About

About Lucy Rose

Lucy Rose is a yoga teacher and women’s advocate. In her day job Lucy works for a women's refuge charity. Outside of this, she supports women experiencing Hypothalamic Amenorrhea (HA) with feminine yoga practices. After completing her 350 Yoga Teacher Training in Melbourne, Lucy went on to study Level 1 and 2 Yoga for Fertility Training with the feminine yoga school Bliss Baby Yoga, based in Byron Bay, Australia.

In her early twenties, Lucy engaged in disordered eating behaviours and pushed her body through intense exercise. She disconnected from her feminine core, seeking gratification from others based on her external looks, trying to meet the societal expectations of the “female body”.

As a result of this, Lucy suffered from HA and didn’t experience a menstrual bleed for over 3 years. Alongside other significant lifestyle changes, finding a feminine yoga practice introduced Lucy to nourishing her body rather than punishing it.

With her supportive presence, Lucy helps women reclaim their cyclical nature, introducing them to a yoga practice that is woman and healing centred. Lucy is currently based in London, UK.

sistasista

Why I created this support network and what it means to me, from the founder Lucy Rose:

The women in my life hold the upmost importance to me. I look to the sisters I have in my life as a source of strength. A bond between sisters is emotionally deep and cosmic and I wish to welcome you, sister, to your home coming of menstruation.

“Every woman who heals herself, helps heal all women who came before her, and all those who come after her.” (Christine Northrup, Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom)

In our modern contemporary society, women experience significant stressors in their home, work, parental and personal lives. We charge through these commitments to keep up with a patriarchal world that doesn’t honour our cyclical nature or allow adequate time for rest. One of the main principles of sistasista is to help women manage and reduce their stress levels with practices exploring flowing movement, breath, sound and much important stillness.

Sadly, traditional yoga is rooted in misogyny, with hierarchal structures built on power and physical prowess. From my personal practice, training and research, I have created the resources within sistasista to offer woman centred tools that tender and nurture the womb space.

There is so much magic in here for you, and it means a lot to me to be able to support women on their healing journey as a woman who has been through HA herself.

The Main Principles of sistasista

1. Relieve stress with an integrated yoga approach (asana, pranayama, meditation, mantra)

2. Kickstart the reproductive system with inversions, backbends and twisting postures

3. Pacify your vata (the ayurvedic dosha that is comprised of ether and air) discussed further below

4. Move with the Moon: align your practice to the Moon's four phases to reclaim your cyclical nature

5. Rediscover a respectful awareness of the inner wisdom of your womb

AYURVEDA AND HA

According to Ayurveda, the ancient sister science to yoga, everything in the universe consists of the five elements: air, ether (space), water, fire and earth.

This means that each individual exhibits their unique synthesis of these elements which comprises their constitution or "dosha".

There are three doshas, vata, pitta and kapha. Each one of us has a combination of all three, creating our personality. Usually, one or two of these doshas predominates in how we present physically.

Vata = air + ether

Pitta = fire + water

Kapha = water + earth

The cause of disease in Ayurveda is viewed as a lack of proper cellular function due to an excess of vata, pitta or kapha. For example, ayurveda considers that HA is generally caused by an excess of vata.

When vata is balanced in a person they are highly creative and energetic. When imbalanced, they are prone to worry, anxiety and can feel ungrounded.

Vata can be pacified by using practices to:

- Replace high activity levels with grounding, floor based yoga practices

- Meditate for internal calm and peace

- Maintain regular routines such as regular meal times and sleep hours

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