Daily Practise, 16 Cook Street, Randwick (2025)

02/10/2025

School holidays have begun! With them, I have a confession to make...

When I decided to become a Primary School Teacher 15 years ago, one of the main reasons was because I liked the idea of having 3 months of holidays every year. I kept this on the low down each time I had a job interview and the Principal would ask “So what made you want to be a teacher?” Not sure my honest response would’ve gone down all that well.

Whilst I’ve taken a career change over the last 5 years and am now an ‘Energy Psychology Practitioner’, ‘Children’s Author’, ‘Elderly and Pre-School Yoga Teacher’ amongst other things, I have maintained this rhythm of taking school holidays. This is a lifestyle choice I have made as a mother, too, so that I’m on the same rhythm as my kids. Whilst for now this also means that my income suffers, and no, I won’t be taking the kids overseas on any fancy holidays any time soon, my wish is that even though I feel some financial stress, I will ENJOY the time off anyway, and let them be filled with LOVE.

Sometimes I think - when I’m on my deathbed, would I rather look back and have a really full bank account and burnout, or more time spent on holy-days with loved ones?

With a bit of luck (mixed with authentic alignment and abundance), maybe one day there’ll even be both!

On that note, Daily Practise will be closed for the next 10 days! We’ll be back Monday October 13th.

Love,

🌻Sally

P.S. This is a little snapshot and snippet from Snugglepot and Cuddlepie at Centennial Park yesterday performed by - this was a childhood FAVOURITE of mine. Such a joy seeing it come to life with my kids and their cousins yesterday. Love the way Sienna is asking for the snake to come back on stage for an encore at end 🐍😹

18/09/2025

Daily Practise is opening its debut market stall at the Watsons Bay spring market this weekend!

Will have a whole host of delightful products on offer to enhance wellbeing for body, mind, and soul. Many of them are beautiful, gentle remedies for anxiety and depression… including crystals, book, body oils and lotions I’ve created, and Australian bush flower essences.

There’s something for all ages and stages. If you’re in Sydney, pop over and say G’day!

🦄 🌈 🌻 🦓🧘‍♀️

P.S. Will have a big SURPRISE in store too! More on this to follow soon... Pretty excited about this one… pinching myself that it’s actually happening!

14/09/2025

Mum took this photo by an ocean pool in Maroubra last week and sent it to me. The sunflower caught her eye and made her think of me, since it’s the symbol for Daily Practise.

Love these words by Paolo Choleo, the author of The Alchemist. He speaks so much truth. A good reminder to keep following your soul’s calling, to be the highest version of yourself that you came here to be.

This also reminds me of Rafiki’s message to Simba in The Lion King, where he says something along the lines of “remember who you are.”

🌻 Sally

03/09/2025

Sometimes in life, you gotta man up! Had fun playing Super Dad this morning at Aurora’s Father’s Day breakfast ✌️.

It’s easy to get caught in a trap of thinking we need to have a “second half” or be in a relationship to be or to feel whole. This is an illusion.

Whilst we may identify and physically appear to be a man or a woman, we have both energies within us. In many traditions they believe at a soul or spirit level, in our most pure form, we transcend gender, and are in fact androgynous - in other words, we are one.

A little practise I’ve been trying lately is alternate nostril breathing in the mornings upon waking aka. Pranayama. Whichever nostril is breathing air in and out more easily is the stronger side that day eg. Left for female, right for male. To honour the stronger side that day, I step out of bed on the same side.

Life is a balancing act. What we are aiming for is balanced internal masculine and feminine energies. As within, so without. When we have internal harmony, our environment begins to reflect that.

Give it a go!

🌻 🌹 Sally

26/08/2025

This came out of the blue! Thank you moon 🌙 .

Fills my heart to be of service as an Alternative Therapy Practitioner in Randwick, Sydney. I feel blessed to have crossed paths with each and every soul who has walked through the blue door at 16 Cook St. Randwick and opened their heart to me. I’ve loved connecting with you.

Thank you to this house, “Miss Rose 🌹 “ (as named by my daughter, Aurora, for being the vessel for the growth and expansion of Daily Practise for almost 6 years.

Thank you to my clients, for trusting in me, and investing in yourself.

Thank you to my daughters, Aurora and Sienna, for making me a mum, and in doing so inspiring me to be a better person every single day.

Thank you to my house mate, best friend, lover, and angel, Lukey, for your endless support and encouragement.

Thank you to my cat, Alfie, for helping hold space and keeping me company during the quiet times.

Thank you to spirit, for all these opportunities, and for guiding the way through light and dark.

AHAVA,
(Love in action, love in service)

🌻 Sally

22/08/2025

Sienna dressed up as Sally O’Mally today from Two Left Feet, and took her tap shoes along for book week at kindy. This was a childhood favourite of mine - the school librarian read it to my class in Yr 1.

I nagged my mum to buy it, and she gave in. Like Sienna, I’m not very good at taking no for an answer! I also took up tap lessons at the Camberwell Town Hall. I loved it!

Sienna’s holding that same copy here, and it’s one of her favourite books, too. It has my name wonkily written inside the cover from 1996. This morning we added Sienna’s name too.

