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Somatic Womankind

Body, breath and soul nourishment through expert physiotherapy, yoga and somatic practices Welcome to Flourish Physiotherapy!

It’s long been a dream of mine to start a practice where the wellbeing of women is at the heart of everything we do. Becoming a mother is such a monumental event, but the enormity is often overshadowed by the birth of a baby, and mothers often get lost in the picture. At Flourish, my goal is to provide you with a space to be heard, to be encouraged and supported to reach your goals, to flourish as a mother and to focus on your wellbeing so you (and your family) can thrive. I’m Kelly, a mother to three young girls and a physiotherapist with over a decade experience in continence and pelvic health. I have completed extensive training in pregnancy and birth, incontinence and prolapse, sexual health, trauma, pelvic pain and much more. I am also a trained yoga and meditation teacher. I love everything about what I do, and I would love to help you to achieve your wellbeing goals on your journey in motherhood. Whether you are thinking about starting a family, or had your last baby years ago, I would love to hear from you. Appointments:

In 2022, I will be available for in-clinic assessments on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Occasionally Saturday clinics are available. To make an appointment, you can call, message or head online to my website www.flourishphysiotherapy.com.au

Online Learning Portal:
I now have an online learning portal where you can get access to a number of online learning options including:
- my new postnatal yoga classes specifically designed for mums of babies and young children who struggle to get to a studio at set times
- my hugely popular Antenatal Core and Floor Workshop from the comfort of your own home
- a 6 week postnatal core recovery program for all types of birth experiences

Simply head to my website and click on the online learning portal link or head directly to www.flourishonline.podia.com

I look forward to meeting you and supporting you to achieve your health and wellbeing goals.

19/02/2026

Ovarian cancer is the 6th leading cause of cancer related death in Australia, with around 1000 (3 per day) women dying every year in this country.

The 5 year survival rate is around 50%.

Often because symptoms of early disease are vague and easily dismissed.

Symptoms like
- persistent abdominal bloating
- feeling full quickly after eating
- loss of appetite
- indigestion
- bladder urgency/frequency
- altered bowel habit
- painful in*******se
-pelvic/low back pain

Risk increases with age, family history, genetics, delayed childbirth (after age 35) or not having children, early onset periods and late menopause.

This February, if you are experiencing symptoms, see your GP - early diagnosis is the key to long term survival.

11/02/2026

I’m excited to announce :

The first recipient of the Michael Zevenbergen Memorial Fund has been chosen and notified.

For patient confidentiality reasons, I cannot share her identity.

Thank you to all the beautiful applications I received as well as all the kind words about this offering. Selection was tricky and I wish I could offer this to everyone who applied.

If you have been unsuccessful this round - please check your email, your application will kept on file for 6 months.

Applications are open year round, so please email in your EOI anytime.

09/02/2026

Some notes on clinic etiquette:

1. Please arrive on time for your appointment (or 5 minutes early). This clinic runs pretty much on time. Unfortunately, if you are late to your appointment, it will mean less time for your session so as not to affect the client coming in after you.

Occasionally I may be 5 minutes late - I’m usually only late if I’ve had to deliver difficult news or something significant has come up. If I am more than 10 minutes late I will always try to let you know so you can grab a coffee or fill up your petrol tank (or whatever you might need to do!)

2. On arrival, you can ring the bell once, so I know you’re here, then please wait quietly in the waiting room. Please avoid talking loudly on your phone, playing music or catching up on Netflix/ TikTok etc (headphones are fine).

Remember that I offer meditation, breathwork and many somatic options - when you are loud in the waiting room this can be disruptive to the current session.

3. If you have clinical questions between sessions, please write them all down and bring them with you to your next session. If they are more urgent, please reach out and request an earlier appointment.

For medico-legal reasons I cannot provide clinical advice between sessions.

Thank you for your understanding

07/02/2026

About this afternoon….

Thank you to all who joined me

Who shared their stories, their worries, their journeys

And their wisdom.

We gathered, we shed old stories and labels, to become wise crones!

