I work with a lot of women who are struggling to conceive and going through ART or IVF. A big part of what I do is holding space for these women to share openly and without judgement what they are going through and how they are feeling going through it. There are recurring themes and feelings that come up in our discussions time and time again. Frustration, anger, sadness, feeling heart-broken, jealous, envious, tired, exhausted, raging, lost, anguished. This list is not exha

Speaking Up For Yourself Do you find it easy? Do you struggle with it? Do you often feel swept along on a course of action that you did not want or need and feel powerless to change this? Do you want to know how yoga can help you with this? My classes support women at very specific points in their life: during fertility problems; during pregnancy and preparing for birth; and in the postnatal period. Because talking (and listening!) is such a key feature in my classes, speakin

As a pre-natal yoga and birth preparation teacher I am a self confessed birth ‘junkie’ and I literally can’t get enough of beautiful, empowering, kick-ass birth stories. After I had my third baby in 2018 for some reason I felt my birth story didn’t ‘deserve’ to be told next to all the awesome birth stories I hear from clients and read online. I’m not sure why this is- I think as pre natal yoga teachers we strive to teach techniques to aid positive ‘natural’ births and get SO

Pregnancy After Fertility Struggles is Anxiety-Ridden and Terrifying: Here are some tips on how to protect your spirit in the 1st trimester One of the saddest things I find when working with women going through the pain of problems with fertility is that even after those long awaited two pink lines appear, another anxiety and worry laden journey begins to hold that baby in their arms. This is exhausting. It’s like that “infertility” label has robbed them of that precious naiv