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Women Who Inspire Me – ‘Great Women Of The Herbal World’
The earliest written records of herbal medicine date from the sixteenth century BC and are to be found in the Ebers Papyrus. Plants mentioned include cannabis, myrrh, frankincense, castor oil,...
Women Who Inspire Me – ‘An Embodied Yogi’
About 20 years ago I read and fell in love with the words of T. K. V. Desikachar; The success of yoga does not lie in the ability to perform...
Women Who Inspire Me – ‘A Dear Friend And Writer’
There are so many incredible women out there who inspire and impress me. Big names in politics, the arts and sciences. And there are so many in my day to...
Acts of self-love and self-appreciation
There are many nourishing and meaningful acts of self-love or appreciation; the simplicity of a walk amongst trees or over hills, perhaps a drink in a favourite café with time...
Slowing down as a radical act…
In a couple of weeks I'm starting another of my Respond with Resilience courses with UMEUS: UMEbe Respond with Resilience, and the central theme this time is slowing down...I've been...
Hello, are you there? How are you feeling?
Can you feel your heart beating when you are scared? How about the blood coursing through your veins after exertion? Do you sense the movements in your gut when you...
Mr Sandman, bring us a dream…
Sleep is one of the subjects most often discussed between mothers because we know how important it is. It’s challenging when our children don’t sleep, because often then we don’t...
On Becoming a Mother…by Anna Marcela Wakeham
On Becoming a Mother…by Anna Marcela Wakeham Before being a mum I was a successful yoga teacher, traveling the world teaching yoga, working full time in studios around London, teaching...
On Becoming a Mother…by Sarah Nield
On Becoming a Mother…Sarah Nield Before I had children I had a theatre company. We wrote, devised and performed hilarious, experimental, visual, form-busting productions. We had a fantastic reputation and...
On Becoming a Mother…by Sam McCarthy
On Becoming a Mother... by Sam McCarthy This is not my story of becoming a mother, but a contemplation of what can happen, and why we have hopes at UMEUS...
Prenatal Yoga; a Prescription for Life-Giving
At UMEUS we believe that pregnancy yoga should be as ubiquitous for the prenatal body as drinking water to avoid oedema, or taking folic acid to aid cell production. Yoga...
Resolute or Resolvere?
The business of presence is rampant. I watched many an email and ‘alert’ message drop into my various mail and social network accounts yesterday, with a mixture of fascination and...