A Haven of Restorative Calm

We often say that the wellbeing experience at Thyme starts with a simple walk through nature — no matter the season. We know that spending time in nature can have a profound impact on our wellbeing, and autumn offers its own healing properties.

Autumn is also our wettest season and the temptation is, when it looks like rain, to play it safe and stay indoors — but knowing the benefits of walking in the rain might tempt us to be a little bit braver, to get out and about even on the wettest of days.

Does anyone need an excuse for a good, hot soak at the end of a long day? It’s not just a lovely, luxurious thing to do, but it also has a myriad of wellbeing effects. So if you need a reason to carve out much needed me time in the tub, read on…

In winter, the views are softened by early morning mists and sparkling white frosts with muted grey greens and  stark silhouettes of the leafless woodland trees dominating the  landscape.

It’s no secret, that sleep is the the most crucial parts of our every day life. It is important for maintaining optimal health and well-being.  Like regular exercise and a balanced diet, getting enough good quality sleep improves your brain performance, mood, and overall health.

Balance in life is so important for both health and happiness and after the high octane, often exhausting festive season, now  is the perfect time to rest, reset and be kind to ourselves.

If we can learn how to recognise the signs of low grade, chronic stress we can begin to manage it, take the matter into our own hands and restore balance in both our body and mind, to retune our engine. 

This ritual switches off the body's stress response by activating the parasympathetic nervous system through the powerful combination of diaphragmatic conscious breathing, scent, nature and positive thought training.

The brain and gut are intimately connected through a complex system of nerves called the autonomic nervous system, the sympathetic responsible for the ‘fight or flight’ stress response and the para sympathetic (the vagus nerve) responsible for ‘rest & digest’ calming and quietening the body.