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Can You Claim Reflexology or Indian Head Massage on Health Insurance? Here’s how Hummingbird Holistic Therapies in Knaresborough can help you even more! Commonly, employers offer their staff some form of Health Insurance. What many people don’t realise is that if you have a health cash plan, along with claiming back the cost of dental […]

For context, I write this blog post on the Tuesday after Blue Monday in January 2026. Without oversharing, I felt that it was important to address the topic of Burnout. I’ve seen a number of clients in the last 3 months wrestling with this, and I admit that last year I was taken out by

Are you connected with your feelings? Here’s a cautionary tale about what happens when we become disconnected to our feelings, and hold emotional stress within the body without realising it. It isn’t until we stop, until we pause, until we are still, that the strain on our body comes back into our awareness. In my

Proactive and Purposeful Self-Care This is what happened when I chose myself over my “hats”.   What actually happens when we stop? Allow ourselves to be still? This is the meaning behind the name Hummingbird – achieving stillness amidst the chaos. A hummingbird can stay perfectly still, while it beats its wings at over 200

Hummingbird’s volunteer work with the Healing Hands Network and FAB Camp   As well as providing clients with effective and restorative treatments, I am very passionate about giving back to the community. Since Hummingbird’s conception, I have been fortunate enough to take part in a number of volunteer projects in the UK and internationally. Handily,

G.A.S. or General Adaptive Syndrome is an increasing problem and one which we are either unaware of or unwilling to confront. In a stressful situation, the body adapts and switches gear to activate the sympathetic nervous system (fight or flight). Short-term: It is an essential response to keep us alive, e.g. running away from the

As I’ve said so many times, stress is one of THE most harmful phenomena around. It’s the master of disguise and regularly robs us of pleasure without us even realising it. When adrenalin drip feeds into our blood stream over a long period of time, it impairs our immune function, harms sleep quality, impedes digestion,

Understanding your body’s needs is important. It intuitively tells us what it needs on a daily basis to keep itself well, but interpreting it can sometimes be difficult. Understanding the difference between rest or relaxation is one such example. Rest tends to occur while we sleep and allows our body to repair itself on a