The Founder
Dawn Billett
After graduating with a European Business Studies degree, I worked for a small telecommunications company in the UK & after a year or so, moved to Atlanta, Georgia, to open the US office. It’s hard to believe, but I was only 23 years old! I ran the US office for 5 years and then moved to a Fortune 100 US telecommunications company where I worked for 21 years primarily as a Business System Architect (working with legal/business teams and IT developers). I lived in Atlanta for 15 years then moved to Wales where I worked from my home office in Goodwick, Pembs.
In addition to all the great business skills I learnt over these 26 years, I also learnt a lot about myself, boundaries, and my need for balance. Thankfully a path unfolded for me to learn about alternative ways of healing and living.
To help manage the stress of work, soon after I moved to Atlanta I joined a Kundalini Yoga class, & a few years later qualified as a teacher. One of the things I love most about Kundalini Yoga is that it helps us rise out of the weeds of our busy minds, so that we can see the big picture. A few years later I qualified as a Reiki Master and Reflexologist – offering additional ways to relax & restore.
In Atlanta I became interested in the Law of Attraction (also known as the Law of Manifestation or Resonance). This essentially teaches us the basics of quantum physics & shows us how we can work with our thoughts, emotions, & actions to make changes in our lives. With this interest, when I moved to Wales, I become a Heal Your Life workshop leader and coach (based on the work of Louise L Hay). It’s been an absolute joy to teach these workshops over the years sharing some of the life tools needed to help turn survive in to Thrive!
Then came Systematic Kinesiology which opened the door to so much more. I had post viral fatigue after a nasty flu, and burn out from long term stress at work, so I felt like I was on the floor. After just one kinesiology appointment I felt like my lights had come back on. And the rest is history! I completed the training, many add-on classes and resigned from my corporate job. This has been the focus of my work for the last 7 years. It’s still amazing to be able to have a conversation with a client’s body (using muscle testing), to ask the body what it needs (physical, mental, emotional, spiritual) to bring itself in to balance & then to complete that balance, which in my practice, is often with sound - Gongs, singing bowls, drums and more.
Our bodies have the answers, we just have to ask the questions.
Finally (for now), Quantum Energy Coaching (QEC) certification gave me additional skills to help facilitate the release of trauma & unsupportive believe systems & to invite in more positive experiences.
It's worth noting as I bring this to a close, that several years ago I determined that I am a HSP (highly sensitive person). Until this realization, I often felt I had something to fix, but it turns out that I wasn’t broken, I am sensitive. I just needed to learn gentler ways to work with my nervous system, so I could recognize my sensitivity as a strength and a gift, and then be able to Thrive!
The Space
Ty Dalen
The perfect place to turn over a new leaf, Ty Dalen has provided sanctuary and restoration for many a weary soul. Our gorgeous studio is located in the village of Goodwick in Pembrokeshire, West Wales, with space for group classes and private sessions.
It is Dawn's vision to help as many people as possible reconnect with themselves to find health, happiness and peace.
"I choose to make the rest of my life the best of my life"
- Louise Hay
The Community
Pembrokeshire
Dawn enjoys serving the local community, like many generations before her - stretching right back to the 1700s when her great-great-great-great-grandfather, Thomos Griffiths, was a boat builder at The Slade. In the 1800s, Dawn's forebears included the landlady of The Ivy Bush (now Old Gate Inn) in Scleddau, Margaret Harries, & David Griffiths, who operated the postal services between Newport, Fishguard & Haverfordwest by horse & carriage!
More recently, Dawn's grampy Len Jenkins did much of the local plumbing, & her dad, Pieter Billett, was renowned for his master builder skills. With these deep family roots, Dawn feels incredibly connected to Pembrokeshire, to its people, energy & beauty, and it is with this spirit of heart-centred togetherness that Dawn nurtures both local & global connections.
Dawn is a Director of the newly established Born to Thrive CIC (community interest company) - Supporting & Empowering Wellbeing with Nervous System Regulation & Nature Connection.
"We're all just walking each other home"
- Ram Dass