The Soul Path

04/09/2026

𝗚𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝗵 • 𝟮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 • 𝟭𝟵:𝟯𝟬–𝟮𝟬:𝟯𝟬 • 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗺

🍂 Days are becoming shorter as nature slows down. It’s a time to gather and integrate what the summer has brought, and to kindly let go of what no longer serves you.

At our peaceful studio in Chippenham, a gong bath offers a wonderful opportunity to cleanse and refocus body, mind, and spirit. We’ll offer a gentle, immersive experience with gongs, Tibetan bowls, rattles, and other instruments, creating a nurturing space for deep rest and renewal ✨

📆 2nd October at 19.30 - 20.30
For more information and to book your place
https://bookwhen.com/thesoulpath_gongbaths
It’s a small‑group event, so book early to avoid disappointment.

⚠️This is an adult only event.
Please do not attend if you have one of the following conditions:
- first 3 months of pregnancy
- recent bone fractures
- cough, cold, a temperature
- seizures
- strong tinnitus
- Meniere's Disease
- mental health issues
- terminal illness

We're looking forward to meeting you!
Marco and Irene - The Soul Path 🙏🏻💙

31/08/2026

👋🏻 Hi, I’m Marco, nice to meet you!

Together with my wife Irene, I helped create The Soul Path — a space born from our shared journey, our love for wellbeing and our wish to support others in finding more ease and meaning in their lives.

My journey as a complementary therapist began in 2004 with Shiatsu, a practice that opened the door to a deeper understanding of the connection between mind, body, and the subtle spiritual dimensions that shape our lives.

In 2007 I attended my first Family Constellation workshop, an experience that profoundly shifted my awareness of my own family system. Since then, I have continued to explore this fascinating method, studying, practising, and integrating it more deeply into my life and work.

My Sound healing path began in 2016. My love for the gongs was sparked in 2018 at the Annual Conference of the College of Sound Healing, where I first experienced their magic from Craig Shankster Silence In Sound. Their resonance stayed with me, and in 2021 I began my formal gong journey with Sheila Whittaker.

The gongs continue to be a source of wonder for me — living instruments with rich harmonics, depth, and a profound healing presence. I offer group and one‑to‑one gong baths in Chippenham and the surrounding area, creating spaces where people can rest, release, and reconnect through sound.

I’ll soon release the dates for my next offerings. Follow us here or check our website for more information.

I look forward to meeting you ✨

24/08/2026

It's with great joy that I'm launching✨𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐥 - Short, practical online sessions to help you reduce stress, increase energy, and reconnect with your sense of wellbeing.

Each theme unfolds over four sessions — all stand‑alone, so you can join one or the whole series 💫

🗓 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐔𝐩 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 — 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐱𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐲 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞
Create moments of calm and relaxation, even when life feels full.

𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 — 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲
Simple practices to replenish your energy and feel more resourced.

𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 — 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 & 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠
Breathing techniques to help you settle, ground yourself, and find balance.

🧘‍♀️ 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫, join our weekly 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩‑𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐠𝐚 sessions inspired by Ananda Yoga.
I’ve been working as a physiotherapist for more than 25 years, and I can’t recommend this approach enough — it meets each person where they are. It’s not about forcing the body into intricate positions, but about discovering what you need in the here and now, allowing for steady, sustainable, and safe growth.

🌸 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐠𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 for small groups are also available from our peaceful studio in 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐦.

Follow this link for more information and to book your place
https://welcomeonthesoulpath.co.uk/yoga-and-meditation-chippenham-wiltshire/

I look forward to connecting with you,
Irene

03/08/2026

🌿 This morning, I rolled out my yoga mat in our back garden—a place that's usually peaceful and quiet.

I knew there was some building work happening across the road, and that was easy enough to tune out. What I hadn't anticipated was the sound of a strimmer starting up just behind our fence, followed by the soundtrack of the recycling lorry making its way all around our home—glass clattering, machinery compressing, and plenty of banging along the way!

I could have gone back inside. That would have been the easy choice.

Instead, I chose to stay.

Rather than resisting the noise or letting frustration take over, I treated it as part of my practice. Each distraction became an invitation to return to my breath, my body, and the present moment.

