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This is a safe, non-judgmental space for women to gather, share and start to make steps towards real change. If you've had enough of the struggle and need support to get out of your head and back into your body, AllWoman can get you on the right path and back in balance through yoga, somatic movement, meditation, massage and self-care. From a girl just entering womanhood to fertility and motherhood, menopause, and everything in between, AllWoman nurtures and supports women’s wellbeing at every stage of life through a range of one-to-one programmes both face-to-face in Leeds and remotely from wherever you are in the world. I'm Lara Heppell and I specialise in working with women one-to-one and enjoy being part of their journey of reconnection and self-discovery. It's a real sharing process where we learn from each other. I'm still learning about myself every day. I think I've got things sorted and then the cycle of life moves on and I find myself in a new aspect of my womanhood and back in the unknown, ready to learn from my body once again. I run workshops, programmes, events and retreats to help connect women to their feminine Shakti energy, the seasons, inner cycles and rhythms. Get in touch to arrange your free 20 minute consultation and to see how we can work together.

I love the process of setting up a circle ⭕️ space. The intention that goes into the gathering and placing. Looking thro...
03/11/2026

I love the process of setting up a circle ⭕️ space. The intention that goes into the gathering and placing. Looking through my phone the other day I found years of circle spaces shared at this time of year (so nice to reminisce) and remember everyone that was there. 🍁✨

I get very reflective at this time of year, sifting through what needs to end, continue, begin or be resurrected. We often create the altar together, and everyone brings something, so every circle looks a bit different.

This year I couldn’t run one, and it made me a bit sad. Travelling and patchy wifi made it impossible, but I’m settled now.

From late November I’m bringing the circle online with a new monthly series of gatherings to support us through Winter to Imbolc: enlivening, enriching, supportive, a space to gather together in community, with deep nourishment and holding for these challenging times.

I see it again and again in my work: our nervous systems heal in connection. In the dark months when it’s tempting to hibernate alone, being with other woman in a supportive space can help our bodies to relax and soften. Come tired. Come as you are.

I have some very special themes planned! Comment WINTER and I’ll make sure you’re the first to know. Dates coming soon.

01/11/2026

✨The Hollow Tree. ✨A poem for anyone navigating a threshold, or grief or loss of their own.

I wrote it when I was inspired by a hollow tree, while feeling quite hollow myself. Navigating thresholds is hard. As women and mothers we go through so many, and the mothering journey insists we keep shapeshifting as our children grow into adults. That shift can leave a gaping hole.

It felt apt to share now, in these darker times. It feels a little vulnerable sharing my work more widely for the first time, but that’s the point, isn’t it. To share from our hearts.❤️

Let me know how it lands for you.

The poem and a recording of it are also included in my latest piece on substack, the link in bio.⬆️

Title: Samhain, a time for “Too Much” women. A hollow tree, a poem, and where I’m beginning.

© Lara Heppell 2026

What I love about Samhain is how dark and dirty it gets.It’s the gift of earth’s putrefaction. That shows us the alchemy...
29/10/2026

What I love about Samhain is how dark and dirty it gets.

It’s the gift of earth’s putrefaction. That shows us the alchemy of this rotting, composting time.

In these modern times there’s a desire to reach for more and more: more experiences, more light, more good stuff. Ascend, Ascend! But somewhere along the way we have to descend, get down and dirty - welcome in the darkness and make a sacrifice of sorts. What goes on the compost heap? Old outgrown ideas of how things should be. Who we are, as we shapeshift identities. The dreams we’ve been carrying.

The most fertile time of the year looks a lot like rot. The beauty of this compost time is knowing when it’s time to surrender, recognising what needs to die, shift, change and, in that shedding, seeing what can now begin.

I love this time of year. I much prefer the darker time of the year. As an introvert I can find the high energy of summer overwhelming, and I often become more productive in these darker times. For me it’s a definite time of completion, or of starting a new creation.I was made for these threshold times. What do you love about this time of year? Let me know in the comments.

A few more reflections can be found in the slides. Save this for your Samhain night, and take the questions on the last slide with you to explore what are you ready to let rot?

28/10/2026

What the f**k is a threshold anyway?

I call myself a threshold doula, so I thought it was worth really digging into what threshold actually means, and what it means to me.

All of the images in this Reel I’ve taken over many years. It seems I have a fascination for doorways, viaducts, caves, entryways: portals into other realms.

A threshold is one point. It’s also an edge between who you were and who you’re becoming. But the steps we journey through are longer: the approach, the crossing, and the messy middle that comes in between. The liminal.

It’s nothing like the quick transition of the wardrobe in Narnia. None of this is neat. It can get very messy, and the true learning takes place in the in-between.

This is where I work. It can be good to have a companion and guide for the journey. Especially in the messy middle - A lifeline for the liminal. ❤️

What threshold are you standing at right now? Or are you already in the liminal?

