Cherry Blossom Therapies

I am preparing for relaunch & as I haven't had much engagement on this page, I feel I may be migrating back to my older page that I haven't used properly for a while. On there however, the content feels more relevant.

Let me know which page you prefer please. This one we're on now Cherry Blossom Therapies or my old one Cherry Blossom Therapies Old .

Please give me feedback. Thank you everyone.

💜Anna Chantal xx

Testing to see how many people are active in here. Relaunch incoming soon, but trying to establish if I should use this page or my old page https://www.facebook.com/CherryBlossomTherapiesACH



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💜 Anna Chantal xx

Cherry Blossom Therapies 🌷Masseuse & Self-Care Advocate
🌸Closing Chapters After Change
🪻Cacao Ceremonies
🌱Simplifying Life

- I am ready for taking part in the course! Sign me up please.

Cannot wait to dive deeper now my past chapter has finally closed once & for all. Now it is time to step into my new chapter with my authentic voice & be proud of.

Thank you,

💜 Anna Chantal xx

DAY FIVE: BLOG CHALLENGE WITH .

MY TRUE HAPPILY EVER AFTER: LOVED BACK TO LIFE🌸

My writing voice is changing...This is when all my dreaming, hoping and wishing really did come true, through a magical moon manifestation.

Read the full blog in my Facebook group Holistic Health & Wellbeing.

Thank you for supporting me. I have been given a second chance happily ever after and I could not be more grateful.

I hope you enjoy this fuzzy and warm entry.

Thank you for reading.

💜 Anna Chantal xx

Wow, wow, WOW! She's done it again! , your INCREDIBLE has created magic again!

What a transformation! Thank you so so much. Gorgeous Shola () is so happy!

Loadsa love & gratitude & cannot WAIT to pamper you in return & have some fun! Watch out Leicester, mamas will be on the loose soon! 😂

💜 Anna Chantal xx

https://zzatem.com/read-blog/449_who-am-i-and-what-is-closing-the-bones.html

💜 Anna Chantal xx

Latest blog :

Real, raw & an insight into my journey of healing from C-PTSD.

https://zzatem.com/read-blog/496_why-is-reflecting-on-your-truths-so-crucial-to-the-healing-journey-and-moving-fo.html

💜 Anna Chantal xx

https://annachantal.substack.com/p/who-knew-a-massage-could-close-chapters

And all was right in the world again thanks to my gorgeous three children.

After some incredible meals cooked by my Super-chef middle son this week - peppercorn steak & chicken gyros - when I was feeling rough as, both emotionally & physically. Then coming home from work this evening to a beautifully decorated tree, thanks to the eldest daughter & youngest son. Now it really feels like Christmas 🥹😍🎄

Thank you children for helping the magic come in after what has been a horrid & difficult week for me.

Love you so very much. The three of you truly are my whole world & I'd be lost without any one of you. Please always be yourselves. You are all amazing & I'm so incredibly proud of you all, we have all come so far this is just the start!

💜 Always & forever,
Mama # #

You know you have hit middle age, when your smile lines become permanent crinkles, you constantly have a look of 'I'm so worn out' even if you're not, dresses that would have looked GORGEOUS on you a year or two ago & the most exciting thing you have planned for the day, as well as being the perk of the week is...a bra fitting at M&S 😂

Honestly ladies, you will understand this...if the girls are not happy, we are not happy...it's been probably about 20yrs since I got a proper fitting & I NEED one! 😳

So, after school run, that is my treat...a proper fitting so I'm finally comfortable in my skin & hopefully I might find some 'mum jeans' & appropriate Christmas attire for my xmas girls night...well, I guess Xmas ladies night these days, that is happening next week! 😂🎄

💜 Anna Chantal xx

Good morning folks!

You know it's cold when there is ice INSIDE your car! -2*C this morning in Leicesterland! ❄️🥶

So, what have you lovely people achieved this week? After last week's epic wins, my wins this week have been to take more rest! I may have slightly burnt myself out the week before, I tend to be an all or nothing kind of lady, & I was definitely all in then, whereas this week has been nothing 😂

However, I still see it as a win because it is me listening to my body & slowing down to meet my needs. remember & however that looks for you, make sure you pay attention to the signs you're body is showing you. For me, those signs are the beginning of tension headaches, forgetting to eat regularly & having little get up & go. A few days of stepping back & slowing down, I'm feeling much better now as well as more together.

