Daniela - Body Mind Conversations

25/08/2025

Sydney dwellers! 📣✨ Just a couple of spots left in our 6-week Embodied Mindfulness course which starts in Sydney (Crows Nest) next Tuesday at 6.30pm. At only $120 for the whole course, this is an absolute steal! Only happening once. Reach out if you’re interested or know someone who is 🤗✨

28/09/2024

And 3 years later… this glorious bunch of humans and I have graduated in Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy! 🥳🎉🙌

Huge thanks to my teachers, mentors, study buddies and clients these past 3 years 💛🙏

In a Hakomi session, the therapist creates a safe space where, through mindfulness and gentle body awareness, we explore the patterns and beliefs influencing your thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. It's a guided journey of self-discovery, working with your body’s natural wisdom and capacity for healing.

I continue to offer sessions online (or in person on Norfolk Island). Check out my website for more info (bodymindconversations.com)

And if it feels a bit too close to open up to me in this way, I’d be happy to refer you to another of these wonderful therapists! 💛

03/06/2024

As your self-awareness grows, your inner landscape begins to shift and expand.

The rigid walls that once confined your repetitive feelings, habitual reactions, and incessant thought loops begin to slowly crumble.

Sunlight and fresh air start to pour into the corners of your psyche that were previously stifled in stubborn darkness.

New insights sprout like seedlings that have been patiently waiting for spring time…

Leading to a clearer understanding of yourself and your world.

It’s the perfect environment for new healthy habits to thrive, and for profound change to blossom. 🌷

You’re still you…

But now with a newfound sense of ease, choice, freedom, and connection 🌞

28/05/2024

Most people seek therapy because they crave change.

But here’s the thing…

Before any transformation can take shape, we must first intimately understand how things are right now.

Often, people drift through life unaware of their truest feelings, beliefs, conditioning and perceptions of the world.

We get caught in repetitive and magnetic loops of thinking, feeling, interpreting, and behaving… naïvely expecting new outcomes.

But as we slow down and gently study ourselves in mindfulness, with the utmost curiosity and compassion…

The hidden patterns that silently steer our lives from the shadows become illuminated…

And this gives way to new choices ✨

13/03/2024

Can’t wait to do my first community Tea Ceremony in Studio You - Norfolk Island next Thursday Limited spots (can only fit 8), so please make sure to book your spot if you want to come along 🫖🌱✨🙏

Tea Ceremony with Daniela

🫖 Thursday 21/March 6.15pm- 7.45pm
🫖 $15 drop in session
🫖 8 spots available / per session
🫖 Bookings and enquiries: 53784
🫖 More information about Daniela: Daniela - Body Mind Conversations
🫖 About tea ceremony:

“An introspective sensory journey of mindfulness, served with warm bowls of “beyond organic” tea. Inspired by ancient traditions, these Tea Ceremonies beckon you to carve out space in your life for unhurried movement, humble silence and deep connection. Practice the art of self awareness, non-judgement & self compassion, whilst allowing your senses to be awakened by the simplest of life’s pleasures. Living Tea is sourced from clean, chemical-free, harmonious, biodiverse ancient tea forests in China that are steeped in culture, spirituality and wisdom. A time for you to reconnect with your place in the world, to be looked after, to rest, to simply be.”

27/02/2024

This being human is a guest house.

Every morning a new arrival.

A joy, a depression, a meanness,
Some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all.

Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture,

Still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out for some new delight,

The dark thought, the shame, the malice,

Meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.

Be grateful for whoever comes,

Because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.

— Rumi

18/02/2024

Over my many years of courses, trainings retreats, vipassana etc I have noticed two extremes schools of thought with regards to how to navigate our feelings (and also our busy restless minds… but I’ll focus on feelings for this post).

1: Catharsis: Don’t suppress it, express it. Let yourself wail, let the tears fall, punch pillows and scream out in rage.

2: Meditation. Observe your feelings and thoughts without becoming attached to them, without getting lost in the story and spiralling into suffering.

Vastly contrasting, but both approaches promise harmony and balance.

I’ve most recently been studying something that sits in the middle which I’m getting so much from.

I’d love to hear your thoughts/ perspectives/ experiences…

15/02/2024

Ever wonder why you feel overwhelmed sometimes?

Doubts, worries, frustrations just take over, and no matter how hard you try, they just won’t go away?

In Body Mind Conversations, we welcome whatever arises with the utmost curiosity and respect, embracing our feelings whilst not becoming completely consumed by them.



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30/12/2023

I’m delighted to be back on Norfolk Island after 3 months of travel. I’ll be basing myself here for at least the next 12 months and starting to see clients again next week.

If you’re needing support, please reach out, I’d love to help 💕

P: 53784/ 0476791228
E: bodymindconversations@gmail.com

Here’s to an inspiring and insightful new year.

Looking forward to our sessions 💛

Much love,
Daniela

01/10/2023

Tack så mycket, Sweden 🇸🇪😍! Thanks for the sticky cinnamon buns, the wild mushrooms and blueberries, the tea ceremonies, the icy lake plunges that took my breath away, the toasty sauna that warmed me back up, and my beautiful friends.

There have also been quite a few tough moments. Traveling is not always a breeze. 😮‍💨 Grateful to be more equipped than ever before to surf these waves when things get challenging. 🌊

By the way, I’m still offering therapy sessions as I travel and seeing clients online. 😊 I love staying in touch with your worlds. So if you ever need someone to talk to, no matter where you are in the world, I'm here for you. 🌍

📸Andrew Dunlop

25/08/2023

So where has been my focus recently?

Over the past year I've been primarily supporting people facing challenges like anxiety, chronic pain, emotional overwhelm, grief, relationship & intimacy issues, stress, and depression.

These frequently end up being just the tip of the iceberg. But they can be clues to deeper beliefs bubbling beneath conscious awareness.

It’s fascinating how our bodies hold answers to what’s really going on and to how to make positive change.

✨✨✨ EXCITING NEWS ✨✨✨
(for me anyway 😂)

I’m going to be joining Siebren’s team at the Norfolk Island Health Expo tomorrow ☺️✨

Come along! 10am - 1pm morla Saturday

I'll be handing out mini chocolate brownies, courtesy of Rabbit's Bikes & Brew! A tasty treat to nourish your tastebuds! 🤤 Thanks Rabbit!! 🐇

PS. I’m leaving Norfolk in 2 weeks! ✨🙏💛

📸 .photography 🙏🌻