Simply Live Well Yoga

Lil Thursday morning pick me up
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and I have been taking YOGA at over the past few months, and these guys are killing it 🔥🥊

It’s so awesome to see a fighting gym which prioritises complimentary movement like yoga to high intensity/impact sport like kickboxing.

So important for body mobility, recovery and maintenance, as well as general overall well-being!!! Thank you 💯

Peace within, for, peace without…

All yoga classes this week are dedicated to peace. Come along and hold space for yourself to feel/move/breathe/seek/release. Tuesday + Thursday classes will end with a short collective meditation focusing on healing energy and international peace ☮️ ❤️

DM for class info if you’re new here and keen to join the yoga community this week 🕊✨✌🏽

/ and I are gathering this Sunday evening to hold space for our first in-person sister circle 💛

It’ll be an intimate gathering at a private location in Titirangi, West Auckland for women to come together and connect, reflect, share + be in conscious sisterhood together.

A few things we’ll tap into on Sunday are:
✨ gentle movement/meditation/breath work
✨ reflective journaling
✨ space for sharing with the circle
✨ sister support + connection

If you’d like to join us for this special evening, contact / or myself for more information.

We’re SO looking forward to gathering in sisterhood with you soon x

That feeling after a garden yoga session as the sun sets on another day… 🌅 🙏🏽💛✌🏽

Welcome to Day 2 of our 5 Days of Self-Love challenge. I hope yesterday’s reflection/journaling questions helped get you all thinking a little deeper about the current relationship you have with yourself + how you might want to grow/deepen/expand that relationship in the most loving way.

As we know, self-love is all about how we speak to ourselves, care for ourselves + support ourselves. It encompasses everything, from how we look after our health + wellbeing, the people we choose to surround ourselves with, the boundaries we set within our lives, the things we give our time too and how much influence we give our external circumstances over our internal environments. Our levels of self-love reflect the value + worthiness we hold for ourselves and direct our words + actions (often subconsciously), influencing every part of our experience of life and the ways in which we choose to ‘show up’ for ourselves and others each day…

To me, self-love is one of the highest expressions of love you can give. It isn’t selfish and it isn’t something to feel guilty about… rather the greatest way to ensure you have enough love within to then give to those around you. Ultimately, the quality + depth of every relationship in your life ends up reflecting the one you have with yourself, as we can only go as far with others as we have already gone with ourselves.

So, I’d like to keep encouraging you all to continue exploring your self-love relationship over the next 4 days and practicing acts of self-love each day. This could be anything from dancing to your favourite song, meditating in the sunshine, making a plan to start building that business you’re dreaming of, going for a drive to your favourite place, having a bath… Something you can do to get clear on the practice you might need is to (continued in comments…)

Happy LOVE day everyone!

Our 5 days of Self-Love challenge kicks off today. To get us started here are some questions to think over and/or journal about.
Self-love is such a subjective thing + looks different for all of us, so these questions will help you get clear on what it means to you. Once you’ve done this, it’ll be WAY easier to figure out the types of things you need to do to begin practicing more self-love this week.

I’ve listed a few suggestions of self-love practices you could try out on the 8th pic. Make them relative to what you need + like to do. The most important thing with any self-love practice is to make sure it’s coming from a loving place. Before doing anything always ask yourself, is what I am about to I do coming from a place of love or fear? If it’s from a place of love, go for it! If it’s coming from fear, see if it’s possible to readjust your perspective to one of love or perhaps try something different!

I’ll be posting a little video later today on self-love so keep any eye out if you’re interested. Goodluck with getting your practices going + reach out if you have any questions ❤️

10 years ago today…

Baby me about to jump on a bus from Bangkok to Siem Reap + live in the Cambodian countryside to study yoga 🧘🏽‍♀️

I’d never done yoga before. I hardly meditated at the time. All I knew was that I didn’t like the person I had become and needed a way to get back to me.

