Join Anna Bernard for a morning of reconnecting with yourself, clarifying your direction, and taking purposeful steps forward.

This three-hour workshop will weave together mindful movement, restorative meditation, and group mentoring to support your connection with the Wood Element. We will explore how to align with growth, vision, and forward movement - rather than forcing yourself to push through exhaustion or resistance. Together, we’ll reflect on frustration and loss of direction, and how these experiences can arise when our plans no longer reflect who we are becoming. By learning to work consciously with your resources, you’ll be supported in placing yourself at the heart of your intentions and nurturing new possibilities.

But what is the Wood Element?

The WOOD element is all about decision making, plans and visions. It’s not just about having dreams, but about how you shape those dreams into plans that really serve you. When I think of the Wood Element, I think of a shoot coming up through the cracks in a pavement: determined and  unstoppable. It is a powerful expansive force like a tree growing upward and outward, defying gravity (because everyone deserves to fly!). That is the energy of Wood and Spring, forging a path towards new beginnings. 

The Wood element is full of imagination, hope and potential. It helps us bring our dreams and goals into focus, and turns them into reality. But even the best plans need moments of reflection. With calm intention, we can create a life that is not only vibrant - but also balanced and sustainable.

You can read more about the Five Elements on my website.

About Anna Bernard

Anna is an acupuncturist, Five Elements workshop leader, and mentor based in Glasgow’s southside, where she lives with her beloved dog, Ken. With a background in psychology and early career experience in corporate and entertainment sectors, she discovered acupuncture through her own transformative treatment and has now been practising for over 25 years. Formerly on the faculty at The Acupuncture Academy and experienced in fertility acupuncture through work with Zita West, she is passionate about Five Element acupuncture for its deep, person-centred approach - and now mentors clients on how to work with the Five Elements. She also extends this work into life coaching and workshops. Outside her practice, Anna is a singer who enjoys musical theatre and jazz and is currently writing and recording music.

Access your inherent wisdom, courage and resilience - and live your life from a new perspective.

Join Anna Bernard for a morning of slowing down, reconnecting with yourself, and taking those first steps to create a life that you love.

This three-hour workshop will consist of mindful movement, restorative meditation, and a group mentoring. We will learn how to work with the Water Element - rather than against it. We will talk about burnout and the ways it can affect us, and learn more about how to use our resources so that we can put ourselves front and centre.

But what is the water element?

Winter is a transformational time in Five Element theory, even though seemingly nothing is happening. In nature, all the energy is going on under the ground at this time of year and we are hibernating, ready to burst into Spring with a new remit for our existence. The emotion associated with the WATER element is fear: fears of getting through the season and through life. Water is also associated with our will and our wisdom, both inherent and earnt.

You can read more about the Five Elements on my website.

About Anna Bernard

Anna is an acupuncturist, Five Elements workshop leader, and mentor based in Glasgow’s southside, where she lives with her beloved dog, Ken. With a background in psychology and early career experience in corporate and entertainment sectors, she discovered acupuncture through her own transformative treatment and has now been practising for over 25 years. Formerly on the faculty at The Acupuncture Academy and experienced in fertility acupuncture through work with Zita West, she is passionate about Five Element acupuncture for its deep, person-centred approach - and now mentors clients on how to work with the Five Elements. She also extends this work into life coaching and workshops. Outside her practice, Anna is a singer who enjoys musical theatre and jazz and is currently writing and recording music.

Access your inherent wisdom, courage and resilience - and live your life from a new perspective.

Autumn, the season of the Metal element, is a time when nature shows us how to release and let go. Metal is often associated with grief, but really, grief is love with nowhere to go. At its core, the Metal element is about connection: to ourselves, others, ideas, and even our values. Throughout history, we’ve created rituals to honor our endings, yet, in today’s fast-paced world, especially in Western society, we’ve lost touch with this essential practice.

In this Metal Element Workshop, we’ll not only honor and process your grief but also help you uncover your deepest values: the compass that can guide you toward a life of greater integrity, meaning, and balance. Together, we will explore how releasing what doesn’t serve you can create space for aligning with what truly matters, so you can live with a renewed sense of clarity and purpose.