When Your Body Needs More: Supporting Perimenopause and Menopause with Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture By Dr Nicola Loizou Perimenopause and menopause are natural transitions, but for many women, they bring a cascade of symptoms that can feel overwhelming and unpredictable. While hot flushes, mood swings, weight gain and night sweats are well-known, you might be [...]
How Chinese Medicine Supports Fertility, Pregnancy and Postpartum Health with Dr Nicola Loizou For thousands of years, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has been used to support women's reproductive health and optimise fertility. This holistic approach can also provide profound support during pregnancy and after childbirth when the rhythms of life are finding their new grooves. [...]
Journeying Home: Reawakening the Ancient Art of Soul Healing by Rachel Hanrahan Since time immemorial, humans have journeyed shamanically. Long before temples rose or text messages were sent, we gathered around the fire, attuned to the heartbeat of the earth. We have always known how to cross the veils between worlds—how to hear guidance in [...]
The Particular Agony of the Premature Baby by Anna Papadakis, Body-Centred Therapist I have been a body-centered therapist for fifteen years and was a birth worker for twelve. In that time, I have attended births, taught about birth, trained doulas, and spent decades listening deeply to people’s bodies and stories. Again and again, I have [...]
Why Do You Practice Yoga? By Avril Bastiansz I often ask my students this question: Why do you show up on your mat? What is your intention - your saṅkalpa? For some, the answer is physical: to stretch, strengthen, or feel healthier. For others, it may be emotional: to calm the mind or find relief [...]
Cycles of Power: Retrogrades, Revelations & Renewal - October Astrology Blog Aries Full Super Moon and Libran New Moon and Neptune dips back into Pisces Written by Gil Dwyer In this astrology blog we begin the month with Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto still retrograde taking us through previous experiences, personas, actions and desires so we [...]
The Five Animal Frolics: Wu Qin Xi Qigong By Simon Murray Our current focus in the Monday 7:45am Qigong class is the Wu Qin Xi (pronounced woo chin shee) form. The name translates roughly as Five Animal Frolics (or Exercises). This well-known set of Qigong was formulated by the legendary physician Hua Tuo during the [...]
My Name is Not Anxious: Psychology and Yoga in Dialogue Anxiety has become one of the most common struggles of our time. For many, it is not just an occasional experience but a constant companion that seems to shape identity itself: “I am anxious.” When we adopt this identification, we can begin to lose sight [...]
A Transformative Time: Eclipses in Pisces (Lunar) and Virgo (Solar) and Spring Equinox It is a transformative time this September, it begins with Saturn moving back into Pisces, where it will remain until the 15th of February 2026, bringing renewed spiritual understanding and a grounded approach to completing things, prior to reentering Aries where it [...]
Navigating the Dichotomies of Life: Aquarius Full Moon and Virgo New Moon by our resident Astrologer, Gil Dwyer. With Uranus having moved into Gemini some three weeks ago, this is the time to bring back dialogue, to consider contrasting opinions and navigate the dichotomies of life. Mercury, Saturn, Neptune and Pluto are all retrograde during [...]