It’s about Barclay McLay who’s got two left feet and loves to dance (especially tap dance!), but doesn’t always find it easy to fit in or find a dance partner. One day he meets Sally O’Mally at a party - he spots her stepping on all her dance partners toes. After approaching her at the punch bowl, he discovers it’s becauae she has two right feet! So as you can imagine, they make pretty good pair… they team up and do extremely well together, winning trophies 🏆 and all making all sorts of dreams come true! They even get to give each other all the spare left and right shoes they have! Of course, some suit them better than others 👠🥾🛼👟👡

At the beginning of this year, Sienna was enrolled in ballet lessons. We needed some specific socks, so went to a ‘Dance Direct’ store in Maroubra. She spotted some tap shoes on the shelf, and insisted on trying them on. Next moment, I found myself trying a matching pair on… next moment, we both walked out of the shop with a new pair of tap shoes!

In primary school, I gave up tap dancing too soon, because my friends were all doing hockey and I didn’t want to be left out. I never liked hockey, but I persisted for years to try and fit in.

Since the impulsive splurge at ‘Dance Direct’, the girls now accompany me every Thursday to tap lesson with in Bondi. We pick up sushi for dinner on the way. And I love it! Sienna eagerly taps along, and we often dance together at home.

Thank you, Sienna, for helping me rediscover something from my childhood that brought so much joy then, and still does now! I see the magic in your determined little soul.

💛 Sally

15/08/2025

Happy Friday friends!

I have some questions for you...

1. What was your rose (highlight) this week?

2. What was your thorn (lowlight) from this week?

3. What's your leaf for this weekend (thing that you're most looking forward to?)

Love to hear! Comment below or send me a What's App with What's Up.

Love Sal x

12/08/2025

Thank you to my beautiful client Lucia for sharing these words for Daily Practise in a heartfelt Google Review.

Feeling blessed to be helping you on your journey through life.

Ahava (love in service, love in action),

💛 Sally

10/08/2025

So often I feel like a failure. Why? Where do I start…

Got divorced ✅

Changed jobs just about every year since I first had one ✅

Still figuring out how to make a sustainable living, and certainly haven’t considered super in a long while ✅

Whilst I’m great at “Emotional Freedom Techniques” for other people, sometimes I struggle applying them to myself ✅ … (ever heard that saying “a mechanics car is never fixed??)

But then I look at these beautiful girls that I miraculously created - Aurora and Sienna - through the lens of someone else’s looking eye, and realise just how much light they are bringing to the world…

And bit by bit, instead of feeling pain when I’m not with them, I feel joy… maybe even a hint of success at something 😜.

This is just a little reminder that we are all on different timelines in life, and to never compare yourself to others, or you’ll always lose. “Comparison is the thief of joy”, they say.

I find comfort in knowing that we come to this earth as souls, having divine missions (and challenges!) that we are all on. Everything that happens in our life is necessary for us to fulfil those missions - the good and the bad.

I believe your soul chose you. It chose your parents. It chose your siblings and children, or none. It chose your partner, or ex partners, or none. It chose your home country, language, skin colour, strengths, weaknesses, and all. And it loves you, truly, madly, deeply - it’s always waiting for you to remember how perfect, amazing, and whole you truly are.

Often we resist our circumstances. Why would anyone sign up for divorce, disease, disability, disaster, or death? It’s hard to make sense of it when we are “going through hell”, so to speak. And I’m sure you’ve heard that saying, “what we resist, persists”.

Perhaps the way is to fall IN LOVE with your path, at every twist and turn.

💛 Sal

04/08/2025

Every month I run a class called ‘Sensory & Stretching with Sally’ at the BUPA Aged Care Centre in Queens Park. I weave in some sound bowls, mantras, resistance band exercises, essential oils, feathers, and even bubbles 🫧.

Initially, I was asked to run a “seated yoga” session - and whilst they were probably expecting only physical movements, they’ve ended up with these extra touches, which to me are the true essence of yoga. I took a risk, it’s all a bit different, but luckily they love it! It’s been almost 12 months now since I started.

Yoga actually means “to yolk”, “Union”, or “to become one”. Often when we attend a yoga class these days it’s in a crowded room where we roll out our mats and barely make eye contact or conversation with anyone at the studio. Sometimes when we are on this kinda yogic path, we forget why we even got on it in the first place, and where we are intending to go.

Hence why I love to finish these classes with the simple pleasure of a feather tickle. An embodiment “namaste”, which means “the light in me sees the light in you”, or “I bow to you.”

Gentle touch, whether it’s with a hand or feather, feels SO good because it releases the DOSE chemicals:

DOPAMINE - the reward hormone

OXYTOCIN - the cuddle hormone

SEROTONIN - the mood and anxiety stabiliser

ENDORPHINS - the natural pain killer and mood booster

This kind of touch allows for emotional connection. From an evolution standpoint, it’s nature’s way of saying “this is safe, this is good, stay connected.” When the nervous system gets this message, healing spontaneously happens… resulting in good heath, happiness, and harmony.

You’re never too old to heal.

This is yoga!

🌻 Sally

01/07/2025

One of my treasured client’s recently shared a Google review with the beautiful words in this post, reflecting on her journey in working with me so far.

Sometimes I find it hard to describe what my sessions look or feel like, or even what exactly they’ll “give you”, since this always seems to be different for each person and I now work and play with so many different modalities, but I love the way Des describes it here…

“A powerful blend of shadow work and light work - profound yet uplifting.”

This made me think of a yin and yang symbol, hence the picture ☯️

And, this last sentence from Des has to be around the biggest compliment I’ve ever received.. and I hope to show up in this way for myself, my family, and any other beautiful souls that I cross paths with.

“Being gently guided by someone as solid, conscious, loving, and wise as Sally is a blessing I will never forget.”

Thank you Des, for being willing to open and share your heart like this! You are amazing.

💛 Sal

27/02/2025

Ready when you are.

🌻 Sally

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