Seven Lion Yard is a holistic well being and wellbeing centre offering complete psychological and wellbeing providers in Clapham, South London. We caught up with founder Madeleine Jago to seek out out extra concerning the area and the inspirations behind it…
Inform us a bit about your background and your meditation journey…
In my skilled life, I’ve labored for a few years as a psychologist inside the NHS and privately. My particular areas of experience are in trauma and well being, though I frequently work with different points resembling low shallowness, low temper and nervousness.
Throughout the scientific coaching, I observed a mismatch between the frequent discussions of the well-documented advantages of mindfulness, meditation and respiration practices and the truth that we, as practitioners, hadn’t been given the instruments to both combine these methods into our periods or to assist shoppers combine these practices into their existence.
I discovered that taking a purely cognitive or analytical method can miss the body-based, emotional and unconscious drivers of behaviour and that true psychological change comes from integrating what folks know with what they really feel. I’ve since skilled in different therapies which have extra room for somatic experiences however have additionally built-in extra breathwork, meditation and mindfulness ideas in my very own life and in my work to expertise better wellbeing and higher assist my shoppers.
What impressed you to open Seven Lion Yard and when did you open the studio?
I resolved to create an area that might supply each one-to-one remedy and conscious, meditative and respiration practices both independently or together, one thing I had not seen elsewhere. Once we discovered the location, we have been in a position to carry this to life by considerate design and the character that the area already possessed. Our imaginative and prescient was to share these complementary approaches to assist folks change into extra attuned to their emotional responses, soothe their nervous system, handle stress and end in a extra significant and enduring change in wellbeing. The studio and psychology clinic opened on the finish of Might 2024 so we’re nonetheless very a lot within the early levels of our journey and growth.
What’s your mission with Seven Lion Yard?
Our studio is dedicated to offering a supportive area for folks of all ranges, to expertise the advantages of holistic breathwork, meditation and mindfulness based mostly practices permitting them to higher handle stress, calm their thoughts and physique, and discover steadiness of their life.
How is Seven Lion Yard totally different from different studios?
I consider our deal with psychological wellbeing and our studio design are distinctive. We provide a mix of evidence-based practices aimed toward serving to folks sort out life’s challenges in an area designed with calm, restoration and rest in thoughts. Tucked away behind the hustle and bustle of Clapham Excessive Avenue in a quiet and picturesque setting, our lessons embody components of breathwork, meditation, mindfulness, yin and restorative yoga and sound therapeutic to reinforce wellbeing. We can even shortly be launching breathwork lessons for being pregnant and workshops for mums-to-be, in addition to in-depth workshops in meditation and breathwork for many who want to take their follow to the subsequent degree.
What recommendation would you give to somebody who’s considering of opening their very own studio?
Beginning a enterprise is thrilling and terrifying and all the things in between so, earlier than you begin, make certain you could have folks in your life who can supply emotional and sensible assist and anything you may want. You can be extra resilient within the face of the inevitable ups, downs and uncertainties when you have the precise group round you.
Do you could have a quote or mantra that you simply dwell by?
In my life I have labored and I proceed to work arduous to develop and display self-compassion. I believe it’s so essential in bestowing resilience and I’ve witnessed the facility that quietening a self-critical voice can have on my shoppers. Kristen Neff, who writes extensively on self-compassion, captures one thing essential:
“Being human isn’t about being anyone specific means; it’s about being as life creates you—with your personal specific strengths and weaknesses, items and challenges, quirks and oddities.”
Discover out extra about Seven Lion Yard:
Web site: https://www.sevenlionyard.com/
Instagram: @sevenlionyard
