Ananda Health Port Macquarie

SUNDAY CHECK IN 🩵

How is your mental load?

‘Mental load’ means the mental and emotional effort or burden of being responsible for thinking about, planning and organising all the parts of life, for us but also for our children, partner and other family members.

It is mostly invisible to others and sometimes unrecognisable to ourselves, but oh boy is it real. And heavy. And hard.

The featuring and talking about how they addressed the mental load in their lives in awesome and raw and real.

Rule #1 - recognise it and address it with your loved ones ❤️

Take some time out and have a listen ❤️ oh and to all the other eps too - awesome podcast

BE HAPPY 🤩

CIVITAVECCHIA 🩵

BEAUTY 🩵

Do you think an Ancient Roman sculptor or painter or artist looked at any human body and decided it wasn’t perfect enough?

No.

It was all perfect. And unique. So is yours ❤️

Pic taken at the Baths of Diocletian - Roma ❤️. What an incredible place

# bodypositive restore

TRAVEL 🌿

‘The world is a book and those who don’t travel read only one page’ ~ St Augustine 🩵

ALEXANDRIA 🩵

As close as I’ve ever been to Egypt… one day 🌿

WANDER 🩵

Ima wandering…. See you real soon Italia ❤️

WANDER 🩷

"Some beautiful paths can never be discovered without getting lost' - Erol Ozan 🌿

TAKING A BREAK 🩵

Not going to lie….there’s going to be a fair bit of Italian spam here over the next couple of weeks. 🇮🇹

Sorry…not sorry 🩵



Repost • Roma during sixties.
📷 R. Glynn/Fox Photos/Hulton Archive

MAGNESIUM 🍃

Magnesium is one of the most important minerals in our body, playing a role in more than 300 enzyme reactions. It has many functions, including muscle and nerve function, regulating blood pressure and supporting our immune system. It can also help prevent or treat chronic diseases including alzheimers, type 2 diabetes, cardio vascular disease and migraines. 🌿

Magnesium is also known to support mood, with people living with anxiety and depression often recording very low levels of magnesium 💚

The sad fact is most people don’t get enough magnesium in their diet.

So how do you add more magnesium into your diet?

You can start with a daily supplement - just make sure it’s a high dose, quality product. The average adult needs around 300-400mg of magnesium every day.

You will also find magnesium in foods such as:

🍃 almonds
🍃 spinach
🍃 roasted cashews
🍃 avocado
🍃 cooled brown rice

And so many more beautiful, nutrient rich whole foods.

Time to get some more magnesium in your day? 💚

FACT 🩵

TIRTA EMPUL 🩵

I can’t tell you how incredible it was to experience the early morning ritual at Tirta Empul Sacred Water Temple in Ubud on the Ananda Wellness Retreat this year. An absolutely highlight that left us all moved.

Tirta Empul was founded in 926AD and is dedicated to Vishnu, the Hindu God of Water. In Balinese, Tirta Empul loosely translated means water gushing from the earth. It is considered one of the five most holy temples in Bali 🙏

The water purification ritual ceremony is a must…and will again be a feature of our 2025 retreat. 🩵. We only have 7 spots left - are you in? Learn more on our website > 🔗 in the bio 🙏

YOGA IS…. 🩵

Yoga is the language of the soul spoken through the movements of the body 🪬

FRIEND 🩵

‘The best kind of friendships are the fierce lady friendships where you aggressively believe in each other, defend each other and believe with all your heart the other deserves the world’ 🩵

Happy World Friendship Day ❤️

HEAL WITH NATURE 🌿

Restore Tea : an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory immunity blend to help realign the elements and forces of the body 🌿

Lemon myrtle, rosehip, ginger roots, elderberries, hibiscus, echinacea, elderflower, liquorice. 💚

Sunday ~ move ~ nourish ~ restore 🌿

GO 🌿

‘Go outside, often. Sometimes in the wild places. Bring friends. Or not. Breathe’ ~ Florence Williams 🩵

LIVE LONG 💙

You’ve heard the list of to-do’s for a long life: exercise, eat healthy, get sleep, and so forth. But when it comes to physical activity, experts who specialize in healthy aging go beyond just fitting in 20 to 40 minutes per day.

The 6 Easiest, Most Effective Exercise Habits Longevity Experts Swear by for a Longer Life

The 6 Easiest, Most Effective Exercise Habits Longevity Experts Swear by for a Longer Life Spoiler: They’re not complicated, expensive, or difficult.

AHHHHH🍸

Happy Friday 🩵

BATHE 🩵

‘There are a few things a hot bath won’t cure…but I don’t know any of them’ ~ Sylvia Plath 🩵

POV: MAYBE… 🩵

…coffee is addicted to me!

PROTEIN FOR BREAKFAST? 🩵

Why start your day with a protein packed breakfast?

Protein is an essential nutrient that acts as a building block for many tissues in your body—including skin, hair, bones and muscles. Eating a diet that’s rich in protein is important for your muscle health.

Swapping out refined carbohydrates for healthy proteins in your breakfast will help better control your blood sugar. A high-protein breakfast will help your blood sugar stay blaqnced for up to four hours. By contrast, starting the day with refined carbs sends your blood surging—and quickly crashing, leaving you feeling tired and hungry.

Protein is an essential nutrient for every meal and will help you stay satisfied and fuller for longer.

So how do you pack your breaky with protein? Well you can start with eggs! If that’s not your thing, add some protein rich natural Greek yoghurt to fruit and protein packed oats for breaky, or maybe consider a high quality protein powder. If you’re vegan, consider chia seeds, tofu, oats and of course a teaspoon full of good quality nut butter 😋. I mean…let’s face it…peanut butter is life right?

Have a great day beautiful humans 🩵

GOOD MORNING 🩵

RETREAT 💙

Shut down your eyes, take and breath, and imagine yourself in paradise, surrounded by lush greenery, tranquil waters, and the soothing sounds of nature. Welcome to the Island of the Gods - Bali. A place where you can immerse yourself in the ultimate wellness retreat experience.

But, I hear you ask, what are the benefits of a wellness retreat?

Why You Should Retreat to Bali — Ananda Holistic Health Take and breath, and imagine yourself in paradise, surrounded by lush greenery, tranquil waters, and the soothing sounds of nature. A place where you can immerse yourself in the ultimate wellness retreat experience.

TEA GOOD IS HERE 🩵

Tea Good 💚 A social enterprise curating the alchemy of herbal wisdom to restore balance in body, mind and planet 🌱

Made in Byron Bay 🌱

And now available from Ananda Holistic Health 🌱

📷 .co

LIFE 🩵

The first half of your life is learning to be an adult ~ the second half is learning to be a child ~ Pablo Picasso 🎨

MOMENTS 🩵

Sometimes….the space between one breath and the next is where the magic happens 🪬

Happy Friday 🩵

YOGA 🪬

‘The nature of yoga is to shine awareness into the darkest corners of the body’ ~ Jason Crandall 🩵

I’ll be in the mat teaching slow flow at the gorgeous - come and find your darkest corners 🩷

TELL ME A STORY 🩵

‘In the end, we all become stories’ ~ Margaret Atwood 🪬