Embodied Soul

Embodied Soul Strength & Stillness with Katy

25/01/2026

Here’s an update on spaces in this week’s classes, for those who like to know before they book:

Monday
10:00 am – FULL (with a waiting list)
11:30 am (Accessible Strength) – 2 spaces left
5:00 pm – 1 space left

Tuesday
5:45 pm (Strength Training for Trampers) – still plenty of space

Wednesday
10:00 am – 2 spaces left
11:30 am – 1 space left
4:00 pm – 3 spaces left

Thursday
11:30 am – 2 spaces left
5:45 pm – 2 spaces left

Friday
10:00 am – 3 spaces left
11:30 am (Accessible Strength) – still plenty of space

Remember: only the people on memberships are guaranteed a space. If you’re using the booking system and want a particular class, book early — but please don’t book more than a month in advance, as that’s as far ahead as I book my membership people in manually.

People come to me with all sorts of issues in their bodies: pain, tension, recurring injuries, things that no one seems ...
21/01/2026

People come to me with all sorts of issues in their bodies: pain, tension, recurring injuries, things that no one seems to have clear answers for.

They’ve often been to doctors, physios, specialists. They’ve had scans, tests, diagnoses, and yet something still isn’t resolving.

And the truth is… I’m not being fully honest about how I could help.

Because this is exactly what I do in my intuitive energy healing work.

I’ve been working with Theta Healing for years. I’m actually qualified to teach it. I can read the body, see emotions, beliefs and trauma stored there, and gently guide people to release, heal and integrate what’s underneath the physical symptoms.

A lot of my intuitive healing sessions end up focused on the body, sore backs, hips, shoulders, chronic tension, and very often the pain shifts or disappears by the end of the session.

This work feels natural to me. It’s not something I have to force. It’s something I perceive, feel and translate. It’s how I understand people. It’s my autistic gift of pattern recognition.

But I don’t bring any of this into my strength work.

I don’t talk about it in classes. I don’t offer to scan people energetically. I don’t share what I see, even when I sense something important.

And this is because I’m afraid of crossing a line. Afraid of being seen as invasive, ungrounded, or “too much”. Afraid of seeming weird or silly. I’m afraid of alienating my current clients, because they all came to me after I split myself in two. After I separated my intuitive side from my physical side.

And that split really happened during Covid.

Watching so many people in spiritual and healing spaces, so many of my peers, get pulled into conspiracy theories made me want to distance myself from that whole identity. It wasn’t subtle stuff, it was everywhere. I was hearing things like that everyone who got the vaccine would be dead in two years, that 5G towers were activating something in our DNA, that governments were poisoning us on purpose, that we were shifting into the 5D and only the “awake” would make it through.

It all felt incredibly fear based and ungrounded. And what scared me wasn’t just the ideas, it was how willing people were to believe anything they heard. People were so afraid that they lost their sense of discernment. So much panic was running through those spaces.

I didn’t want to be associated with any of that. Fear dressed up as spirituality didn’t feel right to me. I actually went through a real crisis of identity, feeling alienated from spaces that had once felt like home. Feeling like people I once respected had lost their minds.

I wanted to be solid. Regulated. I wanted to be a voice of reason. I wanted to anchor myself in the body, not in collective panic. So I leaned hard into science, biomechanics and the nervous system. I chose to focus on the things that felt the most grounded.

I split myself in two.

The grounded, embodied self (who later became a personal trainer) on one side.
The intuitive healer on the other.

And I shut down my intuitive side, kept it very quiet. I actually stopped doing my healing work for a while. I didn’t put it out there, didn’t talk about it. I would only do healing sessions if people actively sought me out.

But intuitive healing is my soul work. As much as I try to hide from it, it keeps calling me back.

In my classes, people feel better in their bodies, stronger, more energised, more capable. Transformation happens, but it’s slow. It takes weeks or months (that’s why I go on and on about consistency).

After an intuitive session though, people soften. Their eyes light up. Their faces change. They glow. The energy in the room even changes. Often people cry because I articulate something they’ve always felt but never been able to put into words. The transformation is instant and profound.

