I’ve been called many things in my time, all lovingly earned through the work.
Let’s keep it clean and professionally related….Yoga Julie, Vagina Julie, Holistic Maven, Magic Hands, The Baby Whisperer…. Those are a few that I can remember.
I’m now officially a crone and proud of it. Wise, weathered, and still wildly passionate about women’s wellbeing.
Back in 2010(ish), I began my journey with Birthlight. My son Beau was two, I was living on a boat, and working as a mobile holistic therapist. One of my first roles as a baby massage instructor began when I walked into the local Surestart Children’s Centre, babe in arms, and asked if they needed a teacher. They did. (How lucky is that?!)
As Beau grew, so did I. Shifting from using him as my baby massage model to having him join me in toddler yoga classes, which later evolved into my much-loved Feral Family Yogasessions.
Like many women, I’ve experienced breakdowns, rebirths, rebrands. I’ve grown, evolved, learned, unlearned. Birthlight has been a thread throughout it all – not just in my work, but in my life.
I had a thriving baby business in Stamford for many years. I say “had” because the baby world changed, and so did I. My Well Woman training marked a turning point, deepening my focus on women’s health and wellbeing, work that draws on decades of experience in holistic therapy.
My beautiful, aging body now calls for a gentler, more intuitive approach. I’ve embraced practices like yoga, dance, and more recently, qigong, a meditative movement that has brought calm and clarity to my classes and to myself.
I’ve also rekindled the joy of working with little ones — teaching massage and movement at a local nursery twice a week. Whether I’m guiding chair yoga for elders or holding space for mothers and babies in a local park, the Spiral of Joy at the heart of Birthlight continues to guide my path.
I swim wild with the Wild Women of the Waters, sing with a natural voice choir, and dance daily (often with a kitchen implements in hand on Instagram).
This is my life’s work: gathering people, creating connection, holding space for women through life’s great transitions, from maiden to mother to crone and celebrating the sacred messiness of it all!
