Bear & Bird Wellness

18/05/2026

Lately I’ve been reflecting a lot on my relationship with Bear & Bird. Not just what I want it to become but how I want it to feel whilst becoming it.

Over the last year I’ve put a huge amount of pressure on myself to grow constantly, create constantly and keep pushing forwards. More events, more ideas, more momentum. And somewhere within all of that I started to drift away from the quieter reasons this began in the first place.

Bear & Bird was never born from a business plan. It came from my own search for peace, connection, meaning and a different way of living. A reminder to slow down, breathe deeply and come back to what actually matters.

I think what I’m realising now is that growth means very little if it pulls you away from yourself in the process. So this next chapter feels a little different. More grounded. More intentional. More spacious.

Less about forcing. More about trusting.

There are still beautiful things ahead this year. Festivals, gatherings, movement, breathwork, cacao, connection and community. But I’m learning that not everything meaningful needs to be held with pressure in order to matter.

Thank you to everyone who has walked alongside Bear & Bird so far 🤍

16/05/2026

There was a moment, somewhere between the rain, the mud, the rushing around and the worry of whether the day would even work… where I stopped resisting it all.

The rain kept falling.
The trees kept swaying.
The music carried softly through the woods.
And something inside me softened too.
What began as stress slowly became surrender.

Standing there barefoot on the earth, soaked through, I realised the rain hadn’t come to ruin the day at all. It had come to cleanse it. To wash away expectation, control and tension… and leave only what was real.

And from that moment on, the retreat became something completely different.
Not perfect.
Not polished.
Just honest, alive and deeply human.

Sometimes the medicine arrives in the form we least expect.

Sometimes life asks us to stop fighting the storm… and simply let it move through us ✨

11/05/2026

Yesterday’s retreat was incredibly special 🌿

I just want to say a huge thank you to everyone who came along and shared the day with us. It was such a lovely group of people and I feel very grateful for the openness, trust and presence that everyone brought into the space. There was some really deep work done throughout the day and it was beautiful to witness.

The weather certainly challenged us at times with rain, wind and cold, but in many ways it felt cleansing, grounding and strangely invigorating too.

A massive thank you as well to the amazing practitioners and team who helped hold the space so beautifully throughout the retreat. The care, energy and heart each person brought to the day could really be felt.

Feeling very grateful today 🙏🌿🦋🩷✨

08/05/2026

100 years of reminding us that we are not separate from nature, but part of it. Thank you, Sir David, for helping generations slow down, look closer and fall back in love with the living world around us 🌍 🙌

Sea Shepherd Australia wishes Sir David Attenborough a very happy 100th birthday!

For generations, Sir David has brought the wonders of the ocean into our homes, inspiring millions of people to fall in love with the incredible marine life we share this planet with. Since first appearing on television screens in the 1950s, his voice and storytelling have become inseparable from the beauty, mystery, and fragility of our living world.

Australia has played a special role in that journey. It was here, on the Great Barrier Reef, that Sir David first experienced scuba diving - a moment he would later describe as one of the most vivid memories of his life.

“The first time I put on scuba gear and dived on the coral reef is the moment I remember most vividly. Suddenly, this amazing world with a thousand things you didn’t know existed is revealed right in front of you, all wonderful colours and shapes.”

From the Reef in Australia to the deepest ocean of the world, Sir David’s incredible documentaries have connected humanity to the ocean in a way few others ever have, and his latest documentary, Ocean with David Attenborough, is another breathtaking reminder of the majesty and fragility of our seas — showcasing not only the beauty of the ocean, but the urgent need to protect it for future generations.

Many of the documentary’s scenes were filmed by Silverback Films aboard Sea Shepherd Global’s vessels Age of Union and Allankay during campaigns in Antarctica and West Africa. Film crews joined Sea Shepherd to document critical frontline conservation work — exposing the destructive krill fishery in Antarctica and confronting industrial trawlers threatening artisanal fishing communities along the Liberian coast.

Through decades of storytelling, advocacy, and unwavering passion for the natural world, Sir David Attenborough has inspired people across the globe to care more deeply for our precious blue planet and to fight for its future.

“If we save the sea, we save our world.” — David Attenborough

Happy 100th Birthday, Sir David ,and thank you for a lifetime spent defending and celebrating life on Earth. 💙

21/04/2026

Calm doesn’t have to be carved out.

It doesn’t need an hour, candles, or the perfect setting.

What your system often needs is something much simpler…
a pause,
two or three intentional breaths,
a moment for the body and mind to catch up.

These micro moments of calm are where things begin to shift.
Where the nervous system softens.
Where you come back into yourself.

Right there, in the middle of your day ✨

21/04/2026

There comes a point where more thinking doesn’t help.

Where what you actually need is to step out of it for a while.

This day is designed to give you that.

Movement, breathwork, stillness and space to reconnect with yourself.

Not to fix anything…
just to feel steady again.

If that resonates, I’d love to have you there.

Wildheart Hill, Worthing
Sunday 10 May

Link in bio.

19/04/2026

This one really landed with me :)

It captures exactly what these sessions are about… building real strength and stability while feeling more connected to your body and your breath.

Many of you might not know that I’m a qualified personal trainer and that’s where all of this began. I offer a small number of 1:1 sessions alongside my classes for those who want something more personal.

Mindful Movement runs every Friday at 1:30pm.

18/04/2026

It’s easy to feel like being a good parent means doing more.

More organising, more thinking ahead, more holding everything together.

But the moments that seem small… the ones where nothing much is happening… often matter more than we realise.

Standing outside, walking together, sitting quietly without rushing off to the next thing.

That’s where presence lives.

Not in doing everything for them, but in being there with them.

And over time, that’s what they begin to understand… not just what you do for them, but how it feels to be calm, grounded and present 🌿✨

17/04/2026

I don’t share things like this often…

but lately I’ve felt stuck

low energy
low motivation
questioning myself

and maybe you’ve felt that too

it’s easy to think something’s gone wrong
that you should be doing more

but sometimes your system just needs space

to slow down
to breathe
to step outside and feel something real again

you’re not behind
you’re not broken

this might just be a moment to rest and reset

and that’s okay x