06.03-2008
Homoeopathy and the Flu
Just wanted to say thanks for the flu remedy you gave me last week. I was barking like a seal for a couple of days, and then the headaches and joint pains started, and I thought I was in for the long haul. I took the remedy on Sunday (twice) and then woke up Monday and went to the gym -not return of symptoms. T
hanks a lot!! Sue
12/09/-2007
Dear Maggi
You offered such wholistic support throughout and immediately after my pregnancy. It is therefore impossible to succinctly pinpoint how you have helped. But it is certain that your practical, disciplined and simple suggestions have saved me from getting lost in the emotionally charged sleep deprivation that seems to be the trap of so many new mums. Instead I am enjoying the calm and clear beginning of my little boy’s life. I have the luxury of just BEING WITH him and watching as he unfolds each new attention, each subtle communication. Thank you for helping me become that mother: flexible, responsive and realistic.
We’re three weeks into the life long journey with baby Saul Miro Ullman. Born 1st August by caesarean, he was 3.8kg. As you know I spent the whole pregnancy preparing for a natural birth and it wasn’t until the end that we discovered the little tike was breech and that try as we might he was not going to turn around. Its at this point that I would like to reflect back to you just how much all the work we have done together: yoga, bowen, homeopathic and nutritional supplementary support; has contributed to a stable and wonderful experience of my new born. Even the initial shock of a caesarean became just a stepping stone on a balanced path. Without your support I might have become depressed but instead one clear comment from you: “you are not your body” removed all the charge around that. That same thought held me steady as we face the religious circumcision of Saul and enabled me to be present to support him and keep him calm.
Throughout the pregnancy I kept up the yoga and regular walking. I felt fit, strong and even attractive as my body went through the transformative work of growing a baby. You gave me regular bowen treatments that worked with the increased elastine in my body – ironing out the scoliosis in my spine and the imbalance in my hips. Besides their corrective work I am sure these treatments contributed to my sense of centred wellbeing, especially in the last month.
After the birth, it was difficult to pick up my child, with the cut through my stomach muscles then I tried the recent yoga practice you had been teaching, of drawing up the energy of the legs to the navel. This simple thought gave my body stable strength that was not from the stomach but supported by the legs. I could pick Saul up without compromising myself. This one function, of picking up the baby, is central to our relationship. My capacity to respond to his call without feeling pain in my own body has helped me to be there for him, to meet his needs.
Saul is a calm and clear baby. He lets me know when he needs something and settles quickly when his needs are met. We haven’t had any dramatic crying frenzies that I’ve heard other new mum’s describe. Again, Maggi, I think this is due to the work we have done together. You have taught me to manage my own adrenal system. To balance my emotions and work with them as specific information about what does or doesn’t work for me. I manage not to buy into my emotions just for the fun of the drama and I’m using this to help my little boy stay settled. We enjoy lovely connected periods of gazing at each other. I’ve loved watching his attention caught by simple images. But as soon as I see the signs of a tired nervous system – the startling arms flying out etc. – I wrap him up and reach deep for the discipline to put him down. The is no doubt that the Nerve Tonic Tissue Salts you suggested mid-way through the pregnancy set up a good foundation - settling him even when in utero – when he started to really move around my belly through the night. This helped mentally prepare me – so I was clear that my nights were for sleeping. I’ll wake up for a feed but I won’t engage in anything that over stimulates. This maintains the precious islands of sleep that have kept us sane through these early weeks.
Thank you for all of this and more, lots of Love and Gratitude,
Andrea
22/10-2006
Maggie made sense to me. I now believe you have to look at both mind AND body, once Maggie had put me on the right track with the body - the mind followed. Old symptoms have gone - as Maggie healed my body, old thought patterns and beliefs about my body's limitations went too.
Thank you Maggie.
Heather M.
Tuesday, 21 March 2006
To whom it may concern,
Maggi Nimmo has been the yoga teacher at PIMCO for the past 2 years. Maggi was hired to teach the yoga classes, with a specific focus on postural issues associated with being sedentary and stress management. She has been highly instrumental in teaching the staff techniques to overcome areas of difficulties on a mental, physical and spiritual level.
I have experienced a lot of different yoga styles and teaching methods and have benefited from being a student of Maggi. Her teaching is very structured and thorough, she is enthusiastic and demonstrates excellent knowledge and a keen interest in this area. Maggi is very patient and understanding providing help and encouragement to students of all levels. She provides additional assistance to students requiring further instruction and to those wishing to go beyond the boundaries of what is being learned so all students benefit from her classes.
Maggi practices a high degree of initiative and understanding in her role as a yoga teacher ensuring that everyone benefits greatly under her guidance.
I would highly recommend Maggi as a yoga teacher.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
Yours sincerely,
Athena Bazos
Trade Associate
athena_bazos@au.pimco.com
Tel: (02) 9290 9514
12/09/06
I always thought of myself as a non yoga person, and before Maggi’s class that was true. Now I find yoga a rewarding and enjoyable activity.
I’m well into middle age and full of aches and pains and injuries. Yoga has helped enormously to overcome these and make my body work better.
Brenda Rees
Rozelle
5/9/06
Galaxy Healing’s/Maggi’s Hatha Yoga Pilates class is like a complete body realignment for me each and every week. I find that my body will react to the class like it does to a Bowen session or a massage.
Aside from keeping aches and pains away, I will get muscle twitches and feel my body and posture respond for a least a day after the class. And for someone who works at a computer all day everyday, this is fantastic! I also understand and appreciate the preventative and strengthening approach to this class, and as a 30 year old woman, I know I am doing essential things through this class, that my body will thank me for in many years to come!
Best regards,
Heidi*
Balmain
I made my first appointment with Maggi, for a lymphatic massage in 1990. I had no intention of mentioning my 11 year old shoulder injury which had received regular physio & chiro treatments. Maggi immediately spotted the shoulder & was amazed it had not been fixed. Her initial shoulder treatment was followed up two weeks later with a second treatment and after 11 years of pain & discomfort it was “fixed”. It was two years before I needed Maggi to again treat my shoulder & it has been perfect ever since.
I now see Maggi on a regular basis as does my husband and two daughters and she has tended to the many aches, pains and injuries suffered by my family.
More recently I have followed her suggestions with grooming so not only do I feel fantastic I also look great.
Maggi has become an integral part of my family’s good health – we all rely on her to keep us feeling, and looking, well.
Deb
Gracelands NSW
Australia.
Maggi takes her role as my yoga teacher very deeply. She has supported me closely through difficult times with one-on-one therapy, and always demonstrates a high degree of very personal care and dedication for my development as a healthy and creative person.
am constantly inspired and stimulated by her incredibly broad wealth of knowledge and experience of the body and its workings. I especially value that Maggi assists us all to learn how to listen to and look after ourselves and to maintain and develop our own self-care practices in life, rather than depending on others. Her classes are humour-filled, nurturing, enriching, stimulating and challenging.
Anna
Tuesday, 3 October 2006
am very happy to provide a testimonial for Maggi's classes. I have attended both the Hatha Yoga Pilates and the Body Sculpting courses and have benefited from and enjoyed both. Maggi ensures that she knows your specific needs and capabilities and manages the classes to meet the needs of all in attendance. She is patient with varying skill levels but also pushes students to achieve their best and progress each week. While it is sometimes hard to make the break from the office to get to classes you always always finish the class feeling positive, more balanced and have a sense that you have achieved something good for yourself. Kim.
Kim
