Feminine fire is rising and we don’t need to apologise. The fire ball finds anger and alchemises it into a clarifying, cleansing, skillful energy; a truth bomb. Burning woman sits in the fire of her own creation and lets herself be cooked. Claiming our rage in perimenopause and menopause is natural, says Dr Christiane Northrup, …
Qigong dignifies the menopause and aging process, the inner autumn of our life cycle, breathing into and making space and peace with what’s here. It’s ancient spiritual wisdom in action for how we can move the body through life with presence, calm and deep connection with all beings. I could be in the mountains of …
If you are struggling to find a way to be OK in the world right now, you are not alone. Our lives can be thrust into chaos just from a single thought. Listening to the news can send dread molecules coursing through the body. Stop…stop that thought from taking hold into the future, come back …
It’s happening, The Great Turning. A phrase created by Joanna Macy, ecophilosopher, activist and Buddhist scholar to describe our change in consciousness as we witness the devastation we have wrought on Planet Earth. At varying speeds and stages we are waking up to our biggest mistake; that we place ourselves in the centre of the …
What’s going on? My daughter is having hot flushes in puberty. So are my friends in perimenopause and women I know who are menopausal. It seems hot flushes cross all ages and it is one of the most distressing signs in the landscape of perimenopause and menopause. It’s a signal to the world that something …
Though the jury is out about the benefits of flax for hot flushes, many of my clients have found that including 2 tablespoons 1-2 x per day of fresh ground flaxseeds to their breakfast/smoothie combined with lifestyle changes can make their hot flushes more manageable or disappear. Flaxseeds plus lentils, beans and their cute sprouted …
