Spiralling inwards…
‘Involute’ – adjective, meaning ‘spiralling inwards’ or ‘involved and intricate’; verb, meaning ‘to spiral inwards’.
“ …revolve me nearer to the centre. Then all the work I put my hand to widens from turn to turn.” – Rilke’s Book of Hours (I:45).
Involute is the word I have chosen to describe my women-only yoga offerings. I love inclusivity, but we can’t get around the fact that women and men’s bodies and, therefore, subtle energetics, are different. All my Involute offerings are women-centric, in that we use ancient and modern yoga practices that are particularly supportive of women’s health and that are appropriate for a woman’s body. We focus a lot on the womb, pelvic bowl and pelvic floor areas of the body, awakening the energy here, building connection to these parts, healing the traumas held within these deep muscles and organs. We also work a lot with opening and softening the heart-space and connecting its wisdom to the power of the womb. All Involute offerings are designed to help us connect to, understand and blossom the feminine energy within us, sometimes called Shakti energy in yoga, or our kundalini, life-force energy.
The feminine energy is the unseen, ‘beyond the beyond’ energy that holds, accepts and loves everything and is impossible to pin down or put language to – instead it has to be embodied and felt. To open to its mysteries requires continual conscious surrender and opening, and a commitment to clearing the illusions within us that prevent us from being a vessel to express the purity of this energy in the world – and we must feel strong in ourselves for this journey. Through the embodiment practices of these Involute offerings, we connect to our inner strength and build self-trust, allowing us to explore what it is to be a woman in these times and appreciate what the immense but subtle power of our feminine energy has to offer both ourselves and the collective.
Although we are, in some ways, polarising into the feminine energy, in truth we are not. We are always exploring the complementary balance of masculine (sometimes called Shiva energy in yoga) and feminine energies within us – Shiva and Shakti are always with us, dancing towards union as they are meant to.
I believe in the power and need of this work at this time and much of it is really beyond words. If you are at all curious, the best thing to do is join a session and see what is does for you – the proof is always in the pudding, so let your embodied experience give you the answers you seek.
*Whether a woman still has a physical womb or not, the energetic womb-space remains.
Current Involute Offerings
Next course dates TBC.
‘Involute Fundamentals’ – An Intensive Yoga Course for Women
‘Involute Fundamentals’ is an intensive yoga course for women, designed to gradually guide your awareness deeper and deeper inside of yourself by connecting to your deep core muscles, including the pelvic floor and diaphragm. There is an emphasis on grounding and centering, to provide a safe container for us to delve into the stories and wounds that our muscles, bones and fascia hold within us, particularly within the pelvic region. We focus on building inner strength from a deep, wise place, which helps us begin to heal old wounds and move closer towards our personal integrity and authenticity.
Offered online via Zoom and in-person at The Roundhouse, Algodres. Next dates TBC.
Price: €180. If you have already completed the course but wish to revisit the content and join again, to deepen your understanding, you only pay €150. If you buy this course together with Involute Deepening, you pay €150 for this course, or €120 if you already completed the course.
The course is a closed group so advance booking is essential.
Next course dates: September 2, 9, 16, 30, October 7, 14 2026
Offered ONLINE via Zoom platform over six Wednesday evening sessions, 7-9pm
‘Involute Deepening’ – A Six Session Yoga Course for Women
‘Involute Deepening’ is designed to take those women who have already completed Involute Fundamentals deeper into the mysteries of their female bodies. Grounding and centering remain key foundational elements of the course, which provides the safety to spiral inwards towards our reproductive organs (particularly the womb and the cervix, the latter being the seat of ‘mula bandha’, the root energy lock, in women) and fascia in the pelvic bowl region.
Next dates: September 2, 9, 16, 30, October 7, 14 2026, 7-9pm
Price: €180 (€150 if you have already completed Part 2 of Involute in 2023-2024 or any Involute Fundamentals course with me).
The course is a closed group so advance booking is essential.
Next course dates: November 10, 17, 24, December 1, 8, 15 2026
Offered IN-PERSON at The Roundhouse, Algodres, Tuesday mornings, 10am-1pm
‘Involute Expanding’ – A Six Session Yoga Course for Women
‘Involute Expanding’ is a six session in-depth yoga course for women, designed to harness the treasures that we have gleaned from within us during the preceding courses, ‘Involute Fundamentals‘ and ‘Involute Deepening‘, in order to begin our journey of expansion back into the light, as a new, more wise, authentic and empowered version of ourselves. This journey takes us into the fascinating, rich world of the respiratory diaphragm and its intricate fascial connections to other breathing muscles, deep core muscles and organs, in particular the heart. We also look at what might be restricting our breath and explore tools to liberate ourselves and welcome full breath, prana, (life-force energy) and vitality back into our lives.
Next dates: November 10, 17, 24, December 1, 8, 15 2026, 10am-1pm, offered in-person at The Roundhouse, Algodres.
Price: €180
The course is a closed group so advance booking is essential.
Next course dates TBC.
‘Cyclical Yoga’ – A Five Week Yoga Course for Women
‘Cyclical Yoga’ is a five week yoga course for women, designed to help you reconnect to, explore and support your innately cyclical nature as a woman. Female bodies are subject to strong cyclical variations in hormones and resultant energy-levels, moods and needs, not limited to our menstrual cycle. In this course we explore our self-care through this cyclical lens and see how different yoga techniques can support us, no matter where on the cycle we feel we are at any time.
Next dates TBC.
Price: €150. If you have already attended this course with me in the past you receive a €30 discount and therefore pay only €120 for this course.
The course is a closed group so advance booking is essential.
Second Sunday of the month, 10am-1pm
Next date: September 13 2026
Monthly In-Person Involute Space – Women’s Yoga
My intention is to create a nurturing, supportive and healing monthly space to explore our mysterious and incredible female bodies through women-centric ancient yoga practices such as womb-honouring flow sequences, mudra, mantra, pranayama, bandhas and kriyas, plus more modern interpretations of these practices such as hypopressives and other pelvic floor toning practices. In each session I will also invite and encourage us to find our voice and share our truths with each other, using the format of a ‘sharing circle’ to explore different themes of what is is to be an empowered woman in these times.
Venue: The Roundhouse, Algodres, Portugal
By donation (suggested donation €10-20 per person). Pre-booking is essential.
Last Thursday of each month, 7-9pm
Next date: 17 September* 2026
(*Please note the session is on the third Sunday of the month this month as a one-off)
Monthly Online Involute Space – Women’s Yoga
My intention is to create a nurturing, supportive and healing monthly space to explore our mysterious and incredible female bodies through women-centric yoga practices such as womb-honouring flow sequences, mudra, mantra, pranayama, bandhas and kriyas, plus more modern interpretations of these practices such as hypopressives and other pelvic floor toning practices. In each session I will also invite and encourage us to find our voice and share our truths with each other, using the format of a ‘sharing circle’ to explore different themes of what is is to be an empowered woman in these times.
Online via zoom platform
Offered by donation (suggested donation: €10-20 per person). Pre-booking essential.
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