I am a yoga teacher and a complementary therapist (naturopath and reflexologist), with a focus on helping women navigate the sometimes bumpy road from conception to motherhood. I teach two small yoga therapy groups for fertility and pregnancy in Cambridge, with a maximum of 10 people so I can offer plenty of individual attention as a yoga teacher and therapist. The gently healing Fertility, Pre-Conception and Early Pregnancy group is for women who want to prepare for conception or who are having some problems conceiving or maintaining their pregnancy, as well as for anyone in the first trimester of pregnancy. The Pregnancy group is open to all women who are at least 14 weeks pregnant, whether they are just looking for a small, intimate and welcoming yoga space or whether they are looking for help with some ailment, discomfort or concern. Both groups focus on gentle and safe yoga–‐ and (Chinese) qigong–‐based physical exercises, practices to help women reconnect with their instinctive breathing patterns and periods of deep relaxation. I also offer private consultations, where we find the best healing and relaxing mix of naturopathy, reflexology and yoga for each person’s particular needs.

This journey began for me more than a decade ago with my own four-year experience of infertility before the birth of my first child. I was living at the time in China, where I turned to Chinese medicine and yoga for support. These helped me so much that, having moved to Italy, I started in 2002 a four-year naturopathy course (based on Chinese medicine) and began delving more deeply into yoga, so that I could share their benefits with other couples trying to start or to maintain a healthy pregnancy.

I moved back from Italy to Cambridge in late 2011, bringing with me my training and experience as a naturopath, reflexologist and holistic counsellor, as well as a teacher of MogaDao Yoga (a lovely practice that brings together yoga and the Chinese healing art of Qigong) and of Birthlight yoga for pregnancy and for fertility. I find that these disciplines fit beautifully together to promote vital good health and to give women the best possible chance of overcoming any difficulties and of enjoying their unique fertility journey as one of personal blossoming. Naturopathic advice empowers them to make positive lifestyle and diet changes, while the relaxing, harmonizing and healing effects of specialized yoga and reflexology are wonderfully beneficial both in the pre-conception period and in pregnancy, whether things are going smoothly or not.