LushTums

12/02/2026

Hey! How’s your birth prep going?

Learning all the theory? Listening to podcasts? Reading the books?

That’s a great start, but now it’s time to embody at all. That means you also need to learn it in your body and nervous system, not just intellectually in your mind.

How to do that?

Join me for my next Yoga for Birth workshop to learn how to breathe, move and relax throughout labour.

Gain practical tools you can use at home or in hospital to help you give birth with more ease and confidence.

Plus I will share key birth partner tips, so they feel prepared and 100% ready to support you on the big day!

Booking essential in these sellout workshops. DM for booking links with any questions.. I’m happy to help 😊✨❤️

Happening in Brighton UK!

Much love
Clare xx

Birth Prep Yoga Teacher for 20yrs ✨🙌

03/02/2026

Good!!!

Personally I’d go one step further and say that home birth really ought to be the standard go to option, then if you are more high risk or you are deciding to choose a hospital birth, then you go for that.

What we need to do is normalise birth and we need to normalise home birth as part of that.

And it should be a given that it’s always be an option on the table for ANYONE who wants it. Not something cancelled every 5mins.

Solution ~ way more investment in home birth teams and in supporting choice for home birth. Thank you Government… that’s where I’d like all my tax money to go to please!!!!

We are taking legal action to defend the right to choose where you give birth.

Birthrights has issued a Pre-Action Protocol letter to Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, putting them on notice of our intention to apply for judicial review over their open-ended suspension of homebirth services. ✍🏼

Restrictions on birth choices must always be lawful, proportionate and justified.

Failing to uphold people’s right to choose their place and method of birth can result in physical and psychological harm, which is why we are taking urgent action to safeguard women and birthing people’s right to choose the place of birth that is right for them. 🚨

Read our full press release 🔗: www.bit.ly/BR_NHS
BBC news coverage: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3veed2139qo

29/01/2026

✨ Yoga For Birth Workshop ~ last spaces available! ✨

Pregnant and preparing for birth?

My much loved “Yoga For Birth” workshop is coming up this Sunday and there’s just 1 last space left!!! 🫶

We’ll explore breathing, movement, active birth positions and hands-on partner support ~ so you both leave feeling calm, connected and confident for birth.

✨ Good news ~ If this Sunday doesn’t work, there are a few spaces left for March too ~ but they’re already filling up.

If you’ve been meaning to book… this is your sign ✨

👉 Book now to secure your place!

Visit my local Brighton & Hove page on the website for details (I’ll pop a link in the linktree)

Any questions just reach out, happy to help!

Much love
Clare x
















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21/01/2026

Hello mummies (of Brighton & Hove!)

This is for you!!! Especially when you need some nurturing YOU time and connection in a safe & welcoming space ~ suitable from 6wks post-birth to around 10-12months.

We focus on post-birth deep healing and recovery; overall fitness and strength building; always attentive to the pelvic floor and deep core; always with time for deep rest and nourishment ~ ideal for all mums & babies!

Booking essential. Monday’s currently full. But we do have spaces on Friday to fill for the rest of this term. I’d be really grateful if you could share with your mum & baby friends. 🙏💕

Link to book~ https://www.lushtums.co.uk/brighton-timetable-clare-maddalena (I’ll add to stories too!)

Thank you so much xx and look forward to seeing you all on the mat soon!!

Much love
Clare

Xx

08/01/2026

EXCITING NEWS!! 💕😊

We are open and ready for bookings for my first retreat in the Pyrenees (with my vegan chef, mountain guide and co-host Al)!

This will be a dreamy week of nature, yoga, mountain treks, amazing food, wild swimming and connection. A chance to immerse in a new place, with lovely people, to take a breath and feel fully restored. Small group only from 5min - 10max. And I’d love you to come along and join us!

Rooms are based on twin sharing or single option available with supplement. We will be doing an early bird discount if booked in Jan of 200E off as well!

If like me, you love having something in the diary to look forward to - and maybe this year, that something needs to be just for YOU - then let me know and let’s save your space!!!

FULL DETAILS - https://www.yogamountainrun.com/pyrenees

Feel free to share with your partner, friends or family if there’s someone you’d like to come along with! All welcome!!

THANKS ALL 🥰 xx

06/01/2026

Me and the bestie this morning ✨⭐️✨⭐️✨⭐️✨

Sun was coming up. Moon was going down. And we were in between. Loved it!

31/12/2025

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31/12/2025

🧡 I took this photo yesterday. It stopped me in my tracks — because it sums up my year. 🧡

I was about to scroll back and share highlights from our beautiful teacher trainings and events, moments of joy and connection. But this image came first. And it told the truer story.

Light and dark.
A thin band of gold running through the centre.

Doing my best to bring light into the world. To support the people I’m lucky enough to work with. To show up for friends and family. All while, around that golden line, it’s been a heavy year — for me, and for many. Dark at times. Challenging. Heart-stretching.

There have been joyful moments, yes. But they’ve played against a backdrop of emotional pain, grief, change and deep learning. Some relationships have shifted forever. Some lessons have landed hard. And while I’m grateful for the good, I’m not sorry to see the back of this year.

This image resonates because it reminds me that things aren’t always bright and breezy. What we show the world doesn’t always reflect what’s happening beneath the surface. The hidden layers — sadness, disappointment, grief, difficult change — live alongside the light. For all of us.

So instead of simply wishing you a “happy new year,” my wish is this:

May we transmute what hurt us.
May we carry forward the wisdom, the growth, the lessons earned.
May we allow what’s next to unfold, imperfectly.

Life isn’t perfect. We aren’t perfect. But finding those slivers of gold — in the in-between moments — that’s what it’s all about.

In a wild and complicated world, it’s often the darkness that teaches us most. And without the grey, the gold wouldn’t shine so brightly.

Wishing you a heartfelt Happy New Year.
May we pause long enough to notice the gold.
All my love 🧡

#2025 #2026 # year

30/12/2025

Just 2 spaces left for Jan 4th!!!

Book now ~ https://goteamup.com/p/2946009-lushtums-brighton-clare-m/courses/126785/

30/12/2025

Any mums and babies here needing some new year self care??? Just giving my postnatal mum & baby yoga classes a little shout out. Mondays & Fridays at the Loft upstairs at Little Dippers. Here’s a post about it… or DM me any questions or request booking link xx spaces limited, all welcome from 6wks to 1yr xx

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