Those moments remind me who I actually am and why I’m here.

And lately I’ve been feeling the cost of hiding that part of me.

I don’t want to pretend I only have half of what I actually bring.
Being half of myself isn’t going to make me successful. It’s only going to make me tired.

I want to find a way to be grounded and intuitive.
Scientific and guided by my soul.
Respectful of boundaries and honest about my gifts.
Embodied and spiritual.
Discerning and open.

I don’t know exactly how I’m going to do this yet. I honestly thought it would come more naturally. I thought it would evolve gradually without the need for any announcement.

But that hasn’t happened.

So, I think the first step is just to stop pretending this part of me doesn’t exist and to start talking more about it.

21/01/2026

The Sun is in Gate 41 in Human Design from tomorrow. This gate has the energy of new beginnings and fresh cycles. So it’s the perfect time to start something new.

I’m getting a lot of people signing up for Mondays (they’re getting full) and unfortunately the rest of the week feels a little neglected.

So I’m offering a little incentive for these classes:

Wednesday: 11:30 am & 4 pm
Thursday: 11:30 am & 5:45 pm
Friday: 10 am & 11:30 am

Sign up for one of these classes with a monthly membership ($80/month for one class, $150/month for two) during this week while the sun is in gate 41 (between the 22nd and 27th January) and your first class is free 🎉 This only applies if you sign up and follow through within the week!

💡 Bonus: When you sign up, I’ll also give you a mini Human Design and Gene Keys intuitive reading (mention it when you message me if it sparks your interest). It will include some guidance on how to use your strategy and authority to make decisions. And a little bit about what I see in your chart based on my knowledge of human design/gene keys (I’m not an expert) and my intuition (I’m also an intuitive energy healer). It’s a little extra support to help you commit to heavy lifting and be successful.

If you’re booking classes this week, here’s a quick update on availability so you can plan ahead:Monday• 10:00am – FULL•...
18/01/2026

If you’re booking classes this week, here’s a quick update on availability so you can plan ahead:

Monday
• 10:00am – FULL
• 11:30am (Accessible Strength) – two spaces left
• 5:00pm – plenty of space

Tuesday
• 5:45pm (Strength Training for Trampers) – plenty of space

Wednesday
• 10:00am – two spaces left
• 11:30am – plenty of space
• 4:00pm – plenty of space

Thursday
• 11:30am – plenty of space
• 5:45pm – two spaces left

Friday
• 10:00am – plenty of space
• 11:30am (Accessible Strength) – plenty of space

Please book as early as you can. Classes can fill up quickly. If you do need to cancel, I really appreciate plenty of notice, it allows the space to be offered to someone else, or, if numbers are going to be very low, for me to adjust sessions where possible.

A gentle reminder too that consistency really matters with strength training. Each missed week can set things back more than it seems.
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This is a photo of the view from my sit spot.A place five minutes walk from my house that I come to three times a day, a...
17/01/2026

This is a photo of the view from my sit spot.

A place five minutes walk from my house that I come to three times a day, after each meal, to sit, watch nature, contemplate, and meditate. I stay here for 10 minutes each time.

I started doing this just after Christmas, and it’s become the thing I look forward to most each day.

Last year was a really busy year for me. I had more going on than I’ve ever had before.

In the past, I’ve always had a fairly chill life. Somehow, I avoided much of the stress of living fully immersed in consumer culture. Some of that was luck, but a lot of it was intentional, choosing a lifestyle that sat slightly outside the system.

I didn’t believe I needed much to survive. I barely owned anything. I lived very, very frugally, always below my means. I’ve never had any debt. For a while my daughter was unschooled, and that gave us so much freedom. There was abundant time for nature, meditation, and rest. I read endlessly, went hiking, and life felt spacious.

Now that kind of lifestyle feels almost forgotten. I honestly don’t know how I used to live that way. These days there’s always somewhere to be, a long to do list, and bills to pay. Somehow I’ve become fully immersed in the culture I once rejected.

