Piniri Wellbeing

28/12/2025

Some evenings invite a slower pace — a moment to rest, reflect, and notice what truly matters. 🌌

A little reflection on finding stillness, listening to your body, and honouring what you need right now.

Read more here: https://www.piniri.com.au/blog/2025/12/28/thepause

01/08/2025

🌿 A Loving Nudge: Early Bird Ends Friday ($100 Off)
📅 Suggested Day: Friday
📸 Image: Peaceful retreat moment, journal + tea, or a cozy mat + blanket setup

If you’ve been quietly watching and wondering…
Could this be for me?

This is your gentle nudge. 💛 Not a push — just an invitation.

Early bird pricing ends tonight, and that’s $100 off — a real chance to say yes to yourself in a way that feels doable.

This retreat is for you if you’re:
✨ Longing to reset, but don’t know where to start
✨ Craving time to rest and remember who you are
✨ Ready to move, breathe, and feel supported again

We’ll explore Qigong, creative movement, art, visioning, and rest — all aligned with the energy of Spring.

And what’s more important?
You’ll leave with simple tools you can take home — ways to keep feeling nourished, regulated, and connected beyond the retreat.

If your body is whispering yes… we’d love to have you with us.
🕊️ DM me if you have questions. I'm here to talk it through.

28/07/2025

🌿 Why We Move to Heal

There are things your body remembers — even when your mind forgets.

That’s why we don’t just talk about healing — we move it.

At the Radiant Renewal Retreat, we bring together body-based and creative practices to help you shift what words often can’t:

🌬 Qigong to regulate and replenish
🎨 Art to access emotions without pressure
💃 Movement and ecstatic dance to unstick the stories in your body
🧘‍♀️ Yin yoga to rest deeply, maybe for the first time in a long time

For women who feel:
🌀 Constantly giving and never receiving
🧠 Disconnected from their bodies
💤 Tired, wired, or both

— this retreat is your soft landing.
You don’t need to be a dancer or a yogi. You just need a willingness to show up and breathe.

This is a space to return to your body — gently, safely, and in your own way.

28/07/2025

🌿 Why We Move to Heal

There are things your body remembers — even when your mind forgets.

That’s why we don’t just talk about healing — we move it.

At the Radiant Renewal Retreat, we bring together body-based and creative practices to help you shift what words often can’t:

🌬 Qigong to regulate and replenish
🎨 Art to access emotions without pressure
💃 Movement and ecstatic dance to unstick the stories in your body
🧘‍♀️ Yin yoga to rest deeply, maybe for the first time in a long time

For women who feel:
🌀 Constantly giving and never receiving
🧠 Disconnected from their bodies
💤 Tired, wired, or both

— this retreat is your soft landing.
You don’t need to be a dancer or a yogi. You just need a willingness to show up and breathe.

This is a space to return to your body — gently, safely, and in your own way.

27/07/2025

🌿 Caption: “I got on the wrong bus in China...”

I still remember it like yesterday.
I was in a small town in southern China, looking for a Qigong teacher I’d never met — and I got on the wrong bus. No idea where I was going. No translator. Just a name, a map, and a feeling.

Eventually, I landed in this tiny hall — nervous, unsure, trying to keep up with the gentle movements.

Then the teacher looked at me and smiled.

“Why are you so serious?”
“Qigong is meant to be relaxing.”

That moment stayed with me.
Because I didn’t realise how much I was trying to get it right…
When really, Qigong is about letting go.
About softening.
About trusting that my body already knows the way — it just needs space to remember.

That’s the energy behind everything I now share — including the Radiant Renewal Retreat.
It’s not about being flexible, spiritual, or perfect.
It’s about presence. Breathing. Listening inward.
And maybe laughing at yourself a little along the way.

