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Dear friends on the path,I've been painting the inside of the house. It's something I've genuinely wanted to do, but I'v...
08/11/2026

Dear friends on the path,

I've been painting the inside of the house. It's something I've genuinely wanted to do, but I've noticed myself becoming caught up in the urgency of getting it finished. There's a pressure to keep going, to get it done, to move on to the next thing.

Life has been full lately, and I know I have a tendency to switch into overdrive, disguising busyness as productivity. When really, sometimes it's a distraction – somewhere to place my attention so I don't have to stop and feel what's going on underneath.

This brings me to this week's exploration: the Pericardium Meridian.

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the heart is considered the emperor of the body, and the pericardium its bodyguard. Its role is to protect the heart, deciding what comes close and what needs to stay at a distance.

I find this such a beautiful metaphor. How often do I protect my own heart by keeping busy, staying strong or telling myself I'm fine, when perhaps what I really need is to slow down and acknowledge how I feel?

Known as the Minister of Joy, the Pericardium doesn't simply protect us from hurt. It also helps us remain connected to life – to love, laugh, grieve, receive and experience joy.

Protecting our hearts doesn't mean shutting everything out. It means recognising when we've taken on too much, when we need a boundary, when it's time to step back and when we need to allow ourselves to be supported.

So this week, I'm inviting myself – and you – to notice where busyness might be keeping us from ourselves. Are we genuinely enjoying what we're doing, or are we filling every available space because being still feels uncomfortable?

Perhaps we don't need to fix anything or find an answer. Perhaps we just need to pause long enough to be honest about what we're feeling.

I'm learning that I can care deeply without carrying everything. I can have limits without closing my heart. And sometimes the most loving thing I can do for myself is to stop, soften and allow.

May our practice remind us that the heart was never meant to be locked away. It was meant to be protected enough to remain open.

With love,
Christina

To my dear friends on the path,Last week, we had to say goodbye to our beautiful Lilly, Maya’s assistance dog.It was sud...
04/11/2026

To my dear friends on the path,

Last week, we had to say goodbye to our beautiful Lilly, Maya’s assistance dog.

It was sudden, tragic and utterly heartbreaking.

Maya was riding her bike, Lilly running alongside her. Just a girl and her dog, outside in the sunshine, living their best lives. Then, Lilly collided with our retaining wall at full speed, breaking her hind leg in several places.

Surgery offered little hope, and amputation would place too much strain on her other joints, the damage was simply too great, and we had to make the heartbreaking decision to let her go.

I have never heard my children cry like that. Their grief was visceral. Their disbelief, their questions, the sheer unfairness of losing someone they loved so deeply.

All I wanted was to make it stop. To fix it, find the right words, take their pain away. But I couldn’t bring Lilly back or make their heartbreak disappear.

All I could do was stay.

To hold them. To make space for the anger, the sadness and the aching emptiness. To resist the urge to fix, reassure or rush them through their grief.

To allow it.

Allowing doesn’t mean we like what is happening, surrender to injustice or pretend everything is okay. Sometimes, it simply means acknowledging: This hurts. I cannot change it. I don’t have to make it okay.

In the midst of our heartbreak, there has been tenderness, connection and love. We have held one another closer, shared memories and found comfort in believing Lilly is now in heaven with Maya’s identical twin, Samsara.

The pain is still here. We haven’t moved beyond it, and we don’t need to. We are learning that grief and love can exist side by side. That we can be heartbroken and still feel connected. That we don’t have to make the pain disappear to find moments of peace within it.

The practice of allowing helps us to not turn away from life when it hurts, but to meet it as it is.

For today, allow. Whatever you are feeling, give it room to be there. You don’t need to fix it or push it away. Just breathe, soften and meet yourself with compassion.

We cannot always change what life brings us, but we can choose how gently we hold ourselves and one another as we move through

Dear friends on the path,Lately, life has been reminding me of the importance of honouring our energy, knowing our limit...
24/10/2026

Dear friends on the path,

Lately, life has been reminding me of the importance of honouring our energy, knowing our limits, and finding our way back to what truly matters.

My dad is currently in hospital, his kidneys are failing, and he is nearing the point of needing dialysis. I’m navigating the many moving pieces involved in helping him relocate interstate, closer to family and a hospital where he can access the care he needs. Clearing his house, preparing it for sale, and finding and a new home etc.

It has me reflecting on the Kidney Meridian in Traditional Chinese Medicine, associated with our deepest reserves of energy, courage, willpower and potential. The kidneys are said to hold our foundational energy, the reserves we draw upon to meet life’s challenges.

I love the image of a seed, holding within it the potential to grow, yet needing the right conditions to flourish. Each of us has our own nature, our own needs, and our own rhythms. We cannot thrive by continually pushing beyond our capacity. Sometimes, growth comes from doing less, conserving our energy, and tending gently to what matters most.

In our yoga practice, the Kidney Meridian begins at the feet, inviting us to return to our foundations. To feel the ground beneath us, breathe a little more deeply, and find steadiness in the midst of whatever life is asking of us.

This week, I invite you to gently ask - What is truly needed of me right now? What can wait? How can I care for myself while caring for others?

We cannot force a seed to grow by pulling at its leaves. We tend to the soil, offer nourishment, and trust the process to unfold in its own time. Perhaps we can offer ourselves that same patience and compassion, remembering that we, too, need tending.

With love and gratitude,

Christina

Dear friends on the path,This weekend is our biggest of the year - Murrumbateman Field Days. There are seedlings to prep...
20/10/2026

Dear friends on the path,

This weekend is our biggest of the year - Murrumbateman Field Days. There are seedlings to prepare, plants to pack, lots of driving to and from, many little things to organise, and the familiar temptation to squeeze just a little more into each day.

But something has felt different this time. Despite the busyness, I’ve been surprisingly calm.

I’ve been setting boundaries, letting some things wait, simplifying meals, and actually resting. Not because everything is done, but because I’m beginning to understand that it doesn’t all have to be.

There’s something liberating about realising we can care deeply about what we do without running ourselves into the ground.

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Bladder Meridian is associated with our capacity to respond to stress, take action and find our way between effort and rest. It invites us to consider where we’re holding on, pushing through or carrying more than we need to.

Perhaps strength isn’t always about doing more. Sometimes it’s having the courage to stop, soften and trust that what truly matters will still be there tomorrow.

As we explore the Bladder Meridian in our practice, notice the back of your body - the places that brace, grip or quietly hold tension. Can you create a little more space? Can you allow yourself to do less, without feeling you’ve somehow fallen short?

I’m taking that question with me into this weekend ... Can I show up wholeheartedly without giving every last piece of myself away?

Maybe that, too, is a practice.

In gratitude, Christina

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.

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