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Yoga for Prana Enhance your connection to that Life-force within. Move, breathe and settle into your essence - Prana

To my dear friends on the path,I hope this finds you and your loved ones healthy and well.It’s the final stretch of me b...
04/04/2026

To my dear friends on the path,

I hope this finds you and your loved ones healthy and well.

It’s the final stretch of me being in full production mode - muesli, bliss balls, all the goodness - and wow… orders have doubled (if not tripled) over the past fortnight. In the busyness of it all, I've noticed my mind set in when-then thinking.

“When I stop making all of this, then I’ll have more time.”
“When things slow down, then I’ll focus on xyz.”

Now, there is some truth in that. Of course, when I’m not in full production mode, there will be more space. That part is real.

But what I also know is that I'm very good at filling that space again. Replacing one thing with another. Moving the goalposts just a little further out.

This idea that things will be different when… can be such a subtle trap.

It shows up in so many ways:
When I feel ready, then I’ll start.
When I’m more confident, then I’ll say what I really think.
When the house is clean, then I can relax.
When I have more energy, I’ll exercise.
When all the chocolate is gone, then I’ll eat well.

And before we know it, life is always just slightly out of reach — waiting on the other side of “when.”

So this week in class, we’re gently exploring something different.

Be here now.

Not when things settle.
Not when you feel more ready.
Not when life looks the way you think it should.

Now.

In your body.
In your breath.
In the middle of the busy, the messy, the full-ness of it all.

Because presence isn’t something we arrive at later, it’s something we practice right here, in the life we already have.

I hope you can join me in person or online.

To my dear friends on the path,I hope this finds you and your loved ones healthy and well.With the Autumn Equinox last w...
29/03/2026

To my dear friends on the path,

I hope this finds you and your loved ones healthy and well.

With the Autumn Equinox last weekend I’ve been thinking about balance - not just in the metaphorical sense, but in the very real, physical way our bodies hold us up and move us through the world.

Balance loss isn’t a mystery.
It’s information.

Your brain is constantly asking: Where am I in space right now?
And your body is beautifully designed to answer, through your eyes, your inner ears, your connective tissue, and the sensitivity of your feet.

But here’s the thing… over time, those signals can start to quieten.

As we age, our fast-twitch muscle fibres naturally decline. The soles of our feet become a little less sensitive. And modern life, with its cushioned shoes, flat floors, and soft, supportive everything, gently removes the need for our body to truly work for balance.

So it’s not that your balance is “failing” you…
It’s that your brain simply isn’t getting the rich, varied information it needs to stay sharp and responsive.

The good news?
This is something we can absolutely support and rebuild.

Through small, intentional practices, like getting your feet on different textures, challenging your stability, or slowing down enough to really feel your body — you can wake those pathways back up.

It doesn’t have to be complicated.
It just needs to be consistent.

This week, maybe you take a moment to stand barefoot on the grass…
or balance on one leg while you brush your teeth…
or simply notice how your body responds as you move through your day.

Your body is always communicating with you.
Balance is just one of the ways it speaks.

I hope to practice with you this week ...

To my dear friends on the path,I hope this finds you and your loved ones healthy and well.Yesterday I turned 40! I had a...
24/03/2026

To my dear friends on the path,

I hope this finds you and your loved ones healthy and well.

Yesterday I turned 40! I had a magical day - the kind you wish you could bottle and return to. Sunrise yoga, an ocean swim with my girls, yummy lunch, Flip Out fun and a massage. I feel so fortunate!

Amidst celebration, birthdays have a way of gently interrupting the rush of life, inviting us to pause and reflect.

I’ve been sitting with a quote by Carl Jung:
“Life really does begin at 40. Up until then you are just doing research.”

When I first read it, I resisted it. I thought - surely I want to always be researching, always learning, always evolving.

And I still do.

But now, I understand it differently.

It’s not that the learning stops. It’s that something shifts. I’m no longer just researching who I might be. I’m becoming who I am.

The transition-
From proving → to understanding
From fitting in → to standing in my own shape
From chasing → to choosing

I feel less pulled by who I thought I should be, and more grounded in who I actually am.

And that feels like freedom.

This week, in our classes, we’re exploring self-inquiry … the practice of gently peeling back the layers. Letting go of the noise, the roles, the expectations… and reconnecting with something deeper. Something true.

Not who you’ve been told to be.
Not who you’ve tried to become.

But who you already are.

To my dear friends on the path,I hope this finds you and your loved ones healthy and well.When you think about healing a...
16/03/2026

To my dear friends on the path,

I hope this finds you and your loved ones healthy and well.

When you think about healing aches and pains, building strength, or being able to keep doing the things you love … what comes to mind?

Most people think of muscles or joints.

But there’s something even more fundamental quietly holding everything together.

Fascia.