If that sounds like something your body’s been craving, I’d love to share this work with you.
🌿 Early bird ends Friday (link in bio)

26/07/2025

Why We Created This Retreat
In 2022, Angie and I felt a strong call to collaborate on sharing seasonal knowledge, wisdom and self-care tools.
We created mini seasonal retreats and have been offering them for 3 years of — spaces where women could slow down, move with intention, and reconnect with the wisdom of nature.

We didn’t create retreats because the world needs more events.
We created them because women are tired.
Tired of rushing.
Tired of pushing through.
Tired of being disconnected from their bodies and the seasons.

Our 's Radiant Renewal Spring Retreat grew out of wanting to offer more — a 3-day immersion of Qigong, Five Element wisdom, movement, sound, art, and ritual.
Last year’s in Kioloa was profound for us and we’re so excited to draw on all that we learnt to share again.
✨ Sept 12–14 | Tilba Tilba, Yuin Country
🌸 Join us for a weekend of clarity, joy & renewal. More info at www.piniri.com.au/events/springretreat25

24/07/2025

Meet Angie — Your Radiant Lotus Qigong Guide

Hi, I’m Angie — Women’s Qigong teacher and movement guide.

With over 15 years of experience in movement-based practices, I’m passionate about supporting women to reconnect with their bodies through gentle, embodied approaches. I weave together nourishing practices like lymphatic massage, organ breathing, and flowing Qigong to help release tension and restore balance.

Wellbeing has always been part of my world. I grew up in a home where daily rituals like Taichi, breathwork, and mindful movement were simply a way of life. That early exposure taught me the value of caring for ourselves in intentional, embodied ways.

But like many women, I still found myself pushing too hard — and eventually, my body told me it was time to stop. What I needed wasn’t more effort. It was softness. I felt a deep call for a practice that made sense in my world — something that honoured the body without demanding more from it.

That’s what I found in Qigong.

Qigong isn’t just a practice — it’s a way of living. When we align with our breath, body, and the natural rhythm of the seasons, something begins to shift. A quiet, grounded peace rises. And from that place, we can move through life with more clarity, ease, and strength.
At the Women’s Radiant Renewal Spring Retreat from 12-14 September 2025, I’ll be sharing:
🌱 A nourishing Qigong flow inspired by the energy of Spring, woven with Radiant Lotus Women’s Qigong
💆 Gentle self-care practices like lymphatic massage and Tibetan massage
🎶 Tibetan healing sounds — a powerful sound-based practice to support women’s vitality

You don’t need to push, perfect, or perform.
You just need space to breathe — and remember who you are.
🌸 Join me this Spring, and let’s rise gently — together.
🎟️ Early Bird ends 1 August
👉 Book now

22/07/2025

In the stillness of midwinter, there’s a quiet magic at play..
Beneath the cold and the layers, something begins to stir.
Not quite ready to grow… but slowly thawing. Softening.
This is the subtle reawakening — the place between hibernation and emergence.
A tender time to honour what’s shifting inside, without rushing into bloom.
Every season moves us in its own sacred rhythm… and this moment is no different.
If you’re feeling the faint flicker of new life returning —
a longing to reconnect, replenish, and rise with intention —
why not join us this Spring?
🌸 Re-emerge with like-hearted women
🌿 Gather on powerful, healing land
💫 Awaken with movement, creativity, and seasonal wisdom
We’d love to welcome you into the warmth of our Spring Radiant Renewal Retreat — a space to meet yourself anew, in rhythm with the season that calls you forward.
📅 Sept 12–14
🎟️ Early Bird until 1 August – 5 spots in shared cabin accom left, with other options available.
👉 Book now

19/07/2025

Let Spring Move Through You
We honour the stillness of winter not just by resting,
but by gently preparing for what’s next.
🌿 The vision.
🌿 The vitality.
🌿 The quiet fire within.
Instead of pushing forward this Spring… what if you softened? Breathed? Reconnected with your deepest vitality?
This September, we’re gathering beneath the sacred slopes of Gulaga — Mother Mountain — for our second Women’s Radiant Renewal Spring Retreat.
It’s more than a weekend away — it’s a seasonal reset for your whole being.
📅 Sept 12–14
🎟️ Early Bird until 1 August
👉 Book now at www.piniri.com.au/events/springretreat25

25/11/2024

5 Days to go 💖
We are just 5 days away from our retreat. I thought I’d share a bit more about Qigong to help anyone who is interested but a bit unsure.

