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CLAIRE ROTHER
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~NOURISHING THE WHOLE SELF~

MINDFUL LIVING AND EATING 12-week course starting soon…

Are you ready for a mindfulness based approach to nurturing your whole self?

Do you want to find a new and sustainable way to feel balanced, healthy and happy?

Do you want to learn how to have a nourishing and peaceful relationship with yourself, food and eating?

Do you want to be free from self-judgement and criticism and learn to find greater peace and enjoyment?

If the answer to any of these questions is a resounding “YES” then read on…

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Why giving advice can be a selfish act / I'm tired and no I don't want baby sleep advice

I’m much more selective who I talk to about my sleep issues these days. Firstly, there is the fact of boring myself with the same answer to the question ‘how are you?’ But more significantly, I have stopped relaying my lack of sleep to most (m)others because it is almost always met with some advice. There’s nothing wrong with giving advice to others - when it is wanted

Dealing with sleep deprivation as a new mum


I read a statistic the other day that new mothers lose an average of 720 hours of sleep in the first year of motherhood. The fact that my first thought was ‘mm, is that all?’ should tell you a bit about that state of my sleep at this time in my life. If my sleep were a person it would look like Pete Doherty on a bad day circa 2010. Seriously though, 720 hours is a lot.  

Recovery; it's more than okay to be okay.
Recovery; it's more than okay to be okay.
Two magic words you need to hear about legitimising your feelings
Two magic words you need to hear about legitimising your feelings
Cultivating Insight
Cultivating Insight
Motherhood So Far: 2 Weeks In
Motherhood So Far: 2 Weeks In
Being Real About The Magic of Pregnancy
Being Real About The Magic of Pregnancy
To the depressed - you have nothing to be ashamed of
To the depressed - you have nothing to be ashamed of
Is your yoga practice doing this?
Is your yoga practice doing this?
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Some days I’m not even sure where to begin talking about the experience of motherhood. I have never ever been so challenged, so tired, so self-sacrificing, so weary, so frustrated. And yet...The love. The joy. The sheer bursting of my heart when she smiles her cheeky smile. There is no better thing I know. It’s much easier to talk about the heart-bursting moments. Or the moments of pride, the funny, quirky things, the delight. Much harder to talk about the struggles, like how much it changes your relationship, or how lonely it can be, or how utterly bored and fed up and confused we can feel at times. Real talk; there are many days that I struggle. Loneliness creeps in. I wonder - where is the village? Where is my tribe? We don’t live how we used to. Friends are great, family too. But at the end of the day, we close the door and we are just us. Doing our utter best to mother our babies, love our partners, nurture ourselves and make our own joy also a top priority so we don’t wither inside. To remember who we are. And love the woman we have become. This stuff is hard. It is the hardest thing I have ever done. Motherhood will ask of you things that you didn’t think you had to give. And once you’re done, it will ask for more. And then you’ll wake up and start it all over again. It is the most brutiful thing I know; both beautiful and brutal. I see you mamas 💖 you’re winning an impossible battle even if you don’t think you are💜 (I wrote this for #maternalhealthawarenessweek last week but didn’t get round to posting). X x
Nobody will protect you from your suffering. You can't cry it away or eat it away or starve it away or walk it away or punch it away or even therapy it away. It's just there, and you have to survive it. You have to endure it. You have to live through it and love it and move on and be better for it and run as far as you can in the direction of your best and happiest dreams across the bridge that was built by your own desire to heal. ~ Cheryl Strayed • This hit me in the heart. I have traversed that bridge many a time. I know it well. Sometimes it is creaky and looks rotten and is scarily high, but always, stepping onto it is an act of self respect and courage and hope and a stubborn fight for goodness and joy. And to anyone else who also knows that bridge - I salute you, warrior. Keep moving 💜 you’re doing a wonderful job. And if you don’t know it now, you will one day. X x x . . . Photo: @the_vintage_palace
