Health and Wellbeing

Tea, Sound & Traditional Arts: A Mindful Chinese New Year Experience. Welcome the Chinese New Year with a calm, sensory-rich experience that brings together tea, sound, and traditional making. This 2.5-hour workshop weaves three time-honoured Chinese practices that support grounding, clarity, and intentional transition into the year ahead. What to Expect: • A slower pace that supports calm and presence • Sensory ritual and mindful attention • Cultural insight through lived traditions • Gentle creative focus and deep rest • A meaningful keepsake to take home No prior experience is needed. The Experience: Gongfu Tea Ceremony The session opens with a traditional Chinese gongfu tea ceremony. Through slow, intentional movements, warming aromas, and layered tasting, tea becomes a ritual of arrival. Cultural stories and context are gently shared, inviting a deeper connection to the practice. Traditional Lucky Knot Workshop You’ll then be guided through the making of a Chinese lucky knot, a centuries-old symbol of protection, continuity, and good fortune. The rhythmic weaving encourages calm focus and creative flow, and each participant will take home their own handcrafted keepsake. Calming Guided Sound Bath The experience closes with a calming guided sound bath using traditional instruments. Gentle sound, vibration, and spacious […]

Chinese New Year: Sound Journey & Lucky Knot Workshop A festive lunchtime celebration of sound, story, and symbolism to welcome the Year of the Fire Horse. A vibrant yet grounding cultural experience blending live traditional Chinese music, storytelling, and hands-on craft. The session opens with live Chinese New Year–themed music played on traditional instruments such as the guzheng. The melodies are joyful and ceremonial, creating a celebratory atmosphere while remaining calming and spacious - a moment to pause, arrive, and mark the season together. This opening reflects the essence of Flying Bear House - a creative studio offering mindful cultural wellbeing experiences rooted in tradition, sound, and storytelling. The second half is a guided lucky knot workshop, where making becomes meaning. As you learn to form this iconic Chinese New Year symbol, you’ll also be immersed in its cultural story - the history, folklore, and symbolism behind why lucky knots represent protection, continuity, good fortune, and blessings for the year ahead. Each guest will leave with a handcrafted lucky knot charm - a vibrant, symbolic keepsake to carry into the Year of the Fire Horse, whether worn, gifted, or placed at home as a New Year blessing. This event is […]

Your Heart & Hormones with Lumi Health Clinic. For Women Who Want to Know More and Feel Better. Join us at Rockwater Hove for a considered and engaging morning, for women who want to understand more about their health and feel better. Expect a warm and welcoming environment, to learn something about your health, and to take home some practical advice. Bringing together expert voices and honest, myth-busting conversation, the session will explore hormones and heart health, menopause treatments, and everyday wellbeing actions that are achievable for you. The morning begins with coffee, tea and a chance to settle in, before Beth Phillips, Clinical Director at Lumi Health, introduces guest speakers who are experts in menopause, cardiovascular health and proactive, preventative health. There will be refreshments and pastries, time to mingle and chat, followed by Q&As with the health experts. As part of the event there will also be a live Perfume Bar Experience too!