03/02/2026

Living with persistent pain is hard.

An invisible illness. You look “normal” on the outside, no one can see your pain. Your struggle. How hard some days are just to get out of bed and get going.

The fear of a flare.

The searching for triggers and patterns.

The endless seeking of a cure. The things you have tried.

If you’re looking for someone to support you with your persistent pain, I get it.

Not just as a highly trained and experienced clinician working with pelvic pain.

But from my own lived experience with persistent pain.

If you live locally you would have felt the wind come up yesterday afternoon- that drop in pressure caused an increase in my pain and left me finding sleep elusive last night.

Heat and medication were needed.

Thoughts that came to mind
- a bad flare is coming
- my treatment strategies aren’t working any more
- this is bad
and more!

I had to regulate myself, soothe my brain and my thoughts and reassure myself. Remind myself this will pass.

And today, I’ve been fine again. Mostly symptom free.

I get it, the intrusive thoughts. the hyper vigilance, the worry.

I see you.

I know. On a deeply somatic level.

And I’m here to support you on your journey.

If you are living with persistent pelvic pain, and would like support from someone who gets it, I’d love to walk with you on your journey.

Wait times are 3-4 weeks at the moment.

Book via my website or the link in my bio

Somaticwomankind.com.au

30/01/2026

Wednesday February 4th
1pm

Suitable for a new or returning client

Pregnancy and birth preparation
Post natal assessment

Pelvic pain

Pelvic health concerns - bladder, bowel, sexual health, prolapse

Peri/menopause

Book via the link in my bio or visit

Www.somaticwomankind.com.au

27/01/2026

Perimenopause can be a time of deep inner turmoil and confusion

Your body feels unfamiliar.

Pain where there used to be ease

Irritation where there used to be fondness

Fatigue where the used to be vitality

Itchiness, headaches, insomnia

And oh the heat! A body that used to run cool now feels eternally hot.

All this leaves you feeling disconnected from your body

And alone in your suffering.

Sound familiar? Maybe not all of it, but some of it? Everyone’s journey is different

But if you would like to join likeminded women in a similar phase of life to connect and talk about perimenopause

Then enjoy a relaxing and restorative yoga practice

Join me next Saturday 7/2/26

‘The Sacred Shift’

3pm-4:30
studios

For connection, with others and yourself
Enhances knowledge of perimenopause
And a little bit of sacred space for you

24/01/2026

Nothing screams middle age quite like a bird watching obsession.

I’m well and truly there.

I love them all, but I have a real fondness for the humble bush turkey.

Their skittish-ness

The gobble noises they make

Their run - I mean have you seen a bush turkey run? It brings me unimaginable joy to watch a bush turkey run.

Snapped this a few mornings ago.

I call it “bush turkey on a roof at sunrise” 😜

And…

If youre into a spot of bird watching too, it might be a sign you need to join me for

“The sacred shift”

A perimenopause journey

I’m just two weeks time

Saturday Feb 7th
3pmstudios

The opportunity to talk with other women going through similar things (bird watching if you like, but also the rage, the hormonal rollercoaster, the joy of acne and wrinkles - you name it)

As well as a blissfully relaxing gentle yoga practice to support you to feel more connected to that body of yours that sometimes feels like it’s betraying you, belongs to someone else.

There’s still space, and I’d love you to join me

(And if you are a fellow bird watcher - tell me what bird is bringing you joy atm in the comments)

21/01/2026

I recently had a long break from socials

3 weeks off work, and 3 weeks off all socials. I deleted the apps from my phone, I desperately needed a break from everything. A time of proper rest and restoration.

I expected to feel a little less pressure to perform. I was looking forward to a break from the anxiety that hits me when I open the app to create content.

I got that - and - so much more.

I wasn’t bombarded with images of war, then fluffy kittens, then racially motivated terrorist attacks then pics of my pal’s holiday by the sea.

I was released from the constant nervous system rollercoaster ride. I cannot tell you what a blessing that has been.

I felt a sense of peace and calm I haven’t felt in a long time.

