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Happy new Chinese year of the Black Rabbit 2023A year of good fortune and charm? What do you want to let go of from last year of the Tiger? Any fears?...
Happy new year of the Yang Water Tiger – invite in your passion and purpose The beginning of a new year is an invitation to welcome in the new and let go of the old. What is your...
What do you want on the Well Mother Blog?Hello to everyone. I am posting the first Well Mother Blog to get the discussion going and find out what...
Bringing the outside back to the core: Qiao (Heel) and Wei (Linking)This is the second part of a two part article I wrote for the Shiatsu Society Journal in 2017. First part...
The Eight Extraordinary Vessels: a family of wholeness and connectionThis was published in the Shiatsu Society Journal in February 2017 as a 2 part article. Here is part 1....
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...
Remembering our connection to the earth – viruses and bacteria are our friendsIn this blog, I explore how our connection to the earth has affected our immune system and how to develop...
Coming into being: our development in the womb and the Extraordinary VesselsThis blog is about how the Extraordinary Vessels can be seen as being important at the beginning of life....
The 8 Extraordinary Vessels: Whole and self containedI have been busy teaching so apologies for the delay in this next Blog on the Extraordinary vessels and...
Spring – Yang rising and mothering ourselves and the earthI wish you all a wonderful Spring equinox, if you live in the northern hemisphere, albeit a few days...
Que’est-ce que le shiatsu ?Qu’est-ce que le shiatsu ? Dans ce blog, je vais explorer ce qu’est le shiatsu, comment il...
Happy new year of the OxHappy new year of the Metal Ox. This Chinese year, which starts on 12th February and will last until 30th...
Does using hormones for contraception, fertility and the menopause affect our Essence?What is happening to our essence? This is an updated version of the original post made in 2013....
Extraordinary Vessels and PregnancyThis is a project written for my “Massage and Pregnancy ” course by Claire Plowright. This...
Emerging from confinement and on line shiatsu or massage sessionsAlthough some of us are emerging from our confinement, we are probably going to be gradually seeing more...
Nourishing Yin at its deepest level with the Extraordinary VesselsThis is an article I wrote for the AOBTA, American Organisation for Bodywork therapies of Asia in...
Covid 19 and the Extraordinary VesselsWhy are the Extraordinary Vessels so important during the Corona pandemic? In this blog I explore why we...
Soutien pendant la période du CoronaA la fin il y a le texte d’une meditation que j’ai cree Cette période pour la plupart...
Student reflections on Corona timesOne of my students sent this thoughtful and heart felt response to my last blog and I thought it would be...
Support in the time of CoronaReflections on things we can do to support us during these changing Corona times I have created a...
Meditation for support in Corona timesThis is a meditation I have created to help you to feel more grounded and open to be able to share love...
Infant massage blog for Kadria Skin CareI wanted to tell you about a blog post on infant massage which I wrote with Anne Badger for the Blog of...
Instabilité de la ceinture pelvienne et shiatsu Liza Krivine, une etudiante suisse de Suzanne, a traduit ce blog....
Chinese Year of the PigHappy new year of the Earth Pig which starts today 5th February. It will last until 24th January 2020....
Pelvic organ prolapse (POP)Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP) One of the things I love about teaching is seeing how my students take a...
Les vaisseaux merveilleux et la mortVanessa est une de mes étudiants anglaise/française qui m’avait parle de son expérience avec les...
How safe is it to have massage or shiatsu in the first trimester of pregnancy?Debunking myths of massage and shiatsu in pregnancy: part two How safe is it to have massage or shiatsu...
Pregnancy massage: Connecting mother, baby and lifeHere is another of my Pregnancy massage students projects about how pregnancy massage can support...
Pelvic girdle instabilityPelvic girdle instability (pain) and Symphysis pubis instability (pain) Il y a une traduction de cet...
Benefits of Pregnancy massage: more than simply relaxationI like to share some of the work my students do for the projects as part of the course work to gain the...
