XENA.life

Fantastic experience: Dominique and I are the hosts of an international annual women’s manifestation and empowerment retreat. This year, we had the absolute pleasure of inviting Octavia to facilitate our workout sessions for around 20 guests, as well as provide deeply restorative somatic healing massages. Octavia is incredible, an absolute delight to work with. She is professional, highly skilled, and brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise. Beyond her talent, she is kind, warm, and approachable. It truly felt like we had known her for years, and she instantly built genuine connections with the women. Our guests were raving about her throughout the retreat! We are so grateful for her contribution, and she is most definitely on our list for the next one. I would have definitely given her 7 stars but this only goes upto 5!!!

Fantastic experience: I completed the Foundations C-section course with Octavia this summer. I started when I was 6 weeks postpartum (after medical sign-off) and can only highly recommend it for any mama who wants to recover and take care of herself in a safe and welcoming environment. I found the course incredibly helpful to slowly and safely rebuild my strength, improve my flexibility, reduce my back and neck pain from carrying and breastfeeding the baby. At the end of those 6 weeks, I had regained confidence and generally felt better (lighter, stronger and more energised) in my body. I loved the mix of pilates and strength, as well as the very important scar massage review and practice. Thanks a million, Octavia!

Fantastic experience: Octavia's XENA foundations course has been incredible with helping me recover after my c-section. She's helped me get back to a point where I feel strong and capable in my body. Her considered coaching has helped me take a slow, measured and safe approach to get back to fitness whilst still keeping it challenging! She's also incredibly knowledgeable about ceasarians and how to heal the scar tissue. I highly recommend to anyone in a similar situation.

Fantastic experience: I recently discovered Xena.life, and I can't recommend it highly enough! Having personally met the founder, Octavia, I can confidently say her passion and dedication to empowering women shine through every aspect of this app. She’s genuine, always adding value, and deeply committed to her work. I recently downloaded the scar tissue massage and nutrition section, and it’s been transformative. The recipes are not only nutritious but also absolutely delicious—my entire family enjoyed them! Xena.life offers invaluable support for pregnancy, motherhood, and even navigating perimenopause. It truly feels like an all-in-one resource. If you're a woman looking to prioritize your health and wellness, this app is a game-changer. Sign up—you won't regret it!

Fantastic experience: I used the XENA Life app both pre and post-natally, and I loved the physio-led exercises (felt much safer than following exercise videos on YouTube, particularly as I had bad ab separation!), and also the more general wellbeing content (big fan of a couple of the breakfast recipes). It helped me take a bit of time for me amongst the chaos of new parenthood. The different modules made it easy to navigate too. Would definitely recommend - investing in your health and well-being in new motherhood is so important.

Fantastic experience: Having worked with Octavia before and seen her breadth of knowledge and passion, I was excited to hear about Xena and the Xena app and it did not disappoint! Using the postpartum recovery programme myself has been so needed, returning to my body after a traumatic birth and safely working on regaining my strength. With a huge range of other professionals available that support women along our journey, and a community feel, I would highly recommend!

Fantastic experience: An incredible app and absolute life saver for pregnant ladies and new mothers. We couldn’t recommend this more, to offer you additional support outside of what you might come to expect through public health. Very well thought out and presented information from trustworthy and reliable sources. Gold dust!

Fantastic experience: Great platform for women with trusted advice, support and exercises during and after pregnancy

Fantastic experience: Octavia introduced me to Xena when I came to her for scar work after having a c section. I’ve been using Xena for the last few months and have found it really helpful watching her videos post recovery from my c section and have already seen the benefits and getting stronger in my core and overall strength. I also go to Octavia’s postnatal Pilates classes which are great and you can bring your little ones with you too Already I feel the benefits. I’m so glad I found Octavia as she really bespokes the program around you and will help you to achieve your goals!

Fantastic experience: Xena is a treasure trove! So many brilliant videos for work outs and loads of information.

Fantastic experience: I was introduced to Xena when my son was around 8 months old. I’ve predominantly used the platform for Pilates to help with my post natal recovery but the wealth of advice and knowledge across the platform on all topics of women’s health is impressive. To have a one-stop shop to help and inform women at all stages of their lives is ground breaking. I’ve already recommended Xena to my friends and will continue to big it up at every opportunity!

Fantastic experience: I approached Naomi of Catching Little Dreams after being linked to her Instagram account via the incredible holistic women's health and fitness platform, XENA Life. From the moment I sat down with Naomi I knew we were in safe, supportive hands. Her warmth and realness is palpable, even through a screen, and I felt entirely comfortable welcoming her into our family space. During our initial one hour consultation she gently led my husband and I through the process of sleep coaching and how to implement gentle but effective actions to minimise (and hopefully stop!) our son’s multiple night wakings. Naomi is the perfect guide; she encouraged us when we felt a bit lost and taught us how to use different responses to support our son with his multiple night wakings and breastfeeding. Following a slightly disrupted first night, our son has slept 11 to 12 hours without waking every night since! We can’t believe it. A fantastic element of working with Naomi is knowing that you can bank any days that you’ve not needed to use in your current plan, and saving them for a later date when support may be needed again. XENA has proved a trusted resource when looking for healthcare professionals to support my recent pregnancy, postpartum and beyond. I’ll be forever grateful that XENA helped me to find Naomi, because working with her has been life changing for me and my family!

Fantastic experience: I became a member of XENA.Life during my first trimester, and it has been an absolute game-changer throughout my pregnancy journey. During the first trimester, the expert health advice and fitness resources were invaluable in getting my body ready to cope with pregnancy. Now, in my second trimester, I turn to XENA.Life for trusted advice on birthing options and find tailored videos to continue my fitness routine safely. The mental health content has been a lifeline, helping me prepare both my mind and body for the upcoming trimesters. XENA.Life has become my go-to resource, and I highly recommend it to any expecting parent. Thank you to the wonderful Octavia and the team for creating the ultimate pregnancy companion - I can’t imagine doing it without you. X

Fantastic experience: Having known Octavia for a very long time and working with her both pre and postnatally I was thrilled to hear about the birth of Xena. How brilliant as a new mum to be able to find expert care and advice all under one platform and so easily accessible. The fact that it caters for women of all ages and stages be it for fertility advice or general overall female wellbeing and embodiment is such a rare find and is now my go-to for nutritional advice, exercise advice and classes and the podcasts are a great highlight to my week! Truly gold standard all round. I feel supported wholly by Octavia and her team at Xena.

Fantastic experience: I’ve been using Xena for the last few months since having a c section and cannot rate it highly enough for guiding me through these first few months of rehab. Although I’ve been using it primarily for rehab from pregnancy/ birth, there is SO much info on there that has been useful that I hadn’t even thought about, including nutrition, relaxation and baby massage. It’s such an amazing resource to have access to and the links to all the professionals are really helpful too. Just wish it had been up and running when I was pregnant!