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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…

spirals

The extraordinary power of the menstrual cycle – part one

a blue print for all life cycles, for men as well and women This blog is in three parts. In…

Morning movement at La Source retreat

Retreats at La Source

Here is a photo from the French practitioner retreat here at La Source, which finished a week ago today. This…

Lily

In memory of Sonia Moriceau -my main shiatsu teacher

10 years on In June, one of my students reminded me that it is 10 years since Sonia Moriceau, my…

The 8 Extraordinary Vessels and the first week after conception

Whole and self contained I have been busy teaching so apologies for the delay in this next Blog on the…

river plans

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

This blog is about how the Extraordinary Vessels can be seen as being important at the beginning of life. I…

Rabbit

Happy new Chinese year of the Black Rabbit 2023

A year of good fortune and charm? What do you want to let go of from last year of the…

The Outer Family of the Extraordinary Vessels

Bringing the outside back to the core:  Qiao (Heel) and Wei (Linking) This is the second part of a two…

Sea and rocks

The Eight Extraordinary Vessels: a family of wholeness and connection

This was published in the Shiatsu Society Journal in February 2017 as a 2 part article. Here is part 1….

Fire with candles

Does your fire light you up or burn you out?

Written by Rosa Lia, massage therapist, yoga teacher and Wellmother associate. We will be teaching together on the June women’s…