Shanti Bee - Holistic Wellbeing Centre

We are over the moon to welcome Tori from Hands of the Rose Garden to Shanti Bee.

We had the chance to collab with Tori at Lindisfarne Festival last year and she's a wonderful therapist - it's super exciting, as now you can book in for a massage on Sundays!

Please book directly with Tori.
Get booked in!

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Hands of the Rose Garden Step into calm — nurturing body, mind & spirit in Wingate & Co Durham:

✨ Tarot
✨ Swedish massage
✨ Tibetan head massage
✨ Reiki
✨ Guided meditation
✨ Women’s circles
✨ Group workshops
✨ Wellness retreats
✨ Weddings

🕉️ This weekend is a super special one! We can't wait. Can you?....

Not only can you go to our regular timetabled classes, you can also join Lindsey at Singing Mamas Tyne Valley and sing with us on Friday night at 6.30pm.
Then on Saturday you can join Kitty and Laura for a Sacred Stillness: Summer Re-Set at 7pm.

✨Friday Women's Sing Circle 6.30pm: https://fb.me/e/aB5dSJKau
✨ Saturday (all welcome) Sacred Stillness 7pm: https://fb.me/e/7eJn1sZYd

💜 Both are in support of our current fundraiser. Thank you so so SO much for everyone who has donated so far!

We are really thankful for how well it's doing already.

You can read more about our 'Space Lift Fundraiser & Plans' here: 👇🏻👇🏾
https://localgiving.org/fundraising/Shanti-Bee-Space-Lift

🕉️ Could your wellness offering become part of the Shanti Bee community?

We're always looking to welcome passionate, fully qualified and insured wellbeing practitioners into our space.

💜 Whether you offer yoga, holistic therapies, sound-based workshops or something else unique, we'd really love to hear from you.

📧 [email protected]
💌 ...or send us a DM with some thoughts!

🕉️ Rest is an essential part of the practice.

We rest conciously, usually at the end of a yoga class because it allows the practice to integrate, supports mental clarity, and gives the nervous system space to reset.

💜 Deliberate rest teaches us to be alert without needing to react. In this space, we cultivate emotional regulation and a gentle awareness, simply observing our thoughts, feelings and senses if they arise, without judgement.

In Savasana, you might experience guided relaxation, body scans, silence, music, Yoga Nidra, or occasionally a poem or inspiring reading.

Could it be this kind of rest your looking for?

🕉️ Four people. Four different lives.

Different stories, responsibilities, joys and challenges. Different reasons for arriving on the mat.

💜 In yoga practice, narratives, roles and responsibilities soften. What remains is presence, connection, and the quiet understanding that we're all navigating this human experience as best we can.

🕉️ 🪬We're raising funds to replace broken blinds in our main studio space and to install outdoor signage and a clear entrance panel sign on our door.

Our community is mostly adults, from across Newcastle and further afield, including people coping with chronic illnesses and seeking holistic wellbeing support.
We are a trauma-informed, inclusive space where members with specific health needs feel welcome. Privacy, ease and comfort in the environment are crucial.

🪷 The existing plastic white blinds in our main studio space are broken. They do not sit half open or provide ease of use, and disrupt the calm environment important for the activities at the centre.

🪷 The outdated outdoor signage (a legacy council sign) confuses visitors making the centre appear closed, anything placed in it fades and it fails to communicate the welcoming, vibrant nature of Shanti Bee CIC or its busy timetable. Many users are not online or on socials, so accessible, up-to-date physical information is needed. These issues have been repeatedly observed and affects both the perception and function of the centre.

💜 The improvements will create a more welcoming, professional, and nurturing atmosphere, supporting Shanti Bee’s community-focused ethos.
Improvements in visibility, privacy, and clarity of communication are expected to increase users’ sense of safety and comfort, raise local awareness, and potentially boost participation.

Read about our project, donate, and please share!

https://localgiving.org/fundraising/Shanti-Bee-Space-Lift

💜 Can you help us make this project a reality and donate?

🪷 Replace broken blinds in the main room with high-quality wooden venetian blinds that suit the interior and allow flexible coverage.
🪷 New signage installed outside and on the front door: a bright, clear sign in the garden to replace the obsolete council sign, and a new information panel on the door to welcome visitors and communicate respectful, trauma-informed entry.

Any donation, and any shares to help spread the word is greatly appreciated.

Thank you so much!
🪬 Rosie Mason

https://localgiving.org/fundraising/Shanti-Bee-Space-Lift

☮️ Shanti means peace. The practice of yoga is about much more than movement, it's about finding inner calm through balance, and presence.

🐝 Bee represents something different. Bees are always busy, working together as part of a collective. Their strength comes not from the individual, but from the hive. They remind us that community, purpose, and connection help us survive and thrive.

Life invites us to be busy. Yoga supports us to slow down.
It's possible to balance both.

To contribute with energy and purpose, while staying grounded in peace.
To be productive without losing yourself.
To belong to the collective without forgetting your own centre.

💜 That is the spirit of Shanti Bee.

📷 Jo Costigan