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23/05/2026

Looking back to look forward 👀

22/05/2026

Bodies (and minds and spirits) are trying to survive in complex times. Late night thoughts as I weave next week’s teachings and think about what we’re all moving through as a collective.

19/05/2026

Female bodies are constantly changing, in fact, one of the more famous pregnancy hormones relaxin shows up in our menstrual cycle, produced after ovulation by the corpus luteum to help ‘soften’ our bodies to allow a possible implantation, or to shed our uterine lining if that’s the thing to happen.

Symbolically, or energetically, this softening can make us feel more ‘permeable’ and sensitive, or even reactive, if we don’t feel safe enough to open. Similar feelings can arise in pregnancy when we have a lot more relaxin in our systems, and one of the reasons often given to avoid stretching and Yin Yoga during this time is because women are ‘too open.’

If you’ve even been pregnant or pre-menstrual you’ll know what a gift a Yin practice can be. It’s one of the few practices I know of to restore the energy field and benefit the physical body through its slow, intentional traction and compression, through the restoration of flow to the internal waters, and the depth of internal connection it promotes. As deep as the bones, and the marrow, and the blood. Womb deep.

I’m excited to teach my class on pregnancy and Yin Yoga, part science geek out and part riff on how to approach pregnancy and Yin from a place of presence and intelligence as a teacher and practitioner, especially if teaching women and pregnant women (aka the bulk of yoga students!).

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18/05/2026

I’ve been practicing Yin for around 15 years and have had three babies. I practiced Yin Yoga through all of my pregnancies. I have taught Yin to many pregnant women.

People think Yin is passive stretching. But I know it as a dialogue with the body and an opportunity to bring our physical body and energetic field back into coherence. It is so much more than stretching, and I couldn’t think of a more supportive practice for pregnancy.

Yin is a practice that helped me trust my body more deeply during pregnancy and navigate all those big changes. It gave me tools for pregnancy, birth, and motherhood. I’ve seen the same in my students.

Which is why I’ve always felt conflicted seeing the very blanket statement that pregnant women should avoid Yin because they’re “too elastic.” I just don’t find the evidence.

And look - nuance matters. Everything is bad for someone. Obviously discernment matters.

But I also think fear is dominating the conversation in a way that disconnects women from their own intelligence.

Pregnancy is not pathology. It’s shape-shifting and transformation.

To me, good Yin has never been about forcing. It’s about listening. It’s about learning how to notice sensation before it becomes too much and choose our adaptation. It’s about breath. Awareness. Profoundly important skills for birth and motherhood.

And I keep thinking about how nobody questions the fact pregnant women sit for hours every day - in cars, on couches, feeding babies, working at desks - despite the fact that sitting loads fascia, connective tissue, hips and spine for long periods. But a supported forward fold with props and awareness somehow becomes controversial 🙄 There is also no science to back that Yin Yoga is bad for pregnant women.

I’m teachingy updated Adapting Yin Yoga for Pregnancy class soon and in it I’ll cover the research and science, my own experience and examples from my teaching, and wise advice for supporting pregnant practitioners in a group class or one on one environment (and if you’re pregnant and into Yin, you might love this too). The class is live and replay is available for 14 days. Comment yin to get the link.

doi: 10.3389/fphys.2020.00628

15/05/2026

I feel like I’ve been circling this conversation in my real life and online lately and I’m about to teach a class on Yin Yoga and pregnancy (comment yin if you want the link) where the fundamental premise will be stop treating pregnant women like they’re broken and start finding ways to work with their unique physiology and energetic state. Pregnancy is such a vital time. The ‘worst’ pregnancy I had (my second, and to be fair I’ve has very easy pregnancies overall) was the one I was most sedentary (working 5 days a week, 9-5, and honestly I was just a bit lazy). If you feel fragile, chances are you need more movement, more deep nutrition to feed yourself in this metabolically demanding time, and more nature.

