Welcome

How the Mindful Coach can help YOU!

Hello, my name is Kathy Ward, and I am pleased to offer you a unique blend of complementary therapies that works alongside and enhances traditional health care. These therapies will help you: -

Improve your overall health, well-being, flexibility and vitality.
Break old, harmful patterns of behaviour.
Develop new positive attitudes, behaviours and skills.
Be an active part in your own health and healing.
Get motivated, and more importantly, stay motivated.

Together WE really can change YOUR Life!

In today´s turbulent times, studies show, not surprisingly, that between 60% and 90% of all Doctor´s visits is for stress-related challenges. Stress itself contributes to such conditions as joint pain, insomnia, weight problems, depression, hypertension, diabetes, cardiac disorders, back pain, infertility, migraine headaches and chronic pain to name just a few.

If you are one of the 6-9 out of 10 people the study talks about, you may be reading this web page looking for ways to increase your ability to cope with a chronic or life threatening disease, prepare for treatments, surgery and getting well again. Others may want to reduce anxiety, get rid of addictions or stress related problems. This knowledge is itself a necessary first step towards making life-enhancing changes, but very often, we do not know how to take the next step.

There is more than 35 years of scientific research and clinical practise, that has proven the effectiveness of mind/body coaching in reducing stress and anxiety, ridding you of bad habits and behaviours, treating stress related illness and reawakening your control of movement, flexibility and health. It is also useful in promoting positive attitudes, and improving the quality of life for those with life-threatening diseases. Furthermore, mind/body coaching can help prevent disease, such as cardio vascular disease for those at high risk, by encouraging and helping them to change harmful lifestyles.

Health and well-being is not simply the absence of disease, and improving your well-being is not about turning your life upside down. Infact, its about taking small steps to improve your life. The therapies I offer work hand in hand with modern medicine. They draw on both my professional skills and the wealth of proven knowledge from leading Specialists and Doctors in the fields of Heart Disease, Cancer, Stress Related illness, Therapeutic Yoga for Health and Healing plus Somatic Rehabilitation.

I write or record each session specifically for you using the information gathered at your FREE initial consultation. During this consultation you will have the chance to tell me about your goals or problem, how it affects you and what you would like to us to achieve together. A typical first Health and Wellness Coaching session costs 30 euros, and a Hypnotherapy & NLP session costs 50 euros. Many challenges take just one session to resolve, however for more complex concerns, 2nd and subsequent sessions may be required and discounts are available for payment in advance. In the case of Health and Wellness Coaching, your follow on sessions could be just 30 minutes.

Your FREE initial consultation can either be at the Wellness Centre in Altea la Vieja or on the telephone, and is completely without obligation. This consultation gives you the opportunity to ask me any questions, see if you feel comfortable with me and like the sound of my voice! We are all individuals, we might have the same problems as someone else, but how it affects us could be totally different, so we would also discuss if and how I can help you, and together decide the best options for you.

I offer Health & Wellness Coaching, Advanced Hypnotherapy & Neuro-Linguisitic Programming, Motivation Coaching, Sound Therapy, Stress Management, Breath Therapy, Weight Reduction, Therapeutic Hatha Yoga, Mindful Meditation, Somatic Mind/Body Rehabilitation, Sports Performance Coaching, Telephone and Internet Coaching and Wellness Holidays.

Weekly classes are also available with prices from just 7 euros per week when you pay monthly in advance. Booking is essential. Current classes include: -

Yoga for Weight Reduction
Theraputic Hatha Yoga
Mindful Healing Journey
Weight Reduction Support & Motivation Club
Relaxation and Mindful Movement

The fully integrative therapies offer lasting and effective help (in alphabetical order) for:-

Anxiety disorders
Addictions

Breathing problems including Asthma and COPD

Dental Anxiety

Depression

Fear and Phobias

General health and well-being

Habits - The good, not so good and the dangerous

Insomnia

Medical concerns - including heart disease, cancer and high blood pressure, preparing for medical treatments and getting well again

Managing Pain

Rehabilitation, stretching and strenghtening for backs, necks and shoulders

Smoking Cessation without weight gain

Sporting Performance Coaching including The Mental Game of Golf

Stress and Stress related illness

Yoga for Health Challenges

To discuss how I can support you, please call me on 96 5846383 to arrange your FREE initial consultation appointment.

