Pregnancy Yoga Differs from Regular Yoga

I was recently contacted by a pregnant woman interested in joining our Pregnancy Yoga Classes. She was confused, as the gym she’s a member of said they didn’t offer Pregnancy Yoga but said she could instead join their regular Yoga Class. “Is Pregnancy Yoga the same as a Yoga class?” she asked. “No” I replied. “I thought so,” she said “as otherwise why would it have a different name?” Good question ! As a yoga teacher, I teach both Prenatal Yoga Classes and general Yoga Classes. Here are some ways Pregnancy Yoga differs from a general Yoga Class: During pregnancy…

Community parents, bumps and babies in E14

Supporting New Parents on the Isle of Dogs

September 16, 2014November 9, 2016 Categories: Blog · Community News · ParentsTags: baby · breast feeding · Cafe Forever · child · children · Community News · Community Parents · dad · E14 · Isle of Dogs · learning · london · London City Mission · men · mothers · mum · New mums · parent support group · parenting · post natal · pre natal · pregnancy · skills · Support · Tower Hamlets · womenLeave a comment

On Monday I popped into Café Forever on the Isle of Dogs in London E14, to meet with the ‘Bumps and Babies’ Group – part of the Community Parents initiative. The group aims to support people when they become a parent or are new to the area. It’s open to mums and dads and expectant mums and dads. Cafe Forever is a ministry of London City Mission which ‘exists to share with the people of London, the transforming love of God in Jesus Christ, and to enable them to join his church.’ Speaking with some of the parents attending, I gained…

The Exchange Project for Parents

July 15, 2014November 9, 2016 Categories: Blog · Community News · Global Issues · ParentsTags: babies · Barkantine Centre · children · Community News · East End Community Foundation · environment · Isle of Dogs · Jack Cornwell Centre · mums · Newham · Parents · recycle · social · The Exchange Project · Tower Hamlets · women3 Comments

I am excited to share news about the Exchange Project which has been running for 8 years, sharing items used in raising children between the ages of 0-10 years. The idea is simple and it is beautiful. Exchange items you do not need for items you do. We live in a world of excessive consumption. The impact of our demands can be observed, felt and are lived globally for example with child labour, slavery, workers working in dangerous conditions, and the negative impact of production and waste upon the environment and nature. This consumption is also driven by waste, our waste. So…

Jineth Bedoya Lima, speaking at Coalica, Global Summit to End SVC, London 2014

Sexual Violence in Columbia’s Internal Child Trafficking Network

June 16, 2014November 9, 2016 Categories: Blog · Community News · Global Issues · Women & GirlsTags: #EndSVC · #TimeToAct · #YesAllWomen · Angelina Jolie · child exploitation · child labour · child trafficking · Columbia · El Tiempo · gender · girls · Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict · Human Rights · human trafficking · human trafficking article · Jineth Bedoya Lima · modern day slavery · pornography · rape victims · sexual exploitation · slave trade · slaves · stop child trafficking now · stop trafficking · womenLeave a comment

“Take care of your daughter, or she will be sold” a phrase reportedly heard in Columbia’s poorer districts. According to Jineth Bedoya Lima, Sub Editor of Columbia’s National Newspaper, El Tiempo, it’s true. The Global summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict brought Jineth Bedoya to London’s Excel fringe event ‘Coalico’ on Wednesday, where the challenges in documenting sexual violence against children in armed conflict in Columbia were discussed. Jineth, a Columbian journalist who carries out exceptional investigative work is a survivor of sexual violence and the recipient of numerous journalism and courage awards. She works on the issues of sexual…

Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict

June 9, 2014November 9, 2016 Categories: Blog · Community News · Global Issues · WarTags: #TimeToAct · abuse · Angelina Jolie · caat · campaign against the arms trade · children · conflict · excel centre · girls · Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict · International Protocol on the Investigation and Documentation of Sexual Violence in Conflict · london · rape · sex · Stop the war · UN · Unison · Unite · violence · War · war crimes · women · Women Peace and Security agendaLeave a comment

On 10-13th June 2014, London’s Excel centre will be hosting the worlds’ largest summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict. British Embassies and High Commissions around the world will be hosting events coinciding with the Summit. Global solidarity and support for this initiative is being shared on twitter with the #TimeToAct . Summits Aims The summit aims to create practical action, bringing about changes at a grass roots level and to create momentum against this atrocity. It will be co-chaired by the Foreign Secretary and Angelina Jolie, Special Envoy for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. The issue of Ending…

Istanbul Convention, Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence

Is the UK closer to ratifying the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence?

February 5, 2014November 9, 2016 Categories: Blog · Community News · Global Issues · Politics · Women & GirlsTags: CEDAW · Community News · Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence · cuts · Domestic violence · gender · girls · government · Human Rights · Istanbul Convention · Joint Committee · TUC · Turkey · UK · VAWG · violence · women · Women's Aid3 Comments

On the 4th February 2014, The Joint Committee on Human Rights launched an inquiry into violence against women and girls (VAWG) and has requested evidence from anyone with an interest in the human rights issues raised (within specified categories). This inquiry is being undertaken in consideration to the Istanbul Convention, aka The Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, and the UN Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). 2 years ago, campaigners called upon the UK Government to sign the Istanbul convention, which they did on 8/6/12, however to date,…

Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With the Wolves, Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype

Listen to and trust in you, your instinct – The Wild Woman – La Loba

October 10, 2013November 25, 2014 Categories: Blog · IntuitionTags: Clarissa Pinkola Estes · emotion · feeling · female · gut · instinct · la loba · love · mindfulness · truth · wild woman · woman · women · Women who run with the wolves · yogaLeave a comment

‘How does Wild Woman affect women? With her as ally, as leader, model, teacher, we see not through two eyes, but through the eyes of intuition which is many-eyed. When we assert intuition, we are therefore like the stary night: we gaze at the world through a thousand eyes.’ Clarissa Pinkola Estés: Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype

Pregnancy Yoga, Hypnobirthing, Antenatal, Baby Massage & Baby Classes in East London

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