​Gillian Watt: Founder of AndBreathe...

Thank you for visiting the AndBreathe... website! Gillian has been passionate about health and wellbeing for many years and can't wait to share what she has learned with adults, children and their four-legged friends.  Initially, as a musician , she experienced performance anxiety, using deep relaxation techniques with good success.  She shares her positive outlook on life, in her role as Mum to four and Granny to five (six and seven are imminent!).  As teacher and head teacher, the health and wellbeing of pupils and staff was her main focus,  as well as encouraging health and wellbeing in the local community.  Personally, over the years, Gillian 'dabbled' in mindfulness, meditation and yoga, alongside training and competing in triathlons, time trials, 10ks, half marathons, even running the London Marathon in 2012.  However, in July 2015, Gillian experienced Septicaemia, Septic Shock and subsequently spent four days in Intensive Care, followed by a very long, challenging recovery, culminating in early retirement from education in 2018.  The chronic fatigue has mellowed and is now mostly manageable.  She is now looking forward to this new chapter!  It was mindfulness, yoga, acupuncture and other therapies that got her through the past few years, to where she is today and Gillian believes it is her mission now, to share the tools she has used, so that when others experience tricky times, they will have their very own 'tool kit'.  Her 'tools' include EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique)/Tapping, Reiki, Mindfulness and 16 Guidelines for a Happy Life, using the outdoors and woodland skills as often as possible.
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​Let the journey begin!