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13/08/2025

I LOVE THIS ANALOGY: received from a friend...
You are holding a cup of coffee when someone comes along and bumps into you or shakes your arm, making you spill your coffee everywhere.
Why did you spill the coffee?
"Because someone bumped into me!!!"
Wrong answer.
You spilled the coffee because there was coffee in your cup.
Had there been tea in the cup, you would have spilled tea.
Whatevr is inside the cup is what will spill out.
Therefore, when life comes along and shakes you (which WILL happen), whatever is inside you will come out. It's easy to fake it, until you get rattled.
So we have to ask ourselves... “what's in my cup?"
When life gets tough, what spills over?
Joy, gratitude, peace and humility?
Anger, bitterness, victim mentality and quitting tendencies?
Life provids the cup, YOU choose how to fill it.
Today let's work towards filling our cups with gratitude, forgiveness, joy, words of affrmation, resilience, positivity; and kindness, gentleness and love for others.

09/08/2025

Happy full moon humanity

"Most people see health, happiness, a strong sense of well-being, growth, and helping other people as of great value in life. Indeed, these are some of the common goals many people want to achieve. However, for various reasons, many people see gaining external wealth, power, resources, and status as the way to achieve these goals. When there are too many people wanting limited external resources, they will compete with one another to get them."

Yuan Tze

In the lead-up to the Full Moon on August 9, we will focus on the pattern of Competitiveness—working to change it by facing it, seeing it clearly, and replacing it with a pattern that more accurately reflects reality.

08/08/2025

02/08/2025

This seemingly simple method can help us reach our True Self and attain higher Realization, including enlightenment, and Wisdom.Episodes 9 & 10 on the True S...

30/06/2025

ROOTED IN STILLNESS
Qigong Winter Mini Retreat
With Sibylla & Donna
Saturday 19 July | 🕰️ 10 am – 1 pm
Onetangi Hall
Waiheke Island

Come home to stillness this winter.
In this gentle, meditative Qigong retreat, we’ll slow down, focus, listen and breathe — attuning to the deep, nourishing rhythms of the Water element, which governs the kidneys, bladder, bones, ears, and our deepest reserves of energy.

Together we’ll explore:
☯️ How to calm the mind and return to the body with ease
☯️ How to strengthen immunity from within
☯️ How to harmonise with the winter season — honouring rest, reflection, and the quiet flow of life

Qigong meets you where you are — and gradually leads you back into coherence with your original blueprint: your body, your breath, and your being aligned with nature and cosmos.

This is a special collaboration between two experienced guides , Donna and Sibylla, who bring years of somatic, energetic and seasonal wisdom into movement, meditation, and breath.

Spaces are limited for this intimate gathering.
Bookings now open — register or enquire
belightwaiheke@gmail.com
donna@harmonise.co.nz

27/06/2025

Invitations to connect ✨

Sometimes, our children can do annoying things.
You know the little things... that are little... but very annoying...?

😬 Like climbing on your back just as you've bent down to pick up the washing basket...?
😬 Or lying across the pillow as you're about to lie your head down on it for the night (my daughter does that almost every night)...?
😬 Or making a barrier with their body to stop you from rushing towards the kitchen?

They are little things... but they can be so annoying!!

Yet, like everything else that our children do, they have a purpose.

👉 These annoying things are your child's INVITATIONS TO CONNECT with you.

👣 By jumping on your back as you bend down, your child is saying "mum, I need some physical contact with you" or "I want to play piggy-back with you.".. I need a moment of connection.

👣 By lying across the pillow at night, my daughter is saying "mum I'm not ready to disconnect from you for the night yet, pretend that I'm your pillow and let's have a laugh together"... She's asking for a moment of connection.

👣 By making a barrier with their body, they're saying "mum, you've been rushing along all morning, stop, look at me and play with me for 10sec"... they're inviting a moment of connection.

You can trust that if your child is asking for attention, it's because he _truly_ needs it.

It can feel like a clumsy way to ask for connection, but it's the best they can do in that moment.

👉 And it only takes a _ moment _ to offer our child this connection.
A few seconds of loving and playful attention.

When he jumps on your back:
😍 "Oh hello little koala! You're coming for a cuddle on my back! Let me give you a hug."

When she lies down on my pillow:
😍 "Oh what a comfortable pillow I have here! It's very squishy and warm! Oh but it's wriggling now, I can't sleep like that, stop wriggling little pillow!!"

When they make a barrier:
😍 "Oh there is a barrier here... is there a password or a key for it or do I need to pay to pass through?"

A moment of connection.
A few seconds.

🧡 To stop and look at their eyes,
🧡 to offer some nurturing touch,
🧡 and some loving or playful attention.

The day is full of micro-moments like these.

We have the choice:
-> To see these moments as annoying and push our child away, creating more disconnection.
-> Or to see these moments as an invitation to connect, and take a few seconds to meet our child's legitimate need for connection.

A few seconds of connection can go a long way in a child's day.

With Love xx
Manon

PS: I wrote this post 5 years ago, when my daughter was 5yo and it's still so relevant...

15/06/2025

08/06/2025

🫁 The Breath of Life: How Your Body’s Rhythms Are Regulated by Neural Networks 🧠✨
![Image Credit: F. Netter, MD]

This beautifully detailed image offers a window into the incredible orchestration behind every breath you take.

From the carotid and aortic bodies detecting CO₂ levels, to the brainstem centers (like the pneumotaxic center and nucleus solitarius) processing that sensory information, to the vagus, phrenic, and intercostal nerves coordinating the diaphragm and chest wall—your body performs a complex, seamless dance of inhalation and exhalation, moment to moment.

This automatic rhythm isn’t just mechanical—it’s a reflection of your nervous system’s health and adaptability. When trauma or chronic stress disrupts this balance, breathing can become shallow, erratic, or even shut down. Through Somatic Experiencing, we help the body restore its natural breath rhythms, reconnecting with the deep intelligence of the autonomic nervous system.

🔗 For more on how the brain creates internal rhythms and how these rhythms connect body and mind, check out this fascinating article from Neuroscience News:
👉 https://neurosciencenews.com/rhythm-brain-network-29184

01/06/2025

Let's tear down this wall together❤

“Stubbornness is like a wall we build between ourselves and others. It blocks our connection and communication with them. Only when we tear down this wall can we enjoy true happiness, freedom and development of life.”

Yuan Tze

Full Moon will be on the 11th June. We will focus on the pattern of Stubborness❤

16/05/2025

My experience of the method Renyuan is it helps my body and my back to feel free , the method Xaiyuan helps my lung qi in becoming healthy and breathing with ease and my immunity is stronger

In Episode 18, we are introduced to the third method (Ren Yuan) and fourth method (Xia Yuan) in Yuan Gong, Ren Xue’s unique and c...

15/05/2025

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