School Based Wellness Workshop

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‘Jessica Blackbond’s skills and professionalism is indicative of the quality of delivery you can expect from her workshops’. - Tracy Witney Head of Learning and Participation, Northern School of Contemporary Dance.
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School Based Wellness Workshop

Everything Is Connected

Enthuse a thought of what this life is all about

  • Understand how the body functions efficiently

    Explore Prana: Ida, Pingala, and Shushumna meridian awareness through balancing chakras and breath work. Discover which hormones effect emotions. “Without a body that works well life can be really hard.”

  • Enable the ability to manage stress

    Reset the nervous system: Experience the 5 Pillars of Powerful Posture through posture assessment and correction. “Your posture says a lot about who you are.”

  • Create stable and meaningful relationships

    Give to others with an arm and hand massage routine that instantly connects energy fields through caring human touch. Learn a 7-point routine. “Every human being has a responsibility to care.”

  • Energise through relaxation

    Group balancing poses: Experience energy through comfortable rest, with a little help from friends.

A high quality education workshop

By learning posture correction and self healing techniques, young adolescents can help themselves and others reduce body stress, manage common illness, and nurture emotional challenges.

In particular, this 1-hour wellness workshop fosters pupils’ keen awareness and understanding to explore their place in society as responsible citizens who can work together to improve their personal well-being and the well-being of those in their community. Through experiencing and evaluating different practical techniques, this awareness and understanding can be continued into adulthood.
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Intellectual stimulation to relax the mind

Key Stage 3 Citizenship and PSHEE curriculum content

“As a leading and award winning educational institution in the West Yorkshire region, Holistica completely understands challenges young adolescents are currently facing. The first few years of secondary school are a crucial period for young peoples’ development, not only their bodies and emotions but they are also negotiating new situations and challenges including friendships, self care, and social interactions, all of which have become imperative in recent years.”

Holistica founder and workshop leader

Jessica Blackbond

  • Jessica Blackbond

    About

    AWARD WINNING Holistic Therapist and author of the bestselling book 'The Way You Move Says It All' Jessica Blackbond invests her soul and energy into every body she works on. With almost 20 years experience, trained at the exclusive Elemis Academy in London, and with extensive training in reflexology in Chengdu China, Indian Head Massage and 400 hour Yoga Teacher Training in Dharamsala India, and work experience in Tahiti and Croatia; Jessica has honed her ability to connect to the human body by understanding the body's structure, listening to the specific needs the muscles require, and connecting to each individuals' prana energy enabling a unique and deeply fulfilling experience. JESSICA established Holistica in 2021 providing personally tailored massage treatments, Pilates classes, and Raja yoga sessions as a mobile service to all areas of West Yorkshire. In 2023 Holistica developed to provide workshops and continued professional development projects aimed at relaxing the tension held in the brain. AS A PERSONAL body massage therapist Jessica has achieved great success in dozens of highly prominent projects and on-tour events for artists including The Wombats, KSI, Joe Jackson, and Sabaton. RECOGNISING she often finds herself saying "We should be taught this in school", Jessica decided to put action where her mouth is. In 2019 she gained a Post Graduate Certificate in Education and received Qualified Teacher Status which allowed her to work part time as a school supply teacher, enabling her to build good relationships with school headteachers and gain credibility from parents to trust her expertise for leading Wellness Workshops in primary and secondary schools in West Yorkshire. HOLISTICA achieved 'Verified Continued Professional Development Trainer' status in early 2023 offering adults 20 hours CPD certification in Body Posture Pilates for Wellness and 11 hours certification in Body Energy Awareness, and has been awarded the Yorkshire Prestige 'Holistic Therapist of the Year 2023/2024'.

    Jessica Blackbond

    Founder of Holistica Training Centre, and Author of 'The Way You Move Says It All' #1 Bestselling Book