My dear reader,

I’m intentionally taking a step back this week, my first real break since returning to London in January. I’ve been spending quality time with a dear friend I met in Indonesia, and together we’ve been averaging 26,000 steps a day through our explorations in London.

This has been a vivid reminder of how walking is powerful as a way to connect with self and others.

Walking like this isn’t just lovely, it’s powerful.

Studies show that walking outdoors can significantly reduce stress, anxiety, and depression. It also promotes bilateral stimulation, similar to EMDR therapy, which supports emotional processing and grounding. Plus, even short walks in nature can help release cortisol, boost endorphins, and lift your mood .

It’s a beautiful reminder: sometimes the simplest things, like putting one foot in front of the other, move our minds and hearts more deeply than we expect.

An invite to walk and talk this weekend. ❤️ 

• Men’s Walk & Talk in Hyde Park this Saturday: I wrote about men’s mental health last week and how it’s important we provide men spaces to be human, too. We are doing our first walk and talk for men this weekend and it will be about connecting what it means to be a man in this world. Invite a man in your life to join if they’re in London, and help us to make this first walk a success! 🙂 

• Women’s Walk and Talk in Greenwich this Sunday: We will reflect on what is our relationship with time—how we live it, feel it, and reclaim it together. ❤️ 

If you’re in London, join us! And if there’s someone in your life who would benefit, invite them.

Movement connects, heals, and reminds us we’re not walking alone.

Or if you can’t make these walks, arrange one on your own and invite a loved one to go on a walk and check in with them with wholehearted presence this weekend.

It will make you feel heartful, guaranteed. 😉 

Here’s to healing steps, shared stories, and deep connection.

With heart,
Essi x

ALL OUR JUNE EVENTS COMING UP!

👣 Our FIRST EVER Men’s Walk & Talk Club - Help Us Launch!
Hosted by the amazing Coach Alex Whitton

It’s not therapy — it’s simply a space for men to walk, talk, and just be.

Help us launch this new space where we can support men too and create spaces
for brave authentic connecting.
(All whilst having fun walking and talking in our wonderful parks in London!)

If you are a man reading this and feel the resonance. Sign up.
If you know a man in your life, who could use this kind of supportive,
no-pressure space, please forward this to him.
Your share could truly make a difference.

Date: Saturday 14th June
Location: Hyde Park
Time: 11am - 1pm
Tickets: £7

Women’s Walk & Talk Club - Greenwich Park
Theme: The Meaning of Time

We all have the same 24 hours — but how we experience time, spend it, and honour it… that’s personal. That’s a powerful theme to connect while we talk and walk.

🌿 Join us for a grounding, heartful afternoon walk.

Date: Sunday, 15th June
Location: Greenwich Park
Time: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Tickets: £7

🌟 The Connected Circle – RETURN TO YOUR INNER LIGHT 🌟

As the sun reaches its peak this Summer Solstice, how can you honour the light within you — and let it shine more fully?

Join us for 2 hours of self-connection practices, mindfulness, breath, gentle movement & group mentoring to explore our light and shadow within, embracing all that makes you, you

Date: Sunday, June 22nd
Location: YogaHome
Time: 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Tickets: £24