Omanisa

02/03/2026

Last week was sooo good!

I took a leisurely "botanists pace" drive out to Herbert, to visit a lovely lass on her beautiful bush block. Along the way I melted in puddles of bliss, on roads that floated through flooded wetlands full of water lilies and flowering paperbark trees. I saw a great white egret spread her wings in flight and pulled over to admire the magnificently feathered pheasant who always makes me think of the phoenix and new beginnings.

It's been a wet week, so it took me a while to find the right moment between clients and love jobs and rain... but I finally found a sunny hour of me-time and went on a long trek through the escarpment with my flower essence gear in a backpack and made a flower essence of the "Temple of Prayer" flower, using the psychic no-pick method I learned way back in 1998.

I taught a healing class. I had a few beginners so I showed them the power of state-based healing, where we consciously invoke an embodied state. It's a fairly yin practice in many regards, because it's so passive and non-interventionist... but it also demonstrates the yang power of psychic empathy, where we not only refuse to go out in sympathy with a client's dis-regulated state, we actively invite them into attunement with us and the mindbody state we are role modelling for them.

I taught a free online meditation class, blending guided imagery with the teaching of self-care, awareness, regulation and soothing skills... I show people how to "visualise" without making pictures in their minds eye, how to use Light breath work to improve Qi flow. I teach psychic self-care and communion with our larger body (Nature) and higher power.

A few days later I was talking to one of the meditation students and she told me the experience was profound, it made such a big difference to the way she felt. And that made my heart soar: she is exactly the kind of person I love bringing a little "lighter and brighter, calmer and wiser" magic to... because if she crumbles under the weight of her calling and can no longer extend the light of her kindness to others, there will be more suffering in the world rather than less.

I also taught an Oracle card reading course and had fun in my herbal dispensary, mixing up aura sprays, chakra tonics and medicinal blends for naturopathic clients. My blends this week focused on hormone balancing, stress-reduction, and improving digestion. I used Paeony, Skullcap, St Johns Wort, Lacender Passionflower, Chastetree, Milk Thistle, Licorice and Marshmallow, among others.

My consults last week were mostly Aura Therapy sessions, a blend of somatic awareness training with naturopathy, mindbody counselling and aura healing... but I also did an aura reading for a client in Malaysia, and a Family Tree Mediumship session for a client researching her family tree.

The best day of all was Thursday... I think that was the Chinese new year? It was AMAZING because I got together with a friend who is also writing a family biography and finally, I’ve busted through my block!! Now the words are pouring out of me!

I'm so sad for the writer in me who lost her voice five years ago, all the stress she went through, the loss of her passion and confidence. It's devastating when the thing you love to do most of all is taken away from you. I'm so proud of all the work I did to fight back and reclaim my voice, to set boundaries and honour my heart. I'm so grateful for the patience and kindness I gave to myself.

If I could walk back in time and talk to the writer who had the pen wrenched from her hand, I'd tell her to have faith: in five years you will be able to tell a much better story than the one you're telling now.

26/02/2026

Wow! A plant-powered sister breaking records!!

25/02/2026

Oh the joys of bread baking!!

I've graduated myself from the fancy sourdough pre-blends you have to order in, and am now mixing up my own gluten-free flour recipes. Saving money and having a fat time in the process.

I practised for ages with the recommended blends before trying to create my own. I worked out that my body loves a "wholemeal" loaf that is more protein, mineral and fibre dense... my gut much prefers it, it just lands so better with my immune system/microbiome.

Besides which, I LOVE a very long proofing time. The longer proof breaks down phytic acid and makes it more digestible, but that's really just a happy side effect. The main thing for me is, I hate feeling rushed and I really love mixing the dough before I go to bed then wandering back into the kitchen the next morning to bake it. There's a special kind of magic to waking up and seeing how much the dough has risen while you're sleeping.

My homemade flour blend is much more tasty too; it's giving a better sour zing.

Mixing flours together to get the right blend reminds me of being downstairs in the dispensary pouring different herbs into my measuring cylinder to craft a blend that is just right for a client. Us naturopaths sometimes blend powders together to create healing fibre medicine for the gut but I kind of prefer getting mine from my bread. Fibre is waaaay undervalued medicinally by the general public. There's a crazy epidemic of fibre deficiency messing up our collective microbiome and feeding inflammation.

One of the fibrous ingredients in my home made bread mix is psyllium, a very cool, famous-in-gluten-free-sourdough-baking ingredient that gives the bread backbone, structure, form. This glorious food medicine is one of my go-to remedies for haemorrhoids, constipation and irritable bowel disease.

It's really good for gut recovery after antibiotics use, partly because it feeds Bifidobacteria and supports short-chain fatty acid production (especially butyrate)... if you know anything about this, you'll immediately know it can therefore help reduce inflammation throughout the body. It also lowers cholesterol, increases our sense of fullness, educes rapid hunger rebound and smooths appetite signals.

