Gay Landeta - Create the Life You Want to Live

31/07/2026

Brisbane Clinic! 'The Hidden Path' the marriage of matter and spirit. Beautiful card pull as that incredible full moon starts to wane 😍... Still 2 appointments left this trip if you want to catch up - 2 pm tomorrow (Saturday the 1st) or 10 am Tuesday the 4th). Love to see you if it's time for some easeful letting go 😉

Book via my website or this direct link https://api.i-convertpro.com/widget/groups/create-gl

30/06/2026

Are you spending your 'baby yang'? 🔥❄️

Right now, here in the Southern Hemisphere, we are in a beautiful time of regeneration. The winter solstice recently brought us the delicate spark of 'baby yang.'

This internal energy needs nurturing to grow into the foundation we will need for the expansion, creativity, and growth of spring. We nurture it by sleeping longer, staying warm, and eating deeply nourishing foods.

But how hard is that in the gorgeous, summery winter of Brisbane?! ☀️ It just invites us into constant activity!

In my early years living here, I responded to that call to activity all winter long, only to find myself feeling completely manic and exhausted by early December. It took me a few years to realise what was missing: that inward focus. Once I started taking more downtime in July and August, I felt so much more aligned, peaceful, and able to cope with the busy end of the year.

One of the Tao's core principles, Wu Wei, teaches us to act like water - to flow and adapt rather than force or struggle. Yet, whenever I sink into it, I can feel resistance. There is always so much that could be done! Balancing the busyness of day-to-day living with the desire to enjoy life is a massive challenge.

For me, it feels like two beings—one loud and worldly, the other quiet and ancient—trying to find peaceful co-existence. This is exactly why I found kinesiology! It helps me listen to both voices and discern my own best pathway.

If you can hear your inner knowing urging you to rest, but you're struggling to accept it here are a few Traditional Chinese Medicine-approved ways to nurture that little ember of future you:

🧘♂️ Qigong & Gentle Movement - Practice slow, flowing forms like Baduanjin (Eight Brocades) to circulate energy without breaking a heavy sweat, which drains winter vitality. Try standing spine rolls to clear the path where Yang energy flows.

🥣 Nourishing the Kidney Essence (Jing)- Enjoy warm rice or millet porridge infused with ginger and goji berries in the morning. Opt for slow-simmered bone broths, root stews, and always switch ice water for warm water or herbal teas.

🕯️ Lifestyle & Energy Preservation - Follow the sun by sleeping early and waking up after sunrise. Keep your lower back, ankles, and the back of your neck warm. Spend 10 minutes journaling each evening, letting your new goals incubate quietly.

I hope you can find time to add some of this into your day-to-day to build your reserves for the rest of this wild, crazy year!

And if you want some support listening or acting on behalf of future you 😌 I am back in Brisbane this Friday until next Tuesday (July 3rd to July 7th) - if its time you can book here https://api.i-convertpro.com/widget/groups/create-gl

04/05/2026

One the the best habits to cultivate is the ability to pause. A pause can give our nervous system a chance to reset while also offering the opportunity to see things from a different perspective.

We tend to avoid this simple fix though when we are trying to avoid something - a tactic that works short term but creates havoc over time. The habit we need to build is the taking of regular pauses, regardless of what’s going on around - or in - us.

We can do this by engaging our senses in the pause. By consciously using them to look, listen, touch, smell or taste we can come quickly into the present moment through a gentle point of focus. This helps the body relax without immediately attaching to what we have been avoiding.

And, as each of the senses are connected with a chakra and an energy body, by consciously engaging with them in the intention to find peace, we are supporting our own healing. This is turn helps us to have more capacity to deal with the tricky parts of life, including turning towards what we may have been avoiding.

While it can be hard to find 30 minutes to sit on the mat each day we can all find a minute or two to breathe as we focus our senses. A cloud at a red light. A warm cup of tea. The scent of a flower. The feel of grass beneath our feet. So many opportunities in a day to harness a moment to support ourselves in peace.

I am in Brisbane this week if it feels time for a more structured pause or to turn towards something tricky. A couple of appointments are still open. Or there is always Zoom!

