Alice Smith

• Artist and art courses

01227 751583
07732 938005

smithalice2007@yahoo.co.uk

Art Courses

Please contact Alice for more details

Typical view from the barn

Alison Lees

• Homeopath
• Shamanic practitioner. One to one and women’s circles
• Painter

01227 831949
ali@living-medicine.demon.co.uk
www.alisonlees.co.uk

Alison is a graduate of Lakeland College of Homeopathy (London) and is a member of the alliance of Registered Homeopaths (ARH)

Homeopathy
Alison has homeopathy sessions in Canterbury every Weds afternoon
from 2 - 8pm
at Holistic Health, Northgate
(near the old Siesta shop and the old Canterbury Wholefoods)

£50 for 1st appointment (up to 2hours)
£30 follow-up appointments (45 mins)

Angela Malloy and Cathy Tutton

Hanky Panky Hampers

Unit 23, Woolton Farm,
Bekesbourne Lane,
Littlebourne,
Canterbury,
Kent.
CT4 5EA

01227 832442
sales@hankypankyhampers.com
www.hankypankyhampers.com

High Quality Gift Boxes filled with Luxury Products which Heighten all your Senses for Pure Indulgence and Pleasure.

The product which is fundamental to our company ethos is our Hanky Panky Hamper, which retails at £99 and contains a selection of high quality gifts with a naughty surprise in a sexy, romantic and fun way. Our hampers provide the perfect solution for weddings, honeymoons, hen nights, birthdays, Christmas, Valentines Day, anniversaries, weekends away or just a fun night in with yourself or others!

Our products range from Cocoa Butter Bath melts, Aromatherapy Massage Oil, Parks of London Aromatherapy Candles, L'Artisan Fine British Chocolates, Neuhaus Gourmet Belgian Chocolates, Crushed Velvet Naughty Bags filled with an adult toy and accessories, Pure Silk Blindfolds, Beautiful Natural Rose Soaps and Johnny Loves Rosie Accessories

SPECIAL OFFER

10% off all products if you quote the code 'debencant'

Angie & Rod Twydall

YogaNature

• Yoga Centre

YogaNature
Wootton Park Stable House
Wootton Lane
Wootton, Nr Canterbury
Kent, CT4 6RT
 
www.yoganature.co.uk
angie@yoganature.co.uk
01303 844373

See Sue's review in the March/April Canterbury Handbook p17 click here and then The Canterbury Handbook Link

   Courses and events at
YogaNature

Drop-in meditation group - every other Weds 7.30pm

• 5 March
• 19 March
• 2 April
• 16 April

Beginners Massage Course
Learn how to massage family & friends
Saturday from 10 - 4 pm
5th April 2008.  Give & receive a treatment.  A fun & relaxing day, lunch included. 
£50 a day 

Labour and Birthing Day
Sat 12 April  10 - 4 pm
No experience needed! We will cover labour & birth positions, looking at the three stages of labour.  Learn how massage can help, which aromatherapy oils are safe and effective to use. Come with a partner, husband or someone you like to support you in labour.
£40 per person includes all products and course handouts. Wholesome lunch is included, hot and cold drinks are available all day.

Embrace your Creative Healer
Sat 19 & Sun 20 April
10 – 4.30pm both days
We all are connected to a creative side of our nature, what is your relationship with your creativity?
Is it useful to your life in anyway?
In this workshop you will explore how to connect with your creativity and explore the fun and creativity we all have.

Crystals for Healing 
Sat 26 April and 7 June from  10 - 4pm
Bring a lunch to share.
Facilitated by Carole Ann Block ,who is an experienced crystal healing practitioner and teacher member of the IACHT. 
“I want to thank you for a fantastic healing and learning day. I feel great. It really helped me as there is a lot going on in my life. I’m working with spiritual meditation and I use my crystals to help me with that; I’ve learnt even more now. Thanks again Carole”. Sonia, Meopham “ Thank you for an inspirational day.” Ann, Dymchurch.
If you want to use crystals for healing please contact Carole Anne Block on 01303 210455.
£45 for this wonderful one day workshop 

Aromatherapy Facial Workshop
Sat 10 May from 10 - 4 pm
Learn how to cleanse tone mask and massage the neck face & shoulders.  Make your own aromatherapy massage blends, and facial mask.  Give & receive a treatment.   A fun & relaxing day, lunch is included £50 

Partner Yoga Day
31 May 10am – 4.30pm
with Angie & Julie

Two teachers for the price of one! Blending postures, conscious breathing, trust, communication, and playfulness.

£35 per person, please bring lunch to share.

Crystal Therapy Workshop
7th June 10 - 4.30pm
With Carole Anne Block 01303 210455.
Bring a lunch to share.
Facilitated by Carole Ann Block, who is an experienced crystal healing practitioner and teacher member of the IACHT. 

Meditation Workshop
14th June with Rod and Angie .
A day exploring different techniques and approaches. No previous meditation experience necessary.
£40 pp including lunch.

Summer Solstice Gathering
21st June
All welcome from 7.00pm, please bring food and drink to share. Don’t forget your drums, guitars etc! A fun eveningcelebrating the longest day.

Kundalini Yoga and Shakti dance workshop
28th June
From Brighton we are so pleased to have Ishwara bringing her unique and vibrant teachings to YogaNature.
Highly Recommended.
Book up early!!!£50 for the whole day £30 for one session. Please bring food to share.

The Federation of Holistic Therapists planned Support Group  Meetings
All are on a Wednesday evening from 7.30pm onwards, at Wootton Park Stable House. We have guest speakers on therapies and health issues, and have an opportunity to chat over tea and biscuits.
FHT members £5 non-members and members of the public £6.  All are welcome.
9th April - Shamanism - The Medicine Wheel - Saorise O'Sullivan
4 June - Thought Field Therapy - Charles Stone
30 July - Hypnotherapy - Jean Murton
24 Sept TBC
19 Nov - Buddhism - Danapriya Western Buddhist Order
Details of speakers will be added as they are arranged!  Give us a call if you have any requests or are interested in giving a demonstration/talk for about an hour.

Learn to Play African Drums
Come to an idyllic space, relax commune and express as part of a group whilst developing skills.  If you are interested in drumming or are already drumming and wish to extend yourself. This group starts in the autumn on Tuesdays at 7.30pm.  Contact Ade by email or  phone Adrian on 07749 738902 for more information.