List your wins below folks & let's cheer each other on!

If you are a woman in business as well by the way, there is an amazing opportunity to find your focus on January with the incredible Mums/Moms in Business Global ~ Support. Education. Visibility. If you would like a month of accountability & refocus, join us for the epic 30 days to success 2024 from the beginning of January (link in bio.) Hope to see you there! 😊

💜 Anna Chantal xx

How are you all?! It is 1st December & I am sat in an Overwhelmed state thinking of everything I have to do to get the house Christmas Decoration ready since the kids have been saying we need to get the decs up...AAAAARGH I'm not ready for it to be Christmas month yet!😳

However, I am reminding myself that I have achieved so much this month business-wise & the kids have been fed, taken care of well & I've had me time also so it's not all bad!

How are all of you gorgeous folks feeling today? Any tips for engaging hyperfocus mode & stop procrastifaffing most welcome!

💜 Anna Chantal xx

Good morning, happy full moon & happy new week to you all!

I absolutely love Mondays! Crazy you may think yes, but for me, Mondays mark another chance to achieve what you want to achieve. Mondays combined with Moondays - either full or new moons - feel even more powerful than normal Mondays.

So, full moons are synonymous with highlighting all that no longer serves you. Your shadow is the strongest & darkest under the light of a full moon & the shadows are a reflection of aspects of your life that you may no longer want. It is the perfect opportunity to have rituals to let shizzle go & you can do this by list writing, & fire to burn the list of the stuff that no longer serves you. It is so therapeutic! 😊

Another thing to do during full moon nights, is that of Moon bathing. This alone can really help you drop into your body, & help reconnect with yourself.

For women, we are closely synced with the moon cycles in our menstrual cycles & it helps us focus & tune in deeply to our womb space. It can help regulate cycles, & our menstrual cycles & phases of the moon, & how they connect together, are a wonderful natural clock to help us flow through our cyclic phases. I will go into this more over the coming weeks. It is a passion of mine.

For men, full moons give you a wonderful opportunity to relax into the feminine energy that the moon represents. The sun is masculine energy & the moon is feminine. At this time of year particularly, as the sun is bedding down & we don't feel its heat so much, in traditional calendars, it is the time of the feminine rising. We are the ones that sustain for the colder months whilst the masculine refuel. More to come later.

💜 Anna Chantal xx

Today is a catch up day at
🍒🌸 Therapies HQ!

Day job on Friday, MEGA full on weekend with the gorgeous stepfamily, then Day job yesterday & no time to catch up from the weekend yet!😅

Really, what I'd love to choose to do today is to go back to bed & sleep all day 😴😴😴 but, no rest for the wicked!

Today looks like:
🌸 HOME: Tidy up from weekend & my bedroom, sorry floordrobe ( ).

🌸 ME: Have some peace & quiet for at least an hour today, to myself, probably writing.

🌸 BIZ: Plan my mini pop up 'shop' for the events happening the next few weeks AND my day with Mums In Business Int, Networking South Nottingham is today as well...!🤯

Busy busy day ahead but I will be sure to make time for some good today to keep myself topped up with everything I have going on currently.

What are you up to today folks?

💜 Anna Chantal xx

🌹New week, New Goals...

🌸OVERALL GOAL: TAKE IT ONE DAY AT A TIME TO EASE STRESS BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT RIGHT NOW!🌸
1. HOME - Have a reset Monday tidy up including my bedroom.
2. ME - Make-up on, Rose perfume & Divine Feminine spritz to cleanse aura, eat well.
3. BIZ - One live over socials & plan week.

Have a great Monday folks. Share in the comments your top three goals for today & we can help keep you accountable.

When feeling overwhelmed, I always try to take it back to basics & include just one goal for home, myself & my business.

Today is an overwhelm day as most Mondays are, but it's fine because I have the tools to keep me on a good level to succeed in all areas of my life.

