A year in the Sanctuary at Hummingbird Holistics and Little Hummingbird. It has been a very busy and productive year.
Fertility and Pregnancy Services - what we did in 2023 to support our families and growing community.
We had 8 babies born, 4 babies on the way and we are working with another 5 fertility patients - holding so much gratitude to the Ken Connor Trust set up by my husband Dave Connor in memory of his father’s charitable work for children. The Trust has provided the fertility pack that go with the treatments, and Hummingbird Holistics provide the complementary consultation. All the families had bespoke fertility support and we had 1 with Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), 2 with ongoing In vitro fertilisation (IVF), most with unexplained infertility and supported a healthy pregnancy after a sleeping baby. We have had 2 coming back for the second round of treatments hopefully leading to successful pregnancies as I have already worked with them the pregnancy plans are in place. 5 have used the Doula service.
Fertility Goddess affirmation cards have been developed by my gorgeous fertility community and Jane. Nothing like using the affirmations that are heartfelt and have supported our community through a beautiful but can be a challenging time. They came to life with the wonderful Jilly, so much gratitude from all of us! Will be publishing through Amazon hopefully in February 2024 if not before so watch this space.
Jane participated in “40 days of Love” a Postpartum Recipes eBook with the lovely Mel Craven. Just ask for a copy and Jane will email one over.
Check Janes recipe for Lemon Balm, Ginger, and Honey Syrup on page 20. This was influenced by the most popular herbal tea requested in The Sanctuary in 2023 by all our fertility, pregnant and postpartum clients. Inspired by love and it is the most soothing and nourishing drink postpartum that I would recommend.
Little Hummingbird has been kept busy and opened its doors in Rainhill Hall with the Littlest Forest school. Lots for support for the 4th trimester with baby reflexology then onto baby massage. Been a fun filled year for all with every baby that comes through a tree has been planted, and our little forest school planted their own. I have a beautiful growing community that all support each other. It’s with great thanks to Becky that I have had a bit of support with Instagram to support this growing community.
Menopause and Perimenopause Services – What we did in 2023 to support our families and growing communities.
Jane conducted 20 menopause workshops within the hospital and corporate posts that she holds reaching thousands through 1 face to face workshop with some virtual delegates and 19 completely virtual workshops to support world menopause day 18th October 2023. It was a privilege and a pleasure to be part of this movement and 40 little bags of calm were made for one of our larger corporate clients.
Jane has developed a beautiful protocol to support one to one clients in her private clinic on the back of the research and feedback she received and has had numerous clients benefit.
Wellbeing contracts – what we did in 2023 to support our corporate clients in 2023.
I have been very privileged to support Knauf Insulation LTD in 2023 and this will continue in 2024.
Jane is the wellbeing therapist for the largest private employer in St Helens and covers the Queensferry site in North Wales as well as the St Helens site.
I conducted 97 therapies on-site with 100% positive feedback from May to December. The demographics of this group are mainly male due to the nature of the sites with some female staff. The therapies requested where mostly clinical trigger point back massage. 3 from one site and 4 from another stated that an acute and chronic back condition had cleared up. I would like to thank the staff in HR who ensure these days run like clockwork and was extremely privileged that Hummingbird Holistics was mentioned in the end of year communications. This is quite poignant as Knauf used to be Pilkington’s and most of my husband’s family worked on the sites ‘back in the day’ and one more recent. It feels very humbling to be part of the family history.
Life in the Apothecary at The Sanctuary 2023
What an amazing year and our own label organic essential oils arrived in The Sanctuary in December 23, and are going hot off the shelves! This has been a dream of mine for a while, and I am pleased to say that it has been achieved. I have developed a couple of workshops to go alongside them so watch this space in 2024!
With such a busy 2023 I really can’t wait to what 2024 has to offer with service with gratitude to the growing Hummingbird community.
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