Fascia is your body’s living web ... a continuous network of connective tissue that wraps around and weaves through everything: muscles, bones, organs and nerves. It doesn’t just sit there passively holding you together. It’s alive, responsive, and incredibly intelligent.

In fact, fascia contains 6–10 times more sensory nerve endings than muscle, which means it isn’t just structural, it’s deeply perceptive. It’s involved in how you feel your body, how you move, and even how you experience emotions and stress.

Fascia is constantly recording your life.
Every posture you hold, every movement habit, every injury, stress, or period of rest is reflected in its texture and tone.

And here’s the really beautiful part:

Fascia is always remodeling.

It responds to how you move, breathe, rest, hydrate, and how your nervous system experiences the world. With the right input it becomes springy, strong, and supple. Without it, it can become stiff, sticky, and more prone to injury.

Your daily habits are quietly shaping your living web.

When we care for fascia, we’re not simply working on strength or flexibility.
We’re cultivating resilience from the inside out—supporting the body to move with greater ease, fluidity, and connection.

With the upcoming Myofascia Release workshops in Bungendore on Sunday 22 March and Braidwood on Friday 27 March, this week in class we’ll be exploring the fascinating world of fascia.

Because the first step is understanding what fascia is, what it’s not, and why it represents such a powerful shift in how we view the body.

It’s a little like looking at yourself through an entirely new lens.

And once you see it… you can’t unsee it.

This week we’ll begin gently awakening, hydrating, and releasing the body’s living web so you can feel the difference in your own body.

I’m looking forward to exploring it together.

To my dear friends on the path,Recently, I began a Functional Patterns course to explore ways to release restrictions, o...
04/03/2026

To my dear friends on the path,

Recently, I began a Functional Patterns course to explore ways to release restrictions, optimise posture, and improve movement efficiency. It’s fascinating work. The body never lies, it simply adapts to what it’s repeatedly asked to do.

Every repetitive movement creates a physical pattern. Over time, the body shapes itself accordingly. In the same way, repetitive thoughts shape our inner landscape. Our beliefs, emotions, and attitudes become familiar not because they are fixed, but because they are practised.

It’s reminded me of a fundamental truth in yoga: the physical, mental, and emotional planes are inseparable. A tight hip is rarely just a tight hip. A collapsed posture is rarely just structural. The nervous system, our sense of safety, and our self-concept are all woven together.

When we shift how we stand and move, something shifts in how we think and feel. When we soften mentally, the breath deepens. When we feel emotionally supported, the body reorganises.

This exploration has gently, and at times confronting-ly, invited me to look at my own patterns and behaviours. In particular, my busy-doing, upbeat, motivated way of being.

As a child, I witnessed my dad in deep depression.

I formed a belief that being low, unproductive, or unmotivated was dangerous. Something to avoid at all costs. Because to my younger mind, that state was extreme, it meant ending up in a psychiatric ward, not wanting to live.

So I learned, without realising it, to stay on the other side of that line. To keep moving. To keep doing. To keep myself “up.”

Seeing this pattern now has brought both insight and deep compassion. It’s helped me understand why rest hasn’t always felt safe. Why doing has felt more comfortable than being.

And in the body, this shows up. A subtle forward pull. A constant readiness. Muscles that don’t quite switch off. A nervous system that has learned to equate stopping with danger.

I am learning to slow. To soften. To be still. To allow “low” emotions to come and go, like the breath, not needing to fix or change them, but simply to feel and observe.

Patterns can feel permanent, but they are simply rehearsed pathways. And what is rehearsed can be re-patterned.

For today, I invite you to gently observe your patterns. Not to judge them, but to understand them. To notice what feels aligned, and what no longer serves you.

Because when we change the pattern, we change the experience.

With love and integrity,
Christina x

Picking flowers from the garden with mud between my toes ... heart is singing 🎶
04/03/2026

Picking flowers from the garden with mud between my toes ... heart is singing 🎶

To my dear friends on the path,I hope this finds you and your loved ones healthy and well.This week in class, we’re expl...
23/02/2026

To my dear friends on the path,

I hope this finds you and your loved ones healthy and well.

This week in class, we’re exploring something we’ve all experienced…

Where did I put my…?
Wait - what was I about to say?
It’s right on the tip of my tongue…

How often do you find yourself searching for the right word, forgetting what you meant to pick up from IGA, or hunting for your car keys?

We laugh about “baby brain” or having a “senior’s moment.” And while seasons of life, along with being busy, overworked, overwhelmed, or underslept, can certainly affect memory, there’s also something empowering to remember:

There’s no such thing as a good or bad memory, only a trained or untrained one.

Thanks to neuroplasticity, we know the brain is constantly changing and adapting. As the saying goes, use it or lose it. So this week, we’re choosing to use it ... gently training the mind to strengthen focus, clarity, and recall.