Hot News!

Dancing Through the Dark
Eve Fri 18th - Sun 20th July A Full Moon Residential 5 Rhythms™ Dance weekend
Led with Tim Broughton
Wootton, Kent

We will dance through the night, moving from light to dark and on into the light of a new day; mirroring in our dance the patterns of light and dark in our psyche. As well as dancing the Rhythms there will be other structures to carry us through the night. We will greet the dawn outdoors in the gardens and woods, and return to rest before sharing something of our journeys together.
We will be camping in the grounds of Wooton Stable House with beautiful uninterrupted views over the rolling Kentish countryside. We have the use of a heated marquee with sound system.
Let go of your mind and let your body take you into your wildness, your tenderness, your joy – with yourself, with others. Come home to the ground of your being.
Somewhere in you the dancer is waiting, waiting to be recognised and given life in movement. All you need is yourself and your willingness to move and let the music touch you.

Venue:
YogaNature, Wootton Park Stable House, Wootton, Kent
Course Fee: £105 (£85 if booked by 23 May)
Food (organic where possible and vegetarian) & accommodation: Camping £65.
(Limited local B&B £30 per person per night extra)

Cheques payable to Jayne Blackman
Information & bookings: Jayne Blackman
E-mail: jayneblackman@talktalk.net
Tel: 01932 243 568 Mob: 07917 675 326
92 a Old Charlton Road, Shepperton, Middlesex, TW17 8BS

Tim Broughton.
I have worked with individuals and groups in a variety of contexts for many years. I am a counsellor and accredited 5 Rhythms™ teacher. I trained with Gabrielle Roth in 1994 and 1997/8. I regularly run day, weekend and longer residential workshops, and an annual Summer Festival. My work has taken me to Europe, America and the Far East.
Through the ups and downs of life I have learned to live anyway. My wish for all of us is to find the courage to live with all the love, passion, vulnerability, intensity and celebration that is our birth right. I am a member of Six of One, a group of Humanistic practitioners based in Norfolk.

Enquiries about other workshops & events: Tim Broughton,
Allum’s Cottage, Low Street, Badingham, Suffolk, IP13 8JS
Tel: +44 (0)1728 638 959 Email: tim-broughton@waitrose.com

Barbara Lammers

MOSAIC TRADER UK

Unit 14B Barton Business Park
New Dover Road
Canterbury CT1 3AA

www.mosaictraderuk.co.uk
info@mosaictraderuk.co.uk

01227 781601 or 0773 441 4970

Mosaic Workshop
Thurs May 1st
4 – 6 pm (or thereabouts)
Mosaic Mirrors

Bring out your creative ability and enjoy the therapeutic benefit of a mosaics workshop!

Enjoy the beautiful colours and almost edible qualities of exquisite, very tactile, shimmering and glossy mosaic items.

All the tools you require are provided, no need to buy your own. Free advice and help so that you can work to the creative ability that suits you.

Workshop costs include mosaic item, coffee/tea & biscuits and a fun and therapeutic two hours!

• Numbers limited to six people per session.

£18 per workshop and your mosaic mirror to take away with you.

 Please call 01227 781601 or email info@mosaictraderuk.co.uk

MOSAIC TRADER UK

A huge range of all things mosaic: porcelain, glass and ceramic mosaic tiles in beautiful colours and finishes; stained glass; millefiori; glass gems; tools, adhesives and grouts; cut boards and shaped bases to work on.

Great prices – we ship throughout the UK.

Mosaic by the square metre, the sheet and the mini sheet. For bathrooms, kitchens, pools, tables, mirror frames, school projects, hobbies, etc.

You can view and order all our stock on line or visit our new warehouse located in the Barton Business Park.

Open Thursdays 11– 7 pm or phone to arrange a convenient time

Tel: 01227 781601 or 0773 441 4970

Carole Ann Block

• Crystal Healer

01303 210455
info@crystalsforhealing.co.uk
www.crystalsforhealing.co.uk

Crystals , Colours and Chakras Workshop
Sat 14th June - The Manor Barn, Canterbury

This new workshop will start you on the road to greater peace, perspective and vitality in your life.

You are an energetic being of love, intelligence and light. Your body’s energy system has 7 major chakras and many minor ones which constantly radiate and receive energy.

Using crystals and colours it’s easily possible to rebalance your chakras and auric field so that they are fully cleansed, balanced and remain that way.

10.30am-5pm £45

For further information or to book your place, please email:

info@crystalsforhealing.co.uk or telephone us on 01303 210455

www.crystalsforhealing.co.uk

· Meditations/guided visualisations to heal and empower you

· Creating a simple healing web for yourself and others

Sue Nyirenda, Richard and Joke Murray & Steve Barrett

• Canterbury Communicators (Toastmasters)

01304 842009
01227 786948
01227 470256
sue@lovelli.co.uk
www.canterburycommunicators.co.uk

Want to develop your presentation skills?

Every 2nd and 4th Tues of the month

Come along and have some challenging fun...

Canterbury Communicators is a speaking (and listening) and leadership development club.

We meet from 7.15 – 9.15pm at the Manor Barn.

Members of the club learn to give speeches and take on certain roles each evening. Leadership and communication skills are developed in a very supporting and fun atmosphere.

Guests are always welcome and encouraged to participate to get the most enjoyment from the evening - but we don't pressure you to. The club belongs to a world-wide umbrella organisation ‘Toastmasters’ – but we are far removed from the classic image of a toastmaster.

The Canterbury Handbook

• A5 Full colour FREE community and Advertising magazine

Contact:

Sue Nyirenda
sue@lovelli.co.uk
01304 842009

Website in the process of being created

The Canterbury Handbook

Exciting NEWS!
Sue is the proud new owner of the Canterbury Handbook!...

Special offer
If you book an ad in the handbook for a year - then you not only get 20% off but you can cancel after only 4 months...

You can advertise for as little as £12 per month - what? £12...?

AND...if you quote 'SFNApril' you will also get another 5% off

N.B. DEADLINES - you need to BOOK your ad by the end of the week (Fri 11 April) - you then have another week to get the copy to me.

The handbook is an A5 full colour bimonthly booklet that will be delivered to 9000 homes in Canterbury. A further 1000 will be available at various pick up points.

