“ Close your ribs sweetheart, your arms are wide open”  my 20 year old yoga instructor/model scolded me loudly so the whole class could...

I'm not a church goer anymore, but I'm still a ministers daughter. And as a result, I've got a healthy respect for Sundays.  As a child,...

‘Oh oh. That didn’t feel good’ I thought to myself as lugged my portable massage table inside from my car. I’d just come back from the...

I have never been more grateful for those 9 tiny whetū that have just reappeared on our dawn horizon. Matariki means different things to...

Working to live not living to work. Capitalism is making us sick. How seasons of rest can help to prevent and recover from burnout.

An explanation of fascia and its importance in maintaining flexibility, mobility, strength and being pain free through stretching.

“It’s like you’ve got no shut off switch”, my friend remarked. “What do you mean?” I asked. “Well, even in your down time, you are...

I’ve spent the past 5+ years trying to conceive a child, and I know that many of us are in the same boat. It can be a heartbreaking,...

. I must start this post with a tribute to my late, great nanna Moira Alpe who passed away last Saturday aged 98. Nanna, you showed me...

I’m writing this post as I slowly recover from being sick. These days I don’t get anywhere near half as sick as I used to when I was a...

If you are anything like me, you pack a lot into your life. We are just so bloody busy. Constantly driven towards productivity. To do our...

Te wiki o te reo Māori has come and gone again, and with each year that passes I am consistently impressed with the momentum the movement...

I recently made a spur of the moment decision to travel to Colombia over Christmas to visit my new boyfriend’s familia over there. Well,...

As a Pākehā, I've spend my whole life in pursuit of belonging. I’ve always struggled to fit in. Always felt different to those around me....

Day 0: Nervously, I pulled up to the carpark of Dhamma Medini, the Vipassana Meditation Centre, located deep in the native bush of...

Recovery from my own burnout from teaching began the day I quit my job. It’s true that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single...

This is part one of a four part series exploring burnout. In this first part, I share my own story and use it to reflect on the 12 stages...

E ngā tini aitua kua whetūrangihia, haere, haere, whakangaro atu rā. Ki a tātou ngā mōrehutanga o rātou, mauri ora ki a tātou katoa. It's...

Is wellness a privilege? Or is it a universal human right? Wellness, as defined by the Global Wellness Institute (N.D.), describes:...

Safe place: The role of the emotions in learning te reo Māori. “He kokonga whare e kitea, he kokonga ngākau e kore e kitea.” “A corner of...