allwoman Blog

​It's Autumn Equinox for all of us in the northern hemisphere. These seasonal transition spaces can be hard to navigate, and with the year that we have just had this year feels even harder. So, I'd like to share some practices, tools and reflections that could help...

I've been in a bit of a big contraction phase for the past few months. And unsurprisingly so, having, during the pandemic, uprooted my family and moved to France without even being able to fluently speak the language! It dawned on me a few months ago that it was quite...

So, I've been thinking about birth stories. Often, it's said that the way that we birth is trying to teach us something, whether you have birthed a child or whether you are birthing and creating projects in life. I've been thinking about this more and more. And,...

Spring Equinox arrived on the 20th March and at this time of year the power of the sun is increasing, the days are lengthening and the nights are shortening. “Spring Equinox is celebrated as the first day of Spring, when day and night are equal in both hemispheres....

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,...

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...

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...

“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...

“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...

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,...

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...