The Wellbeing Centre at City Lit
Boost your skills and improve your wellbeing in Covent Garden
At City Lit, you can work towards a recognised qualification in massage therapy or learn practical techniques to enhance your physical and mental wellbeing through uplifting activities such as yoga, meditation, tai chi, Pilates, and more to help you build strength, reduce stress, and develop healthy habits that fit into everyday life.
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Discover courses and classes designed to help you build valuable skills and feel confident, balanced, and supported in everyday life. Whether you want to develop professional expertise, focus on your own self-care, or simply try something new, our expert tutors and inclusive classes provide a welcoming space to learn, grow, and thrive.
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Our courses are designed to take you from a complete beginner to a fluent spearker. You can choose the best level for you using this self assessment tool. So whether you're starting, you have some experience, or you're an advanced or native speaker, there's a course made for you here at City Lit.
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Whether you're in London or learning from anywhere in the world, we offer flexible courses for beginners through to advanced learners—with options for daytime, evening, and weekend classes.
Fresh, Modern, Inspiring Spaces at a Great Location
City Lit is based in Covent Garden, a short walk from Holborn tube station. Our modern, purpose-built facilities provide the ideal environment for personal development and practical training and our central London location makes it easy to fit learning around your other commitments.
With dedicated spaces for massage training, counselling practice, meditation, and movement-based classes such as yoga, pilates, and Tai Chi. City Lit is designed to support your learning, focus, and wellbeing.
Home of the UK Massage Championship
City Lit is proud to be the home of the UK Massage Championship - a national celebration of skill, creativity, and excellence in massage therapy. Hosted annually at our central London campus, the championship brings together talented practitioners from across the country to showcase their expertise and inspire the next generation of therapists.
- Counselling as a career
Course start date: Sat 20 Jun 2026 (and 2 other dates)Location on this date: Kean Street Wellbeing Centre
Tutors: Delrose BowesThinking of becoming a counsellor? Wondering about gaining a counselling qualification? In this short workshop, you will find out about training and jobs in this field and gain a clearer idea of whether counselling training is for you.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00 - Reflexology supporting mental health wellbeing: CPD workshopCourse start date: Sat 20 Jun 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Kean Street Wellbeing Centre
Tutors: Mark WoollardMental health has never been discussed as much as it has in recent years. Come and learn a bespoke routine to help support your client’s mental health well-being!Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £129.00 - Yoga for Immune SupportCourse start date: Sat 20 Jun 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Biljana CacicThis specially designed sequence of restorative poses aims to strengthen the immune system. It is also beneficial for people who recovered from a virus, as it works on the respiratory, lymphatic and circulatory systems.
Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00 - ITEC Level 3 Award in Indian Head Massage Course start date: Sun 21 Jun 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Kean Street Wellbeing Centre
Tutors: Ameena RahmanIndian Head Massage is an ancient tradition that provides many therapeutic benefits. Learn the theory and practice of Indian Head massage at a professional level. City Lit is a leading training provider in London for Massage and Complementary Therapies, providing outstanding achievement at high industry standards. Our courses are taught by experienced and practising industry professionals who have current knowledge of the massage sector.Full fee £469.00 Senior fee £469.00 Concession £469.00 - Buteyko BreathingCourse start date: Mon 22 Jun 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Clare FosterThe Buteyko Method developed in the 1950’s by Dr.Konstantin Buteyko and is a system of breathing exercises designed to reverse chronic over - breathing (hyperventilation)) by training yourself to breathe lighter, slower, deeper and through the nose. It has been shown to improve symptoms of breathlessness, asthma, stress and panic attacks.
Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Indian Head massage: taster workshop Course start date: Mon 22 Jun 2026 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Kean Street Wellbeing Centre
Tutors: Janet WhiteheadDiscover the ancient practice of Indian Head Massage. You will learn the basics of how to give and receive this highly therapeutic and relaxing form of massage.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00 - Chess for intermediates 3 Course start date: Tue 23 Jun 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: David RowsonThe aim of this course is to develop the participants’ general understanding of chess. It includes evaluating and analysing positions to help with the development of planning skills, and practice in essential tactics including checkmates. We also explore key ideas from the opening, middlegame and endgame.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00 - Gua Sha Facial massage: Taster Workshop Course start date: Tue 23 Jun 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Kean Street Wellbeing Centre
Tutors: Elena De AntoniFacial gua sha is a traditional Chinese skincare technique that involves gently gliding a smooth, flat tool (often made of jade or rose quartz) over the face in specific patterns to promote circulation, reduce puffiness, and encourage
lymphatic drainage.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00 - Shiatsu: taster workshop Course start date: Tue 23 Jun 2026 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Kean Street Wellbeing Centre
Tutors: Fernando CaboShiatsu is a Japanese healing art, deeply rooted in the philosophy and practices of traditional Chinese medicine. This therapeutic form of body work involves applying pressure to the body using a practitioner’s thumbs, palms, elbows, knees and feet. Discover the basics of how to give this relaxing and therapeutic pressure point massage.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00 - Tai Chi Wu style: beginners Course start date: Wed 24 Jun 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Neville CoteThis ten week course provides an introduction to Wu Style Tai Chi Chuan as practiced by the Wu family, from its origins in the Forbidden City of Ching dynasty China to this day. It will enable you to build the foundations of what is for some a lifetime of practice and begin to experience the many benefits that this practice brings.
Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £99.00 - Yoga: intermediate Course start date: Fri 26 Jun 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Irina BaillieDeepen and explore your yoga practice with this practical and clear approach to working with the body, breath and mind.Full fee £109.00 Senior fee £87.00 Concession £76.00 - Yoga: beginners Course start date: Fri 26 Jun 2026 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Caroline Ings-ChambersFull fee £109.00 Senior fee £87.00 Concession £76.00 - Iyengar Yoga: mixed level Course start date: Fri 26 Jun 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Irina BaillieLearn yoga postures focusing on alignment to achieve maximum benefit from your practice. Improve your posture, strength and flexibility, and practise relaxation techniques to help you release tension. For those with little or no experience of yoga.
Full fee £109.00 Senior fee £87.00 Concession £76.00 - Pranayama – Yogic BreathingCourse start date: Fri 26 Jun 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Irina BaillieDeepen your connection to breath and body. Explore the ancient yogic practice of pranayama to cultivate calmness, balance the nervous system, and support clarity and peace of mind.
Full fee £109.00 Senior fee £87.00 Concession £76.00 - Essenian Healing: workshop Course start date: Sat 27 Jun 2026
Location on this date: Kean Street Wellbeing Centre
Tutors: Antonello BrunettiDiscover this ancient form of Spiritual-Energy Healing. Learn Auric Reading techniques using the Anatomy of physical and subtle bodies. Identify the emotional reasons behind illnesses, promoting a deeper understanding of the root causes. Perform Energy Healing therapies using Vibrational Sound, Acupressure and Essential Oils.Full fee £109.00 Senior fee £109.00 Concession £109.00
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