My first weekend away studying with the School of Shamanic Womancraft involved making a frame drum. Sounds reasonably simple, I mean how complex or profound could this really be? VERY! Making my drum taught me so much, on so many levels. It was a life changing experience. As my teacher and friend Talulah Gough from Making Sacred describes it…. “To make a Medicine Drum is to birth a sacred healing tool, connecting the body, spirit and...

Prenatal Yoga – why is it SO amazing! Why should you do it…? I LOVE teaching prenatal yoga, seriously LOVE LOVE LOVE it!! I love everything related to pregnancy birth and motherhood! The LifePod, my business, was born as my son was born 8 years ago, what a gift he brought to me! I was, back then, an actor, and in many ways still am, however I am now working as a Doula, calmbirth educator, spiritual coach, prenatal yoga teacher, and a...

Go from chaos to peace, stress to joy, anger to love xx There are many times through each day that I come up against my FEAR based egoic mind, it is strong, powerful and seductive! It can easily take over and begin to steer my ship, directing my course, and taking me to a place called ‘CRAZY TOWN’. Sound familiar? It’s a sneaky thing, it creeps up and then BAM….I’m lost in a whirlwind of crazy thinking, feeling...

Something that I’ve contemplated for a long time… So, how do we do that? How do we keep our lives simple when there’s so much going on, I mean seriously, what’s involved in a typical day? All the activities involved in getting out the door…work, relationships, children, family, running a house, making dinner, shopping for dinner, school lunches, driving in traffic, making time to exercise, pick up kids, washing the...

4 easy steps to happiness   It’s simple really, happiness is in every moment as long as you’re in it!  So many of us are so busy, on the go, climbing the ladder, getting ‘stuff’ done, making money, spending money, buying our happiness, downloading our happiness, planning our future, analysing our past, and striving for that next thing. I’m guilty, 100%, and I’m also done with the pressure!...

As mothers day approaches I reflect on what being a mother means to me….. I was interviewed last year be Claire Obeid from The Wellness Project on motherhood. Here’s what I had to say then, and still feel exactly the same way! What does motherhood mean to you? The first feeling that bubbles up when I ask myself this question is… LOVE. Motherhood has meant many, many things but the biggest, most expansive part of growing into a...