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Gen O'Malley

Yoga Teacher | Personal Trainer | Midlife Movement Coach
Helping you move well, feel strong & thrive through midlife.

23/10/2026

A little radio silence lately...

I'm writing this curled up on the couch in my jammies, watching the rain outside, absolutely exhausted after a full week of work. And somehow, it feels like the perfect time to share this.

I'll admit, there's been that little voice telling me I should be posting more. But creating content out of fear of losing followers isn't really a good reason to create content, is it?

Being self-employed and finding my feet in a new chapter has been interesting, to say the least!

For years, I had my lovely little yoga studio, where creating content came naturally. Without that familiar backdrop, it's a little trickier. Suddenly, it feels like I have to invite everyone into my everyday life just to have something to share.

And sometimes, quite frankly, I just don't have that much to say! 😂

I've been busy working, learning, exploring ideas and figuring out what comes next. I'm also learning that being quiet with your own thoughts, allowing things to settle and ideas to percolate, can be incredibly cathartic.

There's nothing to force. Nothing to fix. Perhaps I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be.

So, if you're feeling the pressure to constantly do, share or keep everyone else happy, here's a little reminder...

"You don't have to."

To everyone who continues to follow, engage and support my little corner of Instagram, thank you. And to those who've messaged to check I'm okay, I promise I'm grand! Just navigating a few changes and occasionally forgetting Instagram exists! 😂❤️

Trust me, there are plenty of ideas bubbling away in this head of mine. I just need the time and space to turn them into something worth sharing.

Not that I have all the answers. I'm sure you've probably heard half of it a million times before.

But hey, you haven't heard my perspective on it yet, have you? 😉❤️

14/10/2026

Apparently, being a yoga teacher comes with a whole list of assumptions...😂

That I'm always calm, endlessly positive, never swear, eat perfectly, meditate like a saint and float through life in a permanent state of inner peace.

Well… the photos might suggest otherwise! 🙈😂

But there's a little more to this post than having a laugh at myself. I think we often make assumptions about people based on how they express the things they're passionate about. And sometimes, without even realising it, we put those same expectations on ourselves.

As though loving something means we have to embody every aspect of it, all of the time.
But I don't think passion works like that. I've loved and taught yoga for over 20 years. It's woven into so much of who I am, how I move, how I think and how I navigate life.

But I bring myself to yoga, too. My humour, my emotions, my curiosity, my messy days, my love of lifting weights... Maybe not the Murphy's 😂

It's not about becoming the perfect picture of a yoga teacher. It's about allowing something you love to become part of your life without losing all the other wonderful, ridiculous, beautifully human parts of yourself.

Yoga is part of who I am. But it's not all that I am. ❤️

30/09/2026

Well… September. What a month you were.

I was so excited to see you arrive you are afterall my birthday month, the start of autumn, fresh energy, all of it.

And then you absolutely came in swinging. 😂

From start to finish, there was drama. A lot of it medical, a lot of it stressful, and more than a few days where I honestly thought, you have GOT to be joking.

But somewhere in the middle of all of that, I still found the balance.

There were truly s**t days. Days that felt heavy, frightening, exhausting and completely out of my control. But there was also joy.

There were good people, good coffee, movement, laughter, little wins, big relief, moments of pride, moments of calm, and plenty of reminders that even when life feels messy, there is still so much good threaded through it.

So no, September wasn’t the month I expected. But it was very, very real. And somehow, through all of it, I kept finding my way back to myself.

September, you packed a lot in and I think I’m ready for October now! 😂🤔❤️

25/09/2026

Yes, I know… out again! 😂

But hey, I’m 52, the dress was calling, and who am I to argue? 💋

23/09/2026

I genuinely thought opening a yoga studio would mostly involve, teaching yoga...cute 😂

Running two different studios over the past five years has taught me that loving what you do and knowing how to turn it into a sustainable business are completely different skill sets. The teaching was never the hardest part.

It was the money mindset, the boundaries, the admin and the constant decision-making.

Trying to wear twelve different hats at once.
And, probably most of all, trying to keep everybody happy.

For a long time I thought being a good business owner meant anticipating everybody’s needs and somehow managing to meet all of them.

I don’t believe that anymore.

Somewhere along the way I’ve realised that the strongest version of my business has always been the one where I stop trying to mould myself into what I think everybody wants… and simply show up as me.

Five years in and I’m still learning, but I honestly think that might be one of the biggest lessons so far.

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