INTEGRATIVE HEALTH FOR WOMEN IN MIDLIFE
Feel nourished in your body, with energy for the life you want to lead.
You care about your health and want to feel well enough to enjoy your work and the life you are creating. Yet unsettled digestion, fluctuating energy or the changes of perimenopause can leave you questioning what your body needs now.
I'm Lorna MacPhail, an integrative health and wellbeing consultant, yoga therapist and coach.
I support women navigating midlife and the demands of working life, with a focus on digestive health, nourishment, energy and nervous system regulation.
FOOD · PLEASURE · SELF TRUST
Nourishment can become a way of living.
Perhaps you have spent years trying to eat well, following advice and wondering whether you are getting it right. Food can gradually become something to monitor, with another set of rules to follow alongside an already demanding life.
Our relationship with food carries a history. The messages we grew up with, experiences of dieting, the comfort food offers and the pressure to get it right can all shape how we eat. Together, we explore these patterns, making room for greater understanding, enjoyment and choice in how you nourish yourself.
When we think about digestive health it's importnt we dont just look at what we eat at this stage of our life but also how we think feel and move.
Our work together creates space to develop a way of caring for yourself that you choose, enjoy and gradually embody. Nourishing your body, mind and spirit.
CURIOSITY · observation · PRACTICE
Learning to become the scientist of your own body.
Together, we develop what is know as the technologies of observation: learning to notice your bodily sensations, patterns of thought and everyday responses with curiosity and compassion.
Nourishment for this stage of life
Explore a satisfying balance of proteins, fats and carbohydrates, alongside varied foods and meal patterns that suit your needs. Bring enjoyment back into cooking and develop the everyday foundations of a more anti inflammatory way of living.
Strength and recovery
Explore movement for perimenopause and beyond, including strength building movement to support lean muscle, alongside gentle movement, breath and restorative practices.
Supportive daily rhythms
Make room for sleep, rest and regular nourishment while noticing the patterns of the mind that keep you pushing or striving. Support regular elimination and the body’s own detoxification processes.
SEASONAL NOURISHMENT · PLANT WISDOM
Remembering the medicine of the land.
My approach also invites a remembering of our native medicinal plants and a journey of reconnecting with their medicine and wisdom.
Through the seasons, we can begin to know the plants of our local landscapes, their traditional uses and the place they have held in the lives of those who came before us and how they can shape our health moving forward.
Cooking, growing and learning about these plants can deepen our relationship with nourishment, bringing us into closer connection with the land and the rhythms of the natural world.
MEET LORNA
Biological understanding, therapeutic practice and practical support.
My background includes a BSc in Biological Sciences, extensive training in yoga therapy, nutrition and coaching, and over 20 years’ experience across education, leadership, community development, health and personal transformation.
I bring these perspectives together with an appreciation of the commitment a demanding professional career asks of you, and how easily your own needs can receive less attention alongside everything else you want to contribute.
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES · YOGA THERAPY · COACHING
INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT
Digestion & Energy Consultation
A focused space to explore your concerns, understand the wider picture and identify where to begin.
We consider your digestive experiences, your relationship with food, your daily rhythms and the demands on your energy, including changes you may be experiencing in midlife or perimenopause.
Women’s experiences
“As a doctor, preventative health matters deeply to me. Lorna’s work is rooted in holistic and natural approaches to healing, drawing on yoga therapy, Ayurveda, seasonal living and earth based wisdom. Her calm, grounded way of being means you immediately feel calm in her presence. This holistic perspective, looking at the whole person, is how we are pioneering a different kind of healthcare in Scotland.”
Dr Clare Willlocks
Energy Medicine Practitioner · Women’s Health Expert
“Understanding how my body responds to food has been transformative. I no longer second guess what to eat or how to support my energy. I feel lighter, clearer and more confident in my body. For years my stomach felt heavy regardless of what I ate. Working with Lorna, I lost weight without trying, the pain in my stomach and joints has gone, and I know the impact this has on the work I am called here to do.”
Clare Louise
Business Coach · Artist
A PLACE TO BEGIN
Eating thoughtfully, but still feeling bloated or tired?
My free training explores why digestive discomfort and tiredness can persist in midlife, even when you are making thoughtful choices about food.
Lorna MacPhail
Integrative health for women navigating midlife and the demands of working life.