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Meet Dr. April Blake ND, LM
U.S.-trained Naturopathic Doctor and Licensed Midwife
Dr April Blake is a U.S.-trained Naturopathic Doctor and Licensed Midwife with nearly two decades of clinical experience. Her work focuses on education, prevention, lifestyle medicine, and helping clients better understand the patterns behind their symptoms.
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April takes a whole-person approach, exploring areas such as nutrition, hormones, digestion, mood, sleep, stress, immune function, and emotional wellbeing. Her style is both science-informed and deeply personal, supporting clients to feel more informed, more connected to their bodies, and more confident in their next steps.
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April received her BA from UC Santa Barbara and her ND and LM qualifications from Bastyr University in Seattle, Washington. She has additional training in amino acid therapy and has experience supporting clients with mood, hormonal, prenatal, postpartum, and broader wellness concerns.
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Please note: Dr Blake is licensed in the United States and is not GMC-registered in the UK. Solstice Wellness Centre does not replace medical care from your GP, consultant, or prescribing clinician. We encourage clients to remain appropriately connected with their medical team.
Solstice Wellness Centre offers infrared sauna, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, and PEMF sessions close to the heart of Edinburgh.
Our Self Care Suite is designed to offer restorative time for relaxation, circulation support, muscle recovery, and general wellbeing.
Heal With Nature
Naturopathic-style care is a whole-person approach to wellness that emphasises prevention, education, nutrition, lifestyle, and natural therapeutics.
At Solstice, we look beyond isolated symptoms and explore how different systems of the body may be interacting, including hormones, digestion, mood, sleep, stress, energy, and immune resilience.
Please note: In the UK, Dr Blake is not GMC-registered and does not act as a replacement for your GP or medical consultant.
Areas of Focus
Hormone Support:
Perimenopause, menopause, PMS, cycle changes, fertility preparation, and hormonal transitions.
Mood and Nervous System Support:
Stress, low mood, anxious feelings, sleep disruption, overwhelm, and emotional resilience.
Complex Wellness Concerns:
Fatigue, digestive discomfort, skin changes, immune resilience, inflammation patterns, and unexplained or ongoing symptoms.
Natural Therapeutics:
Nutrition, herbs, homeopathy, lifestyle support, amino acid therapy, functional testing, and personalised wellness planning.
Joy is Medicine
Joy is one of the guiding principles at Solstice.
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Health can feel overwhelming, especially when symptoms have been present for a long time or no one has helped you connect the dots. Dr Blake brings warmth, curiosity, and encouragement into the process, creating a supportive space where clients can feel heard, understood, and more hopeful about the path ahead.
The Big Picture
Much of Dr Blake’s work centres around hormones, mood, digestion, energy, and complex wellness concerns.
Through careful listening, health history, functional testing where appropriate, and personalised lifestyle guidance, she helps clients explore what may be contributing to how they feel. This may include nutrition, sleep, stress, hormones, inflammation patterns, nervous system regulation, and nutrient status.
The goal is not a quick fix, but a clearer understanding of your body and a practical plan that supports long-term wellbeing.
Infrared Sauna & PEMF Therapy
At our Edinburgh centre, we offer infrared sauna, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, and PEMF sessions as part of our Self Care Suite.
These therapies are designed to support relaxation, recovery, circulation, and overall wellbeing. Many clients use them as part of a wider self-care routine, alongside rest, nutrition, movement, and personalised wellness support.
A NOTE ON HEALING
We believe the body has an extraordinary capacity for resilience when it is given the right support.
At Solstice, our role is to help you listen more closely to your body, understand what may be out of balance, and take thoughtful steps toward greater wellbeing.
“The natural healing force within each of us is one of the greatest forces in getting well.”
Inspired by Hippocrates