And a loud reminder from this lady on the internet that you are not a problem to be fixed, you are a reflection of your environment and the things you do (or don’t) do. Change your environment (including the people you’re around day to day and your care providers if necessary) and things will shift. 💪

12/05/2026

In Taoist medicine the Lungs are responsible for the Qi, they’re a bit like the trees, providing nourishment from the air for the whole body. Breastfeeding, not hydrating very well, waking up a lot, and Autumn (when the metal element is more ‘sensitive’) mean that my body is showing some signs that this channel needs some love. This can also explain why women postpartum catch colds and get sick so often. Perfections (ahem!) can also be a symptom of metal of balance. The Lungs are very intimate with digestion and we should simplify our meals when we are trying to support the Metal element. Roots and tubers, pungent foods, white foods, hydrating foods, baked and roasted foods, soups, curries etc. Tremella is a famous moistening mushroom - you can get it from Asian groceries (half a mushroom per person is good) or has an extract.

And also, this isn’t licence to freak out about every nook and cranny of your body, our bodies are like earth, weathering change and reflecting the harmony or dish about of our lives but they also have seasons! If you’re largely healthy, celebrate that! Our bodies, with care, know how to weather storms and return to balance.

If you want to learn this stuff with me, Taoist Energetics starts tomorrow. Link in bio x

09/05/2026

If I’m honest I feel a bit awkward tooting my own horn, especially as I’m so very grateful to be sharing from a very old tradition in which my insights are but a teeny drop in a very vast ocean. However, I do think spend a decade plus wrestling with these ideas has made me good at teaching them, and every time I share this course I am in a process of refinement. Each cycle gives me the chance to experience the elemental cycle of rebirth, expression, consolidation, and rest, while I try and stay centred as the wild dance of life spins.

This is some of the lovely feedback I’ve received - perhaps you’d like to experience, like these students, the magic of this Taoist lens.

We start on May 13, link in bio or comment Taoist to join us x

08/05/2026

One of the easiest ways to conceptualise the meridian system of Chinese medicine is to understand how water works on our planet. The oceans (deep, vast) are like the Qi, the groundwater is like the deeper reserves within the eight extras (including Jing), the springs are places where we can access this deep energy reserve (special points on the body that interface with the groundwater) and the rivers and streams are like the primary meridians. We can also talk about swaps and lakes (stagnant qi) and rushing rivers (meridians that are working perhaps a bit too hard). All water eventually runs into the ocean, but the weather, the climatic cycles, keep the water moving, cycling, keeping us in flow. A healthy system will experience storms and wild weather from time to time, but it will know how to find its way back to harmony. That is the gift of this medicine, how it mirrors the natural world and we see it, resonate with it, in our own bodies. Nothing is separate.

These are all videos from our trip to NZ when Leo was a baby. One of the most vital and vibrant places I’ve ever visited on this planet. It’s so ALIVE.

Taoist Energetics starts May 13. Link in bio to join.

07/05/2026

Straight up with the typos! But anyway!

I’ve been circling around this idea after my last two births, and the deeper I go into Taoist thought the more obvious it seems that menstruation, and birth, are two of the portals whereby women alchemise and rewrite their stories. Menopause is another big portal, and one I haven’t yet traversed.

Studying the eight extras and mediating and working with their energies has been so transformative for me. We devote theory and practice time to them in my upcoming course Taoist Energetics. We start May 13. I’d love to see you there! Link in bio.

07/05/2026

Taoist Energetics starts May 13

Come experience the deep wisdom of the wise tradition that is Taoist healing and medicine.

I can’t wait for you to join us and weave this work into your own life and offerings 🙏☯️

Link in bio

06/05/2026

The only cohort of Taoist Energetics for 2026 starts this month, May 13. We journey together for 12 weeks. Come learn the magic of this tradition and experience the power of the practices and healing wisdom contained within.

Link in bio or comment Taoist x

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