Self Well Festival Workshops
Eleanor Tweddell
Another Door Opens
Change Mastery: learn the art of turning uncertainty into opportunity. This workshop is designed to create space to think through change with curiosity and intention. Exploring unique Change Mastery, the session uses a five-step framework to help pause, explore self-awareness, embrace uncertainty and move forward with purpose. Through reflection and practical tools, we explore how to bring play into thinking, find joy in trying small steps, and intentionally restart as change unfolds. The workshop blends thinking space and conversation with actionable guidance, supporting you to create a personal Change Toolkit for work and life.
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Mays Potting Shed
Access Bars is an energetic treatment, gently touching points on the head, allowing the receiver to relax and delete the computer files in their world that is no longer required - allowing anxiety, depression, stress etc to dissipate.
Together We
Building Mental Healthiness: Interactive workshops on building skills which help you engage with the NHS 5 ways to wellbeing. Interactive workshops that delivers easy to use skills that are simple to understand and do including: - Understanding your mental health - Being Compassionate - Knowing about brain science of emotions - Building psychological flexibility
Cockermouth Wellbeing by Ben
Ben offers a range of holistic treatments that promote health and wellbeing.
Hope Haven
Hope Haven offers a fresh approach to wellbeing in the Whitehaven and Copeland area, where you only need to tell your story once. A team of professionals then wraps support around you, helping with everything from wellbeing and health checks to GP appointments, drug or alcohol support, money or housing concerns, and even fitness needs.
Cumbria Health
Work Well: Supporting You to Move Forward. Work Well empowers people to take control of their health, wellbeing, and future. We offer personalised, compassionate support designed to help individuals overcome barriers, build confidence, and thrive — whether that means sustaining employment or returning to work. Our vision is a community where everyone has the opportunity to flourish financially, emotionally, and socially. At Work Well, we believe no one should face life’s challenges alone. With the right support at the right time, everyone has the potential to move forward and achieve lasting positive change.
Always Another Way
Laughter Workshop session. Unlock thescience of laughter to boost mood, reduce stress, and strengthen connection. This energising, accessible session blends playful exercises with gentle breathing techniques, helping people feel lighter, brighter, and more resilient. No jokes, no pressure—just the power of shared joy. Always Another Way stand: Discover how they can help individuals aged 11+ to life long with 1:1 support, groups. Also take away a little keepsake bottle of aromatherapy oils, bespoke to suit your needs.
Dandelion Coaching
“I support women to understand, trust, and work with their changing bodies and minds through perimenopause and menopause." Join Lynsey from Dandelion Coaching for a talk on how hormonal changes during perimenopause and menopause can affect your brain—impacting memory, focus, mood, and energy. Delivered in a clear and relatable way, you’ll learn that experiences like “brain fog” are normal, and discover practical insights to support your wellbeing. Lynsey will be hosting workshops that explore how hormonal changes affect focus, memory, mood, and energy. You’ll learn what brain fog really is, spot early signs like fatigue or sleep disruption, and gain practical strategies—covering nutrition, movement, sleep, and stress—to support cognitive function and overall wellbeing.
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NCIA
NICA, New Interventions for Cognitive Ageing is a private clinic that offers evidence based support for lifelong brain health. Helping you understand, support, and protect your cognitive health - now and for the years ahead. Join Dr Carolyn Bond’s workshop on Nutrition: 'Not a diet but a lifestyle'. The workshop will explore the importance of Nutrition and its impact on our ability to function well with everyday tasks. Following a brief presentation, there will be an opportunity for a Q+A and an open the discussion. Areas that will be covered: The ketoflex 12/3 plan, fasting and elimination, gut Health. Dr. Carolyn will also be speaking about the proven strategies to protect your brain, optimise your health and age with confidence. An exhibition stand will be available which will have cards and leaflets. Also, an opportunity for you to sign up for further information.
