Podcast appearances and mentions of uma dinsmore tuli

Hjertelig velkommen til en praksisepisode med en meditasjon for kvinner. Meditasjonen varer ca 15 minutter, men jeg har mye på hjertet i etterkant av meditasjonen, så derfor viser tiden godt over 25 minutter.Hvorfor har vi egne praksiser for kvinner? Akkurat i denne meditasjonen er det en del av praksis å kontakte vår Yoni, område som ligger nederst i kroppen og som relaterer til alle delene som gjør en kvinne til kvinne. Vit at selvom du er født uten en av disse delene eller noe er operert bort kan du likevel gjøre praksisen og få godt utbytte av den.Hvorfor ha egne yogakurs for kvinner? Det å ta opp tematikk som berører deg pga kjønnet ditt og relatere det til både praksis på matta og hverdagslivet er grunnen min til å ha ene yogakurs for kvinner. Det gir oss anledning til å gå inn i:-tilpasse praksis på matta etter hvor i syklus du er-anerkjenne viktige overganger i livet, som å bli mamma, å bli tenåringsmamma eller gå gjennom overgangsalderen-gå inn i forskjellige livsfaser kvinner går igjennom, hva som skjer i kroppen hormonellt-verdien av å hvile, jevnt over trenger kvinner en påminnelse om viktigheten av å prioritere hvile og derfor er tema på alle yogahelgene og yogaferiene for kvinner nettopp det:HVILE -alt vi vinner ved å la væreYogaferie for kvinner til Kanariøyene i november, tidlig ute rabatt nå ut marsBåde yogaferien og yogahelgene er åpne for deg som er helt ny til yoga og deg med mer yogaerfaring. En spesiell invitasjon her til deg som er nysgjerrig på yoga, men ikke har fulgt kurs før. Kom å test det ut sammen med Silje fra Anahata Yoga og Siw Aduvill som har skrevet boka: Hvile -alt vi vinner ved å la være.Yogahelg for kvinner i Kirkenes i septemberYogahelg for kvinner på Søsetra i oktoberYogahelg for kvinner på Søsetra i januarMeditasjonen i denne episoden er inspirert av en av Uma Dinsmore-Tuli sine livmor velsignelser i boka: Yoni Shakti

As many of you will know, Uma Dinsmore Tuli has been a powerful force for good in many fields for decades, including Yoga, Menstruality, and women's health. She describes herself as a writer, an educator, a Hyperactive Yoginī, a mother of three and a devotee to the Dark Mother. Today we chat about the cycles that guide Uma's life, from the planets, to the moon, to her early relationship with her cycle and how it led her to develop Womb Yoga and write the best known of her six books, Yoni Shakti, a feminist retelling of yoga. All the way to Uma's menopause process, which happened during the crucible of Covid and being silenced due to a legal battle, and the unstoppable flow of creativity power it awakened within her. The golden thread we track throughout the conversation is how we can experience our blood, our orgasms, our pregnancy and pregnancy losses, our lactation, and our menopause as extraordinary portals to power, but only if we're conscious of them, and if we respect them. We explore:What happened when Uma showed up to her yoga sessions, as a new mother, with a postpartum body, how the practices - as they were being taught - didn't meet the needs of her bleeding, lactating and how this inspired her to write the book that she needed: Yoni Shakti. The healing power of circling as women as a radical act of resistance to patriarchal and colonial oppression, and as a pathway to recultivating our trust in each other.Why we need to decolonise our sleep - as a way to recover our menstrual and menopause health - which is one of the reasons why Uma wrote her new book, Nidra Shakti: the Power of Rest - an illustrated, decolonial encyclopedia of Yoga Nidra. ---Receive Red School's free video training: Love Your Cycle, Discover the Power of Menstrual Cycle Awareness to Revolutionise Your Life - www.redschool.net/love---The Menstruality Podcast is hosted by Red School. We love hearing from you. To contact us, email info@redschool.net---Social media:Red School: @redschool - https://www.instagram.com/red.schoolSophie Jane Hardy: @sophie.jane.hardy - https://www.instagram.com/sophie.jane.hardyUma Dinsmore Tuli: @umadinsmoretuli - https://www.instagram.com/umadinsmoretuli

Dans cet épisode, j'ai le plaisir d'accueillir Philippe Beer-Gabel, figure emblématique du Yoga Nidra. Initialement musicien, Philippe est un spécialiste du Yin yoga et du yoga nidra et a eu la chance de se former auprès de grande figures internationales telles que Bernie Clark et Uma Dinsmore Tuli. Nous plongerons ensemble dans son parcours unique, marqué par son exploration de la pratique du Yoga Nidra et ses réflexions sur le parcours d'enseignant.Philippe partage également des conseils précieux à destination des jeunes professeurs qui souhaitent se lancer ou approfondir leur enseignement. Enfin, nous discutons de son approche musicale du Yoga Nidra et de la manière dont le son et la vibration enrichissent cette pratique.Un échange inspirant et plein de sagesse, à ne pas manquer ! Si tu souhaites retrouver Philippe lors d'une formation, tu trouveras toutes les informations juste ici : https://beer-gabel.com/Psss, on me dit dans l'oreillette que la liste d'attente pour INSPIRE TON YIN

Welcome back to the in-between state. This practice is in the structure taught and recommended by Uma Dinsmore-Tuli, whom is a constant reference point for me in the creation of healing, gentle yoga nidra practices. You can learn more about her here: https://www.yoganidranetwork.org/. This practice is intended to support healing and release the effects of stress on your bodymind. In it, we explore the Hamsa mantra, among other techniques. The word Hamsa translates to "swan" in Sanskrit, and in yoga, it also refers to the breath. The mantra's two syllables, ham and sa, represent the breath's in-breath and out-breath, as well as the life force's ascending and descending currents. The mantra is thought to open a doorway to the experience that that we are identical to the Absolute, or transcendental Self, and the great Life of the cosmos. May this practice contribute to your life in a postive way. Much love, Phoebe ~ Words: Phoebe Boonkerd Voice: Phoebe Boonkerd Cover art: by Penabranca (https://www.penabranca.art/) If you have benefitted from this podcast and would like to make a donation, please do so at paypal.me/theyoganidraproject. Your contributions help to keep this podcast ad-free and helps me with the cost of recording studio time and other resources that help to improve the Yoga Nidra Project offering. It is my goal to keep this podcast freely available and ad-free, so your generosity helps me to stay true to this vision.

We are joined by ⁠Uma Dinsmore-Tuli⁠, a leading expert in yoga therapy and women's health. Uma's journey with yoga began in 1969 at just four years old, and she has since become a renowned figure in the field, teaching since 1994 and authoring four influential books. In this episode, we cover a range of topics that are essential for mothers and women in general: Womb Reconnection: Uma shares the importance of reconnecting with the womb space as a source of profound wisdom and intuition. Mother-Centered Community: We discuss how modern motherhood has shifted away from communal support systems. Uma emphasizes the need to rebuild mother-centered communities that honor and support women's transitions. Signs of Exhaustion: Recognizing the signs of physical, emotional, and spiritual exhaustion and how to nourish the mother back to full health. Yoga Nidra and Quality Rest: She explains how this practice can be a powerful tool for mothers to recharge and reclaim their energy. Rising to Support One Another: We explore how women can rise to support one another. In addition to these insights, Uma's extensive knowledge on yoga therapy for women's health is highlighted through her books, including Yoni Shakti, Yoga Nidra Made Easy, and Nidra Shakti: An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Yoga Nidra. Her work is supported by certifications from the International Association of Yoga Therapists and diplomas from the Yoga Biomedical Trust and Mukunda Stiles, blending traditional teachings with contemporary insights. Uma has also created a library of free Yoga Nidra recordings available to support and deepen your practice (See below) *Join the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠'⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Nourished Mother' ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠package* Resources: Free Yoga Nidra Recordings: ⁠Yoga Nidra Made Easy⁠ Uma's Books: ⁠Books by Uma Dinsmore-Tuli⁠ A Mother's Breath Book: ⁠A Mother's Breath - Kindle Edition⁠ ⁠Instagram⁠ & Patreon Connect with Danielle (Host): Book: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Reclaiming Circle - A guide to hosting women's circles⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Online Women's Circle: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠RSVP⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Podcast Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@depthsofmotherhood⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.Danielle-Catherine.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Depthsofmotherhood@protonmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Sponsor: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Evolving Humans⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

