April Alexandra Nutrition

Clinic days 🩷🕊️

Peace - so undervalued yet so deeply healing 🩷🕊️

Capturing the magical sky and some precious moments of peace before bed.

So still, so quiet & so beautiful 💙

New offerings growing 🩷💙🩷

We are offering our 1st intimate sound session in August.
This will be a small group offering held in a nurturing environment, allowing you space and time to simply be.

I cannot wait to welcome you & share with you

Do reach out if this feels like nourishment you desire.

Happy Saturday ✨

What a season ✨

It has been a little while since I have connected here. I have been taking the time to find the words to communicate all the gratitude, love and joy the past few months have brought.

I feel I have finally landed after our very special retreat on the Fermanagh lakes in April. With this I want to say that from the bottom of my heart I am so grateful and filled with love to have shared such a beautiful few days with each magical human that committed to join us and a huge hug of love for our beautiful team who held that space in collaboration. Moments that will be remembered forever.

Retreats have been in the grand plan for years and to now have these unfold right here in Ireland is something special.

Our next Ireland retreat will be on the beautiful west coast of Ireland in October. This will be a transformative few days filled with connection, time to reflect and body/mind gentle cleansing. I trust those meant to be with us will reach out.

This feels like a good time to mention my own retreat in July. The month of July I will taking a pause to travel, recharge and reconnect with my loved ones. Appointments will complete in the last week of June, resuming again in August.

I trust you are well and wish you a beautiful week ahead ✨

✨ NEW ANNOUNCEMENT ✨

SPRING RESET RETREAT
Self - Sound - Serenity

With the fast pace of life, our changing world, do you feel the need for a reset? - physical, emotional, mental and spiritual? Are you looking for a few quiet days soaked in nature and treated to everything that will bring you back to your centre? Quiet times alone and space for nourishing practices.

Why not join us on our Spring Reset Retreat - Self-Sound-Serenity. A time to reset your frequency, health & vitality at Blaney Yoga and Spa on the weekend of April 19th, 20th & 21st 2024 surrounded by some of the finest views over Lough Erne, Co. Fermanagh.

Guided by experienced practitioners and facilitators on a 3 day immersion of nutritious organic food, organic fresh juices, yoga, nutrition talks/demos, gong baths, sauna, hot tub, lake swims, fire circle, cacao, nature walks, and Sonic Temple music. A time to really slow down, find yourself again arriving home recharged and transformed.

Your hosts, Nicola, Nutritionist & Naturopath, April Alexandra, a Naturopathic Nutritional & Bioresonance Therapist &
Santiago (Homeopath, Iridologist, herbalist, bioresonance therapist, Master sound healer & kambo practitioner). Tyrell, the music genius will be joining Santiago as Sonic Temple music and Nicola will be joining Santiago as in Spirit for gong baths.

Click the link in the comments below to find out more details and feel free to ask any questions you have.
Payment plan options available.

We cannot wait to have you join us on this transformational healing weekend.

The Spring Reset Retreat Team.

Send a message to learn more

Winter is a season of recovery and preparation.

Nature knows best.

Lean in, slow down, sleep more, nourish your cells and nurture you mind.

Thank you 2023- you jam packed, fast paced, sometimes a tab overwhelming, wonderful one ❤️

Perching my bottom to the sofa already in my PJs with a towel wrapped around my head (too busy a week for hair washing) feeling very grateful for a wonderful year.

Personally and within the business many goals that had been set in some years passed have come to completion, a constant reminder that hard work and goals really do pay off.

Thank you to all my beautiful clients near and far for making what I do really be a dream come true. Without you, there would be no business.

My out of office is on and a much needed 2 week break lies ahead before I return recharged and ready to welcome clients in January.

To a peaceful and nourishing winter rest period. Hibernation commencing.

❤️✨❤️

Join us!

❗️Exciting new event on the 14th November along with the wonderful
April Alexandra!!!

Colin Neighbourhood Partnership The National Lottery Community Fund Northern Ireland Public Health Agency

Come along to gain insight into what we do 🤗

Link below to register ⬇️

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/microgreenssmall-but-mighty-tickets-745753317247?aff=oddtdtcreator

First of many events to come 😊😊

Thrilled to be collaborating with for an informal evening of education on the beautiful microgreens and all their health benefits, not to mention how good they taste too.

