- Lara
About Lara
A practitioner
for the women
no one listens to.
I came into this work the long way round - through my own decade of being dismissed. Painful periods, recurrent acne, chronic exhaustion, anxiety that felt structural, and a string of GPs who handed me the pill, an SSRI, or a shrug.
When I finally found functional medicine and circadian health, something cracked open. For the first time, someone took my whole story seriously. My cycle. My sleep. My nervous system. My grief. My morning light exposure. My mineral status. None of it was random. All of it was connected.
Aima Health is the practice I wish I'd had access to. It is a place where women are believed first, and then carefully, methodically, supported - with functional testing, with circadian and nutritional foundations, with herbal and nutraceutical strategy, and with a great deal of patience for how long real healing takes.
I'm certified by the Mind Body Life Institute, trained in functional nutrition and circadian medicine, and committed to working only with women. I see clients across the UK and internationally, virtually.
Trained in
Functional Nutrition
Certified by
Mind Body Life Institute
Specialism
Circadian Hormone Health
Practice since
2017
Based in
UK · Online globally
Works with
Women only
Meet me, in motion
A short introduction
to who I am, and how I work.
About 3 minutes. Sound on for the best welcome.
The name
What does
Aima mean?
Aima is a name inspired by its meanings across cultures and languages. Take the Greek for blood, aíma - αίμα - the sacred life force of the womb from which life is created. Blood, so often associated with harm or aversion, is something women are intimately connected to from puberty to menopause. It contains vital health signals and is now being studied for its healing stem cells.
In Sanskrit, Aiṃ - ऐं - has meanings ranging from the divine wisdom of nature to a mantra for expression and communication, historically denied to women. In Arabic, aima carries meanings of noble, blessed, leader, and source of life. In Nigerian cultures, it is associated with life itself. In Spanish, alma, a paronym, means soul, echoing mind-body integration.
The Hebrew Ima (אמא) means mother. Whether or not a woman bears children, she belongs to the collective feminine from which life emerges. Every human is born of a woman, though women have long been repressed by the very societies they sustain.