Michelle Cotterill - Shiatsu and Macrobiotics

31/10/2025

Sometimes being the tourist is just fun. ………….. Looking at you thanks Arta and Ajust for a fun day.

01/08/2025

Keeping the peace.

29/04/2025

11/04/2025

Nature getting some action

Saw this on the walk home tonight.. this is what happens when they mate.. the blue thing is their organs intertwining. Really odd.. really beautiful…. But… im watching two slugs having sex… sorry to interrupt…

17/03/2025

It’s the little tings

04/01/2024

This NYD I got my Segal on. - the biggest challenge was internal - showing up and being focused when everyone else is partying. But I have to say - it feels good to have shown up and attain something that has been years of saying “no” the party and prioritizing a discipline. Party’s always burn out - and they are easy to create. But disciplines take time and patience. Including losing the patience and continuing on.

02/07/2023

I underestimated the relationship with a pet. Coming home after 2 emotionally tough weeks tango and Mira were right there to snuggle in and remind me of the simplicity of just being. I had pets in the family home growing up. …………. But these guys are exclusively my little side kicks. And getting to know them - there is more intelligence than i ever expected. I mean yeah I’m their main food source, but there was no better home coming than these munchkins running to the door, head bopping mine and falling flat next to me to just …… be….. no matter what.

13/01/2023

In the spirit of putting it out there. One of my desires is to have a Zimmerman dress - and wear it to my sisters ( ) birthday. This is one of the more superficial requests from the universe for 2023. But damn I felt pretty in this dress. I also am focused on working on my aikido black belt. And instead of approaching it from the view of ticking boxes in the techniques - I actually want to explore it. Find all my flaws in the practice and understand it. So it may take me longer to get there. But it has more meaning. And ultimately- what I really want is life generally to feel meaningful and breathe a sense of wonder which I think I lost during this whole pandemic business.

22/07/2022

This is Kim. She’s a bloody legend. Kim is going to swim 20km this weekend and is doing it to raise funds for who work tirelessly at helping children who have been human trafficked. She’s just over $3k from reaching her goal. This kinda money literally saves lives. https://au-give.bluedragon.org/fundraisers/bigger-than-me

10/07/2022

Getting my big boots on .coogee for a fund raiser for where the wonderful sat a total of 90mins in a 5degree plunge pool. Yikes. I managed a 11min stint. Yikes. Lucky there was a hot pool. Kim is going to do a 20km swim in a couple weeks for blue dragon. So please donate. https://au-give.bluedragon.org/fundraisers/bigger-than-me

29/06/2022

8 years after starting to learn at shin sen dojo - I recently found myself grading for my 1st kyu in . (The next grading is black belt for context)
I started because everyone in my shiatsu class who also practiced aikido had a very different touch. So I thought it would be a good idea to try it out at least. Little did I know that learning aikido would bring me so much joy. No matter what anyone thinks of aikido as a martial art - it certainly has given me a lot in terms of a practice to see/experience life differently.