Lionheart Integrative Therapies

06/08/2026

Training harder will not fix a body that needs better support...

Injury often develops gradually.

From repeated overload, prolonged misalignment, poor recovery and compensatory movement patterns that the body can no longer tolerate.

This is why training awareness is paramount.

Exercise strengthens the body, sharpens the mind and expands our resilience.

But when training becomes unconscious and ego-driven, it can create the very problems we are trying to avoid.

Here are five common mistakes we see in the clinic and studio:

1. Not scheduling rest and recovery
The body adapts between sessions.

2. Ignoring tightness and restricted mobility

3. Prioritising quantity over movement quality

4. Training prime movers while neglecting deeper stabilisers

5. Neglecting speed and power training
Power helps us stay athletic, responsive and physically capable as we age.

“Good health is not a state but a search for equilibrium.”

Jacques Descotes

We recently published an article exploring an integrative approach to RSI, including how repetitive loading, prolonged posture, tissue irritation, poor recovery and nervous system sensitivity can contribute to pain.

Before your next training session, ask yourself:

Am I training intelligently?

Or am I just adding more load to a system that needs better balance?

Read the full article:

“An Integrative Approach To RSI”

Available now on the Lionheart website: https://www.lionheart.earth/conditions

Align & shine,

🦁🧡

05/08/2026

Join Monique Bevan for the transformative Sanctuary Sessions.

Step into a sacred space with Monique to slow down, reconnect with yourself, and deepen your self-relationship.

These workshops offer practices that nurture regulation, embodiment, clarity, and a more grounded self-connection.

Experience:

🕯️Breathwork and pranayama

🕯️Kriya and meditative movement

🕯️Seated meditation

🕯️Sound and stillness

🕯️Somatic awareness practices

🕯️Self-inquiry and reflection

Explore your body as a living doorway into steadiness, presence, and inner guidance.

Monique integrates yoga, pranayama, meditation, kriya, somatic awareness, sound, self-inquiry, and Ta***ic philosophy to create grounded, nourishing spaces for reconnection and inner peace.

With decades of personal practice, professional wellness experience, and training in yoga, meditation, Reiki, massage, relationship coaching, and embodiment-based transformation, Monique offers warmth, depth, and intuitive presence to her sessions.

Through Sanctuary Sessions, she empowers participants to slow down, reconnect with body and breath, and cultivate an inner sanctuary a steady place of wisdom, peace, and love to rely on when life feels overwhelming.

First Saturday of every month
3:00–5:30pm
Lionheart Integrative Therapies, Collingwood
$57 non-members | $45 member

03/08/2026

Sometimes the most productive thing we can do is slow down.

Life has a way of pulling our attention outward. Work, responsibilities, notifications, conversations… we’re constantly responding to what’s happening around us. But how often do we make time to turn inward?

The Full Moon offers a beautiful opportunity to pause, reflect, and reconnect with yourself. To check in. To let go of what no longer serves you, and to set an intention for the month ahead.

Join us for an evening of gentle mindful movement, intention setting, Yoga Nidra, and Nada Yoga the yoga of sound.

Using Himalayan singing bowls, crystal bowls, acoustic guitar and other therapeutic instruments, we’ll create a space where you can simply rest. A space to slow the mind, regulate the nervous system, and reconnect with a sense of calm.

Whether you’ve been feeling stressed, overwhelmed, anxious, or you’ve simply forgotten what it feels like to truly switch off, this is an invitation to give yourself permission to pause.

No experience is necessary. Just bring yourself and whatever you need to feel comfortable and warm.

Mats, bolsters, blankets and eye pillows will be provided.

Align & Shine,

🌕 Full Moon Sound Bath
🗓 Sunday, 30 August
🕓 4:00–5:30 pm
🏷 $35 casual | $0 LIT members

31/07/2026

When we meditate, we have to stop running from our feelings.

This is why meditation is so important for our mental and emotional health.

It gives us space to sit with what is present, soften the noise within, and return to a deeper sense of clarity.

Whether you are new to meditation or already have a regular practice, you will gain a lot from joining these seasonal meditation sessions with accredited meditation teacher .

Tracy’s practical, grounded and intuitively guided meditation practices offer a level of depth rarely found in today’s digital era.

Join us for her next seasonal event.

Saturday 19th September
5:00–6:30pm
$25 per person
Free for LIT members

Book via the Lionheart website or app.

Blessings to you,

🦁🤍

31/07/2026

When we meditate, we have to stop running from our feelings.

This is why meditation is so important for our mental and emotional health.

It gives us space to sit with what is present, soften the noise within, and return to a deeper sense of clarity.

Whether you are new to meditation or already have a regular practice, you will gain a lot from joining these seasonal meditation sessions with accredited meditation teacher To Be Your Beautiful Self

Tracy’s practical, grounded and intuitively guided meditation practices offer a level of depth rarely found in today’s digital era.

Join us for her next seasonal event.

Saturday 19th September
5:00–6:30pm
$25 per person
Free for LIT members

💻 Book via the lionheart website or app

Blessings to you 🦁🤍

23/07/2026

Why people love LIT Classes 🔥🦁🩶

🌀The classes can change more than the shape of your body

🌀It’s an integrative practice grounded in science and tradition

🌀Students work with the whole system; body, breath and consciousness

🌀 They explore Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin, Sound, Nidra, Kriya and Pranayama practices

🌀The invitation to work deeper with your growth is offered

As always, keep aligning and shining!

15/07/2026