It reminded me how valuable these moments are. We live in a world that seems to get louder and busier every day—a world that constantly pulls our attention away from ourselves. Learning to find calm within the chaos isn't about waiting for perfect conditions; it's about cultivating peace wherever we are.

In a strange and beautiful way, this experience brought me back to why I do what I do: to heal, to grow, and to fill my own cup so that I can share what I've learned with others.

That is the heart of The Soul Path.

Over the past few months, I've been quietly working behind the scenes, and I'm excited that we're almost ready to share what's next.

✨ From October, I'll be introducing Happy Meals for the Soul and Ananda Yoga drop-in sessions—gentle opportunities to pause, reconnect, and learn simple practices that support your wellbeing.

If this sounds like something you'd enjoy, keep an eye on this page over the coming weeks—we'll be sharing all the details soon. You can also find out more here: https://welcomeonthesoulpath.co.uk/

Sometimes the greatest lessons don't arrive in silence... they arrive with a strimmer and a recycling lorry 💚

💬 What about you? Has there been a time when something you couldn't control ended up teaching you something valuable? I'd love to hear your story.

Blessings,
Irene

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27/04/2026

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇-𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏?

There are many ways to understand self-realisation, each definition looking at the person from a slightly different angle. Self-realisation may be described as the integration of body, mind and spirit, as the fulfilment of your destiny, or the blooming of your talents.

I like to look at it as the 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆, underneath all the labels and expectations that may have been imposed on you. It’s about being yourself – your values and actions fully aligned and fuelled by an open, light and joyful heart. Better even – it’s about being yourSelf – that capital S standing for the best version of you, the expression of the wise, compassionate and strong being you already are but that is sometimes veiled by the challenges you have happened to encounter in your life.

𝒀𝒐𝒈𝒂 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇-𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏

Yoga offers a simple way towards self-realisation. With its variety of practices, yoga’s first purpose is to calm the turbulence of feelings that often overwhelms our hearts. How can we know what we truly want when we’re always firefighting and responding automatically to our day to day struggles?
Yogas Chitta Vritti Nirodhah - 𝒀𝒐𝒈𝒂 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒖𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈, as Patanjali explains at the very beginning of his Yoga Sutras. Practising yoga gives you space to pause and take time off your busy schedule to notice – what do I need, what do I want now? What is my heart longing for? How can I get there?

Only when your heart is calm, will you know what truly calls you. From that stillness, you stop reacting to whatever comes your way and begin to stand in your full power, aligned with what matters to you.
And then, like Milarepa, you may one day say: “I have lived and died without regret.” Not because you have chased every experience life could offer, but because you have learned to 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑺𝒆𝒍𝒇’𝒔 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒆𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈.

𝑾𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒓𝒚?

I’m offering an 8-week yoga series on Yoga and Self-realisation – even if Yoga offers a simple way to self-realisation, it doesn’t mean that it’s easy to start and stay on the path, and having a group of like-minded people around you can make all the difference!

You can find all the info about what I offer here – https://welcomeonthesoulpath.co.uk/yoga-and-meditation-chippenham-wiltshire/yoga-self-realisation-ananda-yoga/

Don’t miss the early bird discount!

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09/04/2026

Hello

It's lovely to reconnect with you after taking a break from new endeavours. My grandma was unwell recently and my energy was prioritised for family as well as for ongoing work and study commitments - something I'll share more about soon 🌟

As difficult and intense this period was, it was also deeply healing and inspiring. From her 97 year old perspective, my grandma reflected on her life - '𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆', she said, filled with all the things that mattered to her.

This renewed my determination to always investigate and live by my values, connecting with my inner wisdom, as this is the way to create long-lasting fulfilment and joy that can then be shared with all those around me – so that not only at the end, but here and now, I can say: ‘𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆’.

This is why I have now launched this yoga series: 𝒀𝒐𝒈𝒂 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇-𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, an 8-week programme designed to help you connect with your inner wisdom, clarify your intentions and bring renewed energy and joy into your life.

Follow the link below for more information and to book your place - I look forward to connecting with you 💙🌷

Yoga is the timeless art of self-realisation. It is a combination of practices designed to integrate body, mind and spirit.