Full Circle Woman is a self-paced menstrual cycle awareness course for women who want to work with the simple but profound tools in yoga to optimise feminine health & well-being.
Using this course you’ll learn how to lean in to the natural strengths of the hormonal fluctuations that occur during the menstrual cycle while adopting practices that will ease any imbalances in that cyclical flow.
Offered over 5 modules based on the 4 “seasons” of the menstrual cycle;
After exploring the course you will gain a felt sense of flow in your life, improvement of your well-being and better symptom management, improved sleep, digestion and menstrual comfort. After a few cycles working the wisdom from the course you can expect your cycle to be more predictable, your emotional regulation to improve and a growing sense of contentment in your life!
So, maybe…
Then let’s face it, you got the bare minimum education on your cycle rather than the initiation into the magic of it you deserved! Meanwhile, you’re day-in-day-out on a relentless rhythm of life that never felt supportive, because we live in a world designed for men. There’s no breathing space to catch up and acknowledge the fact that… You are a cyclical being!
That’s where Full Circle Woman comes in.
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€97
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Hi! I’m Alice.
The course is inspired by my own journey, my life long passion for women’s health and the many women I have walked alongside on their health journeys.
At age 16, I was suffering emotional and physical stress stemming from sexual trauma and unrelenting academic pressure. In just a matter of a year or two I buckled and changed from a vibrant girl with a regular cycle, to a washed out shell of myself with hormonal fluctuations so wild and periods so excruciating I began missing school. Under enormous pressure from my secondary school to “get on with it”, I accepted a prescription for the heaviest dose contraceptive pill available and immediately my symptoms went masked but unresolved while the vibrancy in me went dull.
After numerous attempts, I came off the pill for good at 23 years old and recognised that something was seriously wrong. Months went by and still my period was off, symptoms were piling up and once I found myself on my alone on my back in a store room after fainting in work from how hard my body was working to start my period. My blood tests were all over the place, my GP gave me a vague diagnosis and a rubbish plan to go back on the pill and get IVF for a family as I was on the road to becoming infertile.
I began a passionate search for a solution through every alternative and natural healing modality I could think of, while training to be a 500hr RYT Yoga teacher and gain my diploma in Yoga Therapy. I experimented with food, self-massage, life style changes until the most consistent pattern emerged of how to heal and thrive in my cycle. Everything about me improved rapidly once I cracked it – my cycle stabilised and became painless & symptom free, my happiness and fulfilment grew, my creativity came back and everything in my personal life (from my happiness and sense of humor, to my taste in partners!) improved.
In 2019 I ran the first Full Circle Woman Courses in person and began working with other women to align their cycles with brilliant results for clients. Shortly after I met my now husband started my 30’s by conceiving two exceptionally healthy pregnancies and hearty sons, both on the first try. (Despite huge skepticism from GP’s and OB’s based on my medical history!) Immediately after my first son’s first mouthful of solid food, my cycles returned, regular and symptom free by continuing the healthy habits I have always promoted in Full Circle Woman.
In this lesson we’ll discuss how to make the most of the course. Answering the fundamental questions of how to properly track, chart and get to know your own cycle whether you are having a natural cycle, an irregular one, using hormonal contraception or trying to encourage your cycle to begin again. We will look at what disturbs the balance of the menstrual cycle and what considerations to take to clear the way for your natural flow to be undisturbed. We’ll finally briefly introduce the 4 phases, which like all things we work with at Macha Yoga, are deeply attuned to the seasonal flow of nature. Once you’ve oriented your self to your cycle, hop into the course in the appropriate phase for you!
The Menstrual Phase is usually a great place to start as it is considered the beginning of a fresh cycle. Like in Celtic tradition, the beginning of a new cycle of growth is the moment we chose to let go and shed what is complete. Throughout the lesson, rest and nourishment is key with a practice that helps to relieve discomfort and encourage the movement of the body to facilitate the release of this phase.
This Follicular Phase is all about growth, laying foundations and starting over. After the rest of the menstrual phase this lesson encourages you thinking about setting up the conditions to drop into good rhythm in this next cycle and prepare for healthy ovulation by giving the right energy and support to yourself.
This phase of the cycle is all about embracing your vibrancy and channelling your energy. Sensuality & strength meet in this phase and that blossoming of energy echoes into your contentment and well-being long beyond this cycle.
The Luteal Phase calls on us to embrace a sense of completion. A time that heralds frustration and upheaval when unacknowledged and promotes order, resolution and clarity when welcomed fully. This most profound phase of the cycle allows for us to initiate the changes that will allow for transformation and revealing your most whole and authentic self.
Get Started with A Free Gift Straight to Your Inbox
Unlimited Access to Your Cyclical Guide
€97
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“Yoga with Alice is such a deeply transforming experience! Her Full Circle Woman program especially. It’s an in-depth analysis of the imbalance between our daily life and our natural femininity, and it tackles the issue from so many different angles that it’s impossible not to be struck by some sort of revelation… As it happened to me many times through it.” – Silvia, Bray
Hi, I’m Alice, walking beside you on this journey!
I’m a mother of 2, founder of a thriving yoga studio, Macha Yoga and a life-long “woman’s woman”.
With 10 years professional experience, I’m also a Registered Senior Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance with a Diploma in Yoga Therapy, and a Masters in Philosophy from the School of Religions in Trinity College for my dissertation on yoga. I’m also a Reiki & Akasha Seichim Master & Trainer, with cert in (and a major love for) Anatomy & Physiology. I’ve always been deeply passionate about all things women’s health, childrearing and sexuality and absolutely adore gaining new knowledge and sharing it with whoever will listen! I love to hear about women’s experiences of the deep rites of passage we quietly walk like menarche, maturing, child birth – all of it from the sublime to most messy.
I started Full Circle Woman as an in person course in 2019 out of this immense passion! After running the course several times I realised what I couldn’t offer in person was the ability to let the course unfold inline with each individual participants cycle. So, encouraged by my clients, colleagues and friends and the support of the Local Enterprise Office in my native Wicklow who saw the potential of the course – I transformed it into an online journey you could return to again and again!
I know if you have read so far, you’re no doubt on the precipice of an exciting journey with your body just waiting to unfold and I can’t wait to see where it takes you.
Le grá,
Alice x
Frequently Asked Questions:
Q: I’m currently not experiencing a period – will I be able to do this course?
A: Yes! If you do not have a period or symptoms that help you gauge where you are in your cycle, begin this course by aligning your cycle to the moon phases (it is not woo-woo to do this and you’ll understand why once you get started!) After adopting the self-care and nourishment suggested on the course, you may just find you’re able to figure out where you’re at in your cycle quite quickly!
Q: I’m not trying to conceive, will I enjoy this course?
A: Yes! One of the worst side effects of health care moving into the domain of men long ago was that women’s cyclical nature was degraded to being just about producing children. Understanding, respecting and perfecting your cycle will give you an abundance of energy and wellbeing, even if you are not intending to use your great vitality to grow and nourish a baby,.
Q: I’m in Perimenopause, is this course for me?
A: It depends how close you are to menopause, but how long is a piece of string, right? In perimenopause it’s to be expected that your cycle will gradually wind down and in that winding down, your reactivity to the hormonal changes of your cycle intensifies. If you are still regularly experiencing a period, this course will be useful for helping you to tune in, anticipate and support the fluctuations of hormones as they develop and perceive when they are beginning to change. This is invaluable. But if you are noticing you are experiencing periods very infrequently, it might be frustrating to try to adopt the recommendations of this course as it is not specifically designed for the transitional window of menopause.