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We are in Winter.

It’s ok to sleep longer than usual.

It’s ok to NOT want to rush.

It’s ok to not want to be social.

To NOT write that blog or newsletter.

To let slide your list of “to-do’s”.

It’s ok to not answer those emails.

To close the door and…

Take time just for YOU.

It’s ok. 

We are in Winter. 

It’s time to hibernate and…

It’s ok to allow that to be ok.

Are you an “Ever-Ready” battery? 

We live in a world that asks to always be outward facing. To be like “Ever-Ready” batteries, always switched on, fired up and ready to go. And when we struggle to keep up or maintain the pace, a sense of shame or guilt descends, we berate ourselves and question what is wrong with us. 

But the truth is… We women are NOT designed to work that way. 

We are cyclical beings, designed to operate within our cyclical design and when we don’t… that’s when things go ary.

Learning to “live cyclically” is about saying NO to the patriarchal pace that celebrates endless productivity and to instead say YES to yourself. 

Learning to live in a way that honours your natural rhythms, needs and desires in the outer seasons of Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter; And the inner seasons of our menstrual, hormonal and fertility cycles.

We are not taught to live within our cyclical design.

Right now, here in the Northern Hemisphere, we are in the outer season of Winter. The most Yin time of the year. Connected to the feminine qualities of drawing inward, of hibernation, of deep rest and restoration. A time that naturally draws us into a healing cocoon.

Our modern world DOESN’T teach us to honour the cycle of these seasons; nor does it teach us to live within our cyclical design. 

Learning to “Live Cyclically” is about learning to live in a way that honours your natural rhythms, needs and desires in the outer seasons of Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter; And the inner seasons of your menstrual, hormonal and fertility cycles.

It’s about learning to say NO to the patriarchal pace that celebrates endless productivity and achievement and to instead learning to say YES to yourself. 

Letting go of the sense of shame or of feeling “weak” because you can’t “keep up”. A shame that only exists because of the patriarchal pace. 

There is NO SHAME in taking time to rest.

The Patriarchal pace celebrates achievement.

What if your greatest achievement today was to take a nap? 

How does that feel in your body? 

What emotions does it provoke?

This is an interesting exploration if you are open to it.

We prepare for each season in the season before it.

In the holistic teachings of East Asian Medicine we learn that “we prepare for each season in the season before it” and when we honour our “Winter” seasons (both outer and inner) we prepare ourselves for the coming of “Spring”.

When I first started to learn about the menstrual cycle (at almost 40… Go figure) I had been experiencing yet another burnout and was searching for answers. When my teacher at the time said “women try to stay in a perpetual spring/ summer that inevitably leads to burnout“, my ears pricked up and I knew this was something I needed to listen to.

I understood so completely that she meant we try to maintain this “ever-ready” energy without resting in the “Winter” before it. But the truth was I had no clue what it was to honour “Winter” in any cycle let alone the menstrual, hormonal cycle. I celebrated my ability to push through and get the job done no matter what the cost. The result of that however, was debilitating anxiety, depletion and burnout. 

Resting in Winter prepares us for Spring.

5 element theory teaches us that “Winter” (again outer and inner) is the season connected to the Water element. The organs of the Water element are the kidneys and the urinary bladder. The kidneys are connected to our energy production and our longevity (our ability to live long and well).

When we honour our need to sleep more, to NOT be as social as we might usually be, to spend time alone, to take a nourishing bath and honour our natural desire to draw in… We nourish our Water element. And in doing so we nourish our kidneys, restoring and replenishing our energy and vitality and preparing ourselves for the productivity of “Spring”. Which let’s be honest is much needed; We are no good to anyone burnt-out and depleted.

Not resting affects our creativity.

Asian medicine also teaches us that “Water is the wellspring from which creativity flows”.

When we take time to rest, we cultivate the space for our creative juices to flow and if we rest enough then come Spring (again… outer and inner) we will have the energy we need to formulate plans to take those new creative ideas forward and bring them to tangible form.

Not resting in Winter impacts our Menstrual Cycle.

On the physical level, stress (resulting from lack of sufficient rest and also remedied through rest) affects the menstrual, hormonal cycle on multiple levels. One of our sex hormones, Progesterone is used to balance the stress hormones when needed — Aka when we are stressed.

