We are very pleased to have started Namaste sessions here at Hengist Field Care Home and currently do this for our residents one afternoon a week. This week our Recreation and Well-being Team members running Namaste were Mihaela and Debbie.
Namaste is all about the senses – touch, smell, taste, hearing and sight.
We use one of our big lounges and use essential oils to create wonderfully relaxing aromas.
To enliven the taste buds, we have an assortment of fruit and yoghurts on offer, which included some delicious water melon this time around.
We perform soothing hand and facial massages on our residents, with calming music – and have also welcomed relatives of our residents to enjoy a massage themselves.
Some of our residents simply enjoy sitting in the Namaste room with us and relaxing, which is lovely to see.
Namaste seems to be going very well at Hengist Field and we are delighted with how everyone is embracing it.