In qigong we talk about finding harmony and balance. What this means is that we life in a way where we can use the slow meditative movements to help release stress, calm our emotions and help us feel vibrant. When our energy is in balance we feel like we can do things with ease.

In Radiant Lotus Women’s Qigong we talk about how we can lose our balance, we often as women get pulled into different directions or it might feel like this. But what some of us forget is that when we find the balance of being present and taking care of ourselves (and yes it’s probably even harder if you run your own business), it creates this space so that we know when to pull back from things and when we can dive into our creative passions.

Right now we are in the heart of the Fire Element - for me it’s a time where we can tap into the creative energy, set new goals for our projects but it’s also a time for us to let go from the hurt or sadness we have carried.

I invite you to take time out to give back to yourself. Let Holly Brocklebank and I help hold space for you at our Summer Celebration - Fire Element Mini Retreat next Saturday from 9-1pm so you can recharge and replenish so you are energised to dive into your creative projects.

We have two spots left. Tickets are $115 for 4 hours of bliss and delicious wholesome food and we’d love to see you there. If you’re not able to attend but know someone who could really do with some nurturing please send them our way.

Link to tickets are below:

https://www.piniri.com.au/events/summer-celebration?

15/11/2024

My teacher at Wudang Mountain once said to me that Qigong isn’t a practice it’s a lifestyle. I nodded as I started to translate this from mandarin to English in my head but at the same time I was asking myself ‘what does this mean’?

Fast forward to 2018, my teacher Master Zhao said the exact same thing in mandarin of course and I thought what do you mean? I practice every day and then go to work and feel stressed and come home to rest and eat then sleep.

I kept pondering what does this mean and the harder I thought the further I got from finding my answer.

When we live in alignment with the natural rhythms, we eat and nourish by the seasons and we acknowledge the emotions that can arise at the different times of the season - ie summer being the fire element and feelings of overwhelm, overstimulation, exhaustion and anxiety - we start to gain insight into the wisdom. In essence, this is what is meant by a qigong lifestyle. As we learn and evolve with our practices or tools we use to help us stay well, we delve deeper into the wisdoms of the practice and build this muscle of listening to our wisdom.

Master Robert’s post below summarizes it perfectly. Qigong helps us to find balance, it helps us to listen and by listening we tap into our own healing potential

How does this resonate with you? What practices do you do which have helped you in your journey?

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/17dUDXrWQm/?mibextid=WC7FNe

Did you know that Qigong is about more than movement? It’s a philosophy that encourages balance, patience, and harmony within ourselves and with the world around us.

How does this wisdom resonate with you today? Let’s talk about how we can apply this flow to our daily lives.

29/10/2024

Living in harmony with nature’s cycles brings incredible benefits for our well-being from learning to support our body’s natural rhythms and boosts vitality to using movement to better promote energy flow in the body

There is so much wisdom to be gained when we learn to eat, move and understand the emotions attached to each season.

Join us on 23 November 2024 from 9-1pm in Canberra for our upcoming Summer Celebration - Fire Element Mini Retreat mini retreat and experience a day of connection and renewal.

More info at https://www.piniri.com.au/events/summer-celebration?

As the Five Element wheel turns we arrive in the season of Fire - the time of year when the sun is at its highest, energy is abundant, and joy is in full bloom. To help you align with this vibrant energy, Join Holly Brocklebank, Five Element Acupuncturist and Angie Liu, Radiant Lotus Women’s Qigon...