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There Is No Going Back To Normal
The transition into motherhood can be challenging – we are navigating new territory in our bodies, daily rhythms and lifestyle. I am often asked how long it takes to ‘get back to normal’, but for me that’s not the right question. Every pregnancy is a rite of passage – a transition in to something new…
Postnatal Yoga Part 1 – Nurture
Nourishment (noun): the food necessary for growth, health, and good condition. It is not just our babies that need nourishment. The first weeks and months of mothering can be like a rebirth for ourselves as we grieve for the woman that was and get to know the new mother in her shoes. It is a…
Postnatal Yoga Part 2 – Stability
Stability (noun): the state or quality of being stable / firmness in position. This is an image of my favourite baby toy – it perfectly represents the subtle balance of alignment, strength and tone required to keep a body in good shape. If one of the elastic bands (muscles and ligaments) gets too tight or…
Postnatal Yoga Part 3 – Vitality
Vitality arises as the result of adequate nourishment and stability. Even when we are very tired, yoga offers us tools for focusing on the vitality in the body and literally locking it in! Vitality-boosting practices include opening the chest and mobilising the shoulders to welcome inhalation and all that life has in store. Vitality-locking practices…
Postnatal Yoga – The Five Bodies
This model of what it is to be human comes from the Taittiriya Upanisad, and is a helpful way to understand what a ‘nourishing’ yoga practice might look like (something for every level), and what a holistic, balanced lifestyle include. I am nourished by food (physical body) I am nourished by breath (energy/vitality) I am…
Postpartum Sitz Bath with Calendula
Calendula is renowned as a medicinal, healing plant and has been used for centuries for healing wounds, burns and rashes. The sunshiney flowers are also a traditional remedy for boosting the immune system and lifting the spirits – you only have to look at them to feel better. I wanted to share here their use…
Three Back-care Solutions for New Mothers
Back pain of various types is a common story in my Mother Nurture Yoga classes for pregnancy and postnatal recovery. From slight niggles to debilitating aches I have met a lot of women who are managing back pain and offer you here three possible solutions: Rest Move Stabilise Mother Nurture Yoga classes are ‘safe’ for…
Three Judgements I Make About New Mothers
If I have learned anything in over ten years of Mother Nurture Yoga it is that everyone does ‘Mothering’ differently, but however you do it, it is just so spectacularly beautiful and generally so spectacularly undervalued.
Here is a virtual High Five and some (positive) judgements I’ve already made about you.
Soft Power – OMG I’m Female
I never really went back to ‘normal yoga’ (whatever that means) because in a blinding flash of the obvious I discovered something exciting about my body in the process of having a baby – it’s FEMALE!
Free Guided Relaxation for New Mothers
External Links
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National Helplines
- PANDAS Foundation Postnatal Depression Awareness and Support – 0808 1961 776
- National Breastfeeding Helpline – 0300 100 0212
- Samaritans – 116 123