In this episode, I was both privileged to sit with, and deeply inspired by, my guest, Uma Dinsmore-Tuli, PhD. Uma is the author of Yoni Shakti, as well as many other books, and her work, along with Vicki Noble's, set something alight in me. As I read her book, I saw written in plain and clear language what my body-heart-mind had always known: there is a feminine source-point for yoga that is the key or code to understanding the truth of the practice. Uma helps me to unpack this awareness, and she and I cover many topics that are challenging but, hopefully, ultimately liberating. We do touch on some sensitive subjects, so be prepared for a big conversation. In this episode, we talk about: How yoga has changed since Uma met (and fell in love with!) yoga in the 60s The abuse of power within largely patriarchal, commercially-driven yoga lineages The "yoga industrial complex" Why Uma no longer refers to herself as a yoga teacher How women can meet yoga as cyclical beings (menstruation, pregnancy, postpartum, menopause), and how we can all get more out of our yoga practice (hint: it involves more rest!) The natural siddhis and altered states of the feminine experience and how yoga seeks to emulate them The exploitation of yoga teachers in the current, unsustainable studio-based business model Yoga Nidra beyond its commercial trademarks - as a practice that is perhaps as old as humanity and found (in some form) across multiple indigenous cultures Uma's new book, Nidra Shakti, and her process of writing and researching How Uma's Celtic roots manifest in her yoga practice How Uma developed Womb Yoga The importance of education and community (sangha) in breaking through the barriers to collective healing and empowerment And so much more...!! Throughout this episode, Uma advocates for a holistic, inclusive, therapeutic approach to yoga that honours the body's natural cycles and supports collective healing. This podcast provides an in-depth exploration of yoga's commercialisation, the importance of reclaiming indigenous and feminine cyclical wisdom, and the empowerment of women through respectful and individualised yoga practices (and a lot more rest!). I cannot wait to share Uma's body of wisdom with you!   About Uma Dinsmore-Tuli: Uma Dinsmore-Tuli inspires tired humans to restore rhythmic cycles of health through rest. She shares simple tools and yoga therapeutic techniques to recover health and reconnect to embodied wisdom. Uma met yoga in 1969, at the age of four, and fell in love. She's been practising ever since, and teaching yoga since 1994. A yoga therapist with special expertise in yoga therapy for women's health, Uma identifies her teachings as “post-lineage” yoga, rooted in yoga tantra and drawing on a variety of yogic traditions to share deeply nourishing and enlivening practices appropriate for contemporary life. Uma works internationally, sharing yoga retreats, trainings, and empowerments that support the natural arising of prana shakti: the power of life. She trains specialist teachers in Total Yoga Nidra and Yoni Shakti Well Woman Yoga Therapy for menstrual and menopausal health, pregnancy, birth, and postnatal recovery. Uma is also the author of six books: Nidra Shakti: The Power of Rest: An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Yoga Nidra (due for release July 2023) Yoni Shakti: A Woman's Guide to Power and Freedom through Yoga and Tantra (2014/2020) Yoga Nidra Made Easy (2022) The Celtic School of Yoga (2016) Yoga for Pregnancy and Birth (2010) Mother's Breath (2005) Uma is also Co-Founder of Yoga Nidra Network (2011) and the mother of three children. Her practice and teaching respect the cyclical powers of the living earth and honour human life cycles as spiritual initiations (including menarche, conscious menstruation, menopause, birth, and postnatal recovery). Uma's Website: https://umadinsmoretuli.com/ Yoga Nidra Network: https://www.yoganidranetwork.org/ Uma's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/umadinsmoretuli  Online Courses: https://www.yoganidranetwork.org/self-led-learning/    Other references mentioned in this podcast: Vicki Noble: https://www.vickinoble.com/  Motherpeace Tarot: https://motherpeace.com/  Matthew Remski on Ashtanga Yoga Abuse: https://matthewremski.com/wordpress/tag/ashtanga-yoga/  Satyananda Abuse: https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/media-releases/report-satyananda-yoga-ashram-released 

In this episode I interviewed Uma Dinsmore Tuli. Uma fell in love with yoga and yoga nidra at the age of four and has been practicing ever since. She has been teaching since 1994 and training yoga therapists since 1999. An eco-yoga therapist with special expertise in yoga therapy for empowering women's health, she runs retreats internationally, training teachers, and yoga therapists in menstrual health, pre- and postnatal yoga, and in yoga for menopausal health. In 2011, she cofounded the post-lineage, nonhierarchical Yoga Nidra Network. Uma is the author of Yoni Shakti, a Women's Guide to Power and Freedom through Yoga and Tantra. Her other books include The Celtic School of Yoga and the forthcoming Nidra Shakti: An Encyclopedia of Yoga Nidra. She has trained more than 1,000 teachers in Total Yoga Nidra and Yoga for Women, and has shared more than one million Total Yoga Nidra practices in 18 countries.Support the showConnect with Inner Peace Yoga Therapy Email us: info@innerpeaceyogatherapy.com Website Instagram Facebook

Yoga Nidra: wat is het, wat doet het, en waarom zouden we het (nog) meer mogen doen? In deze aflevering nemen Sanne én Janna je mee in de wereld van Yoga Nidra. Dat is er eentje van diepe lagen, dus beschouw dit als deel 1 van een 'deep dive' in deze fijne Yoga vorm.  We beschrijven hoe we zelf in aanraking zijn gekomen met Yoga Nidra en wat het ons brengt. We lichten uit wat 'Yoga Nidra' nou eigenlijk betekent (en hoe je de term wel of niet kan vertalen), hoe het ontstaan is en wat er met je hersenen gebeurd tijdens het beoefenen van deze bijzondere Yogavorm. Ook geven we je een kijkje in wat je kunt verwachten tijdens een Yoga Nidra, wat je al dan niet nodig hebt en vertellen we je of het erg is als je in slaap valt tijdens de practice... ;).  Het doel van Yoga Nidra is meer dan alleen ontspannen, of een geleide meditatie. Het is een spirituele practice die de diepere lagen van je Zijn aanraakt. We hopen je daar in dit eerste deel in te inspireren!  Zelf proberen? Kom het op zondagochtend ervaren bij Yoga Puur Breda of vindt Sanne's Yoga Nidra's op Youtube hieronder.  - Vind Janna op Instagram: @juk.janna - Het boek wat Janna benoemt is 'Yoga Nidra Made Easy' van Uma Dinsmore-Tuli.  Geïnspireerd? Laat het ons weten! Schrijf een review, tag ons in jouw Pure Yoga moment op Instagram en wordt deel van onze online magazine community. Namasté! > Vind Sanne & Yoga Puur Breda op: - Instagram (@yoga_puur_breda) - Youtube (@yogapuurbreda) - Online Magazine (abonneer je hier) - Website (yogapuurbreda.nl)  -  Welkom, bij de podcast van Yoga Puur Breda! Sanne neemt je mee in de wereld van Yoga en Ayurveda, en geeft je inspiratie en inzichten waarbij je dichter bij jezelf komt te staan, met beide benen op de grond.

