Herald - Issue 423

Page 42 • The HERALD • 12th May 2022 v KEEP ACTIVE, KEEP HEALTHY v Health, Beauty & Wellbeing FOUR SEASONS DENTURE CENTRE MORE THAN JUST A DENTAL LABORATORY If you want the best quality dentures in a relaxed, friendly and professional environment then call today for a free consultation Tel: 023 8084 6443 Mobile: 07919 074360 1 HOUR DENTURE REPAIRS N orth R oad , D ibden P urlieu , S outhampton SO45 4RE NEED NEW DENTURES? CHIROPODY/PODIATRY 07895 691290 Kerry Crook BSc (Hons) Podiatry KC PODIATRY First Floor, South Street Shopping Centre, Hythe SO45 6EB * LIFT ACCESS * Email: kerrythepodiatrist@gmail.com Why Weight Loss is a Mind Game by Alan Jones, Registered Hypnotherapist Stepping on the bathroom scales can o en seem as scary as confronting a cobra. e moment when the truth of all those winter and lockdown days eating an extra treat is depressingly revealed as increased weight. Sadly, the salad days of summer are unlikely to make a signi cant dent in those higher numbers. Because it’s not only a change in diet that will be needed to make a real di erence. To successfully shed the pounds, improve your health and body image, you have to stop linking food to emotions or treats and rewards. Hypnotherapy can help you take an easier route to long term weight management as the techniques prove that feeding the mind the right information is as important as any diet. Discover how you can achieve results without craving treats or unhealthy foods. Contact: alan@alanjoneshypnotherapy. com or call: 07786 376980 for information and appointment. You are very welcome to go along and join in any of their walks:- Thursday 19th May at 3pm, Old Mill Holbury for a 2.5-mile walk; Monday 23rd May at 10am, Ashlett Creek for a 2.4-mile walk; Saturday 28th May at 10.30am, Fritham car park for a 5.6-mile walk; and Thursday 2nd June at 3pm, Deerleap for a 2.6-mile walk. Contact Mike Roberts on 023 8084 7461 or 07811 361319 for more information about the Waterside Walking for Health group. ALL ABOUT LIVING WELL Oakhaven Wellbeing o ers a six week Living Well Programme to provide information to help keep you as well as possible with your life limiting illness. is informal collection of six weekly sessions is for anyone living with any life limiting illness and who lives in the New Forest, Waterside and Totton areas, and takes place at Oakhaven’s Coates Centre, Lower WATERSIDE WALKING FOR HEALTH Tai Chi for tness and health at Colbury Memorial Hall meets on Monday mornings at 9.30am. Demonstration and commentary by the Sensei makes it easy to follow the moves. It costs just £5 per hour session. Mindful about Stress Learning Mindfulness can help you become more aware of your emotions and thoughts as the techniques help you focus your thoughts, feelings and sensations in the present moment rather than dwelling in the past or imagining the future; learning these techniques can help you reduce stress. Mindfulness is just part of a range of support available from Oakhaven Wellbeing for anyone who is living with a life limiting illness, is a carer, or has lost a loved one, and lives in the Waterside, Totton and New Forest. If you are unsure whether Mindfulness would help you, then why not go along to a taster session which o ers an opportunity to learn about mindfulness and its bene ts, with an introduction to mindfulness techniques. Taster sessions take place on Friday 20th May 2pm-4pm and Friday 15th July 2pm-4pm . en there will be an 8 week Mindfulness course starting in September. To nd out more please telephone the Coates Centre on: 01590 638521, pop into the Coates Centre, Lower Pennington Lane, Lymington, SO41 8ZZ or visit: www.oakhavenhospice.co.uk/wellbeing/courses-and- activities e Coates Centre is open from 10am until 4pm Mondays to Fridays. You can drop-in at any time for information, support and signposting. You do not need to be referred or be known to Oakhaven. Pennington Lane, Lymington, SO41 8ZZ. Sessions include: the importance of exercise and introduction to physiotherapy; Occupational Therapy andFatigueManagement; the role of nutrition in maintaining your health; Di cult Conversations, and an introduction to Complementary erapy and Counselling Services. e next course starts on Monday 16th May from 10.30am until 12noon and runs until Monday 27th June (please note there is no session on 13th June). More information can be found at: www. oakhavenhospice.co.uk/ support-groups For more information or to book your place, please contact Alyson Robinson via email: A l y s o n . r o b i n s o n @ oakhavenhospice.co.uk or telephone Oakhaven Wellbeing’s Coates Centre on: 01590 638521. Tai Chi at Colbury