After a month of crazy experiences I’d never even known possible, I was changed.

Since then, yoga has been a guiding light + practice I turn to for support through everything. That’s not to say I haven’t swayed from this path many, many times (I did my most recent YTTC as a way to fully commit to my practice). But it’s one of the only things I can rely on to give me what I need each time I return to it. People/places/things come and go, but personal practices stay with you for life.

Ever grateful for this path that has allowed me to grow into the person I am today. Ever grateful for the opportunity to share this wisdom with others + see them blossom in similar ways.

If you’d like to join me for yoga, in addition to the group classes I hold around Auckland each week, I’ve got limited one-to-one private yoga sessions available at the moment. These 60 minute bookings look at everything from asana training, correct alignment, vinyasa flow training, breath work, meditation, yoga therapy + more.

If you’re wanting to level-up your yoga game, I’d highly recommend private sessions. You get so much more out of your practice when you know what you’re doing properly…!

Only a few spots available, DM for more info 🕉✨🌴🧘🏽‍♀️

Valentine’s Day is this coming Monday, and seeing as I love any excuse to bring some attention to LOVE, especially SELF LOVE, I thought I’d run a little 5-day self love challenge next week for everyone to ‘up’ their daily self care practices.

On Monday 14th, I’ll be posting a range of activities + practices for you to join in with and complete over the following 5 days. The aim is to do at least one self care practice each day, with the final being one on Friday 18th February. Choose what will work best for you and fit it into your day when you can. I’ll be posting extra videos each day to support you guys + remind you to prioritise some time for YOU!

To make it a little more motivating, post an image to your IG stories each day of your chosen self care practice. Tag me when you post so I can reshare. Those of you who post each day for the 5 day challenge will go into the draw to win a 90 minute self-care yoga/meditation/relaxation session with me. The session is for the winner and 3 friends/whanau at a beautiful location in West Auckland, so remember to post if you want to be in to win…

Looking forward to focusing on self-love and self-care with you all next week. DM me any questions you have before then!

Happy weekend y’all x

Wowee, it’s been a year since we started teaching weekly Yoga classes at this beautiful space, in Oratia 🌳🕉✨

Grateful for all the learning and growing we’ve done here together and for the soul connections I’ve developed with this yoga crew. Love you guys so much!!!
Thanks for being with me on this journey, and for sticking with it even through all those months of zoom classes… 😜❤️😂🙏🏽

2022 has been a wild ride so far…

✨We had our epic 1-day RESET retreat in Matakana at beautiful last month with 40 special souls

✨I moved to Ponsonby (something I realised I started manifesting at the end of last year)

✨ There have been some wonderful and ridiculously random trips away to Matakana, Waiheke + Hamilton with friends (old and new)… 🎉🌙🌊🥂

✨and MOST IMPORTANTLY has continued to grow + expand in ways it never has before…

It’s insane what life will bring you when you are OPEN to it, do the inner healing work, clarify your vision and then say YES to the aligned opportunities that come your way…

I’m so looking forward to seeing what comes next and working with more of your guys this year. Lots of exciting new offerings popping up soon, so keep your eyes peeled and say YES to the ones that speak to you most ❤️

February 1st 2022…

Chinese New Year 🐅🧧 + new moon in Aquarius ♒️🌑

Last new moon, I spent the day reflecting, working through some things that were weighing me down, and ended up doing a burn ceremony that night as a way to release + transform these things. This is something I do each month, with new moon representing new beginnings (amongst other things!). The act of processing and letting go of the old to create space for the new is a potent part of this, enabling us to keep moving forward in our journeys.