If you’d like a companion and guide, book in with me for a chat. Link in bio.⬆️ or comment Threshold.

When everything feels unstable, I look for the small signs.I am fascinated with symbols, imagery, poetry, myths and stor...
23/10/2026

When everything feels unstable, I look for the small signs.

I am fascinated with symbols, imagery, poetry, myths and story. The threads that guide us in our lives. 🧵

Looking out for synchronicities at different challenging times in my life has helped me to stay more rooted and anchored in the here and now.

Like when we moved to France six years ago, during covid. Arriving in a place with an active curfew was not the most welcoming of arrivals. And yet it was the little things that helped me settle in.

✨The colourful hoopoe bird with its crown of feathers that would visit me each day and I’d meet it again on my mountain walks, or in the forest, reminding me I wasn’t alone.

A couple of months after we moved to France I took a course on the Alchemy of Symbols, which helped me to find some threads to hold on to when everything felt unstable.

Since being away from home for a bit to help my boy settle in at Lycée there have been several signs and synchronicities showing up for me here, letting me know this is exactly where I need to be right now. ❤️✨

I happened across a street on a random walk one It’s Rye Joubert, which apparently means “bright goth”which fits! On the wall was a tile with the same name as mine on it: Lara, a feminist tribute to a woman from this city. 😔 I stayed there for a while ❤️

A little further along was a shop called Sasha the same name as my niece.

And everywhere I go there are feathers waiting for me, the ancestors have my back.

I’d love to know what symbols or synchronicities have been showing up for you lately?

✨Vultures circle. They wait. They know when it’s time for things to die; they have much to teach us. ✨And they don’t fee...
12/10/2026

✨Vultures circle. They wait. They know when it’s time for things to die; they have much to teach us. ✨

And they don’t feel like such a bad omen to me anymore. They have a particular wisdom.

Is there something in your life that’s ready to go, and you’re still holding on? (I’m asking myself that too.)

The vulture stands for life, death and rebirth. It cleanses the world of decay and makes space for new growth. It understands the cycles of things: strong, resilient, able to find nourishment and sustenance even in the most barren of landscapes. I find that a comforting thought.

I wrote this back at Lammas, right at the start of the harvest, and it feels even truer now as we move through the last stretch of the gathering time. We’re moving deeper into the descent now, Samhain is getting closer, and we’re being drawn inwards to sift and sort.

From the fuller substack piece I’ve pulled out a few ideas for finding ground this season, and five reflective questions to help you sort what to gather in from what to let go.

What are you tending to, piecing back together, or retrieving right now? I’d love to hear in the comments.

The full piece is on my Substack, link in bio 🦅

08/10/2026

✨You need to make sure you can access this.✨ https://all-woman.co.uk/

Last week, I accidentally deleted the Community Resources Sanctuary. Years of seasonal resources: guided meditations, breathwork practices, yoga nidra, journalling packs. Gone, in about two seconds.

Strangely, I didn’t panic. I just went numb. And then, a while later, I felt sad.☹️

After some techy learning, I got it back. And thankfully it’s still here - for now.

Honestly, it felt like a bit of a sign - a nudge to point you towards it properly, especially now, as we move into the slower, darker half of the year.

Inside the Sanctuary: guided somatic meditations, breathwork and yoga nidra journeys, and the Autumn Embrace journalling pack - built to help you rewild, restore, and come home to yourself. The journalling packs change with the seasons, so this is the one for right now.

No quick fixes here. Just a library to guide you inward, to meet you at this threshold as Autumn deepens.

Make sure you can get access - before my messy perimeno brain accidentally deletes it all again. Sign up via the link in my bio. Or comment Autumn and I’ll send you the link.

29/09/2026

Who does your breath belong to?

I wrote a piece on my Substack recently with the subtitle “Can you practice without expectations? “ - but I never actually said what sparked it.

Here’s the bit I left out: I’d signed up for a short course recently, not with someone I knew well, it was well marketed and I was intrigued. On the course a technique was taught, a practice. Which looked very much like a practice I’d been doing for a long time organically. An audible exhale out of the mouth, after an in-breath. But here it was given its own name. Presented as a breath that formed part of their methodology.

And something about that irritated me in its delivery, the way that something so natural, organic and inherent, was being packaged and sold back to me. I’ve been around the block teaching yoga and somatic movement for over twenty years, practising for even longer, and something in me still can’t shake the irritation - it felt counterintuitive to me that the most basic function of life, of who we are, was being claimed.

My brain is tired these days from all the words and learning. In a world of phones, internet and constant distraction, maybe all we need to do is put these down, lie on the ground, prowl in the grass, and let whatever needs to unfold, unfold. Not everything needs a name, a system, a five step process, to be valid. And what happens when we repackage what was already ours to own?

Who does your breath belong to? I’d love to hear your thoughts on this.

The full piece this comes from is on my Substack, link in bio.⬆️

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