Blog | The Tea Sessions

Our conversations in the studio are wide ranging and vulnerable and enlightening. Often hilarious. Between us all we have experienced joy, grief, trauma, rage, body image crisis, mind boggling menopause, teenagers, ageing parents, relationship ups and downs. Sometimes I write about it, to help make sense of the weird and wonderful world we live in.

1 day ago

Just one step

Rated 5 out of 5 stars.(3)

Me, on the Routeburn Track NZ, once again humbled by nature There is something about putting one foot in front of the other that gives me...

Nov 30, 2024

Grateful for you, my advanced yogis!

And so here we are, nearly at the end of another year together. How grateful I am to all the beautiful women who turn up, week after...

Oct 11, 2024

Seeking advice, and wisdom, from ordinary, extraordinary women

I reached level 53 this week. It feels like a bit of an in-between kind of age. I had an amazing party for my 50th. I know that every...

Aug 22, 2024

Life: A Brilliant Tapestry

I was sitting in the garden eating my toast this morning, admiring the lemon-scented gum nearby that is a nightmare for my pool but...

Aug 7, 2024

The value of values

What are your values? I listened to an excellent episode of The Imperfects podcast last week, which explored values and how important...

Jun 28, 2024

It's an inside job

This is the thing about yoga. Whilst the physical practice does a pretty good job of keeping me mobile and comfortable in my skin, it is...

Jun 4, 2024

Linger longer in the unstructured moments

The long weekend was lush with time. I had planned to do quite a few things, but they went out the window as the clouds rolled in and the...

May 14, 2024

Retreat 2024 ~ Reflections

Is there anything better for the soul than a group of women getting together and laughing and sharing and relaxing? Magic happens when we...

Apr 20, 2024

Let them falter

As a mother, there are many things I get wrong. It goes with the turf. I tried my hardest in the early days, and I can see now, with...

Apr 2, 2024

What does 'advanced' really mean?

I have said to quite a few of you that you are advanced yoga practitioners. You laughed and said something like 'I can't even touch my...

Mar 16, 2024

It's a sex injury

Most of my studio classes are quiet, the trilling of birds and whispering of leaves the only sounds beyond each deep breath. There is a...

Feb 25, 2024

Loving through the loss

Loss touches us all. My aunt recently passed after an intense and painful year with cancer. She was my Mum's only sister, a couple of...

Jan 29, 2024

What are your truths?

Oh, my God. What if you wake up some day, and you're 65 or 75, and you never got your novel or memoir written; or you didn't go swimming...

Jan 16, 2024

On a river, somewhere ...

Reflections on whitewater rafting the Franklin River, Tasmania: Paddling was the easy part - 'paddle left, paddle right, hold on, get...

Dec 28, 2023

How much do you care?

Rated 5 out of 5 stars.(1)

I sat down to write a New Years post about intention setting. But I just read the news, and as I scrolled past devastating floods and...

Oct 2, 2023

Up and Down - The Metronome of Life

I am at the top of a mountain, my shirt sticky with sweat, pack heavy on my back, and I can't stop crying. A bit embarrassed, I move away...

Aug 5, 2023

Together we are our best selves

I call it feel good yoga. But it could just as easily be: Yoga to calm a busy mind Yoga for improved digestion Yoga for pelvic health...

Jun 8, 2023

Let them know, over and over again ❤️

I am thinking of the richness that friends bring to different stages of our lives. We have our school friends. Our young adulting...

May 24, 2023

The Imperfect Art of Being Yourself ~ Retreat Reflections

What happens when you put 15 women together, allow them to rest, suggest gentle movements, feed them nourishing food, offer the...

Apr 22, 2023

I see you

I keep reading about the 'invisibility' of women 50+ and how this is a supposed benefit of getting older and no longer 'drawing the male...

Feb 23, 2023

Worry Warriors

Sometimes I feel like a worry doll. I hug my kids and absorb their angst, then they trip out the door and on with their lives, oblivious...

Jan 31, 2023

Clear the decks and make space for yourself

When was the last time you were completely immersed? In something you love, in sensations within your body, where time seemed to...

Jan 20, 2023

Be here to have an experience

I have just returned from 10 days in Queenstown NZ with my man and 3 x 18 year olds. We did every adrenalin fuelled activity we could. I...

Dec 9, 2022

A love letter from me to you ❤️

Indulge me. These are the things I would love to say to you, in person in the studio, but I would most definitely cry and that could be...