The culture we have of thinking we can ‘have it all’ is such a myth. We can’t. Because it is IMPOSSIBLE. Because time and energy and attention are limited things. And precious. • If you can’t sacrifice for what you want in your life, then what you want will become the sacrifice. • I don’t know of any exceptions to this rule; If you want to have something, you have to sacrifice something else in exchange. Getting real about this is empowering and helps shed the BS that we tell ourselves...you want what you want but perhaps you’re not willing to make the necessary sacrifice to actually obtain it? And you don’t have to. But get real about that. Be honest with yourself. Success and growth and creating new patterns in life do not happen by accident or ‘luck’, but by a decision to give up something in exchange for the thing we desire. • Thoughts? Is there something in your life you need to sacrifice to have what you truly desire? . . . . #change #lessonlearned #wisely #selfvalue #maturity #lessonslearnedinlife #liferules #moveforward #lifechoices #createlifeyoulove #changeispossible #personalgrowthjourney#takecontrolofyourlife #beyourbestself #findyourtribe #focusonthepositive #passionandpurpose #madeformore #youareworthy #growthroughit #selfdevelopmenttools #growthmindset #thinkdifferently #changeyourthoughts #changeyourthinking #ownyourlife #lifeonyourterms
Today - just this 💖 And a reminder that you are up to you. Nothing else - no one, no thing, no event or circumstance - gets to decide that🌈 x x
NICE TO MEET YOU! I’ve got a few new followers on here lately and it occurred to me that I have never done one of these ‘about me’ posts before. (Slight cringe station but hey...). Hi! I’m Claire- a yoga teacher, mindfulness & mindful eating instructor, & writer, dedicated to helping others rise up, be here, and blossom. I believe that healing is never about changing who we are. It’s about changing our relationship to who we are; our relationship to our thoughts, feelings, bodies, behaviours. True change can only happen from a place of mindful self-awareness, kindness and acceptance. Anything else is a resistance, a reaction {often coming from a place of shame}. I used to have an eating disorder, and I’ve suffered from depression and social anxiety. So when I talk about this stuff, it’s because I’ve lived it and I’ve done the work. And I continue to. I find life strangely beautiful and beautifully strange. I have days where I think I’ve figured it out and days when I don’t. I’ve come to realise that this is called Being Human. And I’m here for it all. Since I was young I have always been interested in how we overcome and the fierce power of the human spirit. On the flip-side, this has led to an interest in how and why we suffer. I explore this a lot in my work + my life. Loving myself fully, being nobody but myself, is something I work on. Something I believe we all have to work on. It's not easy but when we crack it, oh-my it's just the most beautiful thing. My qualifications are: ▶️1st class BSc in Herbal Medicine ▶️MSc in Psychology, ▶️Post-Grad training in Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) (mind-body medicine) ▶️Yoga teacher training & yoga for emotional trauma + eating disorders ▶️Mindfulness & Mindful Eating. {If I wanted, I could spell my name like this: Claire Rother, BSc (hons), MSc (hons), MBPsS, 200 RYT, MB-EAT. Clearly, that’s ridiculous. So I don’t😆}. My 3-year old self once asked my dad why his bald friend had 'skin on his head'. I just didn't understand and needed answers. I've always been a deep thinker😎. I have big dreams. And I’m only just getting started...🌈🌿❤️. Your turn now! Tell me something about YOU 💖
Dear Fear, Hello. It’s me. I just want to say that I see you. You don’t need to hide in the corner with your face in the shadow. It’s okay. I respect your right to be here. And I’d like it if we could look each other in the eye. Because you’re welcome here. {I’m working on it}. I get it. You have a job to do. But so do I. I’ve made a pot of tea. Would you like some? It’s earl grey. My favourite. I’ve pulled you up a seat right here next to me. I’m not asking you to be my friend. I understand that might be too much to ask. But can we just enjoy some tea in each other’s company? I think that would be nice, don’t you? Love Claire x x P.S everything we do, we have to do it together. And it’s so much better when we can share the same space.