Welcome 🌿

I’m Carol – Holistic therapist, Children’s Wellbeing practitioner, Yoga teacher, and the creator behind Poppy Kids.

I’ve been working in natural health and wellbeing since 2007, running my therapy business Poppy Therapies and supporting both adults and children to feel calmer, happier, and more connected. In 2018, after completing my Relax Kids training in magical Glastonbury, Poppy Kids was born - and it’s been a joy ever since.

Over the years, I’ve worked with hundreds of children through yoga, mindfulness, and wellbeing sessions in schools, nurseries, libraries, community settings, and one-to-one work. I’m especially passionate about creating calm, inclusive experiences that support confidence, emotional wellbeing, and gentle self-regulation - particularly for children who find busy, noisy environments overwhelming.

Alongside my work with Poppy Kids, I’m currently bringing a special woodland world to life: The Whispering Wood.

The Whispering Wood is a calm, imaginative wellbeing world for children, inspired by storytelling, gentle movement, relaxation, and mindfulness. It’s growing into a collection of yoga storybooks, story massage rhymes, and simple ten-minute calming activities designed for parents, teachers, and children’s class facilitators to use at home, in classrooms, and in group settings.

Rather than running weekly community classes, my focus now is on creating beautiful, thoughtful resources that families and professionals can return to again and again.

🍄 A Quiet Work in Progress

This website is gently evolving as The Whispering Wood grows. Over time, you’ll find:

• free calm ideas and resources

• thoughtful articles in the Reading Corner

• stories and gentle rhymes to share with children

• information about occasional workshops, library sessions, and school visits

If you’d like to be the first to hear when new resources, books, or special events are released, you’re warmly invited to join my mailing list below.

No rush. No noise. Just calm ideas, shared gently.

Carol 🍄🌳