Your body is incredibly intelligent. Every day, without you even thinking about it, a complex network of glands is releasing hormones, sending signals, and keeping everything running. This is your endocrine system and it’s proper functioning is absolutely critical for …
Becoming Fertility Fertility Yoga YogaThe Endocrine System, Fertility, and the Healing Power of Yoga
Becoming Fertility Fertility Yoga YogaImproving Fertility: The Role of the Psoas Muscle
In the broader picture, there are many ways in which yoga can improve fertility. It can help regulate hormones, increase body awareness and make more space and flow in the body. It can connect us to our creativity, improve organ …
Becoming Fertility Fertility YogaEDCs: The Hidden Threat To Your Fertility
Have you heard of EDCs? I hadn’t. It turns out they are a threat to your fertility. EDC stands for Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and they are exactly what they sound like. Substances, man-made or naturally occurring, that interfere with the …
Becoming Fertility Fertility Yoga YogaYoga for the health of the reproductive system
The reproductive system is quietly extraordinary. Like most extraordinary, exquisite systems, we don’t even notice it when everything is functioning well. And when something comes up, it can feel like a mystery. And then we start investigating. The most common …
Becoming Fertility Fertility YogaFertility facts and how they are guiding me in my teaching yoga for fertility
If you’re on this journey of fertility struggling with getting pregnant, these will all be familiar. My intention is not so much to give information that you might already know. My hope is that this can give a sense of …
Becoming Fertility Fertility YogaDon’t Put Up With It: Having a Better Period is Possible
Many women experience period problems, from painful cramps to irregular cycles. Just try searching for menstruation images online and see how many show a woman curled up in pain. I myself used to think that the heavy, seven-day periods I …
Becoming Fertility Fertility YogaLove Hormone Hacks: Can Oxytocin Help Unlock Your Fertility?
The following excerpts are from a John Gray book called Venus on fire, Mars on ice. Like his previous book this one focuses on the differences between men and women and how understanding these can improve our relationships. This time, …
Becoming Fertility Fertility YogaOne surprising reason for fertility issues
Did you know that not having enough fat and doing enormous amounts of exercise could be contributing to your fertility issues?
Becoming Fertility Fertility Yoga Stress Stress relief YogaBodies in emergency: How does stress affect your fertility
I am reading a book called Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers by Robert M. Sapolsky, which is all about stress and our health, and I find it fascinating. There is so much in it that I highly recommend you read …
Becoming Fertility YogaTending the garden now
I spent an hour this morning with my strawberries. They had been completely overtaken by weeds. What is my excuse for that? I had been busy, had no time. But the garden had waited long enough, and so I got to …