TW: there is mention of sexual assault in this episode, please take care of yourself and avoid this one if that is a not a topic you can hear about.It was through Nya's determination and following her creative path that inadvertently introduced me to the Moon Phase Goddesses in 2020 (her relationship with them has been much longer - 7 years of research happened before she launched her deck in 2018) I'm so pleased to bring you this episode where we explore her experiences on this challenging and fulfilling adventure, and the creative life she has built.We discuss what brought her to the Moon Phase goddesses and her love of yoga.Nya tells us what happened when she told her parents that she wanted to be an artist and how that unfolded. We discuss the gritty aspects of life that perhaps draw us to explore and discover things that challenge the social constructs. The things that inspire us to ask questions.Nya talks openly about the balance of creative work that's for financial stability and creative work that's a heart call.She shares about the experience of menopause and how that has impacted her approach.It's real, it's raw and it was so inspiring to me so I hope it is for you too.References in conversation:Uma Dinsmore Tuli - https://www.instagram.com/umadinsmoretuli/ Laura Amazzone - https://www.lauraamazzone.com Books: Yogini: Unfolding the Goddess within - Shambhavi ChopraWomen who run with the Wolves - Clarissa Pinkola EstésYantra: The Tantric Symbol of Cosmic Unity -Madhu KhannaGrace and Mercy in Her Wild Hair : Selected Poems to the Mother Goddess - Ramprasad SenNya says:I have some free Yoga Nidra Meditations on Insight Timer https://insighttimer.com/nyapatrinosI have a lot of videos on my YouTube Channel.https://www.youtube.com/user/nyapatrinosFollow the Moon Phase Goddess with me on Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/MoonPhaseGoddess/Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtYogaFusionMy website is www.artyogafusion.com If you are interested in getting my newsletter sign up on my website on message me,For my set decoration work: https://www.nyapatrinos.com Please do get in touch with me with suggestions or comments, I'd love to hear from you at sophie@thefireflycreatrix.comFind me on Instagram@sophiemaliphant@thefireflycreatrixVisit my website thefireflycreatrix.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Summary In this episode, Kimberly and Uma discuss the controversial updated edition of her book “Yoni Shakti” which Kimberly has used all throughout her writing and classes. Uma describes the legal battle she faced from the yoga industry when she wrote about all kinds of abuses happening in certain yoga schools. They discuss how yoga technologies which stabilize and help us understand our nervous systems have been co-opted by commercialization, creating much harm for practitioners, and taking away our intuition. They share how perimenopausal and menopausal women have a role to play in speaking out against systems of oppression and abuse as well as how intergenerational circles can enable all of us to make change against failing systems and create liberation for all.   Bio Uma Dinsmore-Tuli PhD is a yoga therapist, yoga teacher trainer and retreat leader with special expertise in women's health, including birth, pre-and post-natal yoga, and yoga for positive menstrual health and fertility. She works internationally, sharing yoga retreats, trainings and empowerments that support the natural arising of prana shakti: the power of life. She trains specialist teachers in Total Yoga Nidra and Yoni Shakti Well Woman Yoga Therapy for menstrual and menopausal health, pregnancy, birth, and postnatal recovery. She is co-founder of the Yoga Nidra Network and has developed Total Yoga Nidra, Wild Nidra, Yoni Nidra and Nidra Shakti: radical creative and intuitive approaches to sharing yoga nidra. You can follow Uma's writings and offerings on her website linked below.   What She Shares: –The cancel campaign against “Yoni Shakti” –Revealing abuses in the yoga industrial complex –Discernment, intuition, and nervous system technologies –Power of crones speaking truth –Yoga for liberation   What You'll Hear: –Cancel campaign against “Yoni Shakti” –Revealing multiple abuses and investigations in yoga schools –Censoring of yoga school abuses in first edition –Uma sued for “defamation” of a guru already in investigation –”Yoni Shakti” back in print –Toxicity of the Yoga Industrial Complex –Turning to yoga after sexual boundary ruptures –Yoga technologies and nervous system repairs –Politicizing and patriarchal overtaking of yoga –Powerful birth initiations –Discipline and discernment versus control –Entering ethical arrangements with trust, agreement, and discernment –Cultivating intuition and understanding nervous systems –Eradicating individual intuition through prioritizing certain knowledge –Moving beyond legality and consent as baselines for human interaction –Educating potential yogis on abuses of power –Yoga schools and structures not fit for purpose anymore –Deciphering stressful events through perimenopause –Navigating climacteric menopause –Uncontrollable rage speaking on behalf of those without voices –Role of perimenopausal and postmenopausal women to speak up –Intergenerational groups of women –Fierceness and integrity of crones –Commercialized and colonized yoga trying to have maidens forever –What are you willing to risk?   Resources Website: https://umadinsmoretuli.com/ IG: @umadinsmoretuli   

Uma Dinsmore-Tuli co-founder of the Yoga Nidra Network, is a fierce proponent of rest in the form of yoga nidra, founder of the Yoni Shakti movement to end the abuse of women and girls in yoga, and author of many books including the comprehensive Yoni Shakti: a Woman's Guide to Power and Freedom Through Yoga and Tantra which is thankfully available again after a long break.You'll hear How Uma was silenced by people who did not want her to share the truth about  abuse in yogaHow her fierce spirit guided her through dark times, How the clarity, direction and truth seeing of her menopause guided her The self-care and nourishment that saw her throughAn insiders peak into the publishing industry and the reality of a writer's living This is a compelling story of the power of menopause transition to create change for good. You can purchase Yoni Shakti at: https://www.yoganidranetwork.org/yoni-shakti/ Discover the Yoni Shakti movement here:  https://www.yoganidranetwork.org/yoni-shakti-the-movement/ Follow Uma on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yoganidranetwork/Follow Uma of Faceache: https://www.facebook.com/yoganidranetworkIf you enjoyed this episode you may also enjoy more of Uma talking here: https://www.katecodrington.co.uk/inside-menopause-activism-with-uma-dinsmore-tuli/More information about Katehttps://www.katecodrington.co.uk/Instagram @kate_codringtonSecond Spring: the self-care guide to menopause is available from your favourite bookshopMusicTrust Me (instrumental) by RYYZNCreative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / StreamMusic promoted by Audio LibraryArtworkKate's portrait by Lori Fitzdoodles

Leticia Valverdes is a prize-winning photographer whose work starts with deep listening. Published in The Telegraph, The Guardian amongst others, she's also well-known for her community work with indigenous people, especially women and girls. Leticia's commercial work includes personal branding for organisations and heart-led businesses in the UK and Portugal and also documenting retreats and rites of passage.  I particularly wanted to talk to her about the way she uses the process of image-making for healing, especially with mothers and with older women. We explored:How a compassionate gaze might change body imageThe effect of Tictoc and Instagram on the way we see ourselves Play and magical realism in photographyThe mighty power of perimenopause to create changeLeticia's process of connecting with collaborators – more than lookingLeticia's linksWebsite - https://leticiavalverdes.com/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/leticiavalverdes/  Extra linksKimberly Ann Johnson - https://kimberlyannjohnson.com/ Laura Graham on Life An Inside Job with the poem Please F@ck Off - https://www.katecodrington.co.uk/inside-perimenopause-creativity-with-laura-graham/Uma Dinsmore Tuli - https://www.yoganidranetwork.org/ Red School - https://www.redschool.net/ Christopher Gladwell Yoga and Breath - https://www.christophergladwell.com/ Tami Lynn Kent -  https://www.wildfeminine.com/ Helen Hodder pelvic care - https://www.helenhodder.co.uk/about Dominique Sakoilsky doula training- https://www.dominiquesakoilsky.com/Leesa Whisker 'soft eyes' On Life An Inside Job - https://www.katecodrington.co.uk/inside-true-style-with-leesa-whisker/More information about Katehttps://www.katecodrington.co.uk/Instagram @kate_codringtonSecond Spring: the self-care guide to menopause is available from your favourite bookshopMusicTrust Me (instrumental) by RYYZNCreative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / StreamMusic promoted by Audio LibraryArtworkKate's portrait by Lori Fitzdoodles

In this episode we cover :- Women's yoga- Integrating menstrual cycle into business/work life - Awakening sensuality with non linear movement- Cycle tracking in a masculine way vs a feminine way- Sitting with discomfort in the inner autumn- Self care during inner autumn - Cycle awareness in a corporate setting Connect with Fabia here:Instagram - @fabia.adairaWebsite - threerivers.space-----------Connect with me :Instagram - @gina_torres @thisiswomanhoodJoin my facebook group - Trust Your CycleEmail - gina@trustthemovement.com CLICK HERE for my free guide to tracking your menstrual cyclePRACTICE YOGA WITH ME in tune with your menstrual cycle at trustthemovement.com -------Yoni Shakti book by Uma Dinsmore-Tuli

