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Yoga is on this afternoon at 4pm. We are exploring the heart meridian. Hope to practice with you, warmly, Christina
05/10/2026

Yoga is on this afternoon at 4pm. We are exploring the heart meridian. Hope to practice with you, warmly, Christina

This week is all about the HEART! ❤️In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Heart holds a place of profound importance. It ...
05/10/2026

This week is all about the HEART! ❤️

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Heart holds a place of profound importance. It is often referred to as the “Emperor” of the body - the centre from which we are guided, not through force or control, but through awareness, wisdom and clarity.

The Shen, “spirit,” resides in the Heart. It's our consciousness and awareness, our capacity to think, feel, connect and fully experience life. When the Shen is settled and in harmony, we experience a greater sense of peace, clarity, joy and presence.

Presence is a practice. One we return to, again and again.

Perhaps this is something children naturally understand.

There is a beautiful quality of Heart energy in childhood. When children are playing, they are so often completely immersed in the moment. They laugh with their whole bodies. They glow, shine and sparkle. Their joy isn't something they have to manufacture or work towards - it simply moves through them.

I've been intentionally making more time to play with the children. Putting aside the doing and choosing interactive games, silliness and connection instead. Not because it is productive or something to tick off the list, but simply because it feels good.

It has been a beautiful reminder of the Fire of the Heart, that spark of joy, inspiration, enthusiasm, connection and aliveness that can so easily become dimmed beneath the busyness of everyday life.

This week, we will explore the Heart Meridian and the Fire element, reconnecting with that inner spark, the part of us that knows how to delight, connect, feel and be fully here.

Hope to practice with you.

To my dear friends on the path,After the yoga workshop last Friday, I ran over a wombat - in my own driveway, just 10m f...
03/10/2026

To my dear friends on the path,

After the yoga workshop last Friday, I ran over a wombat - in my own driveway, just 10m from my front door. At 9pm, there I was, lying face down on the grass in tears.
It was the third animal I had hit in four weeks. I was beside myself. Completely gutted. My mind kept replaying what had happened, searching for an explanation. I wasn't doing anything wrong. Why me? What's wrong with me?
And then I noticed something familiar beneath the grief. This belief that if I do X, Y and Z, then A, B and C should be the result. Cause and effect. There is, of course, some truth in this. Our choices matter. What we do influences what happens. But life isn't a formula. And neither is health.

For years, I believed that if I just did all the things - ate well, slept well, hydrated, meditated, moved my body, journalled, practised gratitude, managed stress, took the right supplements, expressed my emotions, lived with integrity, read the research, followed the experts, optimised... I'd feel great. Surely, if I did everything “right”, I would get the result I wanted. Earlier this year, I learnt that it doesn't always work that way. No matter what I did, I wasn't feeling better. I felt depleted, somewhat depressed and deeply frustrated.

I kept searching for the missing piece. Maybe I just hadn't found the right formula yet. Maybe if I tried a little harder... researched a little more... optimised a little better... I'd finally crack the code.
The harder I tried to replenish, restore and harmonise myself, the further away from myself I seemed to get.

There is a Taoist concept called wu wei, often translated as “effortless action” or “non-forcing.”

Not doing nothing. Not giving up. But learning to stop fighting what is. To respond to what is actually happening, rather than imposing what one thinks should be happening.

And honestly, I find this incredibly challenging.
Because the mind wants certainty. It wants formulas. It wants guarantees. It wants to believe that if we do the right things, the right things will happen. But we are not machines. What nourishes us one day may deplete us the next. For today, ask yourself what do I really need?

Dear friends on the path,Please note that the Bungendore Yoga class is at Norrah Starrs Community Centre for the next 2 ...
29/09/2026

Dear friends on the path,

Please note that the Bungendore Yoga class is at Norrah Starrs Community Centre for the next 2 weeks

This week I felt myself being pulled away from myself. Busy days, long lists, unwell children, more car troubles … I could feel the tension building internally. And I wasn’t happy with how I was meeting the demands of life. I wanted to show up differently - more organised, more patient, more capable. And underneath it all was that familiar belief that perhaps who I am isn’t quite enough.

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Spleen is associated with nourishment, digestion, grounding and being “at home” within ourselves.

The Spleen offers us a beautiful invitation:

I am.
Without needing to be anything.
I am.
Without needing to have anything.
I am.
Without needing to do anything.

Just … I am.

There is something deeply nourishing about resting here. Coming back to our centre - that quiet place within us, like the eye of a hurricane, where everything around us may be moving, but for a moment, nothing needs to happen.

