Inspiring Women Spring 2018

Inspiration from the Editor
I t ’ s a l w a y s
fascinating to me,
when we put the
c a l l o u t f o r
candidates for
Inspiring Women
magazine, what
the response will
be. With a theme
of sports and fitness,
I did wonder if we
would only get a list
of runners.
relationship naturally! But over the years I
have, like many of you, realised that fitness is
an essential part of my life and without it my
life is often harder and will probably be shorter
if I’m honest with myself.
So you can imagine my delight that, amongst
our eleven profiles, we have, as well as various
types of running (and there is nothing at all
wrong with running of course!), seven other
types of sport featured!
Some of the women in this issue have risen to
the top of their chosen fields, others have
been consistent participants at a less extreme
level. But they all have one big thing in
common: they have made sport or fitness a
part of their daily lives.
I’m not a big sports person, never was as a
child either. Sport is something I have to
schedule into my life, it doesn’t just happen.
The couch and I have a very close
So to those of you who read these stories and
think, “Blimey, I couldn’t do that,” I have one
thing to say:
Give it a go, you never know what might
happen!
Best wishes, Liz x
Liz MacNiven,
inspiringwomen.editor@fawco.org
From our Cover Coordinator
The cover photo for this issue is an image of Kirsten Kummert who is a certified yoga teacher
and member of IWC Munich, Germany. The photo was taken in Corsica, France in July 2017, at
sunrise on an empty and quiet beach. Kirsten explains “There were some
challenges in doing this pose. In the early morning the body tends to be
stronger but less flexible. A second challenge was the unstable nature of
the soft sand beneath my feet. But it is great for an early start and opens
me up for the blessings of a new day.”
If you have a photo that you would like to see on a future cover of
Inspiring Women, you can reach me, Marie-Bénédicte Luxem, at
inspiringwomen.cover@fawco.org. There are full details of photo
requirements on page 60 of this magazine.
Please note: we can only accept portrait orientation images.
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