And breath. 😉

16/04/2026

A good reminder with the new moon and 16 million kinds of Aries energy coming at us. ⚔️ Remember the freedom to act does not equal the freedom from consequences!!! 😉

15/04/2026

Listen Deeply Today .....

Today is the day to listen deeply.

Chiron, the Wounded Healer, meets the sun today. That means something deep may be stirring. Something you will no longer accept, some old pattern that you are done with, or some desire, long put aside is ready for attention.

Today is not the day for action though. That will come. Tomorrow brings us the New Moon, a perfect time for new moon wishes and for action.

Not un-contained galloping though, a moving forward coming from a deep knowing of what is right, what is needed, what is your next step. If you read my last newsletter and spent a little time musing on the prompts it included you will have activated your unconscious, your sub-conscious and your conscious mind (always the last to the game) to signal what is next. Aries knows. And acts. It is where we learn 'I am'.

Quietly, but surely, allow that knowing to arise. Honour it and be patient with it. Quietly, quietly.

15/04/2026

Listen deeply today ..... what is stirring ...

12/04/2026

Watch out peeps! 🫨 Impulse control is now your friend. 😉

In less than 24 hours, Mars will conjoin Neptune at 2° Aries. This is not something we’ve experienced in our lifetime.

Neptune takes about 165 years to move through the zodiac, so this is the first time in over a century that Mars & Neptune are meeting here, at the very beginning of Aries, the sign of initiation.

This is new, active territory, something you will feel in real time.

Mars is action, instinct, movement.
He is the part of you that says, “go.”
Neptune dissolves boundaries.
He heightens sensitivity, imagination, intuition… but also blurs clarity.

Together in Aries, these two archetypes create a very specific experience:
You may feel compelled to act before you fully understand why.
You may feel pulled toward something that feels meaningful, important, even significant… but you can’t quite explain it yet.

This can look like:
A sudden desire to begin something
Reaching out to someone unexpectedly
Making a decision quickly
Feeling drawn in a direction that doesn’t fully make logical sense yet

And all of that is part of the energy.

But there’s another side to this that’s important to stay aware of. Because Neptune doesn’t just inspire… he can also obscure. So alongside that pull to move, you’ll want to watch for:

Acting too quickly on something that isn’t fully clear
Projecting meaning onto a situation that hasn’t revealed itself yet
Making assumptions without enough information
Feeling energized one moment and strangely depleted the next

This is what happens when Mars moves through a Neptunian field - You’re moving, but the terrain isn’t fully visible yet.

And what makes this even more significant is that this is all happening within a larger concentration of planets in Aries right now. So the energy is already building… already pushing forward.

This conjunction becomes a trigger point inside of that… something that can initiate action, decisions & new directions that carry forward from here.

If something feels genuinely aligned, you’ll notice that it holds a steady feeling in your body, even if it’s new. If something feels urgent but unclear, give yourself just enough space to check it before acting.

Stay connected to what is actually real, not just what feels intense in the moment. Because with Mars & Neptune together, intensity & truth can feel very similar.

And this IS the beginning of something.
We’re just not seeing the full picture yet,
But we are stepping into it.

12/04/2026

Every read is such perfection. ❤️ While I (obviously!!!) believe in being proactive in life and daring to reach for our dreams I also actively practice being present and (doing my best to) accept what is - 'just is'. My favourite Rumi quote is 'This place where you are right now, God circled on a map for you'. This post speaks to all this so beautifully so with aging only one of the times we can get gobbled up by our phantom lives I thought a great share. Wisdom like this is so supportive of the internal resources to find peace no matter what life brings. Cos let's face it, it is never what we expect it to be!!! ❤️

For the soul drowning in the bitter disappointment of a life that didn't go as planned: read the Buddha's wisdom. 🍂

You spent your younger years looking toward the horizon, patiently waiting for the grand payoff.

Culture handed you a very convincing script about this chapter of life. You were promised that if you worked diligently, sacrificed your own desires, and raised your family well, you would eventually step into a golden era. You expected a carefree season of travel, unbroken health, and endless, relaxing afternoons.

Instead, you are looking around at your daily routine, and it feels like a harsh bait-and-switch. Your reality might be managing doctor appointments, navigating tight fixed incomes, or simply dealing with a quiet, repetitive daily existence. The gap between the vibrant life you imagined and the stark reality of your living room is causing a deep, haunting sadness. You feel cheated by the universe, mourning an imaginary future that never actually showed up.