Looking back over everything I’ve experienced in the past month, it’s crazy to see how much life has expanded and transformed in just a few weeks. The last few years have been big healing years for me, so being able to see it all come together now in an abundant way is gratifying AF ✨

If you have time this evening, I encourage you to go find some stillness under the new moon. Sit outside, take some conscious breaths, listen to the world around you and reflect on life. Find gratitude for the month we’ve just had. Honour the version of yourself you are today. Look forward to where you are headed…

Spend some time reflecting/thinking/writing/drawing/being… this looks different for all of us, so tune in with what feels right for you and do that. Where do you want life to take you over the next month? What things would you like to create? How do you want to show up in the world…? What do you need to do/heal/release/cultivate in order to allow these things into your life…?

Do the work today, so we can create for tomorrow. Life truly is a testament that we always get out what we put in (think in terms of our thoughts/energy/intentions/actions…).

I love watching to see how life shifts for you guys + I can’t wait to see what 2022 bring for you all ✨✨✨

Happy Anniversary Weekend Tāmaki Makaurau ✨

Have fun y’all + stay safe x

So I had to stand waaaaaay back to get everyone in this shot…

Tonight we had our first South Auckland community yoga + meditation class since before lockdown last year, and what an awesome turn out!!!!

Thank you to all who came along and practiced together under the trees. Looking forward to getting more yoga + meditation out to all people and growing this kaupapa ❤️

If you’re keen to come along to next Thursday’s session, send me a DM before then to register. 6:30-7:30pm, $5 pp, BYO yoga mat/towel. All people welcome 🙏🏽 ✨🌺☀️

If I could sit in a garden of sunflowers for the rest of my life, I’d be a happy lady
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Starting TOMORROW guys (27th January)‼️

Every Thursday evening, 6:30-7:30pm, we have community Yoga + Meditation at Auckland Botanical Gardens 🌳🌺☀️

This offering is open to EVERYBODY and is there to support us all towards better physical/mental/emotional/spiritual health + wellbeing

No previous experience needed!!! $5 per person + BYO yoga mat/towel and water.

DM to book your spot. We have an awesome whanau of South Auckland yogis already, so come along and join us ✨🙏🏽❤️

Vitamin sea, always giving what we need 💙

Join us this year, once again, for yoga in the beautiful gardens of 🪴🌸☀️

I’ll be teaching a vinyasa + hatha style class each Tuesday evening, 7pm-8pm, starting NEXT WEEK (Tuesday 25th January 2022)! We have the grassy space under the trees, as well as the deck area, so come along and bring your friends/whanau 💛

All levels of ability are very welcome to join our lovely yoga community at The Shed.

BYO yoga mat/cushion + water.
$10 pp

Limited space available, so DM to reserve your space

Looking forward to seeing you all again soon 🙏🏽🕉🧘🏽‍♀️🧘🏻☀️

Mother Nature, always taking my breath away…

Who else is a cloud gazer?!

Grateful is an understatement…

Thank you everyone for your presence in my life this year. It’s been a privilege to hold space for your yoga practices + watch things shift and grow.

Big big love + all the best for 2022 💗

Holiday mode is best huh?

Just wanted to check in with you beauties + send out the holiday love! I’ve been semi switched off for the past 2 weeks after the busiest year EVER, and it’s been 💥💥💥

Just a few notices for those of you involved with events…

Reminder for our Mindshift crew that our LAST MASTERCLASS is tomorrow (Wednesday) evening, 7:30-8:30pm! This session is all about how to integrate everything we’ve learned over the past 6 weeks together, so is super interesting + important. There’s only so much you can do with the holding of knowledge, it’s the application that makes all the difference, so…make sure you watch this one! Class will be recorded for those of you who can’t make it!

Also, for anyone wanting to come to The Reset Retreat on Sunday 9th January 2022, I’m capping numbers and closing ticket sales soon. We’ve got 30 epic people coming to Matakana for this day retreat so if you want one of the last remaining tickets, DM me asap to organise your ticket + payment!

Have a super fun, high vibe rest of the holidays guys and catch you all soon ✌🏽☮️💗

The Reset Retreat, Sunday 9th January 2022, 9:30am-4:30pm at beautiful in Matakana!

