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Evening fire celebration at La Source retreat

Women’s Cycles of Blood

puberty, pregnancy, birth, postnatally and the menopause (maturessence) How our cycles are supported by the Penetrating Vessel of Chinese medicine…

Coming into being: our development in the womb and the Extraordinary Vessels

In March, I will be running a week long residential workshop with Diego Sanchez in Uruguay exploring the theme of…

Trees wood

Wellmother Residential: our journey through life

Reflections on the Wellmother Residential at Holycombe , May 14-19 2014 by Suzanne Yates   I just ran my fourth…

Strengthening our core: the Girdle Vessel

Strengthening the core: from the inside out: Why everyone can benefit from pelvic support from the Girdle Vessel. Just about…

Why shiatsu and massage during pregnancy?

This is an article which I wrote for the September issue of the Forces magazine, Just for Her. It is…

Buildings and bodies

I was teaching in Amsterdam last weekend and stayed in a wonderfully quirky hotel The Lloyd (www.lloydhotel.com). It boasts that…

tree water new life

Research and regulation of complementary therapies

There is an interesting article which you might like to view and comment on in the Guardian at the end…

Shiatsu and Osteopathy

I asked one of my students, Avni Trivedi,  an osteopath who did my “Shiatsu for midwives and birth professionals” course…

30 weeks Pregnant by Hannah Mackay

I would like to share this poem written by my colleague and former student, Hannah Mackay, wonderful Shiatsu practitioner based…