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. [...]
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 [...]
Prenatal Yoga: benefits of starting early It's common for women to start attending Prenatal Yoga from around 30 weeks pregnant. It's never too late to start moving, but I definitely encourage women to start earlier if possible - here's why... HABIT FORMING On average, it takes 66 days for a new behavior to become automatic. (Lally et al, [...]
Here at Kundalini House, we’ve asked our Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Naturopaths what they ate to replenish their energy and nourish their resources during pregnancy and after birthing. Here’s their recommendations: Eat warming, cooked foods rather than cold salads and raw foods Ask your family to arrange a ‘meal train’ so your loved ones can [...]
A Guided Breath Practice to Create Calm and Aid Sleep With Melisa Chabierski This practice is good for all, but especially fabulous for postnatal women who can not rest, relax, or sleep when their baby is asleep. Rhythmic Extension Breath Breath practice that begins with equal in and out flows of the breath, [...]
This story I am sharing is “my way” to invite you into experiencing the yoga class I run at Kundalini House for your teenage son/daughter. In India where I come from, yoga is part of everyday life and being a yoga teacher, you carry responsibility to help every child/teen’s body and mind gain a language [...]
Tell us a little about your work these last few years? Over the last few years I have been working alongside private midwives in their family clinic. I helped to look after many pregnant women and postpartum using Chinese Medicine. It was such a joy to work closely with some amazing midwives and their extensive [...]
We are very excited to have Lee join the team as a Relationship Counsellor and Psychotherapist at Kundalini House. Healthy relationships are such a big part of our overall health and I believe all of us need the guidance of a thoughtful hand when negotiating difficult times within our intimate relationships. We are very happy [...]
The Curse of the First Child. A beautiful new mother came to the clinic to experience a shamanic journey. She wanted to explore her deep dark family secret. It seemed there was a curse running through her lineage with the early death of the first child. Her family had seemingly suffered this horrific trauma and [...]