I’m doing this because my daughter wants a regular life. She wants friends, school, Scouts, horse riding. And because there’s an ambition that has come upon me to create this business. I love it. It feels good to put years of learning to use, it feels good to be creating something of benefit to other people. But combined with solo parenting, getting my daughter to school, after-school activities, and my own workouts and training, life has become very, very full.

And that’s the part I struggle with most.

I plan my days carefully and efficiently. Being autistic, my brain likes this. And while there are systems in my business that still need optimising, what I realised I needed to prioritise most wasn’t efficiency. It was nervous system regulation.

Sitting in nature for three ten minute sessions a day has been incredibly regulating for me. I walk here barefoot. I sit. I watch the water, the birds, the wind in the trees. I feel my body soften and release accumulated tension. Often I drop into deep meditation, into a theta brainwave state.

Most days I’m out in nature walking more, running, or hiking, especially on my days off. But on my busiest days, these three short walks and nature sits are my non-negotiable minimum.

When my daughter’s school starts back, my intention is to prioritise this even when life is busy. It’s so easy for stillness to be drowned out by doing, so it has to be protected.

I created this business to be about strength AND stillness. And because I didn’t protect it or prioritise it, the stillness aspect was almost lost. This is the beginning of me reclaiming it.

I ran the first Mindful Mobility Workshop, on feet and ankles this morning. I made the studio into a bit of a sensory pl...
17/01/2026

I ran the first Mindful Mobility Workshop, on feet and ankles this morning.

I made the studio into a bit of a sensory playground, so we could explore how our feet interact with different surfaces.

I really enjoy “geeking out” on this kind of thing and going deeper into functional mobility and applied anatomy.

I think everyone learned something about their feet and hopefully changed their relationship with this part of the body.

The next workshop, sometime in February, will be on knees (and ankles and hips).

Yep, movement is medicine!
16/01/2026

Yep, movement is medicine!

I don’t want anyone to feel intimidated by the term “heavy lifting.” • Everyone starts light. On your first day, we migh...
14/01/2026

I don’t want anyone to feel intimidated by the term “heavy lifting.”

• Everyone starts light. On your first day, we might start with something as simple as picking up 6 kg from the ground. From there, you’ll progress slowly and gradually, at a pace that feels right for you.

• Your heavy is your heavy. While I have some people lifting up to 100 kg in their deadlifts, they too started light. There’s no need to compare yourself to anyone else. Your potential is unique to you, shaped by your age, genetics, and training history.

Heavy lifting isn’t really about the number on the bar. It’s about feeling stronger, more capable, and more resilient in your daily life. What matters is giving your body enough stimulus to adapt and grow muscle, without unnecessary stress. That’s why our initial focus is on technique first. Once you’re moving confidently, I’ll gently guide you to lift weights that bring you within two reps of failure for about 5–6 reps.

For women going through peri or post-menopause, it’s important to get enough stimulus without overloading the body. Research, including guidance from Stacy Sims, shows that long sessions of moderate intensity training (high-rep, low-weight) can keep the body in a prolonged stress state, raising cortisol and slowing recovery. You likely tolerated this just fine in your 20s and 30s; however, with peri-menopause and declining estrogen, our tolerance for that decreases. During this stage, we are more likely to remain in a sympathetic nervous system state, so we want a workout that gives maximum stimulus without prolonged stress. Heavier weights with lower reps provide the muscles and bones the stimulus they need, while keeping overall stress manageable.

So while we might start with lighter weights and higher reps to learn proper technique, the most effective approach over time is to increase the weight and reduce the reps. This helps your body adapt, build muscle, and improve resilience, without causing chronic stress.

14/01/2026

Info for those booking classes

Classes with more space:
Wednesday 11:30 am & 4 pm
Friday 11:30 am.
(these currently only have 2-3 people booked and most people are just starting out, so they are perfect classes for beginners).

Classes that are usually full:
Monday 10 am, 5 pm
Wednesday 10 am

The other classes generally sit around 4 people per class, so there is usually space. My maximum capacity is 6 per class.

If you’d like to get started with strength training this year, get in touch soon. I expect everything to be generally full by mid February.

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Port Motueka

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