Join myself + for a day of yoga, meditation, intention setting, breathwork, massage + nature time ☀️🌳
Early bird tickets are available NOW until Wednesday 15th December 2021! General tickets will be available from the 16th December 2021 until they sell out.
To book, contact (payment plans available if you need).

In addition to the day program, the incredible
will be available for massage bookings during the retreat. Contact her directly to discuss options + pricing.

For further information contact directly here, on 0211001448 or [email protected]

Everybody is very welcome at The Reset Retreat! No previous yoga/meditation experience required! If you’re looking for a day of rejuvenation, connection + intention setting at the beginning of a new year, The Reset Retreat is for you 💗

Not long until 2022…
Who else has a feeling next year is going to be BIG? 💥✨

It’s been an incredible year of yoga at The Shed Collective] with so many beautiful souls joining us in-person and online!!!

Despite the challenges of 2021, our yoga community has continued to grow! It has been so special to see new connections formed between you guys, and I have been so moved to see each one of you grow/expand in some way this year. Grateful for this community and the beautiful space that is The Shed Collective]

Last class of the year is NEXT SUNDAY (12th December) 11am-12pm!!! To celebrate we’re having a THEMED yoga-party style class (think funkier music, fun movement + lots of laughs), followed by a relaxed shared lunch under the trees! Our theme is DRESS AS A YOGA POSE!!! There are so many options to choose from (e.g Butterfly, Snake, Tree, Mountain…)! Do some googling if you can’t remember the names and get creative🤣 Whatever you put together, the most important thing is that you feel good and enjoy the silliness of it (no self-judgment please!).
Best costume wins a FREE TICKET to our 1-day retreat on January 9th 2022!!! 🐍🦋🏔🦅

The shared picnic will be straight after class finishes at 12pm! Bring a plate of food with you (no charge for this class, just a shared plate please)! All friends, partners and whanau welcome!!! We’ll eat together, have some time for connection and end with a little gratitude practice ❤️

Looking forward to seeing you guys then, everybody is very welcome! If you haven’t yet made it to a yoga class at The Shed Collective and would like to join us, come along!

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Save the date for our 1-day retreat on 9th January 2022!

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For me, today is all about getting into the energy of my future visions (we dive more into this at our Week 3 Goal Setting + Life Scripting Masterclass tribe).

Bringing our visions to life is one of the most empowering + exciting things about developing ourselves. Only when we remove those mental blockages holding us back are we really able to release our creative potential and turn our visions into reality…

I can’t wait to bring you guys this 1-day well-being retreat in beautiful Matakana next year. The retreat is open to ALL PEOPLE (not just yogis) so if you know others in need of some TLC, spread the word ✨

Keep your eyes peeled for official retreat release info next month. Have a beautiful day everyone ✌🏽☮️

Lovely lil garden yoga session with these gals 🕉🙏🏽🧘🏽‍♀️
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Meditation ✨ and it’s many faces…

My favourite self care practice + the thing that completely changed my life.

Am SO looking forward to sharing all things meditation this Sunday with the tribe + guiding us through a practice together 🕉 🧘🏽‍♂️🧘🏻

A few days ago I stopped to ‘smell the roses’ while I was at the botanical gardens 🌹

Roses were my mum’s favourite flower + she grew them in our garden when I was growing up. She would take my sister and I to rose gardens all over Auckland for picnics, so we could learn to appreciate the beauty of nature.

Whenever I see a rose garden, I always stop to take it all in, and have some time to remember my mum.

The roses in this photo really stood out to me from all the other rose bushes at the botanical gardens. They drew me in and I ended up standing there for a long time, taking in their beautiful scent and colour. Just before I left, I had a look to see what they were called… the name was ‘my mum’ 💗

Special little moment + reminder of the little signs we can receive when we take the time to ‘stop and smell the roses’…

Make sure you take some time to slow down today. When we rush through life, we miss so much ✨
Have a beautiful Wednesday everyone x

Lil shout out to ✨
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