It was November 2008 and I was sitting anxiously in the waiting area of a basement yoga studio in North London where I was about to experience my first ever pregnancy yoga class. Although I had already been practising yoga for over ten years at that time and was completing my teacher training, this seemed… Continue reading Soft Power – OMG I’m Female
Juxtaposed against our contemporary Halloween, the old festival of Samhain invites us into a slower, deeper and more ancient space - behind the sugar, the costumes, the plastic tat - and into some sense of connection with our past, with the earth, with belonging, and our place in the bigger picture. When I come to… Continue reading Periods, Postpartum and Perimenopause
I find this a really helpful way of experiencing the area of soft tissue we commonly call the “pelvic floor”. Once you can feel and sense this diamond shape area of muscle you can work with both contractions and relaxations to keep the area toned. These exercises are for all women and are suitable both in… Continue reading The Pelvic Diamond
In the middle of the winter, when a tree looks dead, it's not. It is actually still growing. Every 28 days, the moon completely disappears from view and appears to be gone, but it is not. At the end of the exhalation, there is a pause, and out of that pause grows an inhalation. I… Continue reading Being in the Cycles – Lockdown
