This is Mr Woo, a life-size model showing acupuncture points (there are lots of them, as you can see!). Mr Woo came with us to our stall in the Orchards a while back, and he was also at our Open Day at Vinings Natural Health Centre itself. He was a great hit with younger visitors, and was the perfect way to introduce people of all ages to the concept of energy points around the body.

It’s a frantic time of year, isn’t it? End of term activities are building to a climax; summer holidays are just around the corner – and even the weather is being, well, summery! If you find that you are getting just too stressed out, take a bit of time out before your holiday. Yes, that’s right, de-stress before your holiday, so that you can enjoy your time away to the full. At Vinings Natural Health Centre you can choose from a tempting choice of massages, or perhaps some footcare to prepare your hard-working feet for summer sandals and sandy beaches? Reflexology can relax and unwind you, while acupuncture can work wonders on all sorts of summer conditions. Browse through our menu of treatments and therapies and see which catch your eye – then you can go off on your holidays knowing you’re in great shape at every level!

The sky was blue and the sun shone all day for the Lindfield Village Day – the perfect backdrop for a traditional celebration of village life. As in previous years, we had a stall to meet people and talk about the range of therapies and treatments on offer at Vinings Natural Health Centre in Church Road. Isobel, Carole and Caroline were giving free head, shoulder and neck massages – they were kept busy as you can imagine! Out front, Judy was distributing our new brochure and answering questions about who and what and where and how – it was a great team effort! We enjoy getting out and meeting people, and already we have Saturday 13th September in our diaries – Haywards Heath Town Day!

It seems ages ago that we held our Open Day, and our therapists are still getting calls from people who come along to see us on the day, which is very encouraging. The Open Day was held to mark the 25th anniversary of Vinings Natural Health Centre offering holistic and complementary therapies and treatments to those in and around Haywards Heath. Things have changed a lot in the last 25 years, of course, and it was lovely to welcome a new generation of people to Vinings to meet our team of therapists. Those offering taster sessions in acupuncture and various forms of massage were kept very busy while other therapists made time to talk about their work to those who wondered how it all worked. The lucky winners of our raffle won vouchers for free sessions – congratulations to you all! The challenge is that, having been in our lovely peaceful location for 25 years, we have perhaps become part of the local furniture, and so it was great fun to have a stand in The Orchards Shopping Centre on a couple of occasions prior to the Open Day, to meet people and say “hello”. Friends old and new stopped by for a chat, and many went home with a copy of our new brochure which explains exactly who we are and what we do. We’ll be holding more “Taster Days” in the autumn, another opportunity for you to drop in and meet the team – and maybe win a voucher for a free session yourself!