It will be playful, practical, and a little bit challenging (in the best way). I hope you can join me in person, or online

The Aging Brain workshop. I feel so blessed to be teaching practical and empowering tools to support optimal health 🙏
23/02/2026

The Aging Brain workshop. I feel so blessed to be teaching practical and empowering tools to support optimal health 🙏

To my dear friends on the path,I hope this finds you and your loved ones healthy and well.Tuesday, February 17 marks the...
17/02/2026

To my dear friends on the path,

I hope this finds you and your loved ones healthy and well.

Tuesday, February 17 marks the Chinese New Year, welcoming the Year of the Horse.

In Eastern tradition, the Horse symbolizes action, freedom, momentum, and breakthrough. It represents a stage of life that moves forward with courage - less concerned with obstacles and more committed to motion itself.

I’ll admit, I’ve felt a little resistant to this energy. Lately, I’ve been intentionally creating space and stepping away from a fast-paced, action-oriented way of being. But reflection reminds me how subjective these qualities can be. Movement doesn’t always mean rushing. Strength doesn’t require force.

A Horse year is not about running the fastest, it’s about running the longest. The Horse is not afraid of slowness; it’s afraid of stagnation. There is wisdom in steady momentum, in sustainable energy, in moving with intention rather than urgency.

Many philosophies meet in the same truth: balance is the foundation of wellbeing.

This week, we honor the Lunar New Year through the harmony of pilates and yin yoga.

Pilates awakens our yang energy through controlled, purposeful movement. By strengthening the core and stabilizing the body, we cultivate the power and endurance needed to move forward — without burning out.

Yin Yoga invites the complementary energy. Through long-held, grounding postures, we gently stimulate the connective tissues, calm the nervous system, and release stagnant energy.

By first building heat and strength, then softening into stillness, we experience both vitality and deep restoration - leaving practice feeling strong, centered, and complete.

This is the balance of the Horse: steady, powerful, and free.

John and I have been doing a lot of reflecting lately - clarifying our focus and gently reassessing our priorities. Foll...
10/02/2026

John and I have been doing a lot of reflecting lately - clarifying our focus and gently reassessing our priorities. Following a recent health scare in our family, we’ve felt called to make some meaningful changes across our businesses.

One of the biggest shifts is that we’ve decided to discontinue all products made through Prana Produce. This means from 4th April no more muesli, chai, bliss balls, beeswax wraps, soaps, shampoo bars, moisturiser bars, or washing bars. This is a significant transition for me, I’ve spent countless days rolling hundreds of bliss balls and making 50kgs of muesli at a time! Letting this chapter close isn’t easy, but it does open space for more time with our children, tending to plants, and living in deeper alignment with what truly matters to us right now.

We’ve also decided that after this year’s retreat in Ubud, Bali, we will no longer be offering overseas yoga retreats. This decision has been particularly difficult for me. I LOVE retreats and I had envisioned many more journeys ahead. I sincerely apologise to anyone who was hoping to join me in Sri Lanka next year.

Thank you, as always, for your understanding, your support, and for walking alongside me. I am deeply grateful for this community and excited to see what unfolds as we continue to simplify, soften, and realign.

To my dear friends on the path,I hope this finds you and your loved ones healthy and well.Yesterday, as I was loading pl...
07/02/2026

To my dear friends on the path,

I hope this finds you and your loved ones healthy and well.

Yesterday, as I was loading plants into the van for the market, I bumped my shin hard into the tow ball. One of those moments where you stop, refrain from swearing out loud, take a breath, and think, well… that just happened. It wasn’t dramatic, but it was enough to get my attention.

It’s not the first time I’ve done it. It usually happens when I’m moving faster than my awareness, my body doing one thing while my mind is already onto the next. When attention drifts, coordination often follows.

Those moments when you bump into a doorframe, trip over nothing, or knock over your water bottle (again) can feel frustrating or even embarrassing. But through the lens of yoga, they can also be gentle messengers.

Clumsiness often shows up when our attention is scattered. Our bodies are here, but our minds are replaying conversations, planning tomorrow, or pushing ahead faster than our nervous system can comfortably keep up with.

Sometimes it’s also a sign of fatigue. When we’re tired, overstimulated, or overwhelmed, the subtle communication between brain, muscles, and breath can feel a little fuzzy. The body isn’t failing us, it’s asking us to slow down.

In our practice, this becomes an invitation.
An invitation to ground the feet and feel the floor beneath us.
To soften the jaw, relax the eyes, and reconnect with the breath.
To move a little slower - notice a little more.

I’m continually humbled by the reminder that balance isn’t about never wobbling. It’s about noticing the wobble and responding with patience instead of judgment. Every time we lose balance and gently return, we’re practicing resilience.

So if you find yourself bumping into things this week, take it as a pause, not a problem. Breathe. Smile. Come back to your body. It’s already guiding you home. Join me as we explore clumsiness, proprioception and awareness.

Massage train ... the best way to finish an early morning session 🌄
07/02/2026

Massage train ... the best way to finish an early morning session 🌄

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