💜 Anna Chantal xx

This man, my rock, my most patient saint, 4yrs you have been here through thick & thin for all of us & you haven't run away! You're either crazy or my perfect match...we know it's the latter 😘

Love you forever my darling . Happy 4th Anniversary, here's to many more to come 😍

Always Yours,

💜 Anna Chantal xx

First full week of the new month & for me, it's been a planning day. With my kicking my butt currently, colour coded organising & planning really helps me.

What is your go-to for getting yourself motivated for a new week?

💜 Anna Chantal xx

From brinking on burnout this morning to some self study as I rested this morning...it is time & today, I am all about gratitude for those who have helped me through...

However long you've been 'out' of it, it is never too late to come back 'all in' again. Communities change over time, but the core fundamentals stay & after 10yrs in & out of business, I can safely say that I have found my sister circle in Mums/Moms In Business International. No matter what challenges or changes have come up in my life, my connections have always been there to fall back into when I need to be held & supported.

In the decade I've been connected, I have had a third child, separated, divorced, found out I have ADHD, battled healing myself after a number of bad relationships, whilst juggling SEN assessment journeys for my kids & myself. I have been moments away from total bankruptcy, visited food banks, sorted my finances out (still ongoing), sorted my home out, unraveled, put myself together again, unraveled again & again to the brink of wanting to give up, but thankfully now, as scary as it feels, things feel, erm, dare I say it...SETTLED & SECURE!

All this has happened in the decade I've been connected to MIB from my humble beginnings at Clean & Natural with my ex, when we did craft fairs, Networking etc whilst I was pregnant with my third, trying the BNIs etc of the world whilst juggling made from scratch natural skincare products. I did market stalls & festivals as well when my littlest was under 2 & won a retreat with another incredible MIB Kathy Hector. The C&N biz is still going but I've been out of it for 5yrs now.

Now, I am chasing my dream at Cherry Blossom Therapies & my wish is to help other women through their chapters by closing doors when they need to be closed, helping them find themselves again, & holding them safely & securely in a safe & nurturing space, whilst they unravel in their most vulnerable states. I was blessed to find Closing the Bones Ceremonies when I was in that place in 2018 & trained in 2019 to become a practitioner myself.

I realised that sometimes you have to unravel fully to be wrapped up again, held, & be reminded how important you are. You need to be held so tightly & safely that the broken bits stick back together again in their perfectly imperfect way, laced with gold, like they do in Japan to broken pottery. Beautiful scars replaced with light & hope.

The world would be broken without mamas & I am here for them, just as MIB has always been for me, in all my falling apart & putting back together 'phases' 🥹 Thank you.

I offer what I like to refer to as a "chapter closing" massage modality using sacred handwoven Mexican Rebozo shawls, womb massage & more. It is truly magic & from experience, I can say it really does help put you back together again.

I am Leicester based in the East Midlands but I can travel up to an hour away to serve my clients in their own homes. I am coming back properly in the Spring but until then, I am building back up ready to relaunch successfully this time. No lockdowns, no calls from schools about kids meltdowns that only I can calm, & 5hrs a day term time Mon-Fri to serve & give back. I am excited, if a little nervous also.

Much love, light & gentle mama bear hugs to you all. And thank you Leona Burton for simply being you in all that you are. I love you all & am so grateful to be here after all this time.

💜 Anna Chantal xx

Good morning folks & Happy Saturday.

It's time to focus in on what Cherry Blossom Therapies truly is & reflect that in my socials also. It has been a journey this last 5yrs & after a very intense period in mine & my children's lives, I am ready to share & support you all once more. Calm has returned & it feels wonderful!

I have been very very busy behind the scenes getting my head straight, getting to know myself, sorting through rooms of clutter as well as recovering from my third dose of covid & travelling as well this last week. I am exhausted & some rest & recoup is in order but I am back & this month, we are talking .

Monthly, moonly, seasonly & more I am here FOR IT ALL! ☺️

Last night was Day 1 of my personal moontime cycle ritual & it involved crystals, candles, journaling, new pj's, overnight mask & an early night. & is vital for keeping yourself full up in order to give to others so don't forget about yourself as well as everyone else.

More to come later...

💜 Anna Chantal xx

https://spotify.link/H82WAH78SDb Oooooohhhh...COVID FREE...CHILD FREE...HOUSE FREE...NEW MOON, NEW ME!!!! 😍😍😍😍

Time to reclaim EVERYTHING...for 3 days...🤣

💜 Anna Chantal xx

THE ADHD ICEBERG...