On this website you will also be able to: -

Read top tips for your Well-Being

Take a stress test

Download your FREE copy of the Mental Game of Golf self assessment and the Mental Game of Golf etips book

Find out how Sound Therapy (Brainwave Entrainment) and Bio Feedback technology can help you reach YOUR true potential and regain Health and Vitality

Download my FREE gift to you - the Mindful Clinic Power Siesta Sound Therapy CD

Also, check out the shop page for: -

Sound Therapy, Relaxation and Well-Being CD´s and MP3´s from 9 euros

Personalised Therapy CD´s and MP3´s

The Clinically proven RESPeRATE blood pressure reduction devise (as seen in the Daily Mail and Times newspapers)

The MIND SPA meditation Machine, great for Insomnia, Relaxation, Stress and of course Meditation!

MP3 Players with a stop watch, pulse rate monitor, calorie counter and walking music

Luxurious silk and lavender eye masks

Relaxation music downloads

Click here or in the shop to buy your copy of the highly recommended ebook Every Golfers Guide to the Development of their Inner Game

Book your Private Therapy session or Workshop

plus much more!

I hope you enjoy my web pages, please do not hesitate to contact me if you need more information.

Wishing you the very best of health.

Kathy Ward. Dip.C.Hyp.NLP. GQHP. PYT. RYT 500

A little about Kathy and her qualifications;-

Kathy was born in 1959 and grew up in the Cornish countryside with her parents, a brother and 3 sisters. She left the UK in 1978 and has lived in Cyprus (where she met her husband Gez) Mallorca, the Spanish mainland and Ibiza. They moved to the Costa Blanca, the white coast of Spain in 1994 and built a house in Altea la Vieja in 1999. The Wellness Centre (which incorporates Mindful Coach, Mindful Yoga Therapy, and Mindful Golf) is based in a totally seperate part of the house and consists of the Yoga Studio, Therapy Room, Admin Office and toilet. Visits are strictly by appointment only.

With over 27 years experience (including over 14 in the Travel Industry) in Developing People, running Training Seminars and Conferences, Coaching and Telephone Coaching, and an in-depth training in Mind-Body therapies, Yoga Teaching, Yoga Therapy and Stress Management, Kathy started to design and run Wellness programmes and Holidays that blended the therapies and skills together.

She also keeps a close eye on the latest research Mind-Body research and incorporates the latest developments, for example using yoga based stress management techniques for Heart disease, the power of positive visualisations with Cancer and other chronic illnesses, Sound Therapy (Brainwave entrainment) and Biofeedback for rapid and long lasting personal change and improved Well-Being.

Kathy also writes and records self-help Well-Being CD´s and Sound Therapy which will be available on line soon. She has been published in Female Focus, Mind Body Spirit and Golfers Link. She is dedicated to helping others on their individual journey to wellness and developing their true potential.

She currently holds the following:-

Professional Certifications:-

Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)

Advanced Hypnotherapist & Motivation Coach (Dip.C.Hyp.NLP)

General Qualification in Hypnotherapy Practice (GQHP)

Validated Practitioner with the General Hypnotherapy Standards Council

PADI Advanced Diver & BSAC First Aid

Registered Yoga Teacher at the RYT 500 hour level

Professional Yoga Therapist at the PYT 500 hour level

Yoga Therapist (BSYA th) with the British School of Yoga

Specialisation courses:-

Stress Management

Smoking Cessation

Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)

Developing People

Performance Coaching

Yoga Therapy in Practise

Pranayama (Breath Therapy) Mudra and Pranic Healing

Yoga and Ayurveda

Restorative Yoga

Somatic Yoga Rehabilitation

Professional Memberships:-

Kathy is a Professional and current Member of the following organisations, she abides fully by their codes of ethics and practices: -

Registered and validated Practitioner with both the General Hypnotherapy Register & Smoking Cessation Register - Registration No 3206

Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) meeting the Yoga Alliance standards at the 500 hour level - ID 24646

Professional Yoga Therapist (PYT) supporting member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists - ID 20484

Kathy is progressively updating her skills and knowledge base to ensure she keeps up with the new developments in the complementary therapies field. As part of her professional development, she continues her studies this year and next with the advanced 1000 hour Master Yoga Therapist Internship with Integrative Yoga Therapy.

Kathy is also available for talks and seminars, please contact her for more details.