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, [...]
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, [...]
Healing Thrush for Good with Naturopathy & Herbal Medicine Thrush is the result of an overgrowth of a normal yeast-like fungus called Candida. It most commonly occurs in the gut or the vagina, and on top of causing a series of uncomfortable and challenging symptoms, it can also become reccurent and difficult to resolve for [...]
Hello lovely readers! My name is Melissa Weaver and I am very blessed and excited to be joining the wonderful team at Kundalini House in serving your wellness needs. You can see me for kinesiology, reiki, intuitive meditation, sound healing or a lovely, tailored blend - whatever works best for you! I see clients [...]
Vasomotor symptoms, or hot flushes and night sweats, are the most common symptoms of perimenopause and menopause. Perimenopause is the period before menopause when these symptoms begin and peak. This period lasts on average for 4 years but can last for much longer. Menopause is the time in a woman's life when she has not [...]
It's a question I get all the time, after telling people I teach Fertility Awareness to singles and couples. "Ah..," they say. A short pause. "What's that?" Well.. read on to solve the mystery. Fertility Awareness Based Methods (FABMs) are natural, healthy and empowering systems that teach people to understand and [...]
Our bodies are imbued with exquisite intelligence. They have a thousand wise ways to communicate vital information about our health & functioning, and the amount, colour, and consistency of our cervical mucus is a particularly fascinating and empowering one. Monitoring changes in cervical mucus is a key component of many Fertility Awareness Based Methods (FABMs). [...]
DEALING WITH STRESS To say the least, it's been a stressful time and we have been feeling the effects that stress puts on our bodies. I have put together some of my favourite recommendations I give my clients to help support them in stressful times and prevent exhaustion. I hope you find them helpful too. [...]
Yogic and Lifestyle tools to Build the Immune System Something we would like to share with you from one of our dear teachers Dr. Shanti Shanti Kaur (Yoga Therapist) There are many simple, effective and useful practices in Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan® and Humanology that can strengthen your immune and nervous [...]
Welcome to Kundalini House, we are very happy to have you join our team. You are working on Sundays at the moment, which I always find such a relaxing day to work, everyone is in holiday mode. You found Massage through your love of health and wellness and a realisation that you aligned with a [...]