Valuing the ordinary moments of family life in lockdown COVID-19
Due to the COVID-19 lock down and isolation measures, family life for many of us has changed dramatically. Rather than the usual routines of work, school, playgroups, clubs and meeting with friends, our days are unfolding within our own homes. Certainly there is a lot...
Milestones of Motherhood is available now
It has been years in the making, beginning by writing about my own journey of learning and transformation through loving my own children, then receiving the mothering stories of many women at different stages of their mothering journeys, sharing how learning to love...
Change and transformation for mothers and children
Recently in our home we've been swapping bedrooms, a relatively small and simple task I naively thought! Even though all children were in agreement and excited, as we started undoing the neat lines of teddies, packing up books, clothes, Lego and colouring books, the...
Surrendering into Labour & Birth
As we approach labour, there can be so many things on our mind....when will baby come...will I need to be induced....will I go overdue...will it be painful....will I be able to cope...will I be able to use the pool...will baby be okay....will it be a caesarean....when...
Pregnancy: A Journey of Learning and Surrender
Our journeys of conception, pregnancy, birth and mothering are journeys of learning, change and transformation. Through coming to know, love and nurture our babies we ourselves walk a path of great inner learning, change and letting go. And it is this inner journey of...
Book Review Medicine Woman Reclaiming the Soul of Healing by Lucy H. Pearce
Sister book to Burning Woman, Medicine Woman is a fearless journey through women's chronic illness and a medical system which is often unable to bring healing. The personal journeys of dozens of chronically sick women bring to light the realities of suffering often...
Milestones of Motherhood ~ Mothering can be hard at times
Mothering is certainly a journey. It is a journey of getting to know and love our babies, of trying to understand and meet their changing needs through infancy, childhood, adolescence and beyond. For us as mums, it is a journey of learning; of deepening understanding,...
Creating Space for Connection
Alongside the yoga postures, breathing and relaxation practices, a key element of my Pregnancy Yoga and Birth Preparation classes, Women's Wellness Yoga Workshops and Yoga Therapy sessions is creating a safe space for women to connect and share their true experiences...
Book Review ~ Burning Woman by Lucy H. Pearce
Book Review ~ Burning Woman by Lucy H. Pearce, Womancraft Publishing 2016. Reviewed by Clare Cooper Burning Woman is an exploration of women's power; where this power lies, how it has been lost and how we can explore and rekindle its re-emergence in our own lives....
Beginner’s Guide to Breastfeeding Supply & Demand
Breastfeeding our babies is something so many of us want to do, yet it can often feel a bit mysterious, surrounded by anxiety and the question of will I be able to? I'm beginning a series of posts The Beginner's Guide to Breastfeeding to share information to support...
How Yoga Brings Support in Labour
One of the most beautiful parts of sharing my Pregnancy Yoga and Birth Preparation classes is working with mums over the months of their pregnancy, holding a space for them to share their thoughts, hopes and fears surrounding labour, and then sharing practices, spaces...
Interview with Uma Dinsmore Tuli, Author of Yoni Shakti A Woman’s Guide To Power and Freedom Through Yoga and Tantra
To accompany my recent book review of Yoni Shakti ~ A woman's guide to power and freedom through Yoga and Tantra, I'd like to share an interview with Uma which was originally featured in The Mother Magazine. I attended Women's Wellness Yoga Therapy training with Uma...
How Can I Use My Power Without Hurting Others Mum?
How can I use my power without hurting others mum? What a question... and what a timely question... My daughters have recently started a local Karate class and are loving it...yet for one of them, feeling her power and then using it to do the punches, kicks and...
Enjoying Pregnancy
Pregnancy is such a time of change. Unprecedented changes sweep across our inner and outer landscapes, from crashing waves of nausea, sickness and exhaustion to achy hips and backs, debilitating pelvic girdle pain and fear, anxiety and uncertainty about the birth and...
Book Review Yoni Shakti by Uma Dinsmore Tuli
Now my forthcoming book Milestones of Motherhood is one step closer to its 2019 publication, I'm excited to spend some time reviewing some powerful and transformative books which inspire growth, learning and transformation into embodying more of our Feminine truth,...