It has Community pages -

• What's On FREE listings (see below)
• Useful telephone numbers and websites
• competitions - Photo Competition - get on the front cover and win a prize!
• puzzles and
• editorials highlighting local restaurants and other interesting organisations, businesses and charities.

If you want to book a space to advertise (or have an editorial page) in this very successful method of reaching customers please talk to Sue on 01304 842009

The costs range from £12 per month for an eighth of a page in B&W to just under £100 for a full page.

FREE LISTINGS - every month a 'What's On' pull-out sheet will be distributed with the handbook - with events for the coming two months. If you have an event (or a regular class) happening in the Canterbury area please e-mail us with the details. The deadline for copy is a couple of weeks before the beginning of the month - but the sooner we get the details the sooner it will get on the sheet.

Cherry Tewfik and the Barnes family

• Potter and photographer (Cherry)
• Pictures (Jonathan)
• Jewellery (Esther Miles)
• Painted mirrors (Naomi)

01227 767896
mobile 07979212948 cherrytewfik@hotmail.com
15 South Canterbury Rd
Canterbury CT1 3LH.

Cherry's pots, Jonathan's pictures, Esther's jewellery and knitting and Naomi's mirrors will be on sale in the Made in Canterbury Shop (see above)

Cheryl Barclay

• Personal Counsellor
• Aura Soma Practitioner
• Life Skills Trainer
• Traditional Reiki Master/Teacher

01795 591664
07775 715132
cherylbarclay@btinternet.com
www.cherlybarclay.org.uk

Please contact Cheryl for more details

The beautiful Aura Soma bottles

Danuta Karpinska

• Yoga Retreats in France

Caudet, 32700 Marsolan France

0033(0)5 62 68 87 95

caudet108@orange.fr www.radhacaudet.com

Yoga retreat Holidays

Check out the new website
www.radhacaudet.com

...in the heart of Rural South West France

5 - day courses during May-September in the yogic practices developed by Swami Sivananda Radha (visit w.yasodhara.org/about_us_our_practices.html)

• For those wishing to develop and deepen their understanding of yoga. Also suitable for beginners.
• Guests on personal retreats welcome at most times of the year.
• Comfortable shared accommodation in the main house, tipi or yurt. Single rooms may be available.
• Fees (from 450 €) for 5 days includes 3 wholesome meals (usually vegetarian) a day, accommodation and tuition. Small groups: maximum 4 retreat guests per course.
• Experienced teachers, trained at Yasodhara ashram.
• In a tranquil setting with beautiful views, close to the spa town of Lectoure. The Pyrenees, Atlantic and Mediterranean are each within a 3-4 hour drive.

Dorice Evans

• Steps to Leadership
• Transpersonal Psychotherapist Dip Psych, UKCP

01227 478283
07775 673795
bestimeoflife@yahoo.co.uk
www.psychologyofvision.co.uk

Contact Dorice for more details

Elaine Horton

Pets in Kent

07802 882897
www.petsinkent.co.uk
www.thehousesitters.biz

Charity Bluebell Walk Campaign 2008
at Shorne Country Park, Brewe

I am holding this years bluebell walk on Sunday 20th April, in support of the Canine Partners

The Canine Partners National Bluebell Walk Campaign is the perfect way to get active for a worthwhile cause.
There are three circular walks in the 288 acre park including bluebells in the ancient woodland, a dog swimming pond,
sensory garden, adventure playground and a trim trail for those wanting to do a bit of outdoor exercise on route.
The terrain is suitable for everyone, including wheelchair users but it is slightly hilly in areas. Shorne Country Park has
a lovely picnic area, café, toilets and ample parking facilities, (for which there is a £2.00 charge).

Money will be raised for Canine Partners either by getting friends, colleagues and relatives to sponsor you, pay a donation
on the day or contribute at http://www.justgiving.co.uk/petsinkent

The walk takes place in beautiful, and something for everyone, surroundings, we are hoping to raise plenty of money for Canine Partners.
I will be available all day to meet and greet. It would be nice to see people from the local area and beyond, as well as their dog(s),
to join us for an enjoyable walk as well as the opportunity to find out more about the work of Canine Partners.

For sponsorship forms and further information, please call me, Elaine, on 07802 882897 or see information on www.petsinkent.co.uk
Please visit the website www.caninepartners.co.uk or call Malcolm Wells, Canine Partners, 01730 716011 for information on
the Bluebell Walk Campaign 2008.

Griselda Mussett
Millipod

• Business networking group

92 Abbey St.
Faversham
Kent ME13 7BH
01795 538821
info@millipod.com

The BIG network for small business

Millipod - adds network strength to small businesses. We bring people together to find new customers and suppliers, pool skills and services, and boost profits.

Millipod reaches 500 small-biz entrepreneurs by weekly e-newsletter. Our networking events are held throughout the year in Kent and London. We help with marketing, PR, IT, training, sales, websites - with sound business advice. Being a small independent company ourselves we understand the challenges you face.

Millipod events and services are ethical, professional, affordable and friendly. If you are running your business alone - as nearly three-quarters of small-business owners in the UK are - why not JOIN US NOW - for support, services, contacts and information.

Hannah Nicholls

• Natural Pathways (Survival and bushcraft skills)

01304 842045
Mob: 0782 831 6827

hannah@natural-pathways.co.uk
www.natural-pathways.co.uk

Flint Knapping

• Fire & Shelter Family Days
• Animal Wisdom Family Days
• Family Wilderness Camps (overnight or up to 4 days)
• Adult Bushcraft/Survival & Nature Awareness Course
• Woman Only Bushcraft/ Survival Course
• Flint Knapping with Will Lord
• Schools & Youth Events
• Corporate Events
• Woodland Birthday Parties

Jacqueline Summer

• Storyteller
• Hatha Yoga teacher

www.summerstorytell.co.uk
summerstorytell@yahoo.co.uk

01227 738159

Jacqui has returned to Canterbury!! - and is now a qualified Hatha Yoga teacher. She will be starting classes on June 4th

Are you interested in this gentle form of yoga which emphasises finding the balance between tension and relaxation and learning about your own body? It also includes a Light medidtation.

