by maharanifaleiro | Dec 11, 2024 | My Journey, My Story, Society, Womb & Cycles
The word menopause causes even greater cringing and shame than menstruation. Collage by Maharani Faleiro 4 years ago, I was 49 when I honored my transition into Menopause, a lion-hearted transition, Menopause was preceded by PeriMenopause & followed by...
by maharanifaleiro | Dec 6, 2024 | My Journey, Society
Naming the different kinds of supremacism that I have encountered in my life time and in different countries. Image by Nathaliya Voitkevich on Pexels 5th decade. Bahrain Ageism, sexism, misogyny, anti-biology:As a “mature” woman, I am neither supposed to reveal my age...
by maharanifaleiro | Dec 6, 2024 | My Story, My Training
My love of teaching stems from my passion for learning and my desire to contribute to better understanding ourselves and our society. Academic Teaching Experience LABORATORY TEACHING ASSISTANT, 1988 – 1990 Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA HIGH SCHOOL...
by maharanifaleiro | Dec 6, 2024 | Birth, My Story, My Training, Spirituality, Womb & Cycles
My training in yoga and somatics "stretched" me in so many unexpected ways. Yoga Training STRUCTURAL YOGA THERAPY TRAINING, 2006-07, London, UK RYT500, Mukunda Stiles (d. 2014) WOMB YOGA, 2010 – 2019, U.K. Portugal Pregnancy Yoga, 2010-11Mother-Baby Yoga, 2010-11Well...
by maharanifaleiro | Dec 6, 2024 | Birth, Death Loss Grief, My Story, My Training, Pregnancy and Infant Loss
Compassionate companionship and steadfast support were the key skills common to all of these trainings. BIRTH DOULA, 2012, London Informational Workshop, Dr. Michel Odent & Lilliana Lammers POSTPARTUM DOULA, 2016, Ireland DONA (Doulas of North America) Training,...
by maharanifaleiro | Dec 6, 2024 | My Story, My Training
Although I had the scientific knowledge of fertility and menstruation and even taught it to medical and nursing students, the womb yoga training revealed that I was woefully unaware of essential womb wisdom. Our patriarchal values ensures that as a most women and...