#RuncornMums #WidnesMums #CheshireMums #MaternalWellbeing #CommunityConnection 

A friend of mine, who teaches Pilates, recently completed the Understanding Lipoedema CPD that I wrote. 

Afterwards, I asked her what she thought. She told me she'd booked an appointment with her GP. 

Concerned and a bit bemused I asked why. Turns out she had recognised herself in the learning. It had given her the language to describe something that had puzzled her for years. She realised she might have lymphoedema.

With a huge sigh of relief, she finally felt able to explain what she'd been experiencing and see that it was real.

And now she has all those words to help her clients too. Which makes me feel proud, of her, the CPD and dare I say it - of me.

What are you proud of this week?

Kin by Nettie -

Community. Belonging. Come as You Are.

#Lipoedema #Lymphoedema #InclusiveFitness #FitnessEducation #CommunityConnection

She'd already decided.

History wasn't for her. Too much like school. Yuk the memories1

This session took place with CGL – Change Grow Live, a service supporting people recovering from addiction. Part of recovery is rediscovering that your world can become expansive again—that curiosity, creativity and connection are always available to you.

Then she met the Venus of Willendorf.

Around 30,000 years ago, someone shaped her by hand. Archaeologists continue to debate who she represents and why she was made. But for the rest of us, she offers something equally important: an opportunity to connect with another human across deep time.

You don't just look at her.

You hold her.

Your hand warms the clay.

You notice her curves.

And sometimes, she seems to whisper.

Not with words, but with recognition.

The lady who had dismissed history spent the next twenty minutes quietly contemplating the figurine before making one of her own.

"She looks like me."

I often think of humanity as an ever-growing set of nesting dolls. Every generation holds the last and makes room for the next. The past isn't finished. It's something we carry with us.

This is Kin.

🌿 Have you ever felt unexpectedly connected to an object from the past?

Kin by Nettie -

Community. Belonging. Come as You Are.

#CommunityConnection #RecoveryIsPossible #CGL  #Belonging #HumanConnection

I forgot the milk.

Truth be told, I'd even bought a new kettle because ours desperately needed descaling.

In all the rushing around to get everything ready, the one thing I'd forgotten was the milk. I just can’t do tea without milk.

For a split second I felt that familiar panic.

I'd got it wrong.

Before I could apologise, Jules simply smiled.

"Black coffee then."

And that was that.

No fuss.

No complaints.

No embarrassment.

We poured the coffee.

Shared a packet of biscuits.

Talked about grandchildren, aching knees, UFO’s, holidays, hospital appointments and the daft things life throws at us.

Before we knew it, an hour had gone by. A lovely hour of not rushing, doing, planning, getting, frantic squirreling.

What a tonic and a privilege to be with these great humans (thank you).

It made me smile because that's exactly how Moor Flow works.

Our classes aren't built on perfection.

Someone over balances.

Someone has a pain flare.

Someone arrives anxious.

Someone lets go on an out breath.

Someone needs a laugh.

We adapt.

We crack on.

Not because things don't go wrong.

But because people matter more than plans.

Maybe that's what belonging really is.

Not finding the perfect community.

Finding one where nobody minds when the milk is missing.

This is Kin.

Kin by Nettie -

Community. Belonging. Come as You Are.

#EllesmerePort #Runcorn #InclusiveFitness #FitnessEducation#ExerciseWithChronicIllness  #CommunityConnection

🌿 What's the smallest act of kindness you've witnessed this week?

The time D WhatsApp'd me from the roof, with 5 mins before class to say she might be late because the cat was up there.  That makes me laugh. BTW she made it and the cat was fine.

Things are rarely as we want them to be

Things are almost never social media perfect.

But we carry on regardless.

And we laugh.

You are welcome to try one of our early morning classes. Monday is body weight strength, Wednesday is dumbbells and Friday is Cardio. Just DM me.

Do you have any did it anyway stories?

Kin by Nettie

🌿 Community. Belonging. Come as You Are.

#ExerciseAtHome #HomeWorkout #HomeExercise #MovementMatters #MoveYourBody

Little Kin offers care.

We remember the things you may forget.

If it's a morning class there will be drinks and snacks.

AND snacks without milk options.

Little Kin knows how important the carer is.

So we look after you whilst you look after these little folx.

What are you always forgetting?

#RuncornMums #WidnesMums #CheshireMums #MaternalWellbeing #CommunityConnection 

We are so incredibly busy.

Running from task to task.

So many responsibilities.

In Stretch and Restore classes (coming in the Autumn)

We slow down.

Move slowly.

Let it.

Breathe.

Sometimes that can feel so odd.

Sometimes it takes a small act of kindness for us to come back to our now.

Sometimes all you need is to rest.

How do you rest?

Kin by Nettie

🌿 Community. Belonging. Come as You Are.

#Parasympathetic

#NervousSystemRegulation

#RestAndRestore

#RestorativeMovement

#MindBodyConnection

The land connects us.

Through roads and path.

Through signs and names.

Through stories and memories.

Through time.

Connecting in ways seen and unseen.

Did you know -  desire paths, social trails, or game trails, form naturally when people or animals repeatedly take the shortest or most convenient route, wearing away the ground cover?

Kin by Nettie

🌿 Community. Belonging. Come as You Are.

#LandscapeHistory

#HistoricLandscape

#LocalHistory

#PublicArchaeology

#LandscapeArchaeology