I am going to run a six week Yoga class on Wed evenings at Chartham Village Hall from 8 til 9.30 pm.
£5 per week or £25 in advance for all 6 weeks.

Feedback about time/day would be helpful, as I may consider a daytime class.

Also:

Storytelling Workshop
on Sat June 7th
"A wing and a wish"
at Twitham Court Farm, Wingham
from 10.30 to 4.30
Cost £40

Jane Wallace

House of Colour Image Consultancy

01227 700929
jwallace@houseofcolour.co.uk
www.houseofcolour.co.uk/janewallace

Ring Jane on 01227 700929 to find out more about House of Colour Sessions & Jane herself

House of Colour at Slippery Sam’s

Gift Vouchers

• It make’s the most wonderful and unusual gift for family, friends
• or yourself and lasts long after the tinsel has been taken down!

• Wardrobe full of clothes & nothing to wear?

• Know someone in need of a boost?

• Reached one of those life changing milestones

• Would you just like the chance to spend time on yourself without feeling guilty?

Janice Lewis - Artichoke Arts

• Artist

www.artichokeart.co.uk
138 Tankerton High Rd
Tankerton
Whistable
CT5 2AN
01227
janice@raspberrystudio.co.uk

N.B. The shop is now closed

'Artichoke' - is an exciting new venture - a shop selling local Whitstable artist's work.

We are pleased to announce our January guest artist, Stephen Hall who sculpts wall and free-standing panels.
Stephen began his career in art with a three year ceramics course at Derby for which he gained a diploma with distinction. He now specialises in kiln fused glass; colourful and unique pieces of work that subtly evoke the interplay of air, water and light.

There will be a special private view party from 6 – 8 p.m. to showcase his work on Friday 11th January so if you are around and about at that time please drop in and share a glass of wine with him.

As some of you may know, we only have a short term tenancy of the Tankerton shop until the end of February – however we are looking for new premises in the Tankerton/Whitstable area so if anyone knows of
anything that might be suitable we would be very grateful if you would pass the information on to us !

Jean Fraser

• Drawing Breath Project

cycletrax@yahoo.co.uk
07801 070204
www.drawingbreath.org

Drawing Breath Project

Drawing Breath is an ongoing project about breath and breathing. The coastal pushbike journey (Whitstable to Hastings) finished in the summer. You can read the journey photo-blog (which featured Ruth Cutler’s sea garden at Ramsgate) at www.drawingbreath.org. I am currently working on a slideshow – “Breath and Shadow” – to be uploaded in the not-too-distant future.

Exhibitions

Jo Barker

• Kinesiologist
• Permaculture courses
• Community Development

01227 831365
shavannabarker@yahoo.co.uk
www.dynamic-equilibrium.co.uk

Aylesham Community Farm Launch
Saturday 29th March

Acholt Rd, on the Aylesham Neighbourhood Project Complex next to Miners Way Business Park.
Family Fun for everyone - includes special free fun gardening activities for Dads and their 3 - 5's

For more info please ring 01304 842826 or ring Jo on 01227 831365

Please contact Jo or go to her website for more information

Jo Candler

• Jo can do - Website production
• Jo can do - Business Support

01227 732019
jo@jocando.co.uk
www.jocando.co.uk
www.jocando.co.uk/business

JO CAN DO

Website production and support with the personal touch

Do you want a website for your business, but don’t know where to start? Don’t pay a fortune! Forget the big companies, and contact Jo.

From March 10th Jo is going full-time with her web production business. From a small 5-page website to a complete online shop, whatever your needs, Jo can do!

Examples of her work – www.lovelli.co.uk and www.fitnessballet.co.uk and www.yogasoo.org and of course www.jocando.co.uk

I’ve launched my new service – Jo Can Do… Business Support.

Covering a wide range of needs for individuals and small businesses, from word-processing and admin services, to tailor-made software solutions.

Details can be found at www.jocando.co.uk/business.

Jo Scully

• Psychic Holistic and Craft Fairs

07775 628770
joscully123@hotmail.co.uk
www.joscully.co.uk

Psychic, Holistic and Craft Fairs

Please call Jo on 07775 628770 if you have any queries

Private readings available, based in Cheriton nr Folkestone

John Harley

• Art & spirituality, retreats

07985 900935
020 8670 9280
john.harley@hotmail.co.uk
www.yuvaholidays.com

Creativity and Relaxation
Yuva Eco Holiday Centre, Turkey
13 – 20 October 2008

With art teacher John Harley and complementary therapist Caroline Clipson

We will be using art, movement and meditation to help reconnect us with our creative selves and find insights and fresh perspectives to take back to our everyday lives. Inspiring workshops including art, storytelling, visualisation and drama have the power to restore participants' sense of inner balance and provide opportunities for companionship and fun. There will also be a regular morning stretch and breathing session as well as a free complementary therapy treatment from a range including reflexology and Indian Head Massage as well as a guided walk or two.  

The creative sessions will be led by John Harley, chair of the Art and Spirituality Network, an organisation that provides safe and transforming spaces for people to create art together. John has been leading creative workshops for over 10 years.

The stretch and breathing sessions and treatments will be provided by

Caroline Clipson , a complementary therapist and wife of Yuva's Director.

Yuva is an eco holiday centre set in a quiet pine forest on the banks of the Mediterranean sea in Turkey. İt is a family run centre providıng traditıonally built en suite accommodation and home made vegetarian food. At this time of year the temperature is in the early to mid 20s and the sea is wonderfully warm. For more information check out our website
www.yuvaholidays.com

Price : 7 nights £375. Price includes full board based on sharing a twin room or in a single log cabin, excluding flights and transfers. The cost of group transfers from Dalaman airport to Yuva return is £30 each for 3 people sharing and £45 each for up to 2 people. We can advise flight timings so that guests can share transfers. Twin room as single: supplement £70 per week.Travel and health insurance is compulsory for entering Turkey and participants need to make their own arrangements.

To book : Please fill in the booking form on reverse, or download it from our website. Please return it to John Harley at the address below with a deposit of £80 per person. We will then get in touch with you to confirm arrangements and suggested flights. We advise you to BOOK EARLY.