Progesterone also keeps its sister sex hormone Oestrogen in check. These two support and balance each other. When Progesterone is used to support our stress hormones, Oestrogen goes into excess which can cause irregular periods, increased PMS, breast tenderness, fatigue, weight gain, headaches, hair loss, depression plus much more.

In 5 element theory, many of these symptoms link to deficient Wood. We say when an element is deficient, we look to the Mother in the creation cycle, to nourish its child. The Mother of the Wood element is Water and so this cycle story continues….

All great reasons to REST more! 

Practice GUILT FREE Hibernation.

So take time this Winter my love, to practice “GUILT FREE Hibernation”. 

Spend that extra hour in bed. 

Take that afternoon nap. 

Run that bath. 

Or whatever your body calls for you to do.

The creations wanting to be birthed through you will be forever thankful as will your amazing body, your health, your menstrual, hormonal wellness, your family, your friends, your community, your clients and really… Every aspect of your life.

When we say YES to ourselves, we say YES to something so much bigger than ourselves… This is a reclamation of our true nature, our cyclical design and our connection to the great Mother! 

It’s time my love. 

Happy Wintering! 

Love,

We are in Winter.

It’s ok to sleep longer than usual.

It’s ok to NOT want to rush.

It’s ok to not want to be social.

To NOT write that blog or newsletter.

To let slide your list of “to-do’s”.

It’s ok to not answer those emails.

To close the door and…

Take time just for YOU.

It’s ok. 

We are in Winter. 

It’s time to hibernate and…

It’s ok to allow that to be ok.

Are you an “Ever-Ready” battery?

We live in a world that asks to always be outward facing. To be like “Ever-Ready” batteries, always switched on, fired up and ready to go. And when we struggle to keep up or maintain the pace, a sense of shame or guilt descends, we berate ourselves and question what is wrong with us. 

But the truth is… We women are NOT designed to work that way.  

We are cyclical beings, designed to operate within our cyclical design and when we don’t… that’s when things go ary.

We are not taught to live within our cyclical design.

Right now, here in the Northern Hemisphere, we are in the outer season of Winter. The most Yin time of the year. Connected to the feminine qualities of drawing inward, of hibernation, of deep rest and restoration. A time that naturally draws us into a healing cocoon.

Our modern world DOESN’T teach us to honour the cycle of these seasons; nor does it teach us to live within our cyclical design. 

Learning to “Live Cyclically” is about learning to live in a way that honours your natural rhythms, needs and desires in the outer seasons of Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter; And the inner seasons of your menstrual, hormonal and fertility cycles.

It’s about learning to say NO to the patriarchal pace that celebrates endless productivity and achievement and to instead learning to say YES to yourself. 

Letting go of the sense of shame or of feeling “weak” because you can’t “keep up”. A shame that only exists because of the patriarchal pace. 

There is NO SHAME in taking time to rest.

The Patriarchal pace celebrates achievement.

What if your greatest achievement today was to take a nap?

How does that feel in your body? 

What emotions does it provoke?

This is an interesting exploration if you are open to it.

We prepare for each season in the season before it.

In the holistic teachings of East Asian Medicine we learn that “we prepare for each season in the season before it” and when we honour our “Winter” seasons (both outer and inner) we prepare ourselves for the coming of “Spring”.

When I first started to learn about the menstrual cycle (at almost 40… Go figure) I had been experiencing yet another burnout and was searching for answers. When my teacher at the time said “women try to stay in a perpetual spring/ summer that inevitably leads to burnout“, my ears pricked up and I knew this was something I needed to listen to.

I understood so completely that she meant we try to maintain this “ever-ready” energy without resting in the “Winter” before it. But the truth was I had no clue what it was to honour “Winter” in any cycle let alone the menstrual, hormonal cycle. I celebrated my ability to push through and get the job done no matter what the cost. The result of that however, was debilitating anxiety, depletion and burnout. 

Resting in Winter prepares us for Spring.

5 element theory teaches us that “Winter” (again outer and inner) is the season connected to the Water element. The organs of the Water element are the kidneys and the urinary bladder. The kidneys are connected to our energy production and our longevity (our ability to live long and well).