Our guide to the highly sensitive person, or HSP,  is ChaNan Bonser a therapist and healer, and a teacher and trainer based in Mid Wales. She is a highly sensitive person, and for many years has worked with sensitivity within her client base. She recently  developed an online course Self Care for Sensitives, helping folk who are highly sensitive to become more robust and resilient, and to learn how to harness their sensitivity as a super power. We talk about:What does it mean to be a highly sensitive personWhat happens in the energy of a highly sensitive personMicro dosing and expanded statesEnergy states and how to manage your energyPerimenopause and high sensitivityHow to care for yourselfPractical tips to keep yourself wellThe gifts of being highly sensitiveGreat tips for healers and therapistsChaNan's linksWebsite www.chananbonser.comCourse https://courses.chananbonser.com/p/self-care-for-sensitivesKinesiology www.kinesiologywales.com High Sensitive ResourcesMatter and Desire by Andreas Weber pub by Chelsea Green PublishingThe Highly Sensitive Person by  Elaine  Aron pub by ThorsonsHealing Trauma by Peter Levine pub by Sounds TrueQuiet by Susan Cain pub by PenguinElaine Aron's HSP questionaire https://hsperson.com/test/highly-sensitive-test/ Uma Dinsmore- Tuli https://www.yoganidranetwork.org/More information about Katehttps://www.katecodrington.co.uk/Instagram @kate_codringtonSecond Spring: the self-care guide to menopause is available from your favourite bookshopMusicTrust Me (instrumental) by RYYZNCreative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / StreamMusic promoted by Audio LibraryArtworkKate's portrait by Lori Fitzdoodles

Sally began her journey in the health and fitness industry in 1998 after qualifying as a personal trainer and gaining a bachelor in Sport Science in the year 2001. Soon after, she experienced a deep calling to explore a more holistic approach to movement and breath, which led to Sally certifying as a yoga and paranayama teacher, training with Paul Dallaghan and Sri Tiwari at @centered-yoga in Thailand, in addition to studying at K Pattabhi Jois The Ashtanga Yoga Institute in Mysore. From teaching her female students however, Sally could see that if yoga asana and pranayama was applied in a more bespoke manner with regards to the natural womb cycles that most women experience on a regular basis, the application of yoga could be even more profound. This led her to studying for several years in earnest with leader and pioneer in this field; Uma Dinsmore-Tuli, with whom she gained qualifications in Pregnancy and Postnatal Yoga and a Well Woman Yoga Therapy Diploma. Since then, Sally has gone on to train as a Doula with Michele O'Dent and a Pilates teacher with A.P.P.I. (Australian Pilates Physiotherapy and Pilates Institute) and has established her own yoga teacher training school The Sally Parkes Yoga Academy in 2010, training over 1500 yoga teachers to date. Now specializing in solely women's wellness, Sally's academy offers yoga that honours the cycles of menstruation, fertility, pregnancy, postnatal and menopause. Sally is also the author of three books, Yoga; the Modern Essential Guide and The Yoga Healing Handbook, and bestseller The Manual of Yoga Anatomy. She also writes anatomy and physiology based articles for several publications including Om Yoga & Lifestyle, UltraFit and Yoga Magazine to name a few. She is a teacher for movementformodernlife.com and often writes for their blog. Sally now lives in West Sussex, UK, with her two young daughters Bonnie and Rosalie, and teaches yoga and Pilates internationally as well as from home. My key takeaways are: Make time for a daily practice to retrain your brain for a positive start Having strong mental foundations is key for our health Take time off to focus on you You can find Sally on the following: Website: https://www.sallyparkesyoga.com Or her YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@SallyParkesYogaAcademy And Sally can be found on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sallyparkesyoga1 or on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sallyparkeswomensyoga/ or become a member of Sally's Yoga club. https://www.instagram.com/sallyparkesyogaclub/ For support of your Group Fitness journey, join Ann-See's Facebook group, the FitPro Growth Hub, for weekly personal and professional development tips: https://www.facebook.com/groups/fitprogrowthhub/ 

"Horizontal humans cause less harm and become portals of healings." Uma Dinsmore-Tuli, yoga therapist, author of Yoni Shakti and Yoga Nidra Made Easy, eco-feminist, shares her very early journey into yoga for health and passion for womens health the power of rest, Yoga Nidra, with Shira. Uma explains how and why starting yoga therapy with yoga nidra  enhances healing, awareness and growth. She talks about Devi, the Goddess, Shakti as the power of creativity, preservation and destruction, as rest. We touch on politics, patriarchy, capitalistic life as the cornerstone preventing deep rest, honouring the seasons and feminine cycles of sleep, social connection and celebration for enhancing health.  Free Yoga Nidra Cyclical Wisdom   Work With Us: Uma Dinsmore-Tuli Shira Cohen    Other Resources: Yoga for Health with Richard Hittleman Emma Cannon - The Baby-Making Bible Tricia Hersey - The Nap Ministry Yoga Nidra Network

Discover the energizing, healing, and nourishing benefits of practicing yoga nidrā or yogic sleep. In today's episode of the You Can Heal Your Life podcast, you'll hear a chapter from the brand-new audiobook Yoga Nidrā Made Easy by Uma Dinsmore-Tuli and Nirlipta Tuli. In this excerpt Uma and Nirlipta explore the ancient roots of yoga nidrā and how to prepare for your own practice.  You can listen to the full audiobook FREE for 14 days in the Empower You Unlimited Audio App. To download the app today, Apple users visit hayhouse.com/apple and Android users visit hayhouse.com/google.

As we continue to speak about the Moon, I am excited to share this month's podcast episode with my dear friend and menstrual cycle activist Bex Tyrer. This brand new episode speaks about the following topics:As we have just launched our Lunar collection that focuses on the power of the Moon and all its phases, it is an honor to continue the ‘Moon'versations - so to speak - from another angle: menstrual cycle awareness and alignment with the Moon and its phases.Bex has dedicated her life's work to yoga and women's health and focuses on inclusivity, trauma work and social and environmental justice. Bex has been a full time yoga teacher at the Yoga Barn, the largest yoga studio in Asia, since 2009. How yoga is a traditional practice for men that carries much wisdom and also doesn't include women's natural cycles and bodies. Addiction and eating disorders in yoga and how the separation from our cycles and bodies can contribute to a break and separation within ourselves How women's periods are our 5th vital sign and the many different ways periods serve as an indicator of a women's health The function of women's periods, or moon cycles, and what we “give birth to” every month What a normal period actually is and what miraculous things our bodies do every month The follicular and luteal phases and how we can make the most of them What hormones our natural cycles activate and how they work with our brains, hearts and overall health How stress effects our cycles and overall health and the timing of our cycles What men can do to work with the moon phases and natural rhythms of the earth The options women have for menstrual products and how much we actually bleed every month Menopause, Perimenopause and what those phases of women's lives actually entail, with hormonal and period cycle changes How we should be celebrate Menopause and honor this sacred time in a women's life The exciting collaboration between Bex and Ananda Soul and the free offering coming your way What Ananda Soul pieces Bex wears daily The books Box mentioned within the episodes are Yoni Shakti by Uma Dinsmore-Tuli (available here on her website: https://yonishakti.co/resources/yoni-shakti-book) and Wild Power by Alexandra Pope and Shane Hugo Wurlitzer (available here on their website: https://www.redschool.net/wildpower)

Today on the Hay House Meditations Podcast, you'll hear a guided Yoga Nidra meditation from Uma Dinsmore-Tuli and Nirlipta Tuli. Yoga Nidra is the practice of meditating upon falling asleep, and this meditation is specially designed to support your relationship with sleep and rest. Learn how to fall asleep, get back to sleep more easily if you wake up, and enjoy a restful sleep and state of deep relaxation. If you enjoy this meditation, you can listen to Uma and Nirlipta's brand-new audiobook Yoga Nidra Made Easy plus additional yoga nidra meditations FREE for 14 days in the Empower Your Unlimited Audio App. To download now, Apple users visit hayhouse.com/iOS and Android users visit hayhouse.com/android.