Joke & Richard Murray

• Manor Barn (numerous therapies)
• Yoga classes
• Shiatzu
• Assemblage point
• Cyma therapy
• Teff flour (natural gluten free flour)

www.teff-flour.co.uk

Manor Barn
Cockering Rd
Thanington,
Canterbury
CT1 3UR

01227 470256 (NB New number Aug 07)

www.manorbarn.org.uk
jomurray@manorbarn.org.uk

Joke's Yoga Class

Manor Barn - Centre for peace & personal development

Yoga Times - during Term Time (and coffee after)

Free first session if you e-mail Joke your details
jomurray@manorbarn.org.uk

Courses at the Manor Barn this month:

Kate March

Kate Makes Chocolates

• Hand crafted Fresh Choccies

01227 750685
07707 893912

indigogoes@yahoo.co.uk

KATE MAKES CHOCOLATES

...Fresh ~ Natural ~ Fruity
Boozy ~ Local ~ Yummy ~
Edible ~ Chocolatey ~ Works of Art...

Order them for a special occasion...

Valentines Day mmm...

Lois-Jane Crowter

• Weekenders Fashion Co-ordinator

01303 893540
07768 123886

320 Canterbury Rd, Densole CT18 7BB

www.weekenders.com

loisjanec@aol.com

I distribute Ladies Weekenders Fashions, which are available to order in sizes XS to XXL and I hold a sample of each garment in the Collection for demonstrating and try-ons.

Plus if I don't have your size and colour choice on my rail I am offering 15% off ALL Current Season Collection Orders, while stocks at the warehouse last!

I can bring the clothes to you or you can come and take a look - at my place in Densole.

Do bring your friends!

Call/Text/Email me to book your appointment...

Louise Hummerstone

• Potter

01227 765004
louisehummerstone@hotmail.com
35 St Augustines Road
Canterbury Kent CT1 1XR

Pottery

All the pottery is oven, freezer, dishwasher and microwave safe

Louise has a permenant display of work at:

Sam's Garage,
Simmonds Road, Wincheap Industrial Estate, Canterbury

...as well as a basket of seconds

Lucy Moorhead

• Shiatsu therapist
• Alternative and complementary medicine practitioner
• Language tutor

Lucy Newing

• Dr Hauschka
• Thai massage
• Waxing queen
• NEW! No hands massage

01227 738667
lucynewing@yahoo.co.uk

http://www.drhauschka.com
http://www.drhauschka.co.uk

Based in Chartham and the Manor Barn, Canterbury.

The Dr Hauschka skin care approach … works in harmony with the skin allowing its natural beauty to unfold. The result is skin that radiates with a healthy glow.

£10 voucher for Dr Hauschka products if a treatment booked in April

NEW! Dr Hauschka MAKE-UP at the Manor Barn and The Centre, Hythe

FREE Dr Hauschka make-up demo
Ring Lucy for details

Thai massage – 10% off treatment in April

LUCY's NEW webpage...

Waxing – excellent rates – free skin patch test to assess suitability for beginners – see how painless it is!

Maddie

Mama Feelgoods Fine Food Store and Coffee Shop

Chalk Pit Farm
School Lane
Bekesbourne
Canterbury
CT4 5EU

01227 830830
enquiries@dinnerservice.co.uk

www.mamafeelgoods.co.uk

The Review from the Canterbury Handbook:

One mid-week, January lunchtime we went for a light lunch, an easy trip out of town to the Chalkpit Farm Rural Shopping centre in Bekesbourne. As they say, Mama Feelgoods certainly does what it says on the tin. The small friendly café, with additional tables outside for wqrmer times, certainly left this Mama feelin’ good!

Simply, the food is imaginatively and expertly created and presented from quality, fresh ingredients, sourced locally. Some of those ingredients are also for sale in the coffee shop - a mini delicatessen with things you can’t easily get at the supermarket. There’s now a collection of fresh veg too.

I had a delicious, generous portion of smoked chicken Caesar salad with handmade croutons which left me totally satisfied. Muzz had some door-step sandwiches, made with organic farmhouse freshly baked bread with a salad garnish lightly drizzled with delicious olive oil dressing. I don’t think he was hungry when he left either. Humble mushrooms on toast on the next table looked a tempting choice for my next visit, as there certainly will be. As that regular fungi diner put it – there’s a magical twist somewhere added to each choice. “A touch of the continent in rural East Kent.” And check out the ‘work of art’ pudding enjoyed at another table!

Maddie started the café last year as a spin off from her successful catering business – The Dinner Service, also based at Chalkpit Farm. The café is warm, airy and light, with a comfy sofa as well as the wooden tables. The walls are lined with art for sale and children are very welcome and catered for. Breakfasts are offered, light lunches, afternoon teas and lastly, those gorgeous cakes and desserts – all made on the premises.

So, if you fancy a short trip out of the city one day, on your bike, by car (loads of parking) or even by train to the nearby Bekesbourne station and a ten minute walk, I’d thoroughly recommend the Feelgood experience - great coffee too!

‘Mama’ Sue and Muzz

Made in Canterbury - a group of artists and craftsfolk from Canterbury and its villages

Sue Nyirenda

01304 842009
sue@lovelli.co.uk
www.madeincanterbury.co.uk

MADE in CANTERBURY

Look out for some exciting news... You'll be the first to hear

....and see our new website:

www.madeincanterbury.co.uk

Pat Wilson

• Artist

pat.wilson@i-machine.co.uk

Please contact Pat for more information

Paul Warren

• Drumming tuition

Paul@living-medicine.demon.co.uk
01227 831949
Adisham

Private tuition and in groups
Based in Adisham
Djembe and other drums - West African and Latin rhythms

Penny Davey

• Kinesiologist

www.pkp-balance.com
penny@pkp-balance.com

01795 539050
07766 832903

Spring Gardens Clinic in Wincheap, Canterbury
(01227 761000)

The Centre , Complementary Health Clinic
18 Prospect Road, Hythe CT21 5NH
(01303 230300) and

Coming soon: K-Power® Workshops (1 or 2 day courses):

Stress Release Made Easy
Tibetan Healing Energy
Face-reading
Co-dependency
New Zealand Flower Essences/Cards

and for Manual Therapists - kinesiology workshops suitable for massage therapists, physiotherapists, physical therapists etc:

1. Five-Element Fundamentals & Muscle Testing Basics
2. Core Muscles and Techniques
3. The Shoulder Muscles Protocol
4. Elbow, Wrist and Hand Muscles Protocols
5. The Hip Muscles Protocol
6. The Knee, Ankle and Foot Muscles Protocols