When we honour our need to sleep more, to NOT be as social as we might usually be, to spend time alone, to take a nourishing bath and honour our natural desire to draw in… We nourish our Water element. And in doing so we nourish our kidneys, restoring and replenishing our energy and vitality and preparing ourselves for the productivity of “Spring”. Which let’s be honest is much needed; We are no good to anyone burnt-out and depleted.

Not resting affects our creativity.

Asian medicine also teaches us that…

“Water is the wellspring from which creativity flows”.

When we take time to rest, we cultivate the space for our creative juices to flow and if we rest enough then come Spring (again… outer and inner) we will have the energy we need to formulate plans to take those new creative ideas forward and bring them to tangible form.

Not resting in Winter impacts our Menstrual Cycle.

On the physical level, stress (resulting from lack of sufficient rest and also remedied through rest) affects the menstrual, hormonal cycle on multiple levels. One of our sex hormones, Progesterone is used to balance the stress hormones when needed — Aka when we are stressed.

Progesterone also keeps its sister sex hormone Oestrogen in check. These two support and balance each other. When Progesterone is used to support our stress hormones, Oestrogen goes into excess which can cause irregular periods, increased PMS, breast tenderness, fatigue, weight gain, headaches, hair loss, depression plus much more.

In 5 element theory, many of these symptoms link to deficient Wood. We say when an element is deficient, we look to the Mother in the creation cycle, to nourish its child. The Mother of the Wood element is Water and so this cycle story continues….

All great reasons to REST more! 

Practice GUILT FREE Hibernation.

So take time this Winter my love, to practice “GUILT FREE Hibernation”. 

Spend that extra hour in bed. 

Take that afternoon nap. 

Run that bath. 

Or whatever your body calls for you to do.

The creations wanting to be birthed through you will be forever thankful as will your amazing body, your health, your menstrual, hormonal wellness, your family, your friends, your community, your clients and really… Every aspect of your life.

When we say YES to ourselves, we say YES to something so much bigger than ourselves… This is a reclamation of our true nature, our cyclical design and our connection to the great Mother! 

It’s time my love. 

Happy Wintering! 

Love,

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We don’t realise how much we hold in our wombs & pelvic bowls until we are so weighed down with emotions, trauma & grief that we can’t ignore the heaviness we feel.

It can feel like you’re going round in circles & can’t see our path forward. Your menstrual cycles may be disrupted or perhaps you sense a heaviness or stagnation in your pelvic bowl.

Liberating these emotions, trauma & grief to restore balance to your bowl & your cycle is the deep journey of Somatic Womb Work. Learn more…

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How do you hold yourself through change?

Life is an ever moving flow of change. As much as we might want it, nothing EVER stays the same. But… Who are you in the face of transition? How do you hold yourself through change?

This morning I taught a yoga class in which this very point came up. I could see my students rushing to the next posture… Losing their breath… Their balance… Their centre.

They were so focused on getting to their “peak” pose they completely lost themselves in the transition.

The truth is the transition is EQUALLY as important as the destination.

The truth is the transition is EQUALLY as important as the destination… Both in yoga and in life.

As someone who has moved through countless transitions and is, right now, navigating another big life change, I know this deeply.

What I’ve come to learn is that these are the times we must really lean into our practices and tools to support us as we move through these changes.

Rather than losing your footing, can you hold yourself in grace?

So that rather than losing our footing, we can hold ourselves in grace.

Rather wobbling in Maiden, we stand grounded in Queen Mother.

This is the work I love to support my clients with:

1) – Navigating through these unending transitions we experience both in life and in business.

2) – Doing so with grace and ease.

Letting go of the wobble so that you can stand powerfully in your Queen energy.

This is the work we are doing in all of my offerings and containers.

Letting go of the wobble energy so that you can stand powerfully in your Queen Frequency.

If you have been desiring to be held and supported through the transition you are currently moving through then get in touch or book a session via my website.

“The ONLY constant in life is change”

“The ONLY constant in life is change”

Im sure you have heard this well known phrase but the question is…

Who are you in transition?

Life is not a race.

Can you slow down?

Can you breathe deeply and move with grace?

If you are ready to hold yourself be sure to access my free Mini Guide to hold your Yourself in that grounded rooted graceful energy.

If you need support, reach out, I’m here.

Much love,
Niamh x

In my somatic, trauma-informed coaching sessions, we don’t work with the mind to unravel and answer the questions on your heart, the questions that keep you going round in circles caught in ground hog day and unable to move forward. We instead drop into the body and move from there.