Winter immunity practitioner prescription.

Working in schools, supporting busy parents and understanding how the seasonal change impacts us all profoundly, it feels like the right time to make an offering.

The turn of seasons should not be taken lightly, we cannot live like we do in Summer as Autumn hastily wraps around us. We must tune into our needs. Symptoms are always just little gentle nudges from the body for us to listen to. They are also not all bad, often just a gentle message from within as our immune system does its job to restore balance. With a little extra support, we can help this intricate system restore homeostasis with more ease.

Autumn immune protocol - currently I am offering all followers and clients 10% off practitioner grade supplements . Simply reach out and I will make a recommendation based on your familiesy needs. Prescriptions will be parcelled up and delivered to your door.

Get in touch if you are ready to support yourself ❤️

My gift to YOU.

Give the gift of juice this season.

Juicing is what I call "liquid gold for the cells". By removing the fibre we allow the digestive tract to remain at rest. Rest is when we heal. We are not sending energy there when digestion is not activated. Meantime the nutrients from our juice get to work, nourishing our bodies.
Whilst digestion is in action, we are using energy to break down our foods and extract nutrients. This is healthy and part of our day to day life but we can all benefit from a break.

What I often observe with clients and when analysing gut test results is that many people are not absorbing nutrients as they think. This can be down to dietary choices, infections in the digestive tract, medication use, stress and much more.

Often our digestive tract is overwhelmed from the above and perhaps has been for many years. This can make progress and feeling our best selves challenging and often tiring.

For anyone seeking to recover from illness, optimise their nutrient intake, provide their digestive system a rest and generally optimise their health, juicing can be a wonderful addition. A chosen pause to let our precious energy restore the areas that are crying out for nourishment.

Juicing can work wonders as an addition to an already healing diet or it can equally support in times of partial fast.

Please reach out if you would like to know more and join us for our first workshop of the season in October when we will discuss this in greater depth.

In the meantime, I have a generous discount code to offer you from my number 1 juicer supplier . Apply APRIL50 at checkout to grab yourself a bargain.

"Doing what you love is a cornerstone of having abundance in your life"
- W. Dyer

Back in office after the annual July pause.

Today served me a beautiful day filled with clients- we discussed lots of microbiome results, made plans for future events & replied to lots of heart warming enquiries.

I am so grateful for my role of service and am bubbling with excitement for the new projects unfolding this season.

Thank you to each of you who feel guided to work with me.

To a beautiful weekend ❤️

OUT OF OFFICE.

I will return to office on July 28th.

All emails and messages will be responded to on my return.

♥️

Now taking bookings for August 2023 onwards.

In person in Northern Ireland & online worldwide.

When you choose to work with me, you can expect:

A calm and welcoming space for you to open up.
Education on why I’ve made certain recommendations and the science behind it.
A bespoke nutrition and lifestyle plan and any recommended testing.
A focus on nourishing foods and a healthy environment to help you heal.

As your health journey improves and your energy returns, together we’ll look at building your toolkit further to optimise your health so the symptoms don’t return.

With a special passion for gut health, nervous system imbalance and immune modulation we leave no stone unturned when working together.

Get in touch via the link in my bio to book your welcome call today.

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Love what you do.

Education is the movement from darkness to light.

Thank you to every person who attended workshops this week. We ranged from age 5 - 65 and how heart warming this is, I cannot explain.

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Pasta Wednesday .... because life is for loving.

What a whirlwind few months it has been here, reminding me how unbelievable the human body is and how well it can adapt to change with resilience when we are taking care of it.

After 7 workshops yesterday in a 12 hour period and an early start today, this dish felt absolutely divine tonight. It felt like a big and beautiful hug and I am now snug on the sofa in my PJs. Heaven.

The point? When the body is in balance, when we are pouring from the full cup- the longer days, the big dish of pasta, the occasional glass of fizz, the stressful event .... Our body has the ability to tolerate it without being derailed.

When we are out of balance, this can look and feel very different.