Your journey through the cycles of life can be bitter, it can taste like something you didn't want to choose. But how can you change the flavour of your life to allow you to flow through each phase, and especially for women - how can you transition through this time known as 'menopause', with an attitude that allows you to blossom and bloom all over again.   This incredibly insightful conversation with Uma Dinsmore Tuli gives you an idea of what it is to craft your experience of menopause using the wisdom of yoni shakti, to embrace all the learnings that this phase in life offers you,   Tune in to hear real wisdom from a yoga therapist who has been writing about and offering the deep teachings that yogic principles ascribe to draw women deeper into their life experience.   Join her for her Menopause Immersion weekend online retreat staring Friday 25th February. This could be two completely LIFE CHANGING days if you're ready to embrace change. Visit www.thesource.co for more or follow Uma on Instagram @umadinsmoretuli

Yoga Nidra is the practice of meditating upon falling asleep. Learn how to fall asleep, get back to sleep more easily if you wake up, and enjoy a restful sleep and state of deep relaxation at night or in the day. Listen to more meditations from Uma and Nirlipta in the Hay House Unlimited Audio App FREE for 14 days. Try now! Apple: hayhouse.com/iOS or Android: hayhouse.com/android 

This is a deliciously sweary episode, so if explicit language is not your thing, please choose a different interview. But I have to say it's very juicy. Uma Dinsmore Tuli is a force of nature, a yoga therapist with special expertise in women's health, mother of three, and has written four books on yoga for women, including the massive Yoni Shakti now in its fourth printing and updated. Uma is co-founder of the Yoga Nidra Network and has developed Total Yoga Nidra, Wild Nidra and Nidra Shakti: radical creative and intuitive approaches to sharing yoga nidra. More recently she's initiated Yoni Shakti The Movement whose purpose is to Eradicate abuse of women in yoga: take action to reclaim yoga as a tool for planetary healing and justice.  Stitching together our conversation as Uma sewed I asked her about her experience of her menopause so far, about rage and tenderness, about her childhood and of course Yoni Shakti The Movement We talk about:How menopause is stuffed full of opposites – urgency + timelessnessMental health – menopause mood swings from high as a kite to darknessHow we demonise and pathologise these emotionsBeing a menopausal mother to teenage kidsHow nuclear family has been designed to drive women madThe origins of Uma's activism and how it's been part of her life How the menopausal rage would not be silencedHow she instigated the campaign to end the abuse of women and girls in yogaHow Intersectional feminism has enabled her to use her anger for goodUma's self-care for menopauseThe holy combination of tenderness and fierceness as an expression of the deep feminine And of course Uma's top tip for staying unstuck and vibrant inner life.Support and/or get support from  Yoni Shakti The Movement hereOr the Yoni Shaki The Movement Facebook groupVisit Yoga Nidra Network for free nidras and training in 23 different languages Red School for info on menstrual and menopause leadershipSophie Jane Hardy  (nee Mortimer) fabulous organiser and marketing geniusI'd love to hear your thoughts on the topics we discuss, you can message me through Instagram or have a look at my website where you'll find a wealth of free resources.You will find the podcast on Spotify, iTunes and many more platforms soon. It would be wonderful if you would pop over to iTunes to rate and subscribe to Life - An Inside Job to encourage more people to nourish their inner lives.MusicTrust Me (instrumental) by RYYZNCreative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / StreamMusic promoted by Audio LibraryArtworkPortrait by Lori Fitzdoodles

Designed to support your relationship with sleep and rest, this meditation by Uma Dinsmore-Tuli will help you fall asleep, get back to sleep more easily if you wake up, and enjoy a state of deep relaxation. Every day through May 3, join us for a FREE live webinar and Q&A with sleep expert Charlie Morley. Visit hayhouse.com/sleep to sign up for free.

I was delighted to welcome Lettie King to talk to me. Lettie is a Women's Movement Coach and the Founder of PLANET MAMA, a movement hub for pre and postnatal women. She has almost a decade of experience helping individuals and groups maximise their health and wellness. However her journey didn't start here. After leaving Leeds University, she took her degree in History of Art to London and spent the first years of her career working in award winning advertising and marketing agencies. Realising this was not her dream, fast forward to 2021 and she has carved her own successful career working in the health and fitness industry. Completing numerous trainings in Fitness and Yoga as well as a qualification in Sports and Remedial Massage. Before taking specialist training in pre and postnatal movement with Burrell Education and the Uma Dinsmore Tuli. Her fascination with the power of the female body led to the birth of PLANET MAMA which supports women physically and mentally. Physically through fitness and yoga by helping them to feel comfortable and strong in their bodies. Mentally by breaking down taboos and educating new and expectant mums so they can feel empowered. Follow Lettie @planetmamauk, see www.planet-mama.uk to read her blog and download her free ebook. Plus book onto Planet Mama's online studio. We talked about: · Exercise during pregnancy · How to look for a qualified pre-natal trainer · Diastasis recti · How to know when you are ready to start exercising again after birth · What questions to ask at your 6 week check 1. BLOG about questions for 6 weeks check: https://www.planet-mama.co.uk/what-to-ask-at-your-6-week-check-up/ 2. Link to BMJ article about the 6 week check: https://www.bmj.com/content/367/bmj.l6482 3. Research paper on returning to running after having a baby: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335928424_Returning_to_running_postnatal_-_guidelines_for_medical_health_and_fitness_professionals_managing_this_population If you are looking for nutrition information for pregnancy and postpartum, see my website and my best-selling books. If you enjoyed this episode, I'd be delighted if you would give us a 5* rating and leave a review, so other people can find us too. Thank you!

This week we have the author of Yoni Shakti, a Woman's guide to Power and freedom through Yoga and Tantra: Uma Dinsmore-Tuli, PhD. We explore the ideas of yoga nidra, Bhakti yoga, the Mahavidyas, and connecting to the elements no matter where you are or what your background is. To order the new, revised version of book, please visit https://thesource.co/node/97?child=ys. To dive into the practice of yoga nidra, you can find resources here http://www.yoganidranetwork.org. Namaste and blessings! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mantraandmagic/support

In this episode Dawn Lister and Daniel Groom are joined by special guest Uma Dinsmore Tuli to discuss Yoga Nidra for community support, social justice and planetary healing. It's a great listen and designed to inspire us all. Uma was first introduced to yoga at the age of four by her mother and began meditating at nine on a pilgrimage with her maternal grandmother. Yoga and meditation have been part of her daily life ever since. As a naturally curious and enquiring yogini, she has engaged passionately and critically with a variety of quite different schools of yoga, most especially Satyananda Yoga and Iyengar Yoga. After completing the Yoga Biomedical Trust Diploma in Yoga Therapy in 1999, Uma has continued to find the fully integrated approach of yoga therapy to be the most practical route to the healing power of yoga. She further trained in Structural Yoga Therapy and Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy with Mukunda Stiles, and works as a yoga therapist with special expertise in women's health. Uma has a PhD in Communications and is a recognised teacher of the British Wheel of Yoga. She has been a training tutor in Yoga Therapy since 2001 and also teaches British Wheel of Yoga In-service training days. As a mother of three, she has been both personally and professionally engaged with the development of pregnancy yoga, yoga for birth and postnatal recovery, and family yoga, and has been training teachers in this field since 2002, when she first tutored for the Birthlight Trust. Since then she has delighted in creating her own courses to promote excellence of teaching in this field, including Well Woman Yoga and a uniquely responsive Integrated Mother and Baby yoga teacher training. With the intention of widening access to pregnancy and postnatal yoga, she founded Sitaram Yoga with her husband in 1998, and it continues to offer pregnancy and postantal yoga classes in London, including at King's College and St Thomas's hopsitals. The heart of Uma's daily personal and therapeutic practice is yoga nidra, which she believes to be the most powerfully transformative of all yoga techniques. She first encountered the technique at the Satyananda Yoga Centre in 1995, and has been exploring all aspects of it with fascination ever since. She has studied a variety of different approaches to the practice both in India and the UK, with nationally renowned exponents including Swami Muktidharma (Satyananda Acharya, New Zealand), Mukunda Stiles, and Richard Miller. She has refined a range of particularly feminine therapeutic applications of yoga nidra, including its use for the promotion of fertility, positive birthing, postnatal recovery and conscious menstrual health a source of spiritual empowerment. She has taught yoga nidra to hundreds of people, in every conceivable environment, from nursery schools, hospitals and airports, to giant geodesic domes filled with yogis sheltering from wild storms at yoga festivals and gatherings. She has been sharing the technique with teachers from all lineages on Yoga Therapy training courses and retreats since 1999. Uma leads retreats and courses worldwide, sharing the approach to yoga therapy set out in her CDs, DVDs and books: Mother's Breath, Teach Yourself Yoga for Pregnancy and Birth, and Feel Confident: Yoga for Living. Her latest book Yoni Shakti is about the evolution of feminine spiritual authority through yoga and tantra. Uma is currently refining Womb Yoga through a series of international workshops and retreats. https://yonishakti.co/  https://www.yoganidranetwork.org/   https://www.instagram.com/umadinsmoretuli/   ***   From The Heart is a podcast about Yoga, Mindfulness, healing and wellbeing from Dawn Lister and Daniel Groom, founders of Anahata Yoga Centre, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, UK. Conversations in this light hearted, kind and honest podcast series brings together people who have found ways to practise self-care in their lives, by sharing their knowledge, experiences and insights. Anahata is a heart centred and nurturing Wellbeing Studio in Leigh on Sea, Essex. Specialising in Yoga, Pilates, Yoga Therapy and mindful meditation. They offer expert tuition in small groups run by qualified and specialist professionals, who are experts in their field. Many of their teachers offer skills which support members of the public affected by long term health conditions, which may affect them physically, mentally and or emotionally. www.anahatayogacentre.com. Follow Anahata Yoga Centre on on Facebook and Instagram at @anahatayogacentre.  