Bifidobacteria are quiet heroes that stabilise the gut. They restore the integrity of the gut lining, that wonderful barrier between the inside of the gut and the rest of the body. This is why they’re soooo important in people with food sensitivities, autoimmune issues, or chronic inflammation! When Bifidobacteria are doing well, the gut tends to feel less reactive and less “leaky,” and the immune system isn’t constantly on edge.

They play a huge role in immune tolerance. Rather than stimulating the immune system, they help teach it when to respond and when to stand down. That’s why low levels of Bifidobacteria are so often linked with allergies, autoimmunity, and inflammatory conditions. They help the body remember the difference between a real threat and something that can be safely ignored.

Fermentation-wise, they’re very gentle. They break things down slowly and evenly, producing far less gas than some other microbes. For people who bloat easily or react badly to many probiotics or fibres, Bifidobacteria are often part of the missing piece. They calm the digestive process rather than amplifying it.

These lovely microbes influence the nervous system more than most people realise. Through the gut–brain axis, Bifidobacteria support calmer stress responses and better emotional regulation. When these microbes are well supported, people often feel less jangly or reactive, and more steady overall. It’s not a mood lift so much as a lowering of background noise.

Bifidobacteria thrive in conditions that are slow, gentle, and consistent. They like soluble fibres, long fermentation, and regular rhythms. They don’t respond well to extremes or aggressive interventions (eg dramatic parasite detoxes). When you support them, the whole system tends to feel more organised and adaptable.

They’re not flashy microbes, but they’re foundational ones. And when they’re missing, a lot of other things struggle to stay in balance.

24/02/2026

About 10 years ago I had a massive disc explosion in my spine, and it took me out of action for a while. Before that, I was definitely working much too hard. I had a very long waiting list with an average wait of 7 months to get in to see me. I'm sure a lot of my popularity was due to the fact that I poured everything I had into each consult and wasnt charging anywhere near enough.

10 years later and I am so grateful for the handbrake that was my spine breaking, the explosion inside me that switched everything off and forced me into bedrest for a long time. My business collapsed. People went elsewhere. I was forgotten by the masses and so deeply grateful to those beautiful souls who continued to work with me in modified ways during my recovery, who waited for me to recover, and reached out in that beautifully human, caring way that told me I was more to them than just a faceless automaton performing a role. That injury was the most painful, torturous experience i have ever been through and it was also a wonderful jolt that "woke me up". I will never be that person again, who gives too much, who works too hard. It's tricky, when your work is your higher calling, to find the right balance, and I finally feel like I'm finding it. Thank you Universe.

Having to rebuild my business from scratch once I learned to walk again has been incredibly liberating. And last year I began running again. It's more of a shuffle than a run, but considering there were times when I thought my running days were well and truly behind me, this is an incredible milestone.

And now my son in law, my personal trainer of sorts... has set me a goal: run the mothers day fun run. To be fair, I'll probably walk most of it, but even that will give me a magnificent sense of having come full circle after my injury. And it's a fundraiser!!

Will you help me reach my target?

I’m taking part in the Mother’s Day Classic to help raise funds and awareness to fight breast and ovarian cancers. I’m going to put my foot down on Sunday May 10. Please join me, or donate now.

24/02/2026

I'm mixing up some Aura Sprays in the morning, to post out.

Does anyone else want some while I'm at it?

✨ Aura Sprays — Energetic Self-Care Essences (30 ml)
Spray through your aura, into your mouth, or around your space to invite the energy you want:

🌿 Home Brown — grounding, belonging, stability
💪 Strength Red — courage, confidence, personal power
🔥 Creative Red — life-force, passion, creativity
😄 Playful Orange — joy, inner child play, ease
☀️ Happiness Yellow — inner peace, contentment, gratitude

Check out my page to see the full 24 essences currently available https://www.omanisa.com/aurasprays

🧠 (more colours coming soon — each with its own medicine & affirmation!)

21/02/2026

This escarpment walk started as exercise, and evolved into a wildflower walk. Haha!! A wee bit slower than planned 😉

I was wondering how many wildflowers I could find… and then melted in an explosion of bliss because I found an old friend I haven’t seen in 25 years!!

This is what I call the Temple Flower, from which I made a potent flower essence who helps in my trauma recovery blends… or at least, it used to, but I ran out years ago. Needless to say, I’ll be back again tomorrow with my flower essence kit.

Feeling so blessed!

21/02/2026

So beautiful, in the midst of the suburbs 💕 so grateful for the magic that surrounds me

21/02/2026

Escarpment walk

20/02/2026

Love going overboard with the chroma (colour) just so I can knock it back again ~ colour play! 💃

Finally back to working on this dearest little face once more

20/02/2026