In case you feel like a big bowl of spaghetti this week (mine is GF- one self respecting choice I don't mess with) then I hope you enjoy every last bite.

Know your body and know your needs.

Garlic goodness.

Roasting up some of these beauties this evening as we transition into a slower paced few days ahead.

Garlic is from the sulphur family so very important in phase 2 liver detoxification, along with numerous other specific food groups.

Our lovely liver is working day in, day out to support healthy clearance of toxins, hormones, bacteria and much more.

Due to genetic variances and lifestyle choices, some of our livers detox pathways may be sluggish which will eventually result in presenting symptoms.

This week in clinic I have found myself working lots with hormonal imbalance.
Often clients are led to believe that a pill can address this 'ill'.
In fact we approach this entirely differently here and ask the question 'why is there hormonal imbalance?'.

This may require further testing and of course a deep dive consult to ascertain an individual's full picture of symptoms.

We want to address diet and lifestyle but at the core we are looking at each system and supporting these as required based on the individuals requirements.

Personally, my phase 2 clearance has and always will require extra TLC. Understanding this via testing and applying actionable habits has changed my health picture in many ways. From hormones to immunity, the liver is always in need of some love.

No system works alone, no system heals alone.

Know thy self.

To a restful weekend.

We are all just walking each other home.

So many profound and heart warming conversations with clients, colleagues and friends of late that remind me of these true words.

As you transition into this weekend, this year, this season ... I urge you to keep your heart soft and open. If you find the armour is up and you cannot get past it, reach out and let me support.

To a peaceful weekend.

And breathe.

As the gears begin to shift & days of quiet fall upon us, I feel a sense of calm wash over me. The stopping of everything in this holiday period reminds me of lock down & yes I am one of those people that looks back on lock down with fond memories. I loved the stillness, it felt like how life should be to me.

When things get too busy, too fast, we loose connection with what is important. We loose connection with ourselves. The "too busy to ..." is killing us.

Many of my clients report it and I am sure many of you can relate.

So for me this is a time I like to batton down the hatches, make few to no plans or commitments and just enjoy the lack of structure.

Space & time opens the gateway for connection & creativity.
With those, so much magic can unfold.

Wishing you a restful end to 2022.

NEW WEBSITE LIVE 🍃🤎

Joining the 21st century with my beautiful new website. It has only taken me almost a decade to get on board but as they say, good things come to those who wait (or get around to it- ha).

I do hope you love the website as much as I do.

This is a central space for you to connect with me with enquires, to join me in expanding your health awareness and allows me a teeny little slice of online presence l, which is probably beneficial in some way in this day and age. The education side of the site will develop in 2023 so do stay tuned for the return of workshops etc.

The business has been rebranded over the past months and this website born from that.

A huge heart felt thank you to my absolute dream team of women that have supported me and made all my dreams come to life.

has taken all my vision and created it, from branding to website.
has helped me to concisely explain my ethos and passion in a way that you can understand what it is I offer.

I honestly really dreaded this process and I do not know why as these ladies have made it so smooth for me.

The biggest thank you to everyone for your ongoing support this year, my busiest and most rewarding to date.

Long may it continue.

Would love you to stop by and give it some love 🤎
https://www.aprilalexandra.com/

Habits start small. They begin with little actions. But over time they snowball.

Eventually they change the landscape of our lives.

Start today, one small new habit that your future self will thank you for.

To a beautiful week.

New bookings, follow ups, rest periods & a big thank you!

Hugs and love to you all for now & always 🤎

Making it home after a weekend away studying just in time to grab a short walk on the beach with my love & catch nature working all its magic .... priceless.

As we enter the 'over' season - over spending, over eating, over stressing, over expecting, over worrying etc, try to stay present & remind yourself what is important.

Health is wealth and that is all that we truly need.

To a beautiful week ahead.

And breathe.

A colourful & abundant week in clinic, rounded off by a Saturday of 'in person' consultations. It was so lovely to have clients in the space today but I equally love the freedom and opportunities my online services provide. Choice is a precious gift.

People often ask what I do day to day, assuming it is something to do with calories. I don't think I have mentioned the word calorie apart from in this post in about 7 years. No calories in, calories out.

