A traditional I still get to enjoy - Santa photo!!! I’ll soak it up while I still can, these moments I treasure and don’t take for granted (just like I feel we should every moment and everyday in life - not just one day…)
Yes he still willingly joins me for this (was asked recently if I have to force it 😏).
From Harry and I to you all ~
Merry Christmas! 🎄
I hope it is a day of love & calm & connection (whether that is on your own or surrounded by people).
Much love,
Sharna. X
21/12/2025
If I had achy hips or pain in my lower back, I would do these things immediately…
1. Get on your mat every morning when you wake up.
5–10 minutes of gentle, dynamic hip movement can completely change how your body feels for the day ahead.
E.g.
• slow roll downs
• squat flow
• walking squats
• gentle internal & external hip rotation
2. Listen to what your body is really telling you as you move.
Achy hips and low back pain often show up when we’re carrying too much responsibility, pressure, self-expectation…
Where are you gripping instead of flowing?
The hips hold more than muscle. They hold how we move through life.
3. Ask yourself – are you resting and recovering?
Not sleep but rest & recovery… your nervous system may be in a heightened state (sympathetic) not getting the chance to come into “rest and digest” (parasympathetic)
Create space. Even small pockets.
Get in a sauna. Sit. Breath.
Let your nervous system soften so your body can too!
Sometimes the most powerful thing you can do for pain is not more effort -it’s presence, gentleness, and permission to slow down before you get into your day.
Pain is rarely just physical.
The body is always speaking - we just have to slow down enough to listen.
x Sharna
06/12/2025
Although today I hold many labels — mother to one very active teenage boy, Accredited Exercise Physiologist, Sports Nutritionist, Yoga Teacher, NLP Master Coach — they’re just that… labels.
What really shapes a person, a business, and a service is the lived experience behind those words. The years of learning, trying, exploring, failing, rising and refining. That’s where the essence of Calma Health was born.
I’ve been in the health and fitness world for over 25 years. I started at 16, teaching aerobics in a local gym, and movement became the thread that wove through every chapter of my life — dancing in my school years, competing in long-distance running, falling in love with yoga in my early 20s, and more recently finding strength and joy in weight training, which eventually led me to fitness-model stages nationally and internationally.
In my 20s, I spent five years travelling — two years in the UK and three in South Korea — exploring life, culture and the human spirit across 32 countries. Those years cracked me open to a truth that has shaped everything since:
Health is everything.
Without it, our quality of life shrinks. With it, possibility expands.
Caring for people with end-stage dementia in England was another defining chapter. It taught me presence, compassion, and how fragile life truly is — and why building strength, vitality and resilience matters so deeply.
Before that, I completed my Bachelor of Human Movement Science in 2004, followed by a Post-Graduate Diploma in Exercise Rehabilitation while living in South Korea. I returned home to complete clinical placements across hospitals, rehab units and musculoskeletal clinics… all while becoming a new mum.
Where I stand today...
My mission is simple: to help as many people as possible become the strongest, calmest, most alive version of themselves — no matter their starting point. I believe everyone has a “highest self” within reach, and with the right mix of movement, nutrition, mindset and support, vitality becomes possible for anyone.
Calma Health isn’t just a business.
It’s everything I’ve lived, learned and embodied.
It’s the work of my life — and the gift I’m here to share.
x Sharna
06/12/2025
It felt like the right time to re-introduce myself — starting with the qualifications that shaped the knowledge, experience and perspective I bring today as Sharna O’Connor, and as the heart behind Calma Health.
If you’d like the full story of my life path — the travels, the early beginnings in movement, the lessons, growth and turning points — head to the pinned post “MY STORY.” It takes you right back to where it all began: a 16-year-old teaching her first aerobics class and discovering a lifelong passion for health, movement and vitality.
For now, here are my major qualifications:
✨ Formal Qualifications & Continued Education
• Post Graduate Diploma in Exercise Rehabilitation (Cardiac Rehabilitation)
• Bachelor of Human Movement Science (Exercise Rehabilitation)
• Master Practitioner NLP
• Sports Nutrition Certification (ISSN-SNS)
• 350hr Yoga Teacher Training
• Level 1 Strength & Conditioning (ASCA)
• Functional Movement Systems Level 1
• Certificate III & IV in Fitness (Personal Training)
(And many more courses, seminars and specialty trainings across the years. As an Accredited Exercise Physiologist, continual learning is part of our CPD — but for me, learning is simply who I am. If you ever want to chat about the body, mind or human potential… I’m always up for it.)