Richard Murray

• Focus - Website design

01227 786948 (NB - new number)
07814 720140
www.focus-design.org.uk
info@focus-design.org.uk

Please contact Richard for more details

Rosie Yea

• EQ (formerly Shen) therapist

rosieyea@yahoo.co.uk
01227 786997

EQ therapy (formerly Shen therapy)
http://www.shentherapy.info

Gentle hands-on Emotional Release therapy
£20 per session
Fully clothed. Location in Canterbury

Also used for relaxation, jet lag, and much more

10% reduction if you quote 'Sue's friends' Newsletter'

Ruth Cutler

• Artist

01843 591081
ruth.cutler1@btinternet.com

Go and see Ruth's wonderful sea garden. It is being constructed in Ramsgate at Eastern Undercliff out of sea and beach materials and is designed to be viewed from the cliff top above. Thanks for info and photo from Jean Fraser doing an interesting coastal pushbike journey
http://drawingbreathbikejourney.blogspot.com/

Sally Overson

Twitham Court Farm

01227 720 265
www.twitham.com

Twitham Court Farm
Wingham, Canterbury

Organic, modern yet traditional Bed & Breakfast

A peaceful haven nestled in the Kent countryside. We offer our guests modern yet traditional accommodation, serving organic breakfasts from locally sourced ingredients. Our guests have a beautiful lounge in which to relax and 3 acres of gardens and woodland to explore.

The rooms are all large, light and luxurious with organic bedding, towels and toiletries, refreshments and fresh flowers.

Classes and Workshops

We also run regular classes and workshops including tai chi and meditation.

Please contact us on 01227 720 265 or visit our website at www.twitham.com

Sally Stonier

• Dancing classes
• Rebirthing
• Reiki
• Colour analysis

sally@sacredenergy.co.uk
www.sacredenergy.co.uk
01227 832268
07967 499660

Quotes from participants:
"After learning Burlesque I went from feeling fat and frumpy to feeling curvy and gorgeous".

"I came a way on such a high, I had great fun and felt I had discovered my sexual power".

"I feel like a totally different person. Before burlesque I was shy, reserved and man-less. Now I feel confident, sexy, and have just started a relationship with a wonderful man".

I have not laughed so much in years. It is such fun to learn.

Dancing at the Westgate Hall, Canterbury and now also in Thanet....

Thanet - at The Westgate Pavillion, Westgate, Thanet

WESTGATE HALL - Canterbury

every Tuesday evenings

Burlesque for beginners
Learn exotic dancing - the latest dance craze comes to Canterbury (as seen in the Adscene)

• Women only, any shape, age, size
• Release your inhibitions...feel sexy...confident..and beautiful with your own body
• Great fun and safe environment

Belly dancing
For women only, to feel gorgeous in your own body whatever shape or sixe. To feel feminine sexy and sensual. Lose weight. Get fit. Have more energy and gain confidence. Discover your true feminine power. Above all have fun and make new friends

See Sally's website for more details
www.sacredenergy.co.uk

Sam Bailey

• Musician (pianist)

01227 789382
sb103@canterbury.ac.uk
www.the-quartet.co.uk

The-Quartet's debut CD

The album is available to buy from the 'Bailey Basement'
Basement Flat, 59 New Dover Rd, Canterbury

The-Quartet 'Illuminated'

'Illuminated' is available in all good record shops

You can buy our new album 'Illuminated' at HMV in Canterbury or listen to extracts from it at:

www.the-quartet.co.uk
www.myspace.com/thequartetband
www.heliumrecords.co.uk

• "It is infectious and bursting with ideas" - The Independant
  "In Illuminated they have created an album that is as surprising as it is satisfying" - Jazzwise
  "Guitarist Jack Hues' band has a pleasing take on jazz rock that steers clear of all the usual cliches" - Echoes

Sara Turner

• Flower Essence and Wellness Consultant and Trainer

sara.turner@flower-essences.net

www.flower-essences.net

0772 5609873

Sara Turner is an experienced Flower and Vibrational Essence Consultant who trained with Clare Harvey. Sara is the Creator and Producer of MoonFlower Essences and the Tree of Life Essence and Essential Oil Range. She hosts the WellBeing for Women Show on MySpiritRadio and her work has gained an international reputation. Her well respected educational website www.flower-essences.net presents a wealth of information and is becoming a world-wide reference for those wishing to learn more about essences. Sara’s relaxed, informative teaching style incorporates her knowledge of Traditional Chinese Medicine, her interest in nutritional well-being and also cellular health in the form of glyconutrients. Sara is a Senior Trainer with Katseye Essential Oils Training and has inspired essential oil ranges such as the Tree of Life and the Chakra range as part of her work with them. She has completed Deborah Craydon's Floral Acupuncture and Flora Corona Essences Training and is a Tai Chi Instructor.

TREE OF LIFE TWO DAY COURSE

April 19th/20th
9.30 – 5pm

For anyone wishing to integrate the use of essences and essential oils into their daily life and live life joyfully and consciously according to Mother Nature’s seasons and the upward and inward phases of our lives.

Venue: School House Oast, Horsmonden, nr Paddock Wood, Kent
Cost : £120 (includes light vegetarian lunch on both days, handouts and 3 products to take home)
The Tree of Life environmental essences and essential oils were created to celebrate the passing seasons and the stages of life. Following the theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the flow of energy in our bodies mirrors the energy of nature. One aspect of achieving and maintaining vibrant health is to work with the energy of nature at all times of year. For example, Winter is a time for replenishing our energy and visioning, Spring is time to shed any stagnant habits and begin new projects, Summer is time for action and to celebrate the beauty of nature while Autumn begins the gradual spiral downwards into quieter, more inward energy as we reflect on the year that has passed.

