Allwoman Blog
Unearth the Wild Within – A Review
Each year we offer a bursary place for Unearth the Wild Within, our year long programme in which you journey deep into yourself through Yoga, Somatic movement and ancient wisdom, aligning with the natural rhythms and cycles of the seasons, the moon and yourself,...
New year but no need for a new you
The last decade 2010-2020 - the allwoman journey I know I am late with this… I always am; finally, at 45 I am truly honouring my own pace, pottering, that is what I like to do, moving slow. I have tried to push against this for so long but really this is me. I am very...
Relieving the Symptoms of Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) Naturally
WHAT IS PMS? Simply put, PMS is no fun, taking its toll on our emotions and bodies for about a week before our period, so during the latter part of the autumn pre-menstrual phase of our menstrual cycle when oestrogen and progesterone levels start to fall in the lead...
Mizan Abdominal Therapy – What is it and how can it help me?
“There is no other organ quite like the uterus. If men had such an organ they would brag about it. So should we.”– Ina May Gaskin At allwoman, Mizan Abdominal Therapy is a massage technique I use on a daily basis with my clients to complement the range of Yoga...
Journaling: Your view into the inner you
Keeping a diary isn’t just for angst ridden teenagers, recording all their troubles, loves and losses under the duvet in a cheap secret diary with a padlock and a tiny key. Nor is it just for politicians, pop idols or movie stars waiting for the right moment to give...
Self care – It’s more than just taking care of yourself
“There are days I drop words of comfort on myself like falling leaves and remember that it is enough to be taken care of by my self.” – Brian Andreas Do you look after yourself? Yes, of course you do, but what about self care? Is it the same thing or something else...
How to Look After Yourself – Start with Self Care
“Self-care is never a selfish act – it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer others. Anytime we can listen to true self and give the care it requires, we do it not only for ourselves, but for the many others whose...
Free Movement – Breakdown tensions and barriers and release your creativity
We start to move in the womb before we’re even born. No one teaches us – it’s an innate ability we all have. We just know how to wiggle our fingers and toes and when the time comes, how to walk, how to run, how to play, how to move whichever way we want to. In fact,...
Celebration Day for Girls – From Child To Young Woman
It’s difficult being an adolescent girl these days. There are so many pressures to grow up quickly, follow the crowd, keep up to date with the latest trends and then there are the changes of puberty and menarche (first period), the mixed messages about body image,...
A new kind of S&M
Earlier this year my sister, a single mum of three, was diagnosed with Hughes syndrome. Everyone in my family had to get tested to check we didn’t have it too, as it can be hereditary. It is a serious disease that can in some cases cause regular recurring attacks that...
To Love Your Self, You Need to Know Your Self
Who are you? A wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt, grandmother, entrepreneur, manager, colleague…? But who are you really, as a woman? Do you know, or have you got lost along the way? Where is home? "Be yourself; everyone is already taken."- Oscar Wilde Right from...
The Moon – She’s more than just a light in the sky
The moon has guided us for millennia. All human beings are affected by the moon. The moon is the Triple Goddess representing the female archetypes of Maiden, Mother and Crone – birth, nurturing, death and rebirth – as she moves through her phases from Waxing to Full...
Why I don’t believe in New Year’s resolutions (and what I do instead)
New Year, new chapter, clean slate, new you! Most people's view, but not mine. New Year's resolutions are not for me and they haven't been for a long time now. To me they represent feelings of disappointment, failure and guilt. And do you know why? Because they don't...
Are You Setting Yourself up to Fail by Setting Your Goals in January?
Spring is a time for seeding change, so there is still time to set your goals. In fact, it’s better to set your goals now, just as our ancestors did. If you made resolutions or intentions for change in January that haven’t quite got off the ground yet, I hope you’re...
Winter Solstice – The Start of Winter and Longer Days
“Nature looks dead in winter because her life is gathered into her heart. She withers the plant down to the root that she may grow it up again fairer and stronger. She calls her family together within her inmost home to prepare them for being scattered abroad upon the...
