top of page
Blog | The Tea Sessions
Our conversations in the studio are wide ranging and vulnerable and enlightening. Often hilarious. Between us all we have experienced joy, grief, trauma, rage, body image crisis, mind boggling menopause, teenagers, ageing parents, relationship ups and downs. Sometimes I write about it, to help make sense of the weird and wonderful world we live in.
Stop all the clocks ...
*A good friend, a lovely man, died recently, and these are some thoughts I had on loss and grief, and how hard it must be for his wife...
Apr 8
107
Friday chatter
I hear them before I see them. The Friday yogis are winding their way up the garden path. I smile and think 'I'm glad I meditated' and...
Mar 29
57
Love
I have started telling more people that I love them. Not random strangers - although, who knows? I put no boundaries on my capacity for...
Feb 15
77
A letter to my body (updated + reposted)
I find it so easy to be generous and loving to those around me. I see beauty in all of you. Considering that I look at women's bodies...
Feb 7
45
10,000 joys and 10,000 sorrows
And so another chapter begins. We roll from the festive season into life ... and loss, and misunderstanding; joyful moments and moments...
Jan 31
45
Just one step
Me, on the Routeburn Track NZ, once again humbled by nature There is something about putting one foot in front of the other that gives me...
Jan 15
35
Grateful for you, my advanced yogis!
And so here we are, nearly at the end of another year together. How grateful I am to all the beautiful women who turn up, week after...
Nov 30, 2024
31
Seeking advice, and wisdom, from ordinary, extraordinary women
I reached level 53 this week. It feels like a bit of an in-between kind of age. I had an amazing party for my 50th. I know that every...
Oct 11, 2024
43
Life: A Brilliant Tapestry
I was sitting in the garden eating my toast this morning, admiring the lemon-scented gum nearby that is a nightmare for my pool but...
Aug 22, 2024
48
The value of values
What are your values? I listened to an excellent episode of The Imperfects podcast last week, which explored values and how important...
Aug 7, 2024
57
It's an inside job
This is the thing about yoga. Whilst the physical practice does a pretty good job of keeping me mobile and comfortable in my skin, it is...
Jun 28, 2024
62
Linger longer in the unstructured moments
The long weekend was lush with time. I had planned to do quite a few things, but they went out the window as the clouds rolled in and the...
Jun 4, 2024
57
Retreat 2024 ~ Reflections
Is there anything better for the soul than a group of women getting together and laughing and sharing and relaxing? Magic happens when we...
May 14, 2024
56
Let them falter
As a mother, there are many things I get wrong. It goes with the turf. I tried my hardest in the early days, and I can see now, with...
Apr 20, 2024
66
What does 'advanced' really mean?
I have said to quite a few of you that you are advanced yoga practitioners. You laughed and said something like 'I can't even touch my...
Apr 2, 2024
58
It's a sex injury
Most of my studio classes are quiet, the trilling of birds and whispering of leaves the only sounds beyond each deep breath. There is a...
Mar 16, 2024
72
Loving through the loss
Loss touches us all. My aunt recently passed after an intense and painful year with cancer. She was my Mum's only sister, a couple of...
Feb 25, 2024
164
What are your truths?
Oh, my God. What if you wake up some day, and you're 65 or 75, and you never got your novel or memoir written; or you didn't go swimming...
Jan 29, 2024
63
On a river, somewhere ...
Reflections on whitewater rafting the Franklin River, Tasmania: Paddling was the easy part - 'paddle left, paddle right, hold on, get...
Jan 16, 2024
50
How much do you care?
I sat down to write a New Years post about intention setting. But I just read the news, and as I scrolled past devastating floods and...
Dec 28, 2023
18
Up and Down - The Metronome of Life
I am at the top of a mountain, my shirt sticky with sweat, pack heavy on my back, and I can't stop crying. A bit embarrassed, I move away...
Oct 2, 2023
67
Together we are our best selves
I call it feel good yoga. But it could just as easily be: Yoga to calm a busy mind Yoga for improved digestion Yoga for pelvic health...
Aug 5, 2023
33
Let them know, over and over again ❤️
I am thinking of the richness that friends bring to different stages of our lives. We have our school friends. Our young adulting...
Jun 8, 2023
17
The Imperfect Art of Being Yourself ~ Retreat Reflections
What happens when you put 15 women together, allow them to rest, suggest gentle movements, feed them nourishing food, offer the...
May 24, 2023
74
bottom of page