Welcome to Suzanne Yates and Wellmother
These are pages for UK and English speaking courses – if you want information for your country please click on relevant language flag button in the drop down menu on the right hand side of the top bar.
Upcoming courses in English in the UK and elsewhere:
| COURSE | LOCATION | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| ~ 2025 ~ | ||
| PREGNANCY MASSAGE AND SHIATSU RESIDENTIAL AT EARTHSPIRIT, NR GLASTONBURY | Glastonbury, UK | 1st – 5th May |
| FRANCE RETREAT: EXPLORING THE CREATIVE NATURE OF THE EXTRAORDINARY VESSELS | Gers (Dept 32), SW France | 2nd – 6th July |
| SUPPORTING BIRTH (in English with German translation) | Vienna, Austria | 23rd – 26th October |
| PREGNANCY MASSAGE COURSE | London NW8, UK | 30th October – 2nd November |
| POSTNATAL SHIATSU AND MASSAGE COURSE | Bristol, UK | 6th – 9th November |
“Shiatsu for Every Stage of Life: Nurture Your Journey from Conception to Death.”
My work supports all cycles of life, helping individuals cultivate balance and well-being at every stage. I specialise in Shiatsu, a holistic practice rooted in Traditional Chinese Medicine and informed by modern knowledge of the body to meet today’s needs. This is complemented by traditional massage, visualisation, breathwork, and movement practices inspired by yoga and Qi Gong. The Wellmother approach is designed to support your unique journey toward health and harmony. Explore the connection between body, mind, and energy in a deeply personalized and nurturing way.
At the heart of this approach is how our earliest years, especially our time in the womb has a profound influence on us for the rest of our life, but we can always reconnect with our potential to transform our present at any age. Life is cyclical and there are key moments when it is easier to transform, such as adolescence, becoming a parent, and the gifts of ageing. I like to call the changes in our fertility as we age our “maturessence” ©.
The journey of life supported by Extraordinary Connections
Core tools of this approach, are the powerful Extraordinary Vessels of Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). You can learn about them here in my blog but I also have a YouTube channel where there are many talks, visualisations, movement practices and demonstrations of shiatsu and massage.
I am writing a book about about how you can support ourselves at different stages of your life. If you prefer to read about my work go to my blog here but I also have a blog “Rewriting Your Life” Substack Blog “Rewriting your Story” with content which will be included in the book and welcomes feedback.
Discover more about the Wellmother approach
The English pages are for all the courses taught in English, wherever in the world! For more information on which courses are for you please visit the relevant Discover page.
2025
We are now in the year of the Yin Wood Snake. Here is my blog.
I (Suzanne Yates) continue to offer individual on line consultations for clients and students because I continue to be impressed by their power and effectiveness. The session can include connecting with you and offering specific breathing, meditation and visualisations , talking you through self shiatsu and massage or simply holding space for you. Please email me directly if you are interested in this. I am seeing people in person too. If you want more information on my individual work, please visit my practice page.
We look forward to meeting you in person as well as on line, at some point in the future!
Wellmother public
Our work is about supporting you during all your cycles of life. All practitioners use their skills to work with people at any time. We also have an online course on Extraordinary Women’s cycles for you.
If you are a parent or parent to be, we have a register of practitioners who have trained in our approach as well as a book and an online course in birth preparation to give you Wellmother based tips to help prepare for your birth and beyond.
Wellmother professionals
If you are a professional, midwife, massage or shiatsu therapist, doula or other bodyworker, we can train you to support women and their families in the best possible way at this special time. Our approach will also open your work up to a whole new way of working with any client. We do this through both online courses and in person courses and have written books to further support you in your work.
