absorbed from pollution, car fumes, cigarette smoke etc... Closing your eyes and taking a sunshine shower will help regenerate all your healthy cells, bones, blood vessels, muscles and organs. then you will immediately feel brighter, cleaner, fresher, happier, lighter and stronger. At The Sindbad Hotel, we have a magnificent terrace overlooking the Mediterranean sea for our yoga practice. No experience is necessary, we teach all levels, ages and abilities. Wear loose, comfortable clothes. Yoga mats are provided.
Shopping
Shopping
On Cookery Holidays we will take you to the morning markets in Hammamet, a true delight for the senses. The sheer abundance of the amazing fresh, locally-sourced produce is a sight to behold. Experience the joy and taste when buying, cooking and eating fresh food on the same day. Wonderful too, is the feeling of being in touch with nature, as only fruits and vegetables of each season are available. We will also take you to buy spices, flower oils, herbs, nuts, olives and olive oil - plus the famous Harissa, which will add fire to your blood and your cooking. Everyone will benefit from a guided shopping visit to the famous old Roman pottery town of Nabeul. The special clay in the soil makes fantastic ceramics, and you will be able to purchase from an amazing selection of hand-crafted plates, dishes, bowls, jugs and pretty oil burners. You will also find stunning Berber and Tuareg jewellery, olive wood spoons and bowls, leather pouffes, handbags, travel bags, and all sorts of exotic and interesting things. Our local guides will advise you on the best prices, and will take the stress out of souvenir shopping, as they will haggle on your behalf.
Testimonials
Testimonials "Can I thank you for a most wonderful week. I really enjoyed the yoga and the delightful energies you have around you. I fully intend to carry on the yoga and am already using many of the techniques you showed us to survive better in the world." I truly enjoyed and continue to feel the effects of my time with you in Tunisia. Thank you again, it has made a positive difference in my life." "I never expected belly dancing to feel like this! I feel so alive, so different emotionally, physically and spiritually. Thank you." "It's just like visiting an old friend in another country, and she's showing you all her favourite places, people and things which really helps you feel welcome, comfortable and safe." "I just wanted to say thank you. I'm much happier now and really excited about the future. Thank you for the opportunity to take some time out to find the strength I needed to make those positive changes in my life." "The experience has set me off on a journey of discovering who I am on an emotional level. Your work with me has opened my spirit to cultivate what I have been sent on this earth to achieve." "I often think about that week. It was so valuable to have the time to take stock, spend time on myself and consider what I really wanted, and particularly it was valuable to have your counsel on personal issues. So thanks again for everything Christina, I will be trying to get back again for another recharge." "It has been a couple of weeks now that I am back, but I can proudly tell you that all the positive influence of my holiday in Tunisia is still with me. I came back as a much improved version of myself - and wasn't even aware that I needed improvement! It was like a complete overhaul of my personality, I am much more confident and everything is possible. It was certainly the most remarkable holiday in my life. Thanks a million for making it so special." "I cannot thank you enough for the guidance and teaching you showed us this week. Our eyes were closed and now they are open." "Thank you for introducing us to this wonderful place and for all your care. We will make sure we are grounded as you have taught us. Lots of love from us and my back!" "Big thanks for a Wonderful Week! I will always have great memories of you and this trip. Have fun, you're a great teacher." "The service and attention at the Sindbad Hotel was excellent, you both complement each other." "Thank you for your companionship, gentle yoga teaching and wise words. I have had a wonderful relaxing holiday, and you have opened the door to Tunisia for me."
Booking
Booking Contact chrissiehatt_hotmail.com for prices and availability. These will vary with the seasons, activities on offer, and single or double room occupancy. We can organise everything except your flights. Tunis Air and British Airways fly scheduled services from London Heathrow and London Gatwick to TUNIS. Sunway Holidays offer flights and packages to The Sindhad Hotel, Hammamet from most airports in Ireland.
Links
Links
Gosia Gorna, Transformational Coach www.gosiagorna.com
Breast Cancer Haven www.breastcancerhaven.org.uk
Western Herbalcare - a Herbal Medicine Practice near London.
A fully qualified, experienced, medical herbalist, treating a wide range of conditions.
www.westernherbalcare.co.uk
Paintings of Greetings Cards www.evemorriscards.co.uk
The Sindbad Hotel, Hammamet www.sindbadhotel.com
www.yogapages.co.uk - The online yoga resource
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Healing Holidays in Tunisia
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About
Holidays
Belly Dancing
Tunisian Cookery
Yoga
Shopping
Testimonials
Booking
Links
