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Here at the School of Creative Wellness, I'm not just talking about wellness; I'm actively redefining it. In a world that often keeps things neatly tucked away in separate boxes – professions, knowledge, and even our own well-being – I truly believe in the transformative power of transdisciplinary[...]

Hi, I'm Susanna Edwards, Director and Founder of the School of Creative Wellness. For years, I wore many hats: a single parent, a caregiver for my ailing father, and a full-time university programme leader with long, demanding hours. This relentless pace eventually took its toll, leading to a[...]

Something I am very aware of at the moment, is noticing patterns of holding and rigidity in myself and working on loosening my grip and releasing. What I perfected in my creative practice and nurtured in my art and design students was the art of suspending the judgemental[...]

There is a stone, deep down inside me, in the bottom of the ocean. It is stuck, heavy, covered in debris, closed and hard. I have been holding this stone for a long time. The weight of it builds. It is deep down inside, it took me a[...]

Flowing, filling spaces, softening, expanding, contracting, pulling, pushing, drawing earth-down, releasing skywards, exploring inwards, connecting outwards, waves, jellyfish, heartbeats, emptying out, releasing, holding, sweet space, re-energising, first breath, last breath, entering, exiting, hovering, stillness, spaces in between, sustaining, nourishing, guiding, metronome, rhythm, seeing, feeling, following, connecting, alerting, soothing,[...]

What characters lie within you? Have you ever taken the time to explore your characters within? We all have different sides to us, some are deeply instinctive like a deeply rooted need to live and behave in a certain way, some we have experienced at certain points in[...]

I adore Yin Yoga. A lot of people don't know what it is and how beautiful it can be. So I will attempt to explain and demystify. Daphne Bath my old Yin teacher used to say "chairs are your enemy, get rid of your chairs." My mum and[...]

Christmas can be a time where we heap huge expectations on ourselves. The perfect Christmas, making sure everyone is happy, cooking the perfect dinner, putting up the perfect Christmas tree, buying the perfect gifts… Sometimes we forget that it is a holiday period because it feels like constant[...]

We are in our 10th month of existence at the School of Creative Wellness. Entering into Autumn, as the founder and director, I have spent time reflecting on what has happened so far this year, what the business means to me, how it resonates with the community we[...]

Linda (Bridget Christie), The Change. Have you been watching the 2023 British comedy drama series The Change starring, written and created by Bridget Christie? If you are peri/menopausal it is essential viewing… This is dramedy at its best. The menopause is a subject that is still not talked[...]