This image here is what we spoke about at the incredible ADHD Solutions UK course I attended the other day in .

is so much more complex than what can be seen on the surface. I personally experience much of the below the surface things myself, despite being able to mask so well. Fascinating journey this is & has been so far!

Many a has been diagnosed with so many similar symptoms that are listed here...so many people are missed because in both ADHD & , masking is so common - particularly in females. I am undiagnosed ADHD myself & everything suddenly is beginning to make sense for me...

Even my daughter was missed until she was in her last year of primary school, because everything happened at once & she was so overloaded that she could no longer mask it all anymore. Mum & Dad separating the year before, a close fellow tween friend losing her mum too young, her body developing quicker than her mind was, changes everywhere, last year of the primary she'd known all of her school life, & to top it off, cycles beginning in the midst of pandemic lockdown & transitioning up to high school without any transitions. God I'm glad we got her through it, at times I wasn't sure we would. She is a different girl now 🥹🙏🏽

To think my young lady held so much in for so long as a child...that is a strength that is going to bless her throughout her wonderful life. Nearly age 15 & come through so much already, & now I'm getting to know my own brain more, I'm understanding my girl even more because ADHD is genetic...

I am so grateful to finally have been heard, when I'd been raising my concerns for over half my daughter's life to no avail. Now, finally, she & I are understood. It is such a relief. I cannot recommend the organisation enough. They have been such an incredible support, I only wish I'd heard of them earlier, when my children were going through such hard times previously. We need more organisations like them.

💜 Anna Chantal xx

TO THE WOMAN WHO IS SLOWLY FADING AWAY~
To the woman who has lost her spark.
To the woman whose get up and go, has well and truly gone.
This is for you.
This is to remind you, that you don’t have to be everything to everyone, every day.
You didn’t sign up for that.
Remember when you used to laugh? Sing?
Throw caution to the wind?
Remember when you used to forgive yourself more quickly for not always being perfect.
You can get that back again.
You really can.
And that doesn’t have to mean letting people down or walking away.
It just means being kinder to you, feeling brave enough to say no sometimes.
Being brave enough to stop sometimes.
And rest.
It starts the moment you realise that you’re not quite who you used to be.
Some of that is good, some of that is not.
There are parts of you that need to be brought back.
And if anyone in your life is not okay with that… they are not your people. Your people will be glad to see that spark starting to light up again.
So, if you have been slowly fading away my friend, this is the time to start saying yes to things that bring you joy and no to things that don’t.
It’s really pretty simple.~~

~Donna Ashworth

Parenting is blooming tough at the best of times, but parenting during a very long summer holiday? Oh my goodness, it is next level tough!

Standing shoulder to shoulder with you fellow superhumans. Thank you for all your blood, sweat & tears raising our next generation!

💜 Anna Chantal xx

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A man came home from work and found his three children outside, still in their pajamas, playing in the mud, with empty food boxes and wrappers strewn all around the front yard. The door of his wife’s car was open, as was the front door to the house and there was no sign of the dog.

Proceeding into the entry, he found an even bigger mess. A lamp had been knocked over, and the throw rug was wadded against one wall. In the front room the TV was loudly blaring a cartoon channel, and the family room was strewn with toys and various items of clothing. In the kitchen, dishes filled the sink, breakfast food was spilled on the counter, the fridge door was open wide, dog food was spilled on the floor, a broken glass lay under the table, and a small pile of sand was spread by the back door.

He quickly headed up the stairs, stepping over toys and more piles of clothes, looking for his wife. He was worried she might be ill, or that something serious had happened. He was met with a small trickle of water as it made its way out the bathroom door. As he peered inside he found wet towels, scummy soap and more toys strewn over the floor. Miles of toilet paper lay in a heap and toothpaste had been smeared over the mirror and walls.

As he rushed to the bedroom, he found his wife still curled up in the bed in her pajamas, reading a novel. She looked up at him, smiled, and asked how his day went. He looked at her bewildered and asked, ‘What happened here today?’

She again smiled and answered, “You know every day when you come home from work and you ask me what in the world I do all day?”

“Yes,” was his incredulous reply.

She answered, “Well, today I didn’t do it." 😁

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