LUMAIA 
A basque word, meaning "feathered one"

WHAT WE DO
We are a yoga and well-being enterprise, working from the South of France. We host group hot yoga (Forrest Yoga) classes, prenatal and postnatal yoga and yoga for pelvic floor health (online at the moment!). We also run private yoga classes, and offer a wealth of other healing modalities, including bodywork (myofascial release, scar tissue remediation), holistic treatments, essential oils and reiki/ energetic healing.... 

MISSION
To help empower you to take ownership of your well-being — physical, emotional, Spiritual. 

To supply the tools and the support to help you get out of pain and suffering, and move it out of your body.

To demystify the stories and untruths surrounding your health that are reinforced daily through the media and beyond.

To bring hope back into your life if you've been told that you cannot heal or get freedom from pain. 

We believe in social justice, and take action to support equity in race, gender, sexual orientation, age, ability, financial status....
I'm really enjoying your classes, it's amazing how I get so much more benfit from your class once a week. I always look forward to it.  I used to go (bikram/ & power yoga ) three or four times a week and wonder why it wasn't doing anything for me! I'm feeling so much stonger, it must be all the evil abs you make us do!!!
Kirsten, London. 
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CHARLIE SPELLER, founder 

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ABOUT CHARLIE
~ Forrest Yoga Guardian
~ Poppy Perinatal Yoga Teacher Trainer
~ Senior Teacher, Yoga Alliance Prof.
~ Bodyworker
~ Shamanic Healer
~ Business Woman
~ Mama

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I'm a multi-disciplinary practitioner. I uniquely combine my skills to help people feel empowered  to take ownership of their own well-being — physical, emotional, Spiritual. 

MY SPECIALISMS

Pelvic Health — education, deep connection, scar tissue remediation, prenatal/postnatal yoga and movement for optimal pelvic function

I am fascinated by and passionate about all things pelvis-related. As a Poppy Perinatal teacher trainer and pelvic health educator, I prioritise the interconnections between pelvic function (biomechanics), health (biochemistry) and the deep magick of the pelvis in my teaching. When interwoven, these elements make up the biomagickal pelvis — a term I've created to describe the power and potential held in the pelvis. 

My passion for pelvic health arose from my own pregnancy loss, subsequent full-term pregnancy, giving birth and postpartum recovery. I have had the honour and pleasure to study with top practitioners in this field —  Catherine Allen, Dr Kathy Dooley, Christine Kent and Dr Ellen Heed who is my mentor for Scar Tissue Remediation and Management (STREAM).

I regularly work with clients with pelvic organ prolapse, stress incontinence, post-birth scarring and other pelvic floor complications. Our work together empowers them to heal their physical and emotional bodies naturally (yes — naturally!).

Getting people out of pain  — movement/yoga, bodywork, cleanses... 

My yoga classes and workshops are created to be healing, pain-freeing and exciting for whoever shows up. I'm adept at giving pose modifications that will care for for injuries, conditions, pregnancy and postpartum. Problem solving so that people feel better in their bodies is exciting to me. 


ANCESTRAL WAYS
I have had the honour of studying with and learning from an eclectic mix of Medicine People, including Brooke Medicine Eagle, Patricia White Buffalo and Esther Lim, with whom I worked as an assistant, and of course, Ana Forrest. My most profound Medicine teachings come from my own Spirit guides, nature and my DNA and Spirit ancestors.


COACHING
I'm an experienced leadership, personal exploration and teaching coach, having lead teams in start-up & FTSE 100 businesses. I bring those skills to my teaching as well as compassion, empathy and truth to everything I do. 

SELF CARE
​Do we ever get enough time for self care?! It is something that I have had to teach myself to incorporate into my life. I'm now really great at spotting myself when I haven't done enough self care to had enough alone time, particularly during moontime bleeding. Self care is an important element of my teaching.   

PLAYTIME
When I'm not working, I love to dance, and adventure with my family into the rivers, lakes, mountains and oceans... I love playing alongside  the forces of nature and magick that surrounds us.

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