Tonights spring equinox yoga workshop. I feel so blessed to be apart of such a beautiful community 💛
25/09/2026

Tonights spring equinox yoga workshop. I feel so blessed to be apart of such a beautiful community 💛

Happy Spring Equinox! I'm so looking forward to Friday nights retreat! A beautiful poem by Agnes KrampeThe balance tips ...
22/09/2026

Happy Spring Equinox! I'm so looking forward to Friday nights retreat! A beautiful poem by Agnes Krampe

The balance tips toward the light.
Now is the time to start
A journey or a garden bed;
Plant with a happy heart

The seeds of dreams. Wake, senses, wake!
Smell the moist soil that brings
Forth juicy green from its dark depth.
Hear how the river sings;

The waters nourish and renew.
Feel gentle balmy breeze
Caress your skin. See sun’s bright light
Awaken grass and trees.

Now taste the joy. And like the earth
You are refreshed and new
And full of energy to plant,
Begin, create, and do.

Dear friends on the path,This week, we’re exploring the Stomach Meridian - and its beautiful connection to our appetite ...
21/09/2026

Dear friends on the path,

This week, we’re exploring the Stomach Meridian - and its beautiful connection to our appetite for life.

The Stomach is described as our inner hunter. The hunter has focus, determination and stamina. It knows what it is looking for and has the courage to venture out into the world and seek it.

But hunger isn’t always about food.

We can hunger for connection, recognition, achievement, stimulation, rest, love or meaning. Sometimes, we try to satisfy one kind of hunger with something that belongs to another.

I noticed myself doing this last night. I was tired, and instead of going to bed or doing some yoga before sleep, I zoned out watching The Block. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with watching TV, but when I paused to ask myself what I was actually hungry for - and what would truly nourish me - TV wasn’t the answer.

The Stomach is also about digestion ... not just the digestion of food, but of our experiences, emotions, conversations and information.

We can take in so much that we become mentally full without ever feeling truly satisfied.

Lately, I’ve started spending some time each day driving in silence rather than filling the space with more information or stimulation. It has given me room to digest, to settle, and to savour what is already here. It’s been a surprisingly liberating practice.

Perhaps this week we can bring some curiosity to our own hunger:

What am I truly hungry for?
What nourishes me?
And what might I need to give myself space to digest?

A little food for thought!

Hope to practice with you

To my dear friends on the path,Last week, we explored the lung meridian and saying yes to life. This week, we’re looking...
13/09/2026

To my dear friends on the path,

Last week, we explored the lung meridian and saying yes to life. This week, we’re looking at the other side of that, the Large Intestine meridian, which is often associated with one of the most powerful words we have: NO!

I know for myself, it can be easier to say yes - I like being agreeable helping others and staying open. 'No' can be so final and bring feelings of rejection and disapproval, yet the ability to say no is an important part of knowing ourselves, protecting our energy, setting boundaries and asserting our needs.

The life principle of the Large Intestine begins with learning control. As babies, there is no conscious control over elimination; everything simply flows. As we develop, we learn to stop, postpone and release. This physical process can be viewed symbolically as an important lesson in self-control and discernment: what do I allow to pass through, what do I hold onto, and what am I ready to release?

We all carry things that we may no longer need ... old expectations, worries, habits, disappointments, or stories about who we think we should be. Letting go doesn’t mean something didn’t matter. It simply means we’re ready to stop carrying it.

Our bodies know this rhythm naturally. We breathe in, and we breathe out. We hold, and we release.

So this week, notice what you might be ready to put down.

What could you say no to?
What are you ready to let go of?
And what might become possible when you create that space?

I hope to practice with you.

As we welcome the arrival of spring, I thought it would be a beautiful opportunity to begin exploring the meridians in o...
05/09/2026

As we welcome the arrival of spring, I thought it would be a beautiful opportunity to begin exploring the meridians in our classes.

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the meridians are pathways through which our life energy, Qi, flows. At the very beginning of the TCM organ clock sits the Lung meridian.

There is something profound about this.

The lungs are where our independent life begins. When we take our first breath after the umbilical cord is cut, we enter the world on our own ... breathing, receiving, beginning.

Our first breath is a great big YES to life. We breathe in and open to the possibility, that fresh vital nourishment, welcoming the experience and everything this moment has to offer. As we exhale we release the metabolic waste. Literally out with the old, in with the new.

Not only do our lungs breathe, our skin does too. Our skin is the physical boundary and the place where we meet the world.

Sometimes saying yes to life means learning to say no. No to what drains us. No to what isn't ours to carry. No to expectations that no longer serve us.

The Lung is also traditionally associated with grief. When we experience loss, we can contract, hold our breath and cling to what has been. Yet the breath reminds us that we can honour the past without refusing the present.

We breathe in.
We breathe out.
We release.
We receive again.

In this weeks classes we will explore the lung meridian and saying yes to life! I hope to practice with you.

3 full days of silence... absolute bliss 😊 (photos taken afterwards of course)
01/09/2026

3 full days of silence... absolute bliss 😊 (photos taken afterwards of course)

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