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Ketts Oaks

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We're Andi & Bex Kett. Andi's WoodArt · Bex's Wellbeing - Mindfulness, Reiki, Nature Therapy & Menopause Support
Norfolk, and online wherever you are

09/09/2026

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08/09/2026

I'm not going to lie — perimenopause is hard work.

Some days the hormones put me on a roller coaster I never asked to get on, and the juggling of life carries on regardless. The business, taking care of the home, looking out for loved ones, all the things that make up a week. You know the list - None of it stops to ask what the hormones are doing that day.

You may assume that as someone who teaches mindfulness I must be calm all the time. Well, I'm not. Not always, and not when the hormones are in play.

Mindfulness doesn't give me constant calm. It gives me a pause before I react, a moment to notice what's really going on, and a breath that brings me back to the moment.

It doesn't take the hard bits away. Life tends to stay exactly the same. BUT it keeps me coping, and it often helps me find my smile again, and that's the truth.

If you'd like help to do the same thing, stick around. I think you've just found your place 🤍

And you can sign up for our newsletter at kettsoaks.co.uk/keepintouch - You won't get spammed, we just send a message about once a month to keep you in the loop - and of course you can follow our page.

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06/09/2026

Have a look around at how the shop is developing 🥰

And why not come have a look in person....There's always a relaxed and friendly welcome waiting for you, Thursday to Sunday 10.30am till 4pm 😊

04/09/2026

🍃 COME AND MEET THE MAKER 🍃
Andi is on his own in the shop this weekend - Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

It's not something that happens every week, so if you've ever picked a piece of Woodart up in the shop and wondered about it, he will be able to tell you all.

He can tell you where the wood came from. Which bits fought him. Why that one has a crack running through it and why he left it exactly where it was.

He's always up for a chat, so come along and say hello 👋

There's always a warm and informal welcome waiting for you.
Church Farm Barns, Heydon, NR11 6RQ
Thursday to Sunday - 10.30am till 4pm

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03/09/2026

💛Something is coming.

You may be aware that Bex has spent the last few months putting together her first mindfulness course. It's for anyone who spends their days looking after everyone else and has quietly run out of steam. It's built to be done when you can, in your own way, even when you've only ten minutes to spare.

Twenty years of practice, pulled together and broken down to make your first steps into mindfulness as simple as it can honestly be made. You don't have to sit cross-legged on the floor, there's nothing you have to believe, and no promises that it fixes everything - just honesty and support for you to find the way that works for you.

The dates will go to the newsletter first.

If you'd like to find out more why not sign up to our newsletter at kettsoaks.co.uk/keepintouch - You won't get spammed, we just send a message about once a month to keep you in the loop.

You can always get in touch by either commenting below, sending us a private message or emailing us at [email protected]

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02/09/2026

💛 Just a bit of love coming your way from this beautiful laburnum candle holder 💛

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01/09/2026

Mindfulness doesn't have to take any extra time at all.

The one everyone talks about is the sitting down sort. Ten minutes, eyes closed. Lovely, when there's room for it.

There's another half that rarely gets a mention. Take one job that's already on today's list — washing up, hanging the washing out, walking back to the car — and do it as the thing you're doing. Hands in the water. The weight of it. The sound.

The catch is in that last bit. It works when it's the only thing. Washing up while running through tomorrow is just washing up with a busy head.

And the mind wanders off. Of course it does, it's supposed to. Noticing that and coming back is the practice, not a sign of doing it wrong.

Pick one job tomorrow. Only one, and see what happens.

31/08/2026

🍃 Medullary rays are causing quite a bit of conversation in the shop at the moment.

The lines, flecks and oval shapes running against the grain here aren't something Andi has put into the woodart — they're something he uncovers as he carves. In working with the wood, he's showing off the tree's own plumbing.

Running through every tree, from the pith at the centre out towards the bark, medullary rays are ribbons of tissue that carry sap sideways across the grain — the crosswise traffic in a tree that otherwise runs up and down. Most timbers have them too small to notice. Oak's are big enough to see with the naked eye.

Cut across them and they disappear. Cut along them — open them up the long way — and you get this. The flecking. The ovals. The ripple that seems to move when you do. Old timber framers called it silver grain.

This post stood outside the shop here in Heydon for years before it found its way to Andi's workshop. The figure in it was there the whole time. Andi just found the angle.

Heydon Wave is in the shop now, if you'd like to see the rays move for yourself. There's always a warm and informal welcome waiting for you at Church Farm Barns, Heydon, NR11 6RQ

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28/08/2026

Andi doesn't sand to clear his head. Ask him and he'd say the piece needed sanding, which is true — it did.

But watch him do it and he's nowhere else. No phone, no tomorrow, no running through the week. It can go on for hours and he won't notice the time.

That absorption is something people spend a lot of money trying to find, and it isn't rare or difficult. It can turn up whenever we do one ordinary thing and let it be the only thing.

Which is where the washing up comes in.

The catch — it works when it's the only thing. Bringing your focus solely into the washing up, or whatever it is you're doing. Washing up while running through the week in your mind is just washing up with a busy head.

What's the job you'd pick? Ours, clearly, is the washing up 😜

If you'd like more tips like this one you can sign up for our newsletter at kettsoaks.co.uk/keepintouch - You won't get spammed, we just send a message about once a month to keep you in the loop - and of course you can follow our page.

If you're in Norfolk, there is always a warm and informal welcome waiting for you in our Heydon shop, Thursday to Sunday, 10.30 till 4

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27/08/2026

What if you made friends with that constant chatter in your head?

When you take time to observe that continuous voice you give yourself an opportunity to know yourself better.

No need to engage with the thoughts, but in watching you can gain insight to how things really are for you.

If your friend needed to talk their problems through you wouldn't shout at them to be quiet you would pull up a chair, lend them your ear and just let them talk.
In doing this solutions may be found and stresses may be released So, why not try being that friend to you and just watch your thoughts to see what they teach you 🥰

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Church Farm Barns, Heydon
Norwich
NR116RQ

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Thursday	10:30am - 4pm
Friday	10:30am - 4pm
Saturday	10:30am - 4pm
Sunday	10:30am - 4pm

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