Christel Wellness

Instead of setting the same old New Year's resolutions that can often leave us feeling flat, perhaps this year we can set some kinder intentions. 2025 is now well underway and as we transition out of the festivities returning to our daily routines again, many of us may have found ourselves pondering the year ahead. […]

This past month I did something just for me: I went on a wellness retreat in the Moroccan desert!  It was my first retreat/holiday since I moved to France and I needed it! This retreat was organised by a naturopath I met last summer, Zineb for whom I have a lot of respect and admiration.  […]

Laughter Yoga (LY in short) attracted me for a very long time, in fact since I first came across it during a yoga retreat in Italy many years ago.  During that retreat, our yoga instructor decided one morning to introduce us to this type of yoga and I was so impressed by the effects of […]

This past week-end I was again a volunteer at a beautiful festival called Mantrafest taking place in Ariège, just 1.5 hour drive from me. A friend of mine who was volunteering at the event too told me about it in the summer and he persuaded me to go too.

What of course attracted me to this event is the fact that I would be listening and chanting Mantras with many other like minded people and I was not disappointed. All the musicians and singers were seriously awesome, the festival goers just as much.

This past summer I was lucky to live beautiful experiences at festivals across France and meet beautiful souls along the way.

Last week was no different as I joined the staff team of La Pétillante as the yoga teacher for that week and this is what I did every morning in a holiday camp not far from me

Nutrition is a key part of our well-being.  Food affects us in more ways than we think. It can afffect our mood, vitality level, health, physical and mental strength.  Many years ago now when I changed my diet radically by cutting out some foods, I immediately noticed the benefits on my overall health.

While some of the reasons are physical and can be easily quantified by the number of calories burned or inches lost, many of yoga’s benefits are more mental than physical. Yoga has been shown to improve brain function, strengthen your immune system, and help you handle stress more effectively, among other mental health benefits

If your goal is to embrace yoga and its philosophy on every level, you will need to let it into every part of your life, from your eating habits to your home to your attitude towards others and even yourself. In the long run, this new lifestyle might lead you to change your job, relocate, and go through a complete makeover as it did for me.

am very proud to announce to you all that I became an IAKP Kambo Trainer this month after a week intensive training course at the beginning of this month.  It was a fabulous opportunity to deepen my knowledge of Kambo, to improve my presentation skills, to connect with other Kambo practitioners and meet the founder of the International Association of Kambo Practitioners the said IAKP.

Here comes Spring… that means weather warming up, longer days to fill with fun; and best of all – Summer… So exciting! How we love the sunshine! Especially me and I am spoilt where I live now in the South West of France! However, we know that the transition to longer days and daylight savings […]