SKYE
Skye: I’m back again couldn’t resist your wide horizon smiles and the jewellery of your white
washed houses gummed to the summer-green glens and your sensuous coastal fringes.
– Mark O Goodwin
There’s life in the air of Skye.
You just have to breathe it in.
Slowly
There’s calm wellbeing in the sunsets of Skye
You just have to breathe it in.
Slowly
There’s joy in the gentle lap of the waves
You just have to breathe it in.
Slowly
and the eagles drift, and the curlews cry, and to see an otters nose (so close?)
and the seals bathing and meditating on the rocks and the Cullin changing and constant, paradox and riddle
and be up before dawn and feel it come upon the isle
and you just have to breathe it in and breathe it in and breathe it in.
Slowly.
Helens holistic approach to wellbeing is so influenced by the good energy of Skye and she brings a wide range of skills to her practice. All this means that the sessions you have with her are unique to you as she uses the right balance of skills to be perfect for you.
THE CROFT
Helen has watched her children grow up on the croft for the last 16 years. She’s developed a circular croft walk that takes in both the moor and sea loch.
The croft is just over 12 acres and runs from the shores of Loch Greshornish, a sea loch, to the common grazing on the hill behind. The system of distinctive strips of land forming all the crofts in Edinbane, and indeed on Skye, are known as ‘Runrig’ which was originally designed to enable everyone to a have a share of different types of land – ‘in bye’ and ‘hill’. Enjoy the walkways through the growing woodland which has been planted on a third of the croft. Spot the flora and fauna that change as the seasons pass: the early summer orchids, Ragged Robin, St John’s Wort, and the autumn heathers. Soak up the summer sun, occasional wild autumn winds and the sudden crisp calm of winter. The bird life is ever changing: winter visitors giving way to their summer counterparts, including the distinctive Skylark and the oyster catchers, curlews and sandpipers by the lochside. Harriers, increasing in their rarity on the mainland, are common. Tara and Cora, the ponies, like an apple or carrot and even better a scratch behind the ears. The cows may have calves with them depending on the time of your visit.
THE ARMADILLA
Variously described as an ark, an arc, an egg, a womb, the armadilla is a bespoke treatment pod for individual therapeutic treatment and for meditation in small groups. It is a safe, energised space with underfloor heating and a porthole looking onto the croft. And no wifi!