Healing Hands
“We are all able to use our hands to heal ourselves and each other. That instinct you have to put a hand on your tummy, when it hurts is inbuilt: the energy fromour hands can help us in many ways. I can teach you a simple 5 minute daily careroutine that will benefit you: it's fun and easy to do, and will help put you back in touch with your own radiance, and joy. I challenge you to try it for two weeks and discover how your life can improve!” Healing Hands will be teaching Donna Eden's Daily Energy Routine to anyoneinterested in coming. It's fun and easy to do and will help put you back in touchwith your own radiance, and advance your own healing in some way, shape orform. There will also be copies of their 'Aerial Yoga for Anyone' book for you tolook at or purchase.
Living the Flow of Life
“I'm Jo, founder of Living in the Flow of Life and yoga teacher at Get on Your Mat, offering yoga classes & retreats and kinesiology & nutrition support in person and online.” Join me to tap your troubles away! The Thymus Tap to help you soften, slow down and reconnect with a sense of calm and feel empowered. This simple kinesiology practice usesthat uses light tapping on the chest and helps to calm the nervous system, settling the body’s stress response. It supports emotional and mental balance by shifting unhelpful thought patterns into more positive, supportive ones. It can boost self-esteem & confidence, reduce stress, and help release emotional tension, allowing you to move through life's challenges with greater confidence, clarity, and resilience. A balanced thymus gland helps regulate stress and supports the immune system, creating a strong foundation for both physical health and positive self-esteem. When the body feels safe and supported, the mind can move out of negative patterns and into greater confidence and emotional balance. Jo Hanks will be leading this as an online workshop, so you can join from anywhere!
Joy Directory
Social prescribing is about connecting people to community groups, activities or services to help improve wellbeing. We are part of the prevention service; we aim to connect people to offers of support to prevent them from reaching crisis or to help people when coming out of crisis. We have a Social Prescribing directory called ' Joy' that lists hundreds of local support services that people can signpost or refer themselves, a family member or friend into. Social prescribing helps you connect with local groups, activities, and services to boost your wellbeing.
www.cumberland.gov.uk/health-and-social-care/get-wellbeing-support-through-social-prescribing
Lottie Lernelius-Tonks - Mano Yoga Therapy
“I help you restore balance to your life. Yoga therapy is an emerging healthcare approach that uses simple, personalised tools to manage symptoms and improve wellbeing. Taking a whole-person approach, we work together to find what suits you and your routine. Sessions may include gentle movement, breathwork, meditation, relaxation, and wellbeing coaching.” Lottie’s workshop includes a 20-minute chair-based “wind-down” practice to help you transition from the busyness of the day into rest. This simple evening routine soothes the mind and signals to the nervous system that it’s safe to relax. The session includes a Q&A on sleep hygiene, helping you explore what better rest could look like in your routine, and ends with a 5-minute energising breathwork practice for times when sleep has been limited. There will also be an exhibition stand with business cards, information on wellbeing support for young people, and mini breathwork tasters.
Sheila Thomas Energies
“I’m Sheila Thomas, a passionate and dedicated holistic therapist and Karuna Holy Fire® Reiki Master, with over two decades of experience in energy healing, sound healing, and wellbeing. My work weaves together Karuna Holy Fire® Reiki, crystals, crystal bowl sound therapy, tuning forks, sacred geometry, holistic facials, and other natural healing practices to restore balance, harmony, and alignment.” Experience the Magic of Crystal Singing Bowls with the sound bath and crystal workshop!nMade from pure quartz, crystal singing bowls produce harmonious tones that promote deep relaxation, balance, and emotional healing. Whether in a group sound bath, one-on-one session, or personal meditation, they help release stress, clear blocked energy, and soothe the nervous system. Enhanced with a crystal grid altar, sessions are gentle and immersive, often leading to emotional release, relief from chronic pain, vivid visions, and profound clarity. Step into the sound and embrace the transformative power of crystal healing.