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 house 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 usually work with different points equivalent to low vanity, low temper and anxiousness. 

Through the medical coaching, I observed a mismatch between the frequent discussions of the well-documented advantages of mindfulness, meditation and respiratory 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 life.

I discovered that taking a purely cognitive or analytical strategy can miss the body-based, emotional and unconscious drivers of behaviour and that true psychological change comes from integrating what individuals 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 rules 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 would provide each one-to-one remedy and conscious, meditative and respiratory practices both independently or together, one thing I had not seen elsewhere. Once we discovered the location, we have been capable of convey this to life via considerate design and the character that the house already possessed. Our imaginative and prescient was to share these complementary approaches to assist individuals grow to be extra attuned to their emotional responses, soothe their nervous system, handle stress and lead to 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 phases of our journey and improvement. 

What’s your mission with Seven Lion Yard?

Our studio is dedicated to offering a supportive house for individuals of all ranges, to expertise the advantages of holistic breathwork, meditation and mindfulness based mostly practices permitting them to raised handle stress, calm their thoughts and physique, and discover stability of their life.  

How is Seven Lion Yard totally different from different studios?

I consider our give attention to psychological wellbeing and our studio design are distinctive. We provide a mix of evidence-based practices aimed toward serving to individuals deal with life’s challenges in an area designed with calm, restoration and rest in thoughts. Tucked away behind the hustle and bustle of Clapham Excessive Road in a quiet and picturesque setting, our lessons embody parts of breathwork, meditation, mindfulness, yin and restorative yoga and sound therapeutic to boost 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 individuals who want to take their apply to the following stage. 

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 positive you might have individuals in your life who can provide emotional and sensible assist and the rest you would possibly want. You’ll be extra resilient within the face of the inevitable ups, downs and uncertainties when you’ve got the appropriate crew round you. 

Do you might have a quote or mantra that you just stay by?

​​In my life I have labored and I proceed to work exhausting to develop and exhibit self-compassion. I believe it’s so necessary in bestowing resilience and I’ve witnessed the ability that quietening a self-critical voice can have on my shoppers. Kristen Neff, who writes extensively on self-compassion, captures one thing necessary:

“Being human isn’t about being anybody explicit means; it’s about being as life creates you—with your personal explicit strengths and weaknesses, items and challenges, quirks and oddities.”

Discover out extra about Seven Lion Yard:

Web site: https://www.sevenlionyard.com/

Instagram: @sevenlionyard