Womb Wisdom with Corine

Hello gorgeous people 💜

This week I’ve been thinking about how we all have moments when life isn’t flowing the way it normally does.

When the weight of it all starts to build.
When even the small things feel big.
When you feel stretched too thin.

An uneasy feeling of standing on shaky ground.
An uneasy feeling about what lies ahead.

And, to be honest, usually my first instinct is to try and fix it.

Figure it out.
Solve it.
Make it go away.

But I’m starting to realise that not everything needs to be solved immediately.
Sometimes what we need is something much simpler.

We just need to feel steady again.

Over time, I’ve found a few tricks of the trade to come back to that feeling of steadiness.
That feeling of being anchored.
That sense of being held and supported.

Nothing complicated or fancy.
Just a few simple tools that help when life feels heavy.

Slowing the breath is always my starting point.
Noticing when I’m holding my breath and softening it.

Letting it move again.

Even one or two slower breaths can take the edge off that feeling of overwhelm.

Then I come back to my body.
Because when the mind is busy, the body is often the first thing we leave behind.

So I’ll stretch a little.
Walk a little.
Roll my shoulders.
Lie down for a few minutes.
Drink more water.
Go outside and soak up the sun.

Just to remind myself that I’m here.
That I’m safe in this moment.

And that brings me to something I think we don’t talk about enough ~

Safety

When life feels uncertain or overwhelming, the body doesn’t feel safe.

Even if everything looks fine on the outside.

So instead of trying to push through, I’ve learned to ask a quieter question:
“What would help me feel safer right now?”

Sometimes it’s sitting in a quiet room.
Sometimes it’s making a cup of tea.
Sometimes it’s hugging the dogs.
Sometimes it’s a phone call. To a brother. A mother. A daughter. A son.
Sometimes it’s simply doing less.

Not everything needs a big solution.

Sometimes it’s just about creating a small pocket of calm in the middle of everything.
And allowing that to be enough for now.

Because when the body feels a little safer, the mind softens.
And when the mind softens, things don’t feel quite as heavy.

We don’t need to rush out of difficult moments.
We just need to move through them gently.

Anyway.

That’s where I’m at this Sunday.
Love and Light to you all.
Always 💜

I am so over the struggle 😂

Something I notice
PS: I love this part 😃

At the beginning of a yoga class,
people are quite focused.

Following instructions.
Figuring things out.
Paying attention to what comes next.

And then, somewhere along the way,
something softens.

Not just in the body.
In the energy.

There’s a small smile.
A little less seriousness.
Maybe a mischievous remark.
A little giggle rippling through the studio.

A moment where they’re not trying to do it right
they’re just enjoying it.

Enjoying the stretch.
The movement.
The feeling of being in their body.

And honestly
that’s when it all changes.

Because it’s no longer something to get through.

It becomes something you actually want to come back to.

You have no idea how real the struggle is 😂

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Something I notice

Women don’t always say they’re tired.
They’ll say they’re “fine”.

They’ll smile.
Roll out their mat.
Get on with it.
Like we always do.

But you can see it.

In the shoulders.
They sit a bit higher. Filled with tension.
In the way they move.
Careful. Hesitant. Held.
In that first exhale.
A bit heavier than usual.

But then, once things slow down,
the body starts to speak.

Not in words.
but in small releases.

A longer breath.
A softer face.
A little less holding.

And suddenly you realise
how much was being carried without being said.







Photo by Jade Anne Broomberg

The struggle is real, people.
Very real 😂

Something I notice in women when they arrive at yoga class.

They come in carrying a lot.
Not bags or mats.

That part is easy.

They arrive carrying life.
They carry their day. Their week.
Their relationships.
Their sadness. Their worries.
Their frustration.
Their stories.

You can see it in how they walk in.
How they sit down.
How long it takes before they stop moving.

There is some adjusting.
Some fidgeting.
Then those first few breaths.
Still shallow. Still stressed.
Not relaxing or deep enough.

And then, slowly, something shifts.

The shoulders drop a little. Then a little more.
Allowing the outside stress to melt into the mat.
The breath changes.
The body starts to land.

It’s not a dramatic shift.
But you can feel it.

And that moment, when you notice the first little softening,
that’s when the work begins.