She has been practicing yoga since 1990 when she was introduced to Integral Yoga as a Physical Education credit as a Freshman in university. After her studies she traveled and lived all over the world, maintaining her own yoga practice and learning from different traditions. The turning point for her was 13 years after her first yoga experience, in Paris studying Integral Yoga once again. This was the moment that her yoga journey moved beyond a physical practice to a deeper exploration of all branches of yoga and I began studying and practicing at Yogaville, Virginia the teachings of Swami Sachidananda. It was during her training as a Pre and Postnatal Yoga teacher with Uma Dinsmore-Tuli that she truly understood that yoga for women is not modifications of the traditional practice. Instead, the true power of women's yoga is guided by the wisdom and energy in the natural female cycle. Delving deeper into these practices she also trained with Uma in Well Woman Yoga Therapy. Her practice follows the wisdom of the hidden voices of traditional yoga, the Mahavidyas, the female wisdom goddesses, grounding them with a sound understanding of female anatomy, pelvic floor function, and hormone health to create a yoga practice that embraces a woman's natural, cyclical power and energy flow. She draw from what she has learned in her studies, including teachings of Tammy Lynn Kent and Alexandra Pope, and training with Francoise Freedman in Fertility Yoga, and Leslie Howard in Pelvic Floor Yoga. She also followed her dharma to create practices centered around Well Woman Yoga Therapy. After all these experiences, Sharon decided to create her own Pre & Post Natal Yoga Teacher Training with EFV Lab, thanks yo her friend Amanda Dates. "Perhaps most of all, my work is empowering women to support other women." It's important for her practice to continue to study all branches of yoga, and all things related to women's pelvic health. Discover her journey with yoga in this episode and to see more it's here : https://sharonbalesyoga.com/

Uma shares openly about an experience of excommunication from a tight-knit spiritual community and how allegations of sexual abuse towards women and children by her former teacher not only forced her to reevaluate her own truths, but also gave her the impetus to step into her sacred feminine power and speak out against the violations. Uma also emphasises the vital importance of rest and sleep for our wellbeing, especially around our menstrual cycles and menopause, and describes yoga nidra as a radical act in a world that revolves around constant action and achievement of results. Uma's gift, "And the Great Mother Said" meditation: https://www.yoganidranetwork.org/mp3/and-great-mother-said-yoga-nidra-0Important websites/FB Groups: Yoni Shakti (Womb Yoga) www.yonishakti.co Yoni Shakti: The Movement: www.yonishaktithemovement.com The Movement Facebook Group: https://web.facebook.com/groups/yonishaktithemovement The Yoga Nidra Network: https://www.yoganidranetwork.orgIf you'd like to interact with the podcast speakers, Emmi and like-minded listeners, you can join us here: https://web.facebook.com/groups/SacredFemininePowerPodcast

Together we can reveal and dismantle the foundations of abusive teaching in Yoga and and restore Yoga as a tool for personal and planetary healing and empowerment! with Uma Dinsmore-Tuli.Support the show

Together we can reveal and dismantle the foundations of abusive teaching in Yoga and and restore Yoga as a tool for personal and planetary healing and empowerment! with Uma Dinsmore-Tuli.Support the show

When I heard that Uma Dinsmore Tuli had created a campaign to eradicate the abuse of women in the yoga world I knew I wanted to talk about this topic, and the related theme of the decolonization of sleep and yoga. This is a dark truth that has existed for a long time.  I'm a firm believer that whenever we meet the shadow the potential for change grows, and this opens a gateway for shadow exhaustion to start lifting from our personal and collective experiences. And, as Uma shares today, if we don't call it out then “nobody's daughters are safe in these places.” I also invited Yoli Maya Yeh, an educator and healer, and a yoga and yoga nidra teacher, working at the intersection of Indigenous Way, Healing Arts and Social Justice, to give us her perspective on the colonization of sleep and yoga for black, brown, Indigenous People of Color. Between these two powerful women, we had an important discussion that I think you'll enjoy and I hope you'll share with others. Anyone who practices yoga nidra knows it can feel like being in a sanctuary and today we talked a lot about this sanctuary – that yoga nidra is a space that often feels soft, and even playful. But we also delved deeper, into the shadow side of sleep and yoga. Both Yoli and Uma asked us to consider whether you are choosing to practice from a place of freedom, where you're at the center, or are you, often unknowingly, allowing a system to take your power? On today's episode, we discuss sleep and the yoga world, acknowledging the colonization of these practices, and explore how to reclaim their essential teachings on healing, justice and freedom.   Key Takeaways How Yoli used sleep and yoga nidra as a big part of her healing from Graves Disease The body is equip with it's own ICU – Intensive Care Unit - and how nidra helps us tap into that power The playfulness and freedom of yoga nidra The origins of nidra are not merely in the South Asian practice Studies in the UK are showing that people are sleeping 40 minutes longer since COVID-19. Why? Because their alarm clocks are not going off How sleep has been colonized and why decolonized sleep leads to a decolonization of  yoga nidra The moment Yoli discovered she was participating in a colonized version of yoga and what she did to put black, brown, indigenous people of color in the center space and teach from there The abuse of women in the yoga world and Uma's Yoni Shakti campaign to call out the harm and call in the help to improve an oppressive system Why it's crucial for yoga nidra teachers to practice yoga nidra, receive ongoing mentorship and not teach people sleep they have not seen The resources for this podcast can be found here: http://daringtorest.com/podcast/39  

How can we reconnect with natural cycles of rest and healing? “We talk about sustainable energy use in buildings, but what about having respect for human energy systems - the energy of life itself - and working out sustainable ways to manage our resources?” ~ Uma Dinsmore-Tuli In this episode Amisha spends time with writer, radical yogini and eco-feminist activist Uma Dinsmore-Tuli. Uma introduces us to her practise of Total Yoga Nidra, and shares what she has discovered about the natural cycles of rest in our human biology, psyche and the world around us. She explains why we must remember to value rest, the importance of dream time and natural awakening for our emotional processing and receiving soul wisdom, why napping has become a radical act, and what might happen if politicians took a nap before every major decision.  Together Uma and Amisha reflect on the importance for women of getting to know their bodies through their menstrual cycle and the cultural shift towards honouring and respecting the wisdom of our bodies. Finally they discuss post-lineage freedom from the disempowering constraints of old hierarchies of yoga teaching - bringing the precious teachings of the yoga traditions into the present moment, and seeking out the common threads of wisdom that underlie delineated structures of yoga practise.

