Calm Mind Academy

Calm Mind Academy I empower people who are stressed, anxious or living with chronic health conditions to live a more happy & fulfilling life, with Buddhism & Neuroscience.

I have a unique insight into the power of the mind & how damaging stress is coz I've been there too

Can’t think of one time I thought I might have to string this sentence together…. Oh wait …. Maybe perhaps after watchin...
10/09/2025

Can’t think of one time I thought I might have to string this sentence together…. Oh wait …. Maybe perhaps after watching a Jason Statham, Dwayne Johnson or Vin Diesel movie 😂🤩🥳💜✈️

In all seriousness tho, really grateful for the staff and friends I’ve made at my hotel. Yesterday was intense, today I am still on edge, wondering if the peace will continue when the curfew is lifted …but I’m still smiling and even kicking the soccer ball amongst the quiet tears that slip out when the dream feels like reality 💜✨

10/09/2025

Here in the midst of the uprisingPracticing keeping calm It’s nice to see some normalcy in the Buddhist community today when the rest of the town is waking up following yesterday’s aftermath in Nepal I’m safe

Who else has days like these? Best intentions … all fired up and ready to go, excited to get into work … and then…
05/09/2025

Who else has days like these? Best intentions … all fired up and ready to go, excited to get into work … and then…

Priceless 🥰✨🧘‍♀️The joy says it all 🙏For those who don’t know, this is His Holiness 42nd Ratna Vajra Rinpoche. One of th...
19/08/2025

Priceless 🥰✨🧘‍♀️
The joy says it all 🙏

For those who don’t know, this is His Holiness 42nd Ratna Vajra Rinpoche. One of the heads of our Tibetan Buddhist lineage and my teacher here in Nepal for the 8 year program.

Precious moments like these are hard to come by in a room full of 100s of students.

Captured perfectly by Dean. Thanks mate 🙏

That tiny little white rose you can see next to the marigold on the Buddha statue is my offering to request all beings f...
19/08/2025

That tiny little white rose you can see next to the marigold on the Buddha statue is my offering to request all beings find inner peace 🥰

Every night I do many laps around the stupa, which we call Kora, and while I’m walking I’m sometimes thinking of people I know or situations in the world, and other times I remember back to when my world was dark and hopeless.

when my mind was so obscured with fear, anxiety, stress and anger

When I used to look at myself and think ‘who are you? What’s happened to happy Nat?’

And I wish that every being who’s suffering the pain of their own mind, can find their path to inner peace

Cause boy I have to tell you, a peaceful mind..

Being able to pull yourself out of the drama and worry

F@&k it’s amazing 🤩

I want the same for others too 🥰🩷✨

Om mani Padme hum 💜

If you want some guidance, DM me or check out the www.calmmindacademy.com.au website 🙏

Checking out for 10 whole days, maybe 11 😅 as I head off to do buddhist meditation study at Kopan Monastery 🧘‍♀️🙏Sometim...
19/08/2025

Checking out for 10 whole days, maybe 11 😅 as I head off to do buddhist meditation study at Kopan Monastery 🧘‍♀️🙏

Sometimes in Buddhism we say not to share everything and just do it quietly

But 😂😂

I’m here to inspire you to find your inner peace and to rewrite your story 🧘‍♀️✨💜📚

I want you to know that it’s not just sipping coffee with these stunning views or studying with lineage masters where you gain infinite wisdom

It’s also spending time in a quiet place
In silence
Sitting with your thoughts
Sitting with your ever needy body
Listening, watching
Being curious

And applying all of the dharma teachings we learn along the way

Meditation certainly isn’t the whole story for healing and happiness, but it is the key to unlocking the nervous system gateway 🔑

I’m excited to see you on the flip side 📚🧘‍♀️✨✨✨✨✨📚🩷🌷🤩✨✨

Where, according to these sparkles ✨ , I’ll be very sparkly 😂

Simply comment below, or DM me with your written views or a video 😊
09/08/2025

Simply comment below, or DM me with your written views or a video 😊

As Buddhist’s we mostly cultivate inner peace by using our mind and meditation. I’d love to show the student monks a gli...
09/08/2025

As Buddhist’s we mostly cultivate inner peace by using our mind and meditation.

I’d love to show the student monks a glimpse at our westerners find inner peace so that they can see the vast array of ways that people find peaceful

You can share either via:
🩵 3-5 minute video or
🩵 photos with a story I can read out in class

Include:
✨your name
✨ where you live
✨ what your activity is
✨ how it brings you inner peace
✨ how long that inner peace lasts
✨and anything else you’d like to share

Maybe you do the activity every day or just when you have some free time

Nothing fancy, just from your heart 😊

Due by end august

DM or comment with any questions

I’d love to share with the boys how music is such a special part of our lives, particularly around lifting our mood and ...
09/08/2025

I’d love to share with the boys how music is such a special part of our lives, particularly around lifting our mood and making us feel happy or alive, or how it can relax us and feel peaceful

Perhaps you’ve got a favourite track or maybe you play an instrument or are in a band

Given this one is music, a video would work best:
🩵 3-5 minutes
🩵 introduce who you are and where you live
🩵 play your chosen song
🩵 or play your instrument
🩵 describe what emotional or mindset changes it brings

The aim is as above 😊

Nothing fancy, just from your heart 🙌

Due by end August or earlier 🙏📚

Everything is fresh over at the monastery and I haven’t see a complete frozen meal in their supermarket, just frozen veg...
09/08/2025

Everything is fresh over at the monastery and I haven’t see a complete frozen meal in their supermarket, just frozen vege or meat or dessert

So if you eat a frozen meal, I’d love it if you could share photos or a video of
The box
It being heated up in the microwave
Or oven
And then the final result as you remove the plastic
😊
You can include any thing you like as well, like a photo of you or the video can be of you talking and talking about how you find it helpful or convenient

If you’re sharing photos could you give me a little story to go with it to read out 😊
Thank you 🙏
By end August or earlier 🧘‍♀️✨🙌

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Self-healing for the soul

Nat is your Go-to Zen Chick. She is passionate about supporting people to self-heal through meditation, mindfulness and wellbeing practices.

Nat has an inspiring story of resilience, in August 2015 the doctors told her that she would be blind by Christmas. That heart-wrenching moment changed Nat’s life, she knew there had to be another way to help herself; it was time to look within. Nat’s soul searching worked, on that Christmas morning she woke up and she still had some sight! Though it wasn’t enough to allow her to get about safely without a blind-cane and the limited sight meant that Nat had to re-consider her career.

She was determined to continue on this path of meditation, mindfulness and energy work, to calm her nervous system and allow her body to restore itself.

Fast forward to the present day, and Nat is living her dream life in a cute beachside town, with most of her sight restored! After successful eye surgery in 2019, she left her life in the city to pursue a simpler one, where she can teach the gifts meditation and chakras by the beach.