08/03/2026
Happy International Women’s Day to all the amazing, beautiful, strong and inspiring ladies out there!
I celebrated today by joining a walking tour dedicated to women’s history. The walk was really enlightening and made me reflect about many women who came before me to ensure that as a modern woman I can have a happy life full of options.
But is a present day woman truly free and does she have lots of choices?
This is what being a woman often looks like now: successful at work, fully present at home, a good partner and maybe a mother, always well put together and emotionally balanced. We do it all, we are it all, and somewhere along the way it has become normal and expected, but nobody sees how much effort goes into it.
So we run, we keep up, we tick the boxes and move through the tiredness because it feels like the right thing to do. We've grown so used to proving ourselves, to achieving, to striving forward that we forget to pause and ask what we actually need, what our body is telling us, what we truly want beneath all the “should's”.
And somewhere in all of that running, we forget something essential about ourselves. We forget that we have cycles and rhythms; that we change - monthly, seasonally, over years - and that our energy isn't constant and was never meant to be. We forget that being a woman isn't about fitting into an endless list of expectations.
We remember we're women too rarely; sometimes only when the calendar reminds us. We forgot that being a woman is also about softness. About listening to ourselves, not just everyone else. About knowing when to rest, not just when to keep going. About honouring our cycles, our energy, our needs - not as a sign of weakness, but of wisdom.
We've become so good at achieving that we've forgotten how to simply be. When was the last time you gave yourself permission to slow down? To feel what you're actually feeling, not what you think you should be feeling? To listen to your body, your intuition, your quiet inner voice that's been trying to get your attention for months, maybe years?
Being a woman isn't about doing more. It's about coming home to yourself. I know this because I've lived it too. And I've learned that sometimes the most important thing we can do is give ourselves permission to change how we relate to ourselves.
This is what my Spring Equinox retreat is about. Not escaping life, but learning to accept yourself within it - to shift that relentless striving into something gentler. Through yoga, breathwork, and somatic practices, we will work with the body to help you recognise and release those patterns of constant doing, and remember what it feels like to fully accept and feel yourself.
Stunning location. Spa facilities for pampering and nourishment. Small group of women. Space to pause, listen, and reconnect with who you truly are.