Elisa Reinerio is the creator of Barre and Baby, which runs classes and teacher trainings for mothers, during and after pregnancy. She started dancing at 6 in Italy, and after moving to London as an adult, reignited her passion for dance. When she was pregnant with her first son, she trained in Pregnancy and Postnatal Yoga with Uma Dinsmore-Tuli and Tara Lee. She realised how much she benefited from group dance classes after her second son, and decided to combine her passion for dance and yoga. In this episode, we talked about:  Elisa’s passion for dance, that started when she was 6. Growing from the first class of one person, to classes all over London and running her third Teacher Training to spread Barre and Baby further afield Physical benefits of dance for posture, alignment, support, flexibility and strength Dance as a way to reconnect to, trust and listen to the inner voice Allowing mothers to become the mothers they want to be, and not who they are expected to be The challenges of comparison and perfectionism Conflicting advice and information Supporting mothers to feel free to be who they want to be, in turn gives freedom to the babies to express themselves A safe space for mothers to reconnect with themselves The power of music and dance to express and release emotions and facilitate bonding Biological benefits of babywearing: carrying the baby in an m-shaped position to hold the hips and spine in a good position, stimulating the baby’s sense of balance Dance is for people of all ages Dance is a language, it’s free from restriction. The need to learn to release the pelvic floor muscles, for women who have done a lot of ballet training or other intense physical exercise. Support of the growing body in pregnancy from other areas such as the quadriceps, hamstrings and lower back muscles. Strength grows with the baby. The importance of carrying children for healthy development instead of relying on buggies/ strollers  Teacher Trainings http://barreandbaby.com/teacher-training-2/   Resources: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BarreandBaby/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barreandbaby/ Website: http://barreandbaby.com/

Join Andrew and author Jennifer Dumpert in a lively discussion about Liminal Dreaming, that twilight zone of consciousness between waking and dreaming. Also known as the hypnogogic-hypnopompic state, liminal dreaming is a fascinating state where the boundaries of ego dissolve, and the mind enters a playground of transformation. Watching how the ego falls apart in this unglued state helps us understand how it comes together as we get back online in the waking state – and glue the narrative of our lives back together. The conversation begins with an overview of liminal (“threshold”) states altogether – both psychological and physical — and the revelations that unfold if one can remain lucid to these states. Jennifer discusses how Thomas Edison and Salvador Dali both used these states for creativity, and how anyone can practice liminal dreaming, which is much easier than lucid dreaming. Armed with a few tips, anybody can do it. The conversation turns to the stages of liminal dreaming, emphasizing the autosymbolic (or thought-image amalgamation) stage. Jennifer touts the benefits of developing a “crepuscular culture,” and how much we can learn from non-narrative (non-egoic) states of mind. The discussion turns to how liminal dreaming is connected to bardo tenets, and how dying itself – when one is not fully in this world nor the next – is an extended liminal space. By “surfing the edges of consciousness,” and “playing in the changing froth of perception” now, we can acquaint ourselves with similar states of mind that we will experience when we die. As the poet Kabir said of death, “What is found now is found then.” Liminality, like the bardo principle altogether, has vast applicability. Find out for yourself in this rich conversation! -- Jennifer Dumpert is a San Francisco-based writer, lecturer, and consciousness hacker. She is the author of the recently released Liminal Dreaming: Exploring Consciousness at the Edges of Sleep and the founder of the Oneironauticum, an international organization that explores the phenomenological experience of dreams as a means of experimenting with mind. She also teaches the practice of Liminal Dreaming—surfing the edges of consciousness using hypnagogic and hypnopompic dream states. Jennifer has lectured and led workshops at festivals, conferences, and venues worldwide. She has also authored numerous pieces about various aspects of dream work. You can read selected pieces and watch videos of presentations at Jennifer's website, http://www.urbandreamscape.com. As an active member of the Consciousness Hacking movement, Jennifer has presented at CH SF, CH NYC, and the Transformational Technology conference. She has trained in yoga nidra with Uma Dinsmore-Tuli, of the Yoga Nidra Network, and with Richard Miller, of iRest Yoga Nidra. Jennifer posts a daily dream to Twitter as @OneiroFer, and has been doing so since January, 2009.

Get ready to shake your yoga nidra pompoms! On this episode, Rest Sisters from the Daring to Rest Academy join me to share our key takeaways from The First International Yoga Nidra Conference. We discuss the theme of unity that pervaded the conference despite the different lineages of yoga nidra represented and reflect on what is a feminine approach to yoga nidra, how we express this in Daring to Rest programs, and Uma Dinsmore-Tuli's permission to be ‘wild within the structure' of the practice. I ask about the network versus hierarchy debate posed at the conference, and we offer insight on the idea of post-lineage yoga nidra that allows us to play inside the framework. We delve into Kamini Desai's metaphor around being a container for what is rather than identifying with what comes and goes—and describe how yoga nidra effectively reorganizes our relationship with our emotions. We explored concepts from the many yoga nidra rock star teachers we learned from including Indu Arora's view of yoga nidra as ‘the sleep of realization' and deep truth. Listen in for insight around emphasizing invitation and choice in the language of yoga nidra and learn how each Rest Sister integrated her profound feelings of gratitude, balance and belonging into life after the conference. After you listen, tell us your takeaways in the comments below or on social media.   Key Takeaways The theme of unity and mutual respect at the Kripalu Yoga Nidra Conference How Uma Dinsmore-Tuli offered permission to be ‘wild within the structure' The common thread around entering the sacred space through the breath Why we need more post-lineage yoga nidra (i.e.: network vs. hierarchy) Kamini Desai's metaphor around being the ocean rather than the waves The value of guiding students from timebound to timeless consciousness How yoga nidra effectively reorganizes our relationship with our emotions Uma Dinsmore-Tuli's intro to resources around the history of yoga nidra Molly Birkholm's take on bringing yoga nidra to the corporate workplace The emphasis on invitation + choice in scripts over telling people what to do How each woman experienced reentry to life after the yoga nidra immersion Indu Arora's insight on yoga nidra as the sleep of realization and deep truth   SHOW RESOURCES Daring to Rest Academy Daring to Rest: Reclaim Your Power with Yoga Nidra Rest Meditation by Karen Brody Yoga International's recordings for the First International Yoga Nidra Conference

In this episode of Unravelling, I am talking about my journey to making friends and cultivating a nurturing relationship with my womb… Many years of disconnect, and then the loss of my menstrual bleed meant that my relationship with my womb was somewhat lacking. However, the challenges I have faced have actually been catalyst to come in to a deeper relationship with this part of my body, including training specifically in Womb Yoga last year. In this episode I share... My own journey with hypothalamic amenorrhea, the loss of my period. How I began my womb befriending journey. Some of the simple practices that I found helped me. Two practices you can do today to cultivate a stronger connection to your womb, or womb space if you no longer have a womb. And much, much more! Some of the resources I mention in this episode are… Uma Dinsmore Tuli’s Womb Yoga Rebecca Wilson’s Womb Connection work If you want access to a number of my tools of transformation, including my Befriending Your Womb Meditation Practice, then make sure you sign up to my newsletter here. If you love this episode and want to support the Unravelling adventure, please do share with a friend and please do subscribe and leave a review, using the links below... Apple Podcasts Stitcher Spotify

Melanie Moser speaks with author Uma Dinsmore-Tuli about connecting to the power of menstruation, the misconceptions of Tantra, and the seductive nature of Yantras.

Inaugural podcast ~ Shelley McClure @PollinationMama's talks with Chaitanya Morly-Southall from Womb Temple Yoga about the path to womb wisdom. We discuss, womb care, healing and awareness both from a modern and traditional perspective. Why this is important in the context of Women's health and postpartum care. How a few simple lifestyle changes and yoga practices can have a huge and direct impact on our lives now and in the long term. You can find out more about Womb Temple Yoga: Website Instagram Facebook We also mention the book: Yoni Shakti by Uma Dinsmore-Tuli, her Website The contents of this podcast do not constitute medical or professional advice, do not reflect the opinions of this business, any of its parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, promotional sponsors, or advertising agencies, and do not create any type of patient-physician relationship or other professional relationship between the audience and presenters. No person viewing any podcast from this website should act or refrain from acting on the basis of the content of a podcast without first seeking appropriate professional advice and/or counselling, nor shall the information be used as a substitute for professional advice and/or counselling. Pollination Mamas expressly disclaims any and all liability relating to any actions taken or not taken based on any or all contents of this site.