Menopause and the Extraordinary Vessels: reflections on the Menopause Gap and the Wellmother residentialKate Codrington attended the Wellmother Residential in Italy in May 2018. The theme was Women’s...
Yang to Yin: a journey of the elementsFrom Mexico to Bristol via Guatemala and Geneva I travelled to Mexico on New Year’s Day. It was not as...
The body keeps scoreHow bodywork helps process life experiences I have been reading the fascinating book “The body...
Happy New Year of the DogHappy new Chinese year. The Chinese New Year starts on a different date each year and this year it begins...
Shiatsu practitioners role in maternity careLucy wrote this project back in 2004, and it was on the old site. I thought it was still interesting...
Sacred pregnancyHere is a lovely project which one of my pregnancy massage students did for her Diploma: I hope you enjoy...
Shiatsu dans ma pratique de sage femmeecrit par: Fabienne Taugwalder, sage femme suisse Le shiatsu a beaucoup changé ma pratique de sage-femme...
Turning breech babiesThis is a post I wrote on October 31, 2016 which didn’t get transferred over to the new site....
How nature’s elements work in our bodiesThis is a blog I wrote in Spring 2016 but it didn’t manage to get imported from the old WordPress...
The Extraordinary Vessels and Continuum I am happy to present a lovely perspective on the Extraordinary Vessels, written by one of the...
Shiatsu for the baby in pregnancyHannah did one of my early shiatsu practitioner courses, but I still feel her project on the importance...
A healthy monthly cycle: eastern and western views Nicola Endicott MRRS (T) and Wellmother teacher wrote this for the Shiatsu Society Journal You might...
Choosing a postnatal massage courseWhy do I want to take part in the postnatal massage course? It is a period in women’s life when they tend...
Nurturing Sanctuary / January 25, 2017 / Inspirations, News / 3 comments / My wishes for you in 2017: nurturing your inner...
Inducing labour naturally and pain relief with acupressure pointsSome new research on acupressure points has shown how they can reduce pain during labour: these same ...
Supporting independent midwives in the UKView Post / March 7, 2017 / News / One comment / Edit Why is it important to support Independent...
Supporting the Albany model of midwifery careorginally published: 13/4/17 in Wellmother blog I wrote recently in this Blog about why it is important...
La importancia del Vaso PenetranteLa importancia del Vaso Penetrante por el journal shiatsu Espana Publicado en APSE newsletter...
Shiatsu and meridiansHow much is shiatsu limited or expanded by its relationship to meridians? ; Suzanne Yates An article in...
Birth as a journeyBirth as a journey: why understanding pregnancy and birth is useful for work with all client This...
Massage, reflexology and fertilityAn article written by Heidi Armstrong with Suzanne Yates, for the FHT magazine, July 2014 Working with...
Pregnancy massage and shiatsuI am currently working on completely redoing my website, so have been going back through the articles on...
Suzanne’s storyPregnancy massage and shiatsu You might like to listen to my interview with Busy Hive, about how I got...
Honey….. I’m Pregnant Too! : Couvade SyndromeHoney….. I’m Pregnant Too! : Couvade Syndrome by Dave Hopwood for the Shiatsu practitioner...
Role of massage in supporting mother-baby bonding. Here is a project written for the massage and pregnancy diploma course by Claire Wynn Role of massage in...
Massage for dads Victoria Armstrong, project on the role that massage can play in supporting fathers in the maternity...
Esplorare il dolore nel partoescritto per Suzanne Yates in inglese liberamente tratto e tradotto di Gianpiero Brusasco Quanto è utile...
Shiatsu and massage for fathers: during pregnancy and postnatallyA lot of the focus around having a baby is on the mother: however the father is also experiencing big...
Baby shiatsu and massageIn this blog we look at frequently asked questions about Baby shiatsu and massage. My baby has colic. Can...
Shiatsu and massage for postnatal supportYou have your baby and you probably have lots of questions. We look at how shiatsu and massage can...
How can shiatsu and massage help prepare me for birth?In this article we will look at ways in which Wellmother can support you to prepare for birth, what a...
