Her Space Yoga

Fluid, nourishing and feminine practices which aim to strengthen a woman's relationship with themselves.

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My story

Welcome to Her Space.

This is a space for nurture, rest, and exploration. Through Her Space, I offer courses and workshops specifically for women in the various stages of wanting to become a mother and becoming a mother.

My own journey to motherhood was scarred by recurrent miscarriage followed by several rounds of IVF with pre-genetic testing. My pregnancy was filled with anxiety due to the trauma from my miscarriages. The scars of this time run deep. Like many other women whose path to motherhood has been painful, I often felt unheard, unseen, and ungrounded. During this time I had regular acupuncture treatments and I relied on yoga and counselling and to keep me balanced and to sooth my nervous system.

It is my heartfelt desire to provide a Space for Her – to be seen and heard. Or, to simply rest. My offerings are based on ancient wisdom traditions and medicine from Asia. I weave together Traditional Chinese Medicine and Five Element Acupuncture theory with Ayurvedic Medicine and self-massage. I use yogic practices to regulate the nervous system and bring steadiness to the body and mind. Breathwork (pranayama), yoga nidra (yogic sleep/deep relaxation), gentle movement (yin and restorative yoga asana), mudra, and meditation are some of the practices that we will share together. We may sit in circle, amongst other women. Women who have previously been though, or who are going through similar experiences to you. You can find out more information on what ‘sitting in circle’ means and the support and companionship that it can bring, here.

Yoga

My own yoga practice has evolved over many years. Initially, I trained with a masculine dominated lineage that paid very little attention to the physical and energetic differences between the male and female body. Throughout my mid-thirties and forties, intuitively my focus changed to acknowledging, and honouring my female form. This is reflected in my further yoga training and how my yoga practice looks, both on and off the matt. Over the last 10 years, I have trained with Dr Judith Lasater (restorative yoga), Dr Uma Dinsmore-Tuli (yoga nidra and Well Women Yoga Therapy), Carolyn Cowan (The Mothers Journey) and Francoise Freedman (Birthlight - fertility yoga). Each one of these renowned teachers teaches yoga for women - honouring our stages in life, the cyclical nature of our hormones and menstruation, the curves and contours of our physical form, and our inner knowing and wisdom as women. They acknowledge that women ebb and flow with the tides and experience nature's seasons within their own bodies.

Circle

Women's Circles

Women’s circles have existed since ancient times. You may have heard of the Red Tent or Moon Lodges. In ancient times the Red Tent was a sacred space where women gathered during their menstruation, or after giving birth. It was an opportunity to be together and experience the support, nurturing, and shared wisdom of other women.

Although we no longer gather at the time of our menstruation, women’s circles are as relevant today as they have ever been. Sitting in circle strengthens the bonds and companionship between us as women. When women are experiencing life events (such as fertility issues, pregnancy loss or pregnancy), the value of being in the company of other women navigating the same seas, is hugely powerful and restorative. In the circle you will find deep listening with no agenda, feeling seen, met and accepted just as you are, sharing our truth and wisdom, and a sense of kinship can support healing.

"The psyches and souls of women also have their own cycles and seasons of doing and solitude, running and staying, being involved and being removed, questing and resting, creating and incubating, being of the world and returning to the soul place."

Clarissa Pinkola Estes - Women who run with the Wolves

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