The body is wise. It is intelligent and it holds all the answers you need when you take the time to drop in and ask. This can feel easier when someone holds the space for you to dive in. This is my role. To hold space for you to drop into the wisdom of your body and ask the powerful questions that will lead you to your own answers. 

Feeling stuck and wanting clarity and direction?

To book a session, see the button below.

How do you hold yourself through change?

Life is an ever moving flow of change. As much as we might want it, nothing EVER stays the same. But… Who are you in the face of transition? How do you hold yourself through change?

This morning I taught a yoga class in which this very point came up. I could see my students rushing to the next posture… Losing their breath… Their balance… Their centre.

They were so focused on getting to their “peak” pose they completely lost themselves in the transition.

The truth is the transition is EQUALLY as important as the destination.

The truth is the transition is EQUALLY as important as the destination… Both in yoga and in life.

As someone who has moved through countless transitions and is, right now, navigating another big life change, I know this deeply.

What I’ve come to learn is that these are the times we must really lean into our practices and tools to support us as we move through these changes.

Rather than losing your footing, can you hold yourself in grace?

So that rather than losing our footing, we can hold ourselves in grace.

Rather wobbling in Maiden, we stand grounded in Queen Mother.

This is the work I love to support my clients with:

1) – Navigating through these unending transitions we experience both in life and in business.

2) – Doing so with grace and ease.

Letting go of the wobble so that you can stand powerfully in your Queen energy.

This is the work we are doing in all of my offerings and containers.

Letting go of the wobble energy so that you can stand powerfully in your Queen Frequency.

If you have been desiring to be held and supported through the transition you are currently moving through then get in touch or book a session via my website.

“The ONLY constant in life is change”

“The ONLY constant in life is change”

Im sure you have heard this well known phrase but the question is…

Who are you in transition?

Life is not a race.

Can you slow down?

Can you breathe deeply and move with grace?

If you are ready to hold yourself be sure to access my free Mini Guide to hold your Yourself in that grounded rooted graceful energy.

If you need support, reach out, I’m here.

Much love,
Niamh x

In my somatic, trauma-informed coaching sessions, we don’t work with the mind to unravel and answer the questions on your heart, the questions that keep you going round in circles caught in ground hog day and unable to move forward. We instead drop into the body and move from there.

The body is wise. It is intelligent and it holds all the answers you need when you take the time to drop in and ask. This can feel easier when someone holds the space for you to dive in. This is my role. To hold space for you to drop into the wisdom of your body and ask the powerful questions that will lead you to your own answers. 

Feeling stuck and wanting clarity and direction?

To book a session, see the button below.

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What is feminine embodiment?

This is a question I often get asked. And although there are many flavours to Feminine Embodiment for me it is not a one time event or one and done thing.

It is a journey.

It is the “archetypal” rite of passage from Maiden to Mother to Queen. From immature woman to mature feminine being.

The journey to becoming the woman you were truly born to be… Confident, empowered, radiant, magnetic. Truly knowing yourself at your core and radiating your inner power to all.

For the past few years both consciously and unconsciously, I have been knee deep in this journey and what I have discovered is this was never supposed to be done in isolation.

– YOU WERE NEVER MEANT TO DO THIS ALONE.

You were always supposed to be held and supported on this journey. To have other women and community to show you the way and hold you in your growth, your expansion and into your maturity.

In Maiden, we fear, we doubt, we avoid and stay stuck. In Mother, we are strong, self-assured, confidently moving forward and taking action.

Maiden to Mother is NOT a path to be taken alone.

This path has many twists and valleys. It’s not one to be taken lightly and NEVER alone.

For we women, we mature best in community!

In truth, how can we truly know ourselves in isolation? How can you master being in the world and becoming the fullness of who we truly are while all alone?

Making change can feel so scary.

I’ve been blessed to be given a new position in an amazing Soulful business and community.

I was so scared to create this kind of change in my life. A life that for many years has been led in isolation. But I kept leaning into the wisdom of my inner Mother, allowing her to pacify my fearful, doubtful, scared inner Maiden. Working with the fear my body was presenting to me to reveal the truth that lay beneath it.

And the truth is, I’ve been calling this in for quite some time now.

