Bellies & Bubs Yoga Massage Beauty

09/09/2026

07/09/2026

Today we would have been celebrating your 80th birthday, Mum❤️

I can imagine the fuss we would have made of you… the laughter, the family gathered around, the cake, the stories, you being naughty, having us all in stitches of laughter 🤣🤣🤣 you probably telling us not to make such a fuss — while secretly loving every minute of it. 🥰

Instead, I’m celebrating you from here.

There are some days when the years that have passed feel enormous… and others when you still feel so very close.

I miss your voice.
I miss your laugh.
I especially miss your cheekiness.
I miss being able to pick up the phone and tell you something.
I miss the ordinary little things that I never realised would one day become the things I’d give anything to have back.

But mostly today, I’m grateful.

Grateful that I got to call you Mum.
Grateful for everything you gave me, everything you taught me and all the pieces of you that still live on in me, in my girls, and in our family.

I wonder what 80 would have looked like on you. ❤️
I wish more than anything that we could have found out.

Happy heavenly 80th birthday, my beautiful Mumma.

I hope wherever you are, Dad is beside you, there’s a glass raised 🥂🍻 and you know just how deeply you are still loved and missed.

Until we meet again. 🙏🏻❤️🥰🥂

Darling I’m with you… Always and forever. ❤️

05/09/2026

Happy heavenly Fathers Day, Dad.

You were the most gentle, kind, patient, loving and funny soul. The most amazing Dad, Husband and Poppa to my girls Siena Johnstone and Eb and many others who claimed you as their Poppa too, Kym Mahon and Trish Zapirain. You were just that kind of person; everyone’s mate, loyal and always so generous with your time.

I’m so grateful and beyond blessed that we got to celebrate 80 years of your amazingness! Hard to believe you would have celebrated 85 next month and that it’s been almost 4 years since we held your hand, kissed your face and whispered our goodbyes.

Love you always and forever my beautiful Dad, Boydy and Poppa. 🙏🏻🩵🍻

31/08/2026

Is your body sending messages - whispering or yelling; for soft tissue and nervous system rebalance?

I’ve had a few spaces open up this week for pregnancy, postpartum or women’s wellness massage.

Please check contraindications on my website (link in the bio) to ensure it is safe and beneficial and aligns either any upcoming or recent medical procedures.

To book, simply select the appropriate treatment type via the link in my Bio.

In warmth
Leah 🙏🏻🩵

30/08/2026

BIRTH IN BALANCE

This isn’t just pregnancy yoga.

It’s yoga with birth in mind. 💙

As your pregnancy moves into its final weeks, movement can become more than stretching, strengthening or finding a little relief from an aching body.

It can become an opportunity to listen.

To notice where you hold tension.
Where you move freely — and where you don’t.
How your breath changes your body.
How your pelvis responds to different positions.
How creating balance, mobility and spaciousness within your body can support your baby as they find their way into an optimal position for birth.

Over four weeks, Birth in Balance brings together pregnancy yoga, breath, nervous-system regulation and simple birth biomechanics as we explore the three levels of the pelvis — the inlet, midpelvis and outlet.

Rather than simply learning a list of “good labour positions”, you’ll begin to understand why and when different movements may be useful.

We’ll explore ways to:

🩵 create space and mobility through the pelvis
🩵 support balance and alignment within the body
🩵 soften areas of unnecessary tension
🩵 use breath to regulate your nervous system and work with your body
🩵 support baby’s positioning and journey through the pelvis
🩵 explore movement and positions for different stages of labour
🩵 build trust in your own body awareness and intuition

Because birth preparation isn’t about memorising the perfect position or trying to control how birth unfolds.

It’s about developing a deeper relationship with your body so that when birth asks you to move, soften, open, breathe or change direction, you have a toolkit — and the confidence to explore what feels right for you.

Birth in Balance — 4 Week Birth Preparation Yoga Series

For Mumma’s from 28 weeks, particularly those preparing for a physiological birth or VBAC.

Wednesdays | 6:00–7:15pm
Commencing 9 September
📍 The Nesting Place
$140 | 4-week series

Small, intimate group. 💙

Come not simply to practise yoga — but to prepare your body, mind and nervous system for birth.

In warmth
Leah 💗

16/08/2026

I’ve spent more than two decades supporting women and their families within their birth space — witnessing the many ways labour can unfold, change direction and ask something different of us.

And if those years have taught me anything, it’s this:

Birth preparation isn’t about trying to predict or control birth.

It’s about preparing to meet it.

To understand a little more about the birthing body.
To explore movement, positioning, touch and practical comfort measures.
To give partners something more meaningful than “just be there.”

Because partners can be active participants in birth.

Couples can learn to work together.

And preparation doesn’t need to mean filling your head with 47 things you’re desperately trying to remember when labour begins. 🤣

Sometimes it’s simply having a few useful tools, understanding why you might use them, and feeling confident enough to respond to the birth that’s unfolding in front of you.

That’s what I’m bringing into my 1:1 Couples Birth Preparation sessions — the lessons those birth spaces have taught me, brought into the room before labour begins.

Practical preparation for birth, together. 🤍

Birth Photographer
Amy Philp Photography

07/08/2026

01/08/2026

Well that’s a wrap… a quiet moment of contemplation and gratitude for the beautiful Mumma’s and their bubba bumps; that have graced me with their presence this week and gorgeous flowers - thank you beautiful AJ 🌻

Definitely looking forward to a little rest and reset …

‘Peace out’ ✌️☮️ gorgeous ones and see you on the 12th Aug

Warm hugs
L xoxo