Calming your Nervous System When I was training to be a midwife, a health visitor, a yoga teacher and a reflexologist, one topic kept coming up over and over again:…
I am not a very calm person - that’s why I need calm When I told my husband that I was planning to write a book in 31 blogs about…
I did a Fertility Yoga Teacher Training course yesterday. It was halfway through the day before I realised why I needed it. Then the tears came. This is a difficult…
Teaching my Yoga Classes online is bittersweet. It makes me feel happy and sad all at the same time. I never planned or expected to teach online Yoga classes I…
I think I have passed through all the classic stages of grief in the last few weeks, as Coronavirus has tightened its grip on all of our lives. To begin…
It’s so easy to be controlled by fear. I know – I’ve been there. With all the recent talk of scary viruses, panic buying, and cities on lockdown, I have…
Is there such a thing as a positive birth? Birth is a huge experience in a woman’s life, and it’s normal to have some worries beforehand. But with the right…
How much will the birthing process hurt? Is labour really painful, and if so, how much? Will I be able to cope? In my Pregnancy Yoga and Birth Preparation classes, I encourage women to amass a rich collection of coping strategies for birth. I stress that birth – and especially a first birth – can take many hours, and so lots of different tools may prove useful. A warm bath or pool may be great for a few hours, but later chanting, dancing or massage might work better. One of my favourite birth preparation activities is handling ice cubes. This is a safe way playfully to experiment with strong physical sensations