There are Essences and Essential Oils for each season:

• Spring:Oestara and Flowering Essences and New Growth Essential Oil Blend
• Early Summer:Coming Into Fullness Essence and Essential Oil Blend
• Late Summer: Mother Earth Essence and Essential Oil Blend
• Autumn: The Letting Go and Releasing Cellular Memory Essences and Alchemy Essential Oil Blend
• Winter: Finding Stillness and Seed Essences and Invocation Essential Oil Blend

On this two day course we will:

• Look at the 5 seasons according to Traditional Chinese Medicine and experience the Tree of Life
• Essences and Essential Oils for each season
• Learn Chi Kung exercises for each season
• Look at different foods that are appropriate for each season
• Learn to recognise constitutional types
• The second day will include a product making workshop where you will make up a dosage strength bottle of essences for yourself and 2 products containing essential oils to take home

Looking after your Health at the Cellular Level

Sarah London
BSc Dip.Couns BACP accredited

• Counsellor

Sarah.london@shaw-trust.org.uk
07814 103621

Sarah is an integrative counsellor based in Faversham.

For more information about counselling and it's benefits go to the BACP wesite  

Sharon Simmons Gemporium &
Orchids and Pearls

• Jewellery
• Wedding

07837 848380
01304 330338
sharon@orchidsandpearls.com
www.orchidsandpearls.com

Gemporium- uplifting your world

Gemporium is a gallery of all things creative and beautiful…each one designed and handcrafted in the fabulous White Cliffs Country by Sharon Simmons.

• Artwork and photography, unique jewellery from formal to funky, personalised crystal therapy jewellery, silk scarves, and handmade glass flowers…an emporium of wonderful gifts for body, mind and soul!
• Gemporium is currently showing artwork and jewellery at The Grand Hotel in Folkestone. Free entry.
• Art and jewellery are also at the Galleria Varietique, London Road, Dover. Entry is free, but please contact Sharon on 01304 201444 for a viewing, and free parking details.
• Jewellery is showcased and available at:
  The White Cliffs Gallery, near the Market Square, Dover

Silk painting, beading jewellery, beadmaking, crystal therapy/jewellery, art, photography and craft workshops are all available at the Galleria Varietique, hosted by members of the White Cliffs Creatives Guild. Please email or call 01304 330338 for workshop details.

sharon@gemporium.co.uk 01304 330338

events@whitecliffscreativesguild.org 01304 330338

Orchids and Pearls

Orchids and Pearls specialises in the bespoke, exclusive handcrafted jewellery, accessories and gifts, for weddings, special events and personal occasions where the gift must be “one-of, and utterly perfect”!

From bouquets, corsages, (all with “lifelong” guarantee), and tiaras - to a jewelled set and a dozen glass roses… whatever your special event may be we can create the perfect accessory or gift for you.

Commissions placed before Nov 1st currently benefit from a 10% discount, just in time for Christmas!

• Jewellery, handpainted silk scarves, and exclusive glass-beaded flowers are available at;
  She and Beads, in the Old High St, Folkestone
• Tiaras, corsages and jewellery are currently on show at The Grand Hotel in Folkestone. Free entry.

Sharon@orchidsandpearls.com 01304 330338

events@whitecliffscreativesguild.org 01304 330338

Sioux Peto

• Swale Arts
• lbgraphics
• Women in Business (see seperate entry below)
• Polka Dot Art Centre

01795 428150
07986 840419
sioux@lbgraphics.co.uk

Polka Dot Art Centre, 54a London Road, Teynham, Kent ME9 9QN
01795 521167
teynham.studio@btinternet.com
www.polkadotac.co.uk

Now open!

The Polka Dot Art Centre

Open

• Friday 10am-4pm   
• Saturdays 10am-6pm   

Sunday 10am-3pm

The Polka Dot is constantly changing the works on display, showcasing a diverse range of local artists. Just pop in and wander round, we hope there will always be something to suit every taste.

The Front Room Gallery exhibits include:
March-April      Nature - NOW ON  
May-June       Abstract   
July-August      Photography   
Sept-Oct      Figurative
Nov-Dec     Landscapes   

The Long Room shows work from selected artists:

From 4 - 27 April
Time and Life Experiences
An Installation by Julie Bradshaw

Private View Sat 12th April 3-5pm



Sioux Peto
Will be exhibiting her large A0 Digital Canvases at Sittingbourne Library, Central Avenue, Sittingbourne
From 7th April til 25th April check out www.lbgraphics.co.uk

Sioux's Graphic Design company:

lbgraphics
creative art, design and print solutions

www.lbgraphic.co.uk

Steve Barrett
Les Batons

• French and Breton Traditional Dance and Music

01303 253717
steve@steveb2a2.plus.com
http://lesbatons.googlepages.com

Les Batons

French and Breton Traditional Dance and Music.

Great live accoustic music (accoridan, hurdy gurdy, violins, pipes etc)
No experience or partners necessary - just come along and we will help you find your feet... and have some fun.

Every 3rd Sunday 1 - 5pm
Hollingbourne Village Hall
Hollingbourne, near Maidstone
(2 mins off M20 - Junction 8)

Next gathering:
Sunday April 18th

Find out more on the website

Sue Nyirenda

Lovelli photos

• Informal family photoshoots - from £40
• Supporting small businesses with publicity from £50 for x100 postcards including photos and design work and thereafter £15 per 100
  Also leaflets and posters
• Photo greetings cards & with special messages
• Notebooks - to your own design
• Bespoke items
• Art work photographed (and cards can be created)
• Any other photographic project considered

www.lovelli.co.uk
sue@lovelli.co.uk

01304 842009
07876787173

Relaxed family photos taken in your own home...

from £40 (or £100 including photoshoot and four 8"x10" mounted prints)

I like to use only natural light

Posters for your business or for your wall at home or in the office... e.g. for the LEGO shop in Brighton

There are always New designs for cards ... Yesterday's snow

A selection of Lovelli cards are now available at

The Canteen, Canterbury city Council Offices, Military Rd and

The Kings Hall, Herne Bay

Order your Lovelli Birthday calendar now - you can choose the 13 images - perpetual use year after year...

Hand crafted at £15

Home SalesHome Sales
Would you like Lovelli photos (and possibly other sellers or therapists) to visit your home and friends? You will receive a free gift (choosing from the range of stalls attending) for hosting the event. Ring Sue to talk about it.

"The Lovelli photo evenings at my house were a warm, full of heart and soul occasion. Our living room was full of colour, chatter, attentive "looking" and laughter, conversations sparked off by the varied pictures. Sue was there to tell us about where and how they came about. I would love to have regular such evenings because of the warm and lovely feeling they leave behind them for many weeks after. People love and need to make real connections and such an opportunity is a perfect one!"  

