Ayatana Within

03/01/2026

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Full Moon Blessings 🌕

Super Wolf Moon is a phase for self-reflection, transformation and the need to go within ourself to reconnect and learn from the past. We move forward with new spiritual growth and deepen our connection with those closest to us. Be like Spirit Wolf and honour your pack, but also be lone when you need to be 🐺

Howl in the sultry summer air tonight and embrace Grandmother Moon, she is waiting…

Walk in Beauty, Kelli🪶
Artist credit for gorgeous work in photo

31/12/2025

30/12/2025

✨ What Is a Glimmer? ✨

A glimmer is a small, positive moment that brings a sense of calm, safety, joy, or gratitude to your body and mind.
It’s considered the gentle opposite of a trigger.

Where triggers activate stress and survival responses, glimmers support your nervous system by helping it feel settled, present, and at ease.

Glimmers are often simple and easy to miss:
• sunlight warming your skin
• the smell of fresh coffee or rain
• a kind word
• a deep breath that softens your shoulders

These moments may seem small, but they have a meaningful effect. When noticed consciously, glimmers help shift your brain out of constant alertness and into a state of balance and connection 🪷

The practice of noticing glimmers is a form of nervous system awareness.
Each time you pause to acknowledge one, you gently train your brain to scan for safety, beauty, and goodness — not just problems or threats.

As we arrive at the second-last day of the year, this practice becomes especially meaningful 💫
Before rushing toward resolutions or what’s next, glimmers invite us to pause and gently notice what carried us through — the small moments that quietly supported us along the way.

Over time, this intentional focus can support emotional resilience, presence, and a deeper sense of gratitude.
Life’s challenges don’t disappear, but they begin to share space with moments of light 🫧

Glimmers remind us that even on busy, heavy, or uncertain days, there are quiet invitations to pause, soften, and reconnect.

🪷Gentle practice:
Today, notice one moment that feels good in your body.
Name it.
Let yourself fully receive it.

Small moments, lovingly noticed, can quietly change the way we move through the world 🙌🏽🙏🏽

28/12/2025

On New Year’s Eve, it will be 10 weeks since there was that midnight knock on the door that changed everything and our world shattered into a million pieces — when we were told our eldest boy had found his wings.

Since then, I’ve been strong where I could be. For our younger two. For my husband. For my mum. For me.
I’ve cried with them in the quiet early hours of the morning, when his songs play and when his photos pop up .
I’ve searched for peace in the 31 years our big boy walked this earth — holding onto the truth that while his time was far too short, the impact he made was deep, powerful, and lasting.

Christmas Day passed quietly for us this year. It wasn’t a celebration — just a day to get through.

In the midst of it all, I found myself creating a men’s range to honour my boy. A way to keep him close. A way to turn love into something tangible. But many days, my creativity only lasts a few minutes before the weight of grief settles in — and I’ve caught myself being hard on me for not being able to do the very thing that once brought me so much joy.

These quotes stopped me in my tracks. It made space for me to pause. To listen. To feel. To remember that when you come in from a storm, you don’t expect to be dry and warm straight away.

And maybe healing is just that — allowing ourselves time to dry off, to warm up, and to tend gently to our emotional wellbeing, without rushing the process.

If this season feels heavy for you, for any reason at all — please know this:
it’s okay to move at your own pace.
it’s okay to rest.
it’s okay to feel how you feel.

We don’t need to bounce back.
We just need time, gentleness, and compassion. 🤍

🙌🏽 A little Hippie, A little Hood 🙏🏽

26/12/2025

'Tis the season to forgive those who have wronged you, love those who are always by your side and give all that you can to those who have nothing and no one!

24/12/2025

✨Merry Christmas from Ayatana Within ✨

As this year draws to a close, I just want to say thank you to every soul who has supported Ayatana Within in its very first year. Your kindness, encouragement, purchases, messages, and belief have meant more than you could know.

This year didn’t end on the high I had hoped for. Twelve weeks ago, our world changed forever with the loss of our beautiful son. Grief has a way of softening everything… and sharpening what really matters.

But as we move toward a new year, I carry him with me — not behind me. I know now that I have an angel walking beside me, gently pushing me forward, reminding me to keep creating, loving, and living with heart.

If this year has taught me anything, it’s this:
✨ Hold your people close
✨ Say the things that matter
✨ Make the memories — even the quiet ones
✨ Love deeply and without delay

Thank you for being part of this journey, for holding space for us, and for choosing to support a small, heart-led business born from healing, ritual, and love.

May your Christmas be filled with warmth, connection, and moments that linger long after the day has passed.

Here’s to a gentler, brighter year ahead for us all. 🤍

With love & gratitude,
Sandi
Ayatana Within 🪷

22/12/2025

🫶🏽Holiday gift ideas🎄

To your enemy, forgiveness.
To an opponent, tolerance.
To a friend, your heart.
To a customer, service.
To all, charity.
To every child, a good example.
To yourself, respect.

Buddhist Boot Camp 🙏🏽