Calling in community, connection, deeper growth and expansion. Really willing it forward into my life knowing that… I wasn’t being supported in the way I needed through the isolation of working solely online and spending a lot of time alone.

I didn’t know how or if or when the universe would deliver this desire to me but deliver it, it has and in the most divine way… when I allowed my inner “Mother” to lead.

You are here to be held and supported on this journey.

I was NEVER meant to go on this journey alone or in isolation. And neither are you.

WE were never meant to do this alone. We were always supposed to be held and supported. To have other women and community to show us the way and hold us in our growth and into our maturity. Holding us on this journey as we learn to embody the fullness of who we are, our most powerful aspect… Our “Mature Feminine” selves.

This for me is the very essence and true meaning of “Feminine Embodiment” — Embodying the woman you were born to be.

And this is the work I love to support women with. To hold space for you to step into your mature feminine self, truly knowing yourself and moving through the world in Mother and Queen.

And this is the very intentional and powerful work we are doing in my ‘Feminine Embodiment’ Coaching Sessions.

If you want to be held on your journey to embody your inner Mother, embodying your Mature Feminine, Your Queen…. I’m here for you.

Book a session via this link Or via the image below.

You were never meant to go through this alone…. Let’s go there together.

Much love,

Niamh x

What is feminine embodiment?

This is a question I often get asked; And although there are many flavours to Feminine Embodiment for me it is not a one time event or one and done thing.

It is a journey.

It is the “archetypal” rite of passage from Maiden to Mother to Queen. From immature woman to mature feminine being.

The journey to becoming the woman you were truly born to be… Confident, empowered, radiant, magnetic. Truly knowing yourself at your core and radiating your inner power to all.

For the past few years both consciously and unconsciously, I have been knee deep in this journey and what I have discovered is this was never supposed to be done in isolation.

– YOU WERE NEVER MEANT TO DO THIS ALONE.

You were always supposed to be held and supported on this journey. To have other women and community to show you the way and hold you in your growth, your expansion and into your maturity.

In Maiden, we fear, we doubt, we avoid and stay stuck. In Mother, we are strong, self-assured, confidently moving forward and taking action.

Maiden to Mother is NOT a path to be taken alone.

This path has many twists and valleys. It’s not one to be taken lightly and NEVER alone.

For we women, we mature best in community!

In truth, how can we truly know ourselves in isolation? How can you master being in the world and becoming the fullness of who we truly are while all alone?

Making change can feel so scary.

I’ve been blessed to be given a new position in an amazing Soulful business and community.

I was so scared to create this kind of change in my life. A life that for many years has been led in isolation. But I kept leaning into the wisdom of my inner Mother, allowing her to pacify my fearful, doubtful, scared inner Maiden. Working with the fear my body was presenting to me to reveal the truth that lay beneath it.

And the truth is, I’ve been calling this in for quite some time now.

Calling in community, connection, deeper growth and expansion. Really willing it forward into my life knowing that… I wasn’t being supported in the way I needed through the isolation of working solely online and spending a lot of time alone.

I didn’t know how or if or when the universe would deliver this desire to me but deliver it, it has and in the most divine way… when I allowed my inner “Mother” to lead.

You are here to be held and supported on this journey.

I was NEVER meant to go on this journey alone or in isolation. And neither are you.

WE were never meant to do this alone. We were always supposed to be held and supported. To have other women and community to show us the way and hold us in our growth and into our maturity. Holding us on this journey as we learn to embody the fullness of who we are, our most powerful aspect… Our “Mature Feminine” selves.

This for me is the very essence and true meaning of “Feminine Embodiment” — Embodying the woman you were born to be.

And this is the work I love to support women with. To hold space for you to step into your mature feminine self, truly knowing yourself and moving through the world in Mother and Queen.

And this is the very intentional and powerful work we are doing in my ‘Feminine Embodiment’ Coaching Sessions.

If you want to be held on your journey to embody your inner Mother, embodying your Mature Feminine, Your Queen…. I’m here for you.

Book a session via the image below.

You were never meant to go through this alone…. Let’s go there together.

Much love,

Niamh x

Read More Here:

• Learn to honour the season you are in.
• Is your procrastination actually just your invitation to take a sacred pause?
• How to show up more fully in your conscious business.