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Prenatal Yoga will help to transform your birth
Prenatal Yoga – why is it SO amazing! Why should you do it…? I LOVE teaching prenatal yoga, seriously LOVE LOVE LOVE it!! I love everything related to pregnancy birth and motherhood! The LifePod, my business, was born as my son was born 8 years ago, what a gift he brought to me! I was, back then, an actor, and in many ways still am, however I am now working as a Doula, calmbirth educator, spiritual coach, prenatal yoga teacher, and a shamanic midwife in training, as well as a blogger and on line business owner, currently creating a...
read moreHow to Shine your light & shine it bright!
Go from chaos to peace, stress to joy, anger to love xx There are many times through each day that I come up against my FEAR based egoic mind, it is strong, powerful and seductive! It can easily take over and begin to steer my ship, directing my course, and taking me to a place called ‘CRAZY TOWN’. Sound familiar? It’s a sneaky thing, it creeps up and then BAM….I’m lost in a whirlwind of crazy thinking, feeling stressed and angry, consumed and disconnected! Then….the moment of consciousness arrives, my inner...
read moreKeeping life simple!
Something that I’ve contemplated for a long time… So, how do we do that? How do we keep our lives simple when there’s so much going on, I mean seriously, what’s involved in a typical day? All the activities involved in getting out the door…work, relationships, children, family, running a house, making dinner, shopping for dinner, school lunches, driving in traffic, making time to exercise, pick up kids, washing the clothes, sheets, etc etc……and it goes on. I’m sure we could all add to that list 10 fold....
read more4 steps to happiness!
4 easy steps to happiness It’s simple really, happiness is in every moment as long as you’re in it! So many of us are so busy, on the go, climbing the ladder, getting ‘stuff’ done, making money, spending money, buying our happiness, downloading our happiness, planning our future, analysing our past, and striving for that next thing. I’m guilty, 100%, and I’m also done with the pressure! I’m choosing something else, consciously each day. I don’t want to be in the grip of fear and...
read moreWhat being a mother has meant to me…..
As mothers day approaches I reflect on what being a mother means to me….. I was interviewed last year be Claire Obeid from The Wellness Project on motherhood. Here’s what I had to say then, and still feel exactly the same way! What does motherhood mean to you? The first feeling that bubbles up when I ask myself this question is… LOVE. Motherhood has meant many, many things but the biggest, most expansive part of growing into a mother has been this enormous, powerful, all consuming love that I’ve been so generously blessed...
read moreWant what you want
Change your life – be yourself, ask a few simple questions. As we lead into the ‘silly’ season, can we be brave enough to ask ourselves…‘What do I want? How do I want to feel? A question that the inspiring Danielle La Porte is famous for asking. Giving myself permission to want what I want hasn’t come naturally, in fact most of the time I’ve been confused about what I want, and find that I’ve needed outside permission from others to say, ‘yes, that’s okay to do that’. Not an...
read moreRaw Food – another way to health!
I have added so much more raw food to my diet in the past 6 months and I feel a million times better for it! As David Wolfe says, there is an energy to raw food that is so incredibly nutritious and life giving. If you haven’t heard of David Wolfe, he’s one of the most passionate raw foodies and human beings I have ever come across. He’s website is http://www.davidwolfe.com/ There was a section on one of the morning television shows today on Raw food, David Wolfe was asked as a guest to speak. When I watched this later I was...
read moreChildren & technology
Mem Fox, one of Australia’s well known children’s writers has been brave enough to speak out on this extremely important issue of children and technology. We’re up to our eye balls in this stuff and I wonder, daily, what effect this is having on our souls, health, happiness and feelings of connection with others. It always saddens me when I see young children being pushed around in a stroller clutching on to an i pad or an i phone, no awareness of what is going on around them and drinking in images that are likely to be more...
read more5 gluten free breakfasts
I recently had one of my beautiful health coaching clients ask for ideas for gluten free breakfasts. Having spent the last little while obsessed with my cookbooks and other fantastic blogs full of great recipes I have lot’s to share. Here are my top 5 Gluten free Breaky ideas, enjoy! And please let me know your favourites x 1. My throw it all together breakfast Here I’ve used Lee Holmes amazing gluten free nut loaf You’ll also need: Avocado, tomatoe, sprouts, a boiled egg, english spinach, lemon, olive oil and salt...
read moreRelax into sleep…
Do you suffer from Insomnia? A busy mind?? Are you marinating in negative or stressful thoughts before you sleep??? If you answered yes to any of these, read on… A simple exercise to help you relax and glide into a peaceful nights sleep…. Wake up feeling refreshed, energized and open to the opportunities that are always presenting themselves to you, especially when we are in the flow of life and not pushing against it. Lay yourself down in bed on your back, allow your body to settle into a comfortable position. Repeat to...
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