Denisa Ratulea is a Health Coach and Raw Food Chef. She is the founder of Second Nature and the author of Bloom – The Cookbook. Second Nature’s purpose is to educate on the subjects of wellness and healthy living, delivering talks, raw food classes and retreats across the UK and Europe. Denisa helps busy people make health and energy their second nature by simplifying healthy eating and creating bespoke plans.

After years of living in pain, due to severe scoliosis, Denisa started her journey in order to heal her back, reduce inflammation and prepare for spinal surgery by adopting an alkaline, plant-based lifestyle that transformed her life. She went from being sedentary and often in pain, to a complete makeover, losing over 15kg, performing various sports and finishing her first Triathlon while still having metal rods and screws in her spine. Denisa embarked on a learning path, with a mission to explore and experiment with food and nutrition in order to find what works best for us in the 21st century. She is now helping others rediscover their health potential and fall in love with healthy eating.

Lillian has a first class honours degree in Nutritional Science and a postgraduate qualification in Nutritional Therapy.   She is registered with The British Association for applied Nutrition and Nutritional Therapy (BANT) and the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC).  Having trained with Penny Brohn in Bristol, adopting their Whole Body approach. It is this approach that Lillian uses with most of her cancer clients.  She is passionate about the healing power of food and inspire those around me with my enthusiasm towards healthy living.

Lillian feels strongly that our health is not entirely predetermined, that the key to how we look and feel and our overall wellbeing, is the food we eat and the lifestyles we lead. Modern day living brings poor diet, stress and pollution, all of which contribute to the depletion of essential nutrients. Left unchecked, our interconnected body systems can become depleted of nutrients, which may result in a host of health complaints. Symptoms, however small, should never be ignored as they  tell us that one or more of the bodies systems is out of balance. Nutritional therapy looks to identify the cause of dis-ease rather than suppressing the symptoms. Given the right foods and nutrients, the body has a remarkable capacity for restoring and maintaining itself.

Penny designs and delivers bespoke mindfulness sessions to enable adults and children to maintain a sense of calm in difficult circumstances. She demonstrates easily learned techniques to help manage stress and anxiety. This has been particularly successful when she developed an introduction to mindfulness that taught children to recognise and manage stress and strong emotions, both at home and school. The school children reported that their mindfulness sessions made a significant impact on their ability to deal with challenges in a wide variety of situations.

Penny works as a volunteer and professionally to promote physically and mentally healthy lifestyles. She recently helped set up an inclusive running club that provides effective training and supportive company to runners of all levels. She also teaches new and nervous swimmers, developing their skills and water confidence, and provides exercise classes in water to encourage movement and mobility in people of all ages and physical abilities.

Katy qualified as an art therapist in 2002. She has worked in a variety of settings such as hospice day care and adult mental health, but now primarily works with children in school settings. She also has a private practice based in Windsor.

Katy believes in the power of art to help people explore their feelings and communicate. When times are difficult art can be meditative and relaxing. She says that one of the things about using art is that, when left to use words for expression, people will often say what they know; people can be adept at saying what they are comfortable saying, or the words that they think are acceptable and/or right.

Making art and all the choices within that process can allow the person to have control at a time when many other choices are limited through illness. Art therapy can also allow the client to take on the role of artist rather than patient.

Lisa was trained in Beauty Therapy and Cosmetology, with further training as a Make-up Artist with Linda Meredith, a name synonymous within the beauty industry and Jemma Kidd Make-up Academy in London.  She has been in the Health and Beauty industry for nearly 30 years working in training and management for companies such as Roc, Gatineau, Clinique and E’spa.  Her work with E’spa took her to Hong Kong to manage the prestigious E’spa private members spa at the Pacific Club, Kowloon. Her career spans beauty therapy,  spa management, training and running her own beauty business.

With a passion for making people look and feel special, supported and complete, her approach is always bespoke to the needs of her clients.  Lisa feels privileged to now be working in the specialised area of oncology beauty therapy, massage and make-up to help and support young women who are battling cancer. Lisa is able to provide highly individualised treatments through Victoria’s Promise to combat, nurture and support them in their process.

Steph Walters is a Career and Confidence Coach. She specialises in helping people at a crossroads in their career to build the confidence to go for what they really want. Steph believes that the route to building self-confidence or self-esteem lies in understanding, valuing and playing to your natural strengths and qualities.

Steph also believes that is it possible to do work that you love and pay the mortgage! This belief enabled her to achieve a long-standing career goal to coach and develop the leaders in the UK’s largest retailer, Tesco. It was however this same belief, coupled with a significant shift in her mindset, that enabled Steph to leave that job (and her 11-year stint in corporate life) to set up her own coaching business, which she’s now been running for 6 years.

Whatever the issues you bring the emphasis is on enabling you to find a way through the difficulties currently faced.

I met Yoga in January 2015 and immediately felt a special connection. Within 6 months I was looking for a teacher training course and graduated in April 2016 with Jilandra School of Yoga. I teach Hatha yoga with a strong focus on all 8 limbs including philosophy, pranayama ( breathing techniques) and meditation. I have a passion for making yoga relevant and accessible for everyone. Find more about my classes on my website or pop along to one of my classes. Love and Light

Pam teaches Classical Mat Work Pilates classes in Basingstoke and the surrounding areas of Oakley and Chineham. Pam is a qualified Level 3 teacher with over 12 years experience in teaching Pilates. She teaches all levels from beginner to advanced and also remedial exercise, offering both group classes in the community as well as one to one classes at her private studio in Basingstoke.

Vicki says “it’s never too late to start learning a new skill, or working on an old one, and singing is no exception! If you can talk, you can sing – it’s one of those things so easy to pick up that once you start, you’ll never want to stop! Singing is a wonderfully fun (and inexpensive!) way to engage with your whole body and mind, and singing in a choir is an added bonus, as you’re surrounded by like-minded people. Even better – our research proves it’s beneficial!”