Uma Dinsmore-Tuli talks us through the creation of Womb Yoga & how incorporating Yoga Nidra allows us to listen to our bodies and deeply rejuvenate.Support the show

Uma Dinsmore-Tuli talks us through the creation of Womb Yoga & how incorporating Yoga Nidra allows us to listen to our bodies and deeply rejuvenate.Support the show

In this episode of Unravelling, I got to speak to Rebecca Wilson, a wonderful WOMBan who is on a quest to hold space for women to heal their connection to their womb space and menstrual cycle. Rebecca Wilson facilitates Womb Yoga, Womb Connection- Healing- Awakening, Embodied Free and is a Womens Wellness coach. She supports women through all stages of their menstrual health and the years beyond menstruation. Rebecca’s offerings are drawn from various lineages of teachings, womb awakening, womb connection, energy healing & the shamanic womb medicine wheel. She has been called a spiritual midwife for women’s womb awakening. In this episode we discuss... Rebecca’s journey with contraceptive methods and synthetic hormones, including the pill and the implant. Her own womb awakening journey during yoga teacher training in Bali a few years ago. The shame that has been built up about menstruation and our shared passion for bringing more conversation to everyday life around our cycles. Some simple practices to begin the journey of awakening to the wisdom that the womb offers. And much, much more! Connect with Rebecca at www.rebecca-wilson.com Follow Rebecca on Instagram here. Connect with Rebecca on Facebook here. Rebecca and I met on the wonderful Uma Dinsmore-Tuli’s Womb Yoga Teacher Training course earlier in 2018. I want to express such gratitude towards Uma for delivering this work and teaching us her wisdom - it was a truly awakening experience for all who came together in circle. You can find out more about Uma’s work here. To continue the adventures, please join the private Facebook group, Unravelling Deeper, where you can ask questions, continue the conversation and connect with others on the unravelling journey, by clicking here. If you love this episode and want to support the Unravelling adventure, please do share with a friend and please do subscribe and leave a review, using the links below... Apple Podcasts Stitcher Spotify

*WARNING: DUE TO A STUDIO BLIP, SOUND QUALITY ON THIS EPISODE IS NOT GOOD* How can yoga help us have better orgasms? Is there a quick way of doing tantric sex? And will a crystal dildo be the sex toy Anniki Sommerville finally bothers to try? The Hotbed Collective answer these questions and more, in this special episode on sex and mysticism. Lisa Williams and Anniki are joined by mum blogger and designer Kerri Northcott (@life_with,ivycoco) who reveals her favourite way to ‘destress' during the working day, they review sex toys made by the Glass Dildo, and there's also an interview with yoga therapist and author Uma Dinsmore-Tuli, who guides us through some yoni-boosting exercises.Recorded at Soho Radio. Produced by Lisa Williams, Anniki Sommerville and Alex Graham.Useful links: The Glass DildoUma Dinsmore-TuliUma's book: Yoni Shakti: A Woman's Guide to Power and Freedom Through Yoga and Tantra Free yoga nidra downloadsVagina: A New Biography by Naomi Woolf Please subscribe, rate and review our show if you like it, and send any feedback to thehotbedcollective@gmail.com You can also follow us on Instagram @thehotbedcollective and see our website here. https://www.thehotbedcollective.com/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

“If you actually understood what a woman has been through: the conception journey, pregnancy, birth, the whole process—what’s happening demands full respect and a deep care. To imagine that people would just snap back into their size 0 jeans and walk out, it begs disbelief. There’s no respect for what’s arisen. And in the yoga world, we’ve fed right into that.” Uma Dinsmore-Tuli is a yoga teacher, a yoga teacher trainer, and wrote the tome Yoni Shakti: A Woman’s Guide to Power and Freedom through Yoga and Tantra, which connects feminism, blood rites, and yoga.   What You’ll Learn: The postpartum woman just did the biggest stretch there is - Birth What yoga IS appropriate for postpartum women About the yoga patriarchy About why it matters to be a woman and what stage of life you are in for yoga practice.   What You’ll Hear: -She needs stability nurture and a real sense of being mothered -Postpartum period is 5 years. -Deep inner work of breath and awareness to the pelvic floor and breastfeeding -Stability practices, using the closing practices of yoga in a community, grassroots environment. -When the advice “take care of yourself” is all you get when you go to a group yoga class doesn’t meet a woman’s needs -What is the yoga patriarchy? -The feelings of exclusion in the yoga sangha -The yoga can subtly welcome the whole range of our life as humans -Postpartum is messy, dirty, tiring and grumpy, and the extraordinary capacity that yoga has to help us through this. -Anchara mauna- Inner silence, tuning to the present moment, while breastfeeding and tuning in to the senses. -The Fourth Trimester- whole process of healing is being overlooked -You can’t tell how healed a woman is after having a baby — “All those ladies that look so great in bikinis, you don’t know what’s in their underwear” -Postpartum energy is present after miscarriages, stillborns, and near-death experiences -The goddess of the Fourth Trimester -Postpartum care is not a mental health issue: it’s a body issue -Even if you don’t have a traumatic birth, birth is still a heartbreaking, heart-opening experience -The yoga world hasn’t helped with judgments around birth -Birth images: to hire a photographer, or not -If you have great postpartum care, you’ll metabolize the birth experience, no matter how it went -Even the most gentle birth is a powerful experience and needs healing at a cellular level -- you are in shock during the fourth trimester -You are a new woman after birth -- you need the presence of wise women, to help you make the best choices for your healing -New mothers need everything new babies need -Learning to be okay in the not knowing, and learning to rest: menstruation, birth, postpartum, and menopause -Repair is always possible

Learn how to feed your creativity through a unique approach to yoga for women with renowned teacher and author Uma Dinmore-Tuli. "I don't want anything to do with that cosmic spell that says this is how women should be, because it's just rubbish, it's just not true." - Uma Dinmore-Tuli In this episode of #moonwisepodcast, we speak with renowned teacher and author Uma Dinmore-Tuli about her unique approach to yoga designed especially for women's bodies and life experiences from youth to old age.  Uma met yoga in 1969, at the age of four, and fell in love. But after many years of studying and teaching traditional methods, she found herself frustrated with a system that was primarily designed by men and for men. She began to explore practices that could better support women's bodies, hearts and minds at all ages. She now teaches women's yoga around the world and has authored four books on the topic, including the massive Yoni Shakti.  In our conversation, we talk about Uma's definition of a womb and why it's such an important space for creativity.  She reminds us, "our bodies are the earth" and "the womb space is connected to water and earth, that's why it's so creative." We discuss the unique historical moment we're in as women and how the resurgence of ancient feminine wisdom has been facilitated through social media. We talk about surrender as the ultimate act of courage and our hopes for future generations of girls.  We also talk about:  Working with life force energy at any age / Why traditional yoga may be depleting for women / How to avoid yoga injuries in the post-natal period / The connection of womb and climate awareness / Living shame free for our daughters

Pranamaya Yoga Wisdom host Tracee Stanley interviews Uma Dinsmore-Tuli Ph.D. founder of Womb Yoga and author of Yoni Shakti the bible for the modern Yogini. They chatted about the cycles of a women's life, the Maha Vidya's and yoga nidra.Listen in and be inspired by this amazing teacher of feminine wisdom and Yoga. Check out her schedule for her first US tour in the fall of 2018 at http://www.wombyoga.org/   Find out more about Tracee at www.traceeyoga.com www.pranamaya.com

Sally Parkes BSc has an honours degree in Sports and Exercise Physiology and is the author of best selling book The Students Manual To Yoga Anatomy. She has been teaching since 1998 and runs retreats in the UK and Yoga Teacher Training programs in Hatha Yoga, Vinyasa Yoga and Pregnancy Yoga in the UK, Spain and Dubai. She presents fun and upbeat master classes and workshops at various health and well-being conferences including The Om Yoga Show in London and YogaFest Amsterdam, and writes regular articles for Ultra Fit, Yoga Magazine, Om Yoga Magazine and Gurgle Magazine, and is a book editor for publications such as ‘The Healing Yoga Bible’. With a background in Iyengar and Ashtanga Yoga, Sally’s style of teaching Vinyasa Yoga is flowing and strong but allows time for the practitioner to align themselves and maintain steady breathing. She has also studied extensively with Uma Dinsmore-Tuli, a leader in the field of women’s health, and draws from this knowledge when teaching her pre and post-natal yoga teacher training courses. Sally is a registered Senior Yoga Teacher with The Yoga Alliance UK, an Experienced Yoga Teacher with the Yoga Alliance US and a Yoga Elder with The Independent Yoga Network. She is also registered with FEDANT as a Ante-Natal Educator. http://sallyparkesyoga.com/