The wisdom & power of the menstrual cycle with Alexandra Pope

Lovely interview online here with Alexandra Pope, on the wisdom and power of the menstrual cycle. I really recommend her work, its deeply nourishing and restorative on the physical, emotional and spiritual levels. Really worth a listen.

Based on the deep intelligence of the cycle and the power of the Feminine, join us for this conversation and become one of the growing number of women waking up to the secret powers of the menstrual cycle; and using that knowledge not only to heal their bodies and release their full creative potential, but also to have transformative spiritual experiences. In this interview with Alexandra you’ll learn about your natural power times for such things as

- Motivation and high productivity
- Insight and asserting yourself
- Visioning and inspiration
- Blissful surrender and being filled with love.

Endometriosis & Diet

This evening, Weds 7th March, Dian Shepperson Mills will give a talk on healing endometriosis through nutrition. The talk will take place in London, but will be broadcast online via the Nutricentre website.

You can watch Dian’s talk live online from 7pm-8pm. It will also be available to watch on the website any time after the broadcast.

Dian Shepperson Mills is a clinical nutritionist, the founder and lead nutritionist of the Endometriosis and Fertility Clinic. You can find out more about her here. 

She is also the author of a very popular book on choosing the right diet for endometriosis: Endometriosis: A Key to Healing through Nutrition

Endometriosis Information Day | Saturday 10th March 2012 | 2-5pm

Maya Massage in Daily Mirror 6th Feb 2012

Its great to see Maya Abdominal Therapy or Maya Massage reaching the news. Its benefits for fertility and conception support are not well known yet this side of the Atlantic but the word is spreading! Today the focus is on Belfast based beautician Ruth Ellen Logan with a great piece on Maya Massage in the Daily Mirror (6th Feb, 2012). Maria Rafferty, licensed acupuncturist also offers Maya Massage in Belfast.

This amazing treatment is also available in the South of Ireland from Adrienne Egan.(Therapeutic Massage Specialist). Adrienne specialises in Maya Massage or The Arvigo Techniques of Maya Abdominal Therapy, to give it its full title. Adrienne is Dublin based and has trained in the US with Rosita Arvigo, in the UK with abdominal palpation specialist Marty Ryan and is currently working on a year long apprenticeship training with Alexandra Pope.

Please contact Adrienne if you would like to know how Maya Massage can support you or to make an appointment.

Yoga practice to support pelvic health

I’d like to highlight some wonderful Womb Yoga workshops in Ireland this year taught by Uma Dinsmore-Tuli PhD. In Uma’s words:

Womb Yoga is all about reconnecting with the deep blood wisdom of womb cycles throughout the whole of a woman’s life, from pre-menarche to post-menopause.  The practice of Womb Yoga enables us to access the inner guidance of our source wisdom so that we may more readily reside in wellbeing and peace with our experiences as women.

Womb Yoga is a deep and nourishing yoga practice that really supports pelvic health. Uma is in Cork and The Burren in March/April 2012 and back again to the Burren in July. I’d really recommend this work, its a lovely addition to your toolkit for supporting your reproductive system and Uma is a fantastic teacher – you will be in very experienced hands!

Dates for Uma’s workshops:

31 March – 1 April | Womb Yoga workshop at Yoga Loft Cork City
13 – 15 April 2012 | Spring Renewal weekend at Burren Yoga
13 – 19 July 2012 | Women’s Yoga Week at Burren Yoga

Endometriosis Support Group Meeting | Saturday 4th Feb 2012

The next Endometriosis Association of Ireland support meeting will be on
Saturday 4th February 2012,  @ 2pm
at the Clubhouse Hotel, Patrick Street, Kilkenny

http://www.clubhousehotel.com/

*** Endo sufferers – Partners – Family – Friends ***
ALL are WELCOME!

Inquiries to info@endo.ie, or by phone or text to 086-3203855
Updates will be posted on twitter and facebook:
twitter.com/endo_ireland
www.facebook.com/EndoIreland

Give yourself the best chance of conceiving

Did you know that it takes 3 months for an egg and sperm to mature? That’s 12 weeks of egg development by our bodies before they are ready for that fertility window. We should of course be cultivating a healthy diet and lifestyle if thinking of conceiving but to ensure an optimum healthy egg and sperm at least three months of concerted effort can really give yourself and your partner and your potential child a great start.

So what can you do to achieve this?

Having a three month programme of Maya Abdominal Therapy, for both the man and the woman can ensure that your pelvic health and the health of the egg and sperm are optimum.  Treatment would consist of a three month programme of maya massages. You will also be taught a self care massage to continue at home to maximise the benefits between the treatments. You will also be given diet and lifestyle advice and other home care strategies that can really enhance the process.

Maya Abdominal Therapy is such a great foundation to enhance the health and success of the concious conception process.

Maya Abdominal Therapy is just as beneficial for those undergoing assisted conception (such as IVF) as well as those who are trying to conceive naturally.

Marty Ryan & Love Your Guts Seminars

I am very excited to share that I will be studying with Marty Ryan, LMP of the ‘Love Your Guts Seminars‘ in London over the next few days. He does not come to Europe often so its a great chance to work with a belly massage master! We are covering:

• Palpation and Assessment of the Abdominal Viscera
• Clinical Applications Intensive
• Manual Therapy Applications to Abdominal Surgery

ABOUT MARTY RYAN, LMP
Marty has taught belly massage and palpatory anatomy seminars across the US since 1998. Marty also served on the faculty of the Seattle Massage School and the Northwest Institute of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. Marty currently directs the massage therapy department at the Tummy Temple in Seattle, WA, where he maintains his bodywork practice, mentors massage therapists, and outreaches to the community of health care providers in the Puget Sound area about the therapeutic benefits of abdominal bodywork.

You can watch Marty in action on You Tube

Arvigo Techniques of Maya Abdominal Therapy on Rollercoaster.ie

Great to see more coverage of the the Arvigo techniques of Maya Abdominal Therapy in Irish media channels. There is a new piece on www.rollercoaster.ie in their section on ‘increase your chances of conceiving’. This piece is written by Maria Rafferty (we trained together) who has her practice in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Have a read of the rollercoaster.ie article here and how it can be supportive to those on the fertility journey.

Another nice piece to camera from the CNY Healing Arts centre on Maya Therapy (Massage)

Another nice piece to camera from the CNY Healing Arts centre in the US. Listen to Erika Lutwin, Licensed Massage Therapist, at CNY Healing Arts Center talk about Maya Abdominal Massage and how it can be utilized to assist with correcting the position of the uterus prior to beginning fertility treatments.