From breathwork to womb yoga, and from pelvic health to the history of dance, we aim to empower our community through knowledge and a variety of skills. We know everyone learns in different ways, so we try to offer as many routes to learning as we can.
About
What we teach
Pelvic dance is the tip of the iceberg. We draw on many practices from our teachers and from women’s holistic health.
Yoga
Yoga has a rich history, and its deep roots lie in feminine movement. Women’s yoga was born from ancient tantrik practices of moving the body with the cycles of the earth, in ritual, to celebrate life.
Most yoga in the modern world is based on Hatha yoga, which was created to train the Indian army to strengthen body and mind, and suited male bodies. Feminine yoga, or womb yoga, is guided by the feminine body and responds to its cyclical nature. For example, the practice changes with where you are in your menstrual cycle, or if you’re menopausal.
Learning to listen to the wisdom of your body and your womb is at the core of the practice. Menstrual cycle awareness and yoga nidra are core practices of womb yoga, so keep an eye out for more offerings with these.
For now, you can experience womb yoga in ROOTED: Part 1. If you’d be interested in a regular women’s yoga class, get in touch and let us know!
Yoga nidra
Alongside the benefits of moving the body for wellness, we recognise the benefits of resting it. In a world where action and productivity are highly valued, it’s important to remember the value of rest as a way of connecting with the body.
Yoga nidra is a practice of yogic sleep. Your body is still while a recording or a practitioner guides you through a liminal practice, on a journey around the physical and energetic body that lets it repair and heal.
We hope to share more of these practices at future events, because we see deep, restorative rest as an integral part of the empowered women’s movement.
From Sarah
Pelvic health
Our co-founder Sarah spent 16 years working as a pelvic health physiotherapist. Here’s her reflection on pelvic health:
My physiotherapy career, alongside my own experience with my body, has taken me on a journey to seeing exactly what’s needed to live in the present, and how our body is used to create our reality. In Western culture, a huge missing piece of the puzzle is our connection to our energetic body and our pelvis: the truth of what our body is designed to do, and how to optimise it so you can move through life with ease and abundance.
Your body is what creates your reality. Our pelvis plays such an important role in rooting us into our sense of ourselves and our presence. It’s the ultimate portal of creativity, and where we should be letting unwanted energy out through movement.
Sarah, co-founder and pelvic health physiotherapist
From Emilia-Jane
Herbalism and sauna
Emilia-Jane is a herbalist and SaunaMa. She shares herbal wisdom and sauna experiences for women’s health and community, and looks forward to weaving more of them into DANU experiences to come.
