In these uncertain times, we need to practice ‘exquisite self-care’ more than ever. In my previous blog, I wrote about the nervous system and how important it is for our immune system to keep calm. It’s not easy to think ourselves calm. We need to exercise the ‘be calm’ muscle so that we can embody what it feels like to …
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Don’t Let Fear Take You Down – Somatic Tips to Help You Stay Calm
“The opposite of fear is love”, according to the Course In Miracles, and if we can keep our energy and minds focused on the love, whilst at the same time, acknowledging the fear as energy in motion, and letting it run through us to transmute into positive energy, we will rise from this experience transformed, like the phoenix rising from …
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We made our first video for your nervous system!
“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” – Alan Watts WE are plunging in to join the dance …. We spontaneously recorded our first video yesterday, as Sonia arrived for a massage. It turned out to be quite a low resolution video, but we had so much …
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How Do You Take Care of Your Nervous System?
In the spirit of aloha and sharing, and community (ohana), I asked clients and colleagues and friends to share how they take care of their nervous systems. Emily shared this: One of my favorites is a little game that I like to play either by myself, with my 9 year old, and even with my husband, called “how do I …
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Keep Calm And Boost Your Immunity
Are you concerned about the panic over coronavirus? Keep calm, get perspective and don’t panic. Panic is fear, and fear decreases healthy flow in your body, and depletes your body’s immune system. Instead, see this as an opportunity to practice ‘exquisite self-care’. Over the next while, I’ll be sending you some tips on how to take care of your nervous …
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Kahuna Massage Gives a Sense of Renewal To Body, Mind and Spirit
Aloha! I recently came across this article and YouTube Video which explains so beautifully the renewal that Kahuna Massage can bring… I thought I would share it with you. Zorica Zest is a Kahuna Massage Therapist and Psychosomatic Therapist in Australia, where my teacher learned this ancient Hawaiian healing art. “I was asked: WHAT IS KAHUNA MASSAGE THERAPY? I would …
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Matters of the Heart
In this month of love, here is a beautiful invitation to go deep into our hearts to release the pain of loss, from my Kahuna Teacher in South Africa, Anthea Hardwick. She has experienced deep personal loss in her own life, and knows the journey back to wholeness is not to run from the pain, but to go through it, …
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SoulDancing ‘Gentleness” on Feb 20
Gentleness is the antidote for cruelty” – Phaedrus Do you agree that our world needs more gentleness? But how gentle are you with yourself? Do we agree that healing begins at home? What does the concept of ‘gentleness’ bring up for you? How does it feel in your body ? And how would you dance ‘gentleness”, if you were given …
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Kahuna Bodywork – and why it’s important for trauma in our world.
Aloha! I recently attended the Self Care Fair for massage therapists in Seattle and went to a course with Kimberly Reaves about Touch for Trauma and PTSD. It was great chatting to Kimberly after the session about how, as massage therapists, we are not necessarily taught to work with gentleness, and so we can sometimes trigger emotional trauma in our …
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A Magical Hawaii Retreat 2020
I visited Hawaii with the Aloha Life Centre from South Africa in 2017. It was an incredible trip. Read about my experience here…. I highly recommend joining Anthea Hardwick and the students from Aloha Life for this experience. It will be magical! Join Anthea Hardwick and Nicole Antonie from Aloha Life (South Africa) for an unforgettable and transformational time on …