Workshops
Treat yourself. Dive in a little deeper with these longer, slower sessions.
New Mama Nurture
Tuesday 14th January 2024, 14.00 - 16.00. Jointly run with Michele Misgala
Oru Space, East Dulwich, London (in person)
This monthly session is specially designed for new mamas at any time post birth, no matter what your labour and birth journey may have been. A safe, nurturing and non-judgemental space to share your feelings about your birth and the first weeks of parenthood.
You will learn movements, stretches and breathing techniques to safely and effectively recover and reconnect with your body after birth. You can also get expert advice from special guests including lactation consultants, midwives and physios.
It's a great way to meet other new mums, or catch up with friends you made in the prenatal yoga/pilates classes. Wear loose comfortable clothes you can move easily in. Mats and other props are provided, bring anything you need for your baby. Feel free to feed, cuddle and calm your baby as needed throughout the session.
Yoga for Peri-menopause
Sunday 26th January 2025, 14.00 - 16.00
Oru Space, East Dulwich, London (in person)
In this workshop we look at the physiology of what’s going on during perimenopause, and the triggers that can aggravate the most common and intense symptoms, such as fatigue, mood swings, hot flushes and lack of zest for life. We will practice yoga for soothing these unsettling symptoms and also get snuggled in with some deeply soothing guided Yoga Nidra meditation to explore the transformational possibilities.
We will explore a toolkit of techniques, guidance, reflection and support to help you move through your menopause journey with ease and confidence. It will provide an enjoyable and safe space where women can come together and share their experiences, laugh and embrace the changes while also learning from one another.
Practising yoga in the company of other women can feel supportive and reminds us that we are NOT alone.
No previous yoga experience is required.
The workshop will include:
• An introduction to the stages of menopause and how hormone changes affect our body and mind.
• A safe and supportive women’s circle.
• A yoga practice especially designed to alleviate the most common perimenopause symptoms, including breathing techniques, gentle vinyasa flow, restorative yoga and mindful meditation practices.
• Journaling and self-reflection.
• Handouts
Befriend your pelvis workshop series
This workshop series is centred around bringing about more understanding and connection to this often under appreciated part of the body. With the legs below and the core above, the pelvis is the physical and energetic fulcrum of the body. The pelvic area can be too gripped or too weak, or both. Mindfully strengthening and stabilising the pelvic floor helps to create the correct foundation for each movement in the body.
In these workshops we will locate the layers of the pelvic floor within our pelvis. We will explore the dynamics of our pelvic floor in relation to the mechanics of our breathing and in relation to our posture and movement. We will learn ways to help develop more flexibility, strength, and coordination of our pelvic function.
Pelvic health can often be overlooked until we are presented with an issue; pelvic pain, bladder weakness, prolapse, digestive, menstrual and sexual difficulties etc. These workshops will support you whether you are going through a current pelvic health issue, or are simply curious to find out how to best support a happy, healthy pelvis.
Contact me for more information and for upcoming workshops.
Menopause Yoga workshop series
For most women, the approach and transition through menopause can be an unsettling time, with each woman experiencing her own concoction of symptoms, ranging from hot flushes and irritability, anxiety, brain fog and overwhelm, to lethargy and low mood. Yoga can be our best friend at this time of change; offering simple techniques for easing and reducing our symptoms.
Through yoga we can relieve stress and reset the nervous system towards rest. We can build up our musculoskeletal and cardiovascular health and energetic vitality.
In these workshops you will learn simple breathing exercises and yoga poses, mindfulness and other meditation techniques, which you can use every day in your own life to carve your most easeful and positive way through your menopause.
Workshops are themed according to the symptoms you are going through and to the menopause ‘season’ you are in.
There will be an interactive women’s circle discussion, 90 minutes yoga class, and general advice on topics ranging from nutrition, natural remedies and holistic wellbeing, to maintaining pelvic health and vitality as we age, and medical factual information on HRT.
Contact me for more information and for upcoming workshops
“It only takes a reminder to breathe, a moment to be still, and just like that, something in you settles, softens, makes space for imperfection.”
— Danna Faulds, from ‘Walk Slowly’
Workshops offer the a chance to dive in a little deeper with longer, slower, more informative and experiential sessions. Please get in touch to find out more.