BiMonthly CARDs on Sale

Come along to Sue's Lovelli Card SALE for her friends and contacts (i.e. if you get this newsletter sent to you!)

I'm trying to clear out some of my stock...so come along on
Thurs 29th May from 3 - 7pm to my house (126 The Street Adisham) to buy cards for £1 or less - full price cards will also be available :)

Simple snacks, refreshments and a chat will be available too!

Sue Nyirenda

• Office services

sue@lovelli.co.uk
01304 842009
07876787173

126 The Street
Adisham
Canterbury
CT3 3JT

Wire-bound notebooks

Office services including:

General Typing and....

Databases

Have you ever lost your address book - and all it's contents? How frustrating is that?

I'm now offering to put all your contact details into a file/CD - so they will never be lost again and can be updated whenever you fancy.... I'll creat a database which can then be used in a variety of ways - including creating a new address book at the click of a button (or two).

I'm even able to create a wire-bound booklet for your office or handbag. Even a sheet with all the details crammed on is possible.

Having your addresses and contacts on a database means that labels can easily be produced - so no more writing out all those addresses at Christmas.... and mass letters can be created with personal details included.

Cost? It depends on the time it takes to transfer your details - obviously things like the number of contacts and the legibility of your handwriting will be factors - but I aim to keep it affordable.

Wire binding - 80p a booklet - A4, A5 or smaller

Tessa Houghton Budd & Mary Whitaker

• The Good Food Café

Jewry Lane
Canterbury
(above Canterbury Wholefoods and next to Chromos)

01227 456654
mary@thegoodfoodcafe.com
www.thegoodfoodcafe.com

The Good Food Café

Tessa and Mary are moving onto pastures new, so from the end of May the cafe will be in new hands. I want to wish them all the best in their new ventures.

Until the end of May the cafe will have reduced opening times:

Thurs and Friday 11 - 3pm
Saturday 10 - 4pm

As well as the cafe they are now stocking a range of exciting fun gifts and all ethically traded and priced under £20 and some products from L'Arche.

• 10% discount for students and Resident Card holders
• Mostly organic (and biodynamic) sourced ingredients
• Fair-traded coffee and some teas
• Child-friendly cafe - sofa area, toy box, changing facility, high chairs

Good Food Café Recipe book - now available from the Cafe and the Manor Barn

FREE Live music - Last Friday of the month 12 - 2.30

Trish Bullman

• Portrait Photographer

www.trishbullman.com
Tel: 07754 614047

Can’t think what to give your partner for Christmas?  How about something unique and beautiful?  You! 

Trish is a portrait photographer who specializes in taking sensual photography.  She aims to capture the beauty that all women possess regardless of age or size.

As a ‘newbie’ to the newsletter she is offering a free 10 x 8 photo with every booking.

Please visit her portfolio at www.trishbullman.com for further details

East Kent Women In Business

• Business networking group

Jane Wallace (co-ordinator)
01227 700929
info@ekentwib.org.uk

Tracey White
info@virtuallyorganised.com
01795 535430

East Kent Women in Business

...is a branch of the Women in Business organisation serving the areas of Kent from Swale across to Thanet and down to Dover, Folkestone and Ashford.

:: Membership

is open to any business woman who feels that by talking with other women from a variety of business backgrounds, she can benefit her own development as well as her business.

:: Benefits

We provide the opportunity for women to promote their business in a non-judgemental and supportive environment. Membership includes entry into our membership directory. Meetings and outings organised by each branch are open to any member, so if anything interests you from a different branch you are welcome to attend.

:: Where we meet

Evenings at Hall Place, Harbledown, Canterbury from 7.00pm
Lunchtime networking in varied locations around our region

Why not come along to a meeting and see whether the organisation will suit your needs? Annual membership costs £45 with an additional charge of £5 per member (£10 non-members) for evening meetings. Have a look at our programme of events or contact us for further details.

EKWIB - Lunch
Fri 18th April
12 - 2pm
LAST CHANCE TO BOOK

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Joint Networking Lunch Eastwell Manor Pavilion, Ashford

We have teamed up with Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce Women's networking Lunch Forum for this event and it is being held at the fabulous venue of Eastwell Manor. The speaker at this event will be Geraldine Allinson - Chairman of the Kent Messenger Group.

There will be a 2-course lunch with Orange Juice registration drink and coffee/tea to finish.

This will be a great opportunity to make new contacts while enjoying a lovely venue.

Cost: £21.74 - To be booked and paid for by 11th April.As this is a joint event we will not be able to take last minute bookings!
Payment is via on-line bank transfer Account Name: Women in Business. Account Number: 11792695 Sort Code: 40-16-11 Ref: Your Company Name with a confirmation email sent to jwallace@houseofcolour.co.uk or cheque made payable to Women in Business.

If you are sending a cheque please send it to Slippery Sam's, Stone Street, Petham, Canterbury, Kent CT4 5PR Contact: Jane Wallace 01227 700929

 

 

Kent Business Exhibition - Friday 9th May

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10am - 4 pm - Kent County Cricket Club

The Kent Business Exhibition will be held at the Kent County Cricket Ground in Canterbury. The event will be taking place over two floors in the Colin Cowdrey Stand. Easily accessible by car with free parking available.

The show will be advertised to over 10,000 Kent businesses.

You can call on 01622 761704 or email kentshow@jiksoftware.ltd.uk

For more information & to book

 

 

COMBINED EVENT - Millipod & Kent Wedding Ring Wednesday 14th May

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Venue: Prewer & Orsborn, 20 Burgate, Canterbury CT1 2HG

Join us for this joint event in Canterbury's premier lighting shop. Guest speaker will be Andrea Hefford of Snappy Title who will be speaking about the inevitable highs and lows of starting a business from scratch. Her journey will engender instant recognition and not a little admiration for her hard won achievements, and her continuing desire to build a brand.

There will also be plenty of opportunity to browse the shop as well as network with members of Millipod and Kent Wedding Ring.

Contact: Tracy White tracy@virtuallyorganised.com 01795 535430

Are you a friend of Sue's and would YOU like to be included next month?

Please contact Sue on:

01304 842009 or
sue@lovelli.co.uk

£12 for 6 months (cheques to Sue Nyirenda please)