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Somatic coach for pregnancy and postpartum, working online and in South West UK.

- doula support
- antenatal classes
- postnatal care
- pregnancy yoga
- postnatal classes
- pelvic wellbeing
- pregnancy and postnatal massage
- biomechanics for pregnancy and birth • optimal alignment and positioning 1-2-1's and workshops

www.thebodydoula.com

15/10/2026

Whether you’re a seasoned sauna lover, or it’s your first time, this is a great opportunity for a guided deep sauna experience that focusses on connecting more to yourself and nature. Expect a blend of traditional herbal sauna whisking with softened bundles of branches and modern embodied awareness practices for a relaxing and immersive sensory session.

🌿 Guided sauna session
🌿 Herbal steams and pirtis (leaf whisking)
🌿 Optional self-guided swims to cool down

Embodiment coach and sauna master Emilie will take you through rounds of steamy sauna with options for a dip or a pause to cool down between. She’s excited to be offering this at the beautiful sauna at Vallis Farm, a place where people can truly be in the elements and embedded in nature.

Meet at 7.45pm to gather, land on the land and prepare to enter the sauna together at 8 for 60 minutes.

Link up there or drop me a message / comment and I can send you it. See you in the sauna…

29/09/2026

Oh to be a cat sleeping on a faux fur chair.

Paw flooping down.

Totally at ease.

You can bet your arse she’ll do the most amazing stretch when she gets up. Whole beast pandiculation.

Whose qualities would you like to steal a little of today?

Being more ______

What would that bring you?

24/09/2026

As the dark part of the month mirrors the move towards the dark part of the year 🌚

Join us for a sauna ritual to begin to ease into the autumn, setting intentions for the longer nights to come.

🌿 Herbal infusions
🌿 Whisking
🌿 Guided embodied awareness
🌿 Space to relax and reflect

At Unfold | Bristol’s Sauna & Ice Bath in Bristol

Sat 10th October
2.45pm - 4.15pm

Use code ‘MOONRISE’ to get the early booking discount rate £30 - link in bio to get your place

See you in the sauna 🔥

18/09/2026

Bristol 🌀

The kids are back to school - it’s your turn to learn something new…

Whether you’re into the gym, feeling a little put of shape or a little out of sorts, rope flow might be just the thing. Mobility, movement and focus; let go of thinking and get into your body.

No experience needed - ropes available to borrow.

• 4 early booking spaces left •

Friday 16th October - BS6

09/09/2026

Mothers… when the kids go back to school.

Do you get the urge to simultaneously lie on the floor and do nothing / pick up every creative task you’ve dropped?

I’ve learnt some new tunes up my cornet, developed a weird custard alternative, baked several types of bread/cakes. Planned a course for autumn.

Afternoon plan = a lie down and then all the admin before 3.30

Just me?

04/09/2026

• Autumn Equinox •

I love that this point in the year is just after the kids go back to school and at a point where I can focus back to myself. Landing before the nights draw further in…

A time to pause and reflect as the heavens balance night and day. This year’s gathering will be movement and meditation that explores the embodiment of harvest.

Link in bio if you’d like to join.

Emilie 🍁

02/09/2026

Preparing for the worst and living for the best, August felt like a second hibernation, a backpack of anxiety, grief, a slow exhale, a homecoming… as a beautiful friend says it’s been ‘like pushing water uphill’ (so apt for a drought) Here’s my month, in no particular order, through this cracked lens:

There have been moments of such beauty amongst the harshness of this summer. Tenderness, honesty, hope.

I pilgrimaged so hard I bruised my feet walking to see the solar eclipse through dry fields and still-damp holloways to view from an ancient hill fort. A flirtation with Agatha Christie. Wriggling toads, a greenhouse full of frogs, a mouthful of unsaid words, dead baby pigeons on my stairs, hungry kittens, fleeting lizards, eagle potential, swimming with a seal in the North Sea and garden grasshoppers galore. I watered things I wanted to keep alive. Hauling buckets of grey water down. Closing the windows. Opening the windows. Rituals we never asked for. I let plants die. Continually letting go. And still a lot of admin to hold onto…  My first proper solo hike. Zero phone reception. Me and a map. Moments where there were only sheep and me and a distant bird of prey in the sky. Racing myself back.

A deep inner relief to see blankets of green. Beautiful new humans. A gorgeous retreat with paint and comfort and heat. And. Back to the rain.

I’ll squirrel architect into this a little more in my newsletter which won’t be out til September starts properly (i.e when the schools and colleges open their doors and my brain has space to settle). Message if you want to read those deeper ramb

21/07/2026

Give me a wave if you’ve sauna’d through this heat 🙌

Don’t get me wrong - the rest of the time i’ve been summer hibernating, because a) ginger and b) this is bot normal.

But then the sauna is a different kind of warm. Comforting, controlled, chosen. And with a view like this & a pond to swim in… 🐸🌞 it’s been a little island of peace.

15/06/2026

Pregnancy Mindfulness 🌿

As well as the session this Thursday in the centre of Frome, the July session is now open for booking, we’ll be here at the lovely Vallis Farm for 90mins of rest and relaxation during this time of amazing change.

Still some spaces available for June too - head to bio for quick links or message and I can send it along.

All stages welcome - no experience necessary

Just bring yourself and a pillow/blanket to make yourself comfortable.

By-donation. Pay what you feel - free if you need it to be

02/05/2026

First fruit of the year from the garden in hand. Merry May 🌞

Ginger bug is bubbling in the cupboard and a lilac lemonade chilling in the fridge.

I don’t post much of the garden because it’s not “pretty”. Since we’ve started to think of it more as a shared habitat than our garden, it’s developed more and more piles of sticks and dandelions. Lifting pots to find massive spiders and tiny frogs. The garden furniture is tired but it’s functioning, relatable. And I won’t send it to landfill if it works.

Here’s a picture of an undisturbed pile in the background, hidden from the gram like a furry armpit. It’s sitting on what used to be a path. Quietly hoping for a hedgepig to move in and make a nest… we haven’t had one for a couple of years now.

Mission for weekend is to populate the greenhouse with food things, plant more seeds and pot some stuff up. My bones need the shade of a wood and my heart needs to climb a hill and my muscles want time to stay in place here at home.

Hoping this inspires you to share a pic of your compost heap, or similar beautifully unsightly corner that’s actually brimming with life and hope.

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