Closing the Circle on 2025 - Soul and Spirit Spa
As 2025 comes to a close, we find ourselves pausing with gratitude, reflection and a deep sense of connection. This year at Soul & Spirit Spa has not been about numbers or scale, but about depth and inner reflections. About presence. About meeting each other exactly where we are.
Throughout the year, our monthly Meditation and Mindfulness group gathered in many forms. Some sessions were intimate and quiet, others larger and buzzing with shared energy. As we often say, it’s not about the size of the group, but the depth of the experience. Each circle held its own magic.
Together, we explored Buddhism 101 and practised the four core Buddhist meditations: breathing meditation, mindfulness meditation, analytical meditation and visualisation. These practices are our anchors. Simple, powerful tools to return to ourselves again and again. Many hours were also spent with the teachings of Thích Nhất Hạnh, allowing his words to gently guide us towards compassion, awareness and peace in everyday life. Alongside the formal practices, there was space for something just as important: deep conversations, shared reflections, laughter, and those beautiful moments of recognition that happen when you’re surrounded by like-minded souls.
Reiki – Local Roots, Global Hearts
Our local Reiki group continued to grow this year, warmly welcoming new Reiki practitioners. Some are now living here in Nerja, while others come and go, weaving Soul & Spirit Spa into their lives whenever they return.
At the same time, our Global Reiki group kept meeting online once a month, reminding us that distance means very little when connection is real. From New Zealand, India, Sweden, Australia, the U.S., mainland Europe and of course Nerja, it often feels as though we are all sitting side by side, sharing energy, intention and support across continents. The different themes we explore together, the moments of tears and laughter, all deepen and amplify when we are able to share from the very depth of our hearts. To be met with compassion in those moments creates a feeling that is hard to put into words, a sense of truly coming home to your own soul.
Walking Wednesdays & Simple Joys
Walking Wednesdays have been a quiet joy this year. A chance to move, breathe, talk and simply be together. These walks will truly come into their own after the New Year. Winter and early spring are, after all, the very best times to explore without the heat, letting nature do half the healing for us.
Fun Fridays – Where the Fire Returned
In October, we joyfully restarted Fun Fridays, and even with a short run before year-end, we managed to fit in two unforgettable gatherings.
First came the Halloween Bazaar & Mingle, full of creativity, colour and connection. Then we closed the Fun Friday chapter of 2025 with a deeply powerful Shamanic Thanksgiving. The energy in the room was electric. The women were on fire. Grounded, joyful, expressive and unapologetically alive.
Let’s just say… watch this space. The next Fun Friday is already stirring.
Closing the Year, Opening the Next
We ended 2025 with celebration. Some gatherings were online, some in person, and one especially lovely festive lunch at Dash, where conversation flowed as easily as the warmth between us. A perfect way to mark the season and the year.
In 2026, we’ll be back for more circles, more walks, more Reiki, more stillness, more laughter and more shared moments of growth and connection.
We close 2025 under the light of the final full moon of the year, a moment of reflection, release and gratitude. It is a time to gently leave behind what no longer serves us, honouring what has been, while consciously letting go. Much like the year of the Snake in the Chinese horoscope, we shed an old skin with awareness and grace, making space for renewal.
As 2026 approaches with the new moon, we turn towards intention. We plant seeds for what we wish to welcome into our lives: clarity, connection, courage, joy and deeper alignment with who we are. With open hearts and steady presence, we step forward into the next cycle together.
Thank you to everyone who walked part of this year with us, whether in person or across the globe. The circle remains open. ✨
👉 To stay connected with Soul & Spirit Spa and see what’s coming next, keep an eye on the Mind-Body-Soul section of Nerja Amigos and Soul and Spirit Spa FB Page.