My curiosity began in my teens after completing my Cert III & IV in Fitness, and it’s only grown deeper. What started as a fascination with the physical body — movement, physiology, anatomy, strength — expanded into nutrition… then into energy, emotions, mindset, behaviour and the nervous system.
Because humans are not one-dimensional — and neither is healing, growth or vitality.
I will never stop learning.
I will never stop expanding my knowledge.
And I will never stop striving to give grounded, evidence-based, compassionate support to help people become their strongest, calmest, most vibrant selves.
If you’d like to explore how we can work together, check out the pinned post “OFFERINGS.”
Or send me a DM anytime — movement, rehab, strength, nutrition, mindset, nervous system support… or simply where to begin.
Here’s to continuous growth, deeper understanding, and living fully alive 🤍
06/12/2025
Just like myself; my services and offerings have certainly evolved over the years…
I help people with a wide range of needs from learning new movement skills, to weight loss & body composition change, to chronic disease management & metabolic disfunction, to autoimmune disease management & emotional health, to nutrition & lifestyle management support, to specific athletic goals and biomechanical assessments, pain management support to acquired brain injury and post-surgery rehab…
I used to think I had to “niche” down my area of expertise, but now I know my forte niche area is in relating to humans who need support with their health, no matter how broad or specific. My gift is in understanding the whole system and putting all the pieces of the story together for each individual and finding a way to support them in the way they need best.
My work with a client can go from an initial health screening & functional screening assessment, to exercise programming, to nutritional review, body composition assessment and dietary guidance and re-structure, to bloodwork analysis, to lifestyle intervention and habit paradigm shifting, to nervous system support &/or breathwork & mindfulness education…
No one session or one day is ever the same, just like no human is ever the same!
Current offerings & services:
💓 FACE 2 FACE in-studio training/coaching
💓 ONE on ONE ONLINE COACHING
💓 REST & RESET ~ ONE DAY RETREAT
💓 ALIGN ~ 4day Wellness RETREAT
💓 6-Week RESET - Online Program (start anytime)
💓THE CAMLA METHOD – 12wk Online Lifestyle Transformation Program (start anytime)
I am more excited than ever to be able to help people heal, grow, and develop on the physical level & also evolve deeply on the emotional and spiritual level.
Drop me a hi 👋 and share if I have helped you or connected with you in some way over the last 15-20 years!
And be sure to reach out and chat or ask away with questions in comments, via DMs or email.
*Little reminder as an Accredited Exercise Physiologist HEALTH REBATES can apply – remember to mention on in inquiry.
X Sharna.
04/12/2025
7 things yoga & FLOW continues to teach me…
1. Presence over perfection; when you breathe with your body, not against it, everything softens.
2. Strength can be gentle; moving slowly builds a deeper kind of resilience.
3. Mobility is medicine; every rotation, flexion, and extension creates space where tension once lived.
4. Your breath is your guide; when you lose it, you’ve become disconnected. When you follow it, you feel at home.
5. Flow teaches focus; one posture at a time, one moment at a time.
6. The body remembers; repetition rewires patterns, builds confidence, and reconnects you to yourself.
7. Movement is a mirror; how you show up on the mat reflects how you move through life… steady, with ease & curious.
Captured this little flow today while I was filming some movements for clients.
There is flow in each of these movements individually as well as the whole sequence together…
How much flow do you have in your life/body?
🧘♀️ ♥️ 💫
30/11/2025
It’s here 🤎
After years of creating, refining and evolving — my brand new website is LIVE!!!
Explore coaching options, injury & body recompositing assessment forms, Telehealth options, coaching expectations when working with me, retreats dates & booking options, online program options, educations instant purchase tools and ongoing freebies created to help you feel strong, calm + fully alive.
Welcome to my new online home — the full Calma Health experience in one place.
Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Calma Health posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.
I will help you become the best version of yourself no matter the starting point!
I promise to provide you with the tools, education and support you need to move freely, learn to eat for your goals and live a life with vitality!
As an Accredited Exercise Physiologist, Sports Nutritionist and Exercise Rehabillitation Specialist, I offer FACE to FACE services, and ONLINE COACHING to suit your needs.
My coaching is for you if you are:
Wanting to increase your knowledge of movement and nutrition to reach your full potential.
Currently training and not seeing the results you are after.
Wanting to reduce pain safely in your body due to injuries or wear and tear over time.
Working towards a specific fitness or body composition goal but need further support.
Wanting to increase your overall daily energy.
Currently struggling with body image and need support on behaviour and self belief patterns.
Wanting a challenge in the area of your health, wellbeing and fitness!
Check out more details at - http://calmahealth.com.au and drop me a message when you are ready to have a chat!