To heal this specific, lingering heartbreak, we must look to the Madhupindika Sutta (MN 18). In this text, the Buddha diagnosed a deeply ingrained habit of the human mind, offering a practical way out of this trap.

🕸️ The Trap of the Phantom World

The Buddha described a mental mechanism known as Papanca, which translates to the obsessive expansion of thoughts, or "conceptual proliferation."

He observed that the human mind rarely just experiences the present moment. Instead, it builds elaborate, detailed fantasy worlds. For decades, your mind constructed a towering, perfect vision of what your later years were supposed to look like. You furnished that mental house and attached all your hopes for happiness to it.

The instruction here is clarifying and direct: your current sadness is not entirely caused by your physical circumstances. You are hurting because you are forcing your real, everyday life to constantly compete against a ghost. You are measuring your breathing, actual existence against a phantom reality that only ever existed in your imagination.

🛠️ The Practice of True Arrival

The Buddhist path does not ask you to pretend that aging is a joyride, nor does it preach passive acceptance of misery. It asks you to stop punishing yourself for a fantasy you didn't get. Here is the exact, step-by-step method to pull yourself out of the disappointment starting today:

1. Formally Burn the Script (Dassana): Acknowledge that the flawless, carefree retirement is largely a marketing myth designed to sell magazines and vacations. Give yourself one final, honest afternoon to grieve the specific dreams that didn't materialize. Cry over them if you must. Then, mentally close that book forever. You cannot move forward while looking backward.

2. Stop Arguing with Reality (Samma Vayama): The heaviest drain on your daily energy is the persistent thought, "It wasn't supposed to be this way." Whenever that thought arises, actively correct it. Tell yourself, "This is exactly how it is today." Peace arrives the very second you drop the demand for the universe to rewrite your history and start working with the actual materials you hold in your hands.

3. Anchor in the Small and Actual (Sati): Shift your attention away from the grand experiences you are missing, and train your eyes on the steady comforts you possess right now. A warm cup of coffee, a comfortable chair, the sound of rain against the glass, or a functioning appliance. These are not second-place consolations; they are the genuine substance of a lived life. Stop waiting for the grand finale, and learn to inhabit your actual home.

Words by: ✍🏻 Sahan Vishvajith
Image Courtesy: 📸 Walk for Peace

24/03/2026

Awesome 10 day Insight Timer challenge on now, one to help with the constant pull of needing to do...

✨The Dopamine Rebalance Challenge March 25 – April 3, 2026 ✨ Welcome to the Dopamine Rebalance Challenge here on Insight Timer. Our lives today run on constant stimulation. Endless scroll, instant updates, and rapid rewards keep the brain in a near continuous state of anticipation, and over ti...

11/03/2026

Thriving in the fire of 2026 🤩 The firey energies of 2026 are exciting - but can easily create havoc i(as can be seen all around us!)

Firey energy is everywhere, from the arrival of the Fire Horse to multiple planets in Aries (with the sun soon to join them.) To add fuel to the fire we have the Lunar Eclipse and Mercury retrograde. It is a lot! 2026 is all about the push - but (!!!) not about wildly galloping in any old direction. This year, without thought and clear intention, life may well become a little more wild than we wanted!

With all this pushy energy it is easy to loose touch with the introspective qualities that are needed to balance this year. The Fire Horse is the culmination of the yang elements so looking inward (yin) is essential to balance it. Aries is all about 'I am' so again looking inward is essential to see beyond our reactivity. Lunar eclipses and Mercury retrograde? Yup, Looking inward to the past to what may need to change in the future.

In my recent newsletter I suggested some journal starters for these times, these are simple, but effective, questions to ask yourself in these wild times :

👉 Where am I galloping unnecessarily?

👉 Where could I move with more intentionally?

👉 And what actually matters this year? When I look back in January 2027 at the last 12 months what will I want to see and importantly what action do I need to take to navigate in that direction?

If you’d like support navigating your own Fire Horse year, I’m back in Brisbane this Friday, a couple of times are still available. See you if the time is right! https://gaylandeta.com.au/book-online