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Approaching Aging with Curiosity Not Fear
This year, I am turning 65, which seems incredulous because there are days I feel the same as I did when I was a young woman of 28 embarking on my…
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Finding Balance - The Autumn Equinox
If you are in the Northern Hemisphere today is one of the most important days in the natural calendar: the Autumn Equinox, a perfect time to focus on…
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“unapologetically wide”
I first came across this concept of being ‘unapologetically wide’ in a yoga workshop in Sydney with Geeta Iyengar (daughter of BK Iyengar).
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Why Menopause Might be The Optimal Time to Start Qigong
I am often asked if QiGong exercises and the theory apply to women who have reached menopause.
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Why change what we eat during Perimenopause and Menopause?
A Chinese Medicine perspective
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Do our attitudes about Menopause affect our experience?
“ If hormone symptoms were solely due to hormonal changes then the menopausal experience would be more homogenous” Dr Sandra Thompson
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Reflecting on the Past to Embrace the Future
And why menopause is the perfect time for this to happen
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The Power of Slowing Down
Winter is the ultimate Yin season—when the world slows down, an invitation to draw inward.
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Why Qigong is Beneficial For Women As We Age
What comes to mind when you think of Qigong, maybe calming gentle exercise?
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Menopause: the end of everything joined to a new beginning
As we move through perimenopause towards menopause, we have to harvest the essential materials to sustain us into our next chapter.
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How to Embrace Your Second Spring with Yang Sheng (nourishing life principles)
The Second Spring is the fire of life that has been building and gathering under the cold earth of perimenopause, menopause, and the early stages of…
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Reflecting on the best and hardest things about menopause ten years on
It is coming close to a decade since I officially menopaused.
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