I wasn’t constantly subjected to other people’s best lives and goals and dreams that I had space to consider mine. I gained a sense of clarity I haven’t felt in years.

I gained connection - time with my kids. These holidays will likely be remembered as the Yahtzee holidays. When we played so much Yahtzee I took the skin off my elbow from rubbing it against the table with all my vigorous dice shaking!

I gained the joy of the experience of the richness and the beauty of life without even for once considering taking a photo to show I did it. Living, joyfully and completely in the moment.

I realised, deeply, that how I want to show up here will be so different in 2026.

The algorithm favours content that keeps you in the app.

And I am NOT here to do that.

I want you to experience all the beauty, connection and clarity that comes from stepping back and really being in your one beautiful life.

Peace. Clarity. Connection. Joy.

Go on, if you’ve been thinking about it, do it!

You have everything to gain.

Happy 2026!

20/01/2026

December and January are usually very quiet.

So there’s often not much of a wait at this time of year for an appointment!

If you’ve been putting off your appointment due to the usual long wait times - now is the time to book (before things start to pick up again in February!)

The following times are available for new clients/long reviews:

This Thursday 22/1 2:30pm

Thurs 29/1 11am

Tuesday 10/2 11:15 and 1pm

Wednesday 11/2 10:30am

Mon 16/2 1:45pm

Tuesday 17/2 9:45am

Book online via somaticwomankind.com.au / follow the link in my bio / call during business hours.

Is 2026 the year you prioritise your pelvic health?

14/01/2026

There are four times in life when it’s vitally important to see a Womens Health Physio:

1. Pregnancy - so much is changing and this can be time when physio can both prevent and manage symptoms of leakage, pain, discomfort and abdominal separation.

More importantly? It’s a time when you can learn about the impacts of different birth options on your pelvic and core health so that you don’t say “why didn’t anyone tell me this could happen” when it’s too late.

1 in 3 women contract their pelvic floor on pushing- we can work out if this is you and support you to learn to relax and perch effectively to reduce your risk of birth trauma. Who doesn’t want that?

2. Post birth- assessment of the impact of your birth on your pelvic and core health, support retuning to the things you love. Rehab and recovery for long term pelvic health optimisation. So you’re not the little old lady leaking when you p*e with your bits falling out💪

3. Perimenopause. This is the time when we get really serious about long term health optimisation- the importance of bone and muscle health as we age. Falls prevention. Pelvic health. Sexual health. Women spend more of their later years in considerably worse health than men. We can close this gap by addressing these things EARLY! Prevention. Because cure might not be possible.

4. Any time you have symptoms. Don’t put up with them as “things women have to put up with”

YOU DESERVE BETTER!

And - help is available.

If this sounds like you, it’s time to book your appointment.

And if you found this useful

PLEASE, PLEASE - share with your friends so they know help is out there.

We can grow old strong and capable, healthy and joyful!

Address

49 Raff Street
Toowoomba, QLD
4350

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 4pm
Tuesday	9am - 4pm
Wednesday	9am - 4pm
Thursday	9am - 4pm

Website

http://www.somaticwomankind.com.au/

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Time to Flourish

Welcome to Flourish Physiotherapy!

It’s long been a dream of mine to start a practice where the wellbeing of women is at the heart of everything we do. Becoming a mother is such a monumental event, but the enormity is sometimes overshadowed by the birth of a baby, and mothers often get lost in the picture. At Flourish, our goal is to enable you to flourish as a mother, to focus on your wellbeing so you can thrive.

I’m Kelly, a mother to three young girls and a physiotherapist with almost 10 years experience in continence and pelvic health. I have completed extensive training in pregnancy and birth, incontinence and prolapse, sexual health, trauma, and pelvic pain. I love everything about what I do, and I would love to help you to achieve your wellbeing goals on your journey in motherhood.

At this stage, I will be available on Thursdays and some Saturdays by appointment only. To make an appointment, please contact me via my mobile or send me a message. I look forward to meeting you and supporting you to achieve your health and wellbeing goals.