I work with my clients to uncover the root cause of imbalance in their bodies. This involves in depth consultations, practitioner level testing & lots of getting comfortable with one and other.

For example, this week has included analysing advanced gut microbiome tests, vaginal microbiome testing, genetic detoxification & methylation panels, OAT testing, guidance on parasite clearing, hormonal support and much more.

No two weeks, actually, no two clients are the same meaning that every session is colourful and eye opening.

Preventative medicine is the future, why wait?

Often we are immersing ourselves in escapist activities hoping we will feel more complete when in actual fact, everything we need comes from within.

To understanding, education & talking about what really needs talked about.

In person Saturday clinic consultations resume tomorrow after a very long pause.
These will be held once per month due to demand.

Now taking bookings for 2023 from February onwards.

When you choose to work with me, you can expect:

A calm and welcoming space for you to open up.
Education on why I’ve made certain recommendations and the science behind it.
A bespoke nutrition and lifestyle plan and any recommended testing.
A focus on nourishing foods and a healthy environment to help you heal.

As your health journey improves and your energy returns, together we’ll look at building your toolkit further to optimise your health so the symptoms don’t return.

Get in touch today to book your welcome call.

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Nature as medicine.

Phew, I feel like I am just bobbing up every so often this season to simply say 'hi' on here.

The truth is that life & work are busier than ever. I don't like to wear the busy badge, particularly if the support is not in place to allow it. I must say though, this busy is good busy & life is in full flow.

I am immersed in projects that fill me with joy and fulfillment. My clients are going all in to understand their emotional & physical wellbeing & all the possibilities that are there for them. I don't think I have enough emojis to explain how happy this makes my heart.

Next week I begin community & school workshops which is always a whole different level of fun/madness. Regardless of social status & financial circumstances I have always felt passionate that everyone deserves the education to make choices. I stand by that & will strive further on this mission in 2023. Watch this space.

Oh also, my brand new website will be launched very soon thanks to the help of a dream team of ladies.
Online group programmes & webinars will be on the offering after Christmas.

For now though, time for some nature as nourishment with a coastal run to round off the week.

Remember, every day is a new opportunity to make a little change. A change for you, a change for others - we are all in this together ❤️

Gut microbiome & health.

It is no secret that our gut micro-biota can have a far reaching impact on many aspects of our health, from emotional wellbeing to our immunity.

At birth, the intestinal tract is sterile; the infant’s gut is first colonized by maternal and environmental bacteria during birth and continues to be populated through feeding and other contacts.

From this point onwards and throughout infancy, the dietary and environmental influences/choices we make paired with genetic variations, particularly on the FUT2 gene and liver detoxification genes, can have the ability to support our health trajectory or hinder it.

From immune compromisation to digestive manifestations and many symptoms in between, the health and happiness of your microflora is imperative.

Before opting to buy the next fad 'gut healing' supplement I urge you to have an in depth discussion with your Practitioner to understand your unique requirements, allowing you to address your symptoms at root level.

No system works alone.
No system heals alone.

To change your health trajectory you need to change the environment that you live in.

That environment starts within you.

"The concept of total wellness recognizes that our every thought, word, and behavior affects our greater health and well-being. And we, in turn, are affected not only emotionally but also physically and spiritually.”

– Greg Anderson

To a beautiful week ahead.

Physical & Emotional nourishment.

A delicious Tarka Dal prepared this morning ahead of a busy & exciting weekend away.
This weekend is the first weekend I will be back on the student side of the classroom for sometime & I cannot wait.

Our study group brings food to share at lunch time which moulds a nurturing environment where we can bond & share stories over food made with love.

Often in the Western world I see many clients loose touch with their food, treating it more as a 'must have' rather than an opportunity to practise 'self love'.

The physical body & symptoms associated can mirror our emotional body. These symptoms are not disconnected but actually intricately woven as one, regardless of what you have been lead to believe.

With this in mind, taking time to nourish ourselves physically & emotionally with simple & wholesome ingredients, enjoyed with loved ones, is a crucial part in our overall health picture.

I urge you to spend some time in the kitchen this weekend. A simple slow cooked pot can change the state of the mind for the week ahead in more ways than one.

Wishing you a nourishing weekend.