Diana Burgess Naturopath

26/02/2026

19/02/2026

🧘 Slow Down - Regulate - Restore
Yin Yoga is fabulous for overall wellbeing, below are some reasons why.

🧘 Fascia health
In a Yin class long supported holds soften and hydrate fascia, improve elasticity, and keep the joints healthy.

🧘 Joint longevity
Muscles love movement. Joints love time.
Yin nourishes the spaces we often rush past, helping maintain range of motion and circulation in areas that tighten with age and stress.

🧘 Nervous system regulation
The stillness is the medicine. Longer holds signal safety to the brain, shifting the body out of survival mode and into relaxation, calming and repair. This is where real magic happens.

🧘 Emotional processing
The body stores our stories. We often hold issues in our tissures. Yin gives them room to surface and pass, not by forcing release, but by creating space to feel without resistance.

🧘 Balance in your practice
Strength without softness becomes rigidity.
Yin restores equilibrium. It teaches patience, listening, and the kind of awareness that makes every other style of yoga more sustainable.

🧘 Why I Recommend Yin Yoga for Hormonal & Metabolic Health

Yin Yoga isn’t about working harder or burning calories — it’s about calming cortisol.

By activating the parasympathetic nervous system (“rest + restore”), Yin helps regulate stress hormones, support insulin balance, improve sleep, and enhance digestion. When the nervous system feels safe, hormones respond.

This is why I recommend Yin Yoga with personalised nutrition — because true metabolic balance starts with nervous system balance and nutrious ‘food as medicine’

🧘 Slow down. Regulate. Restore.

www.proactivehealth.co.nz

To book a yoga class text Di on 0272000442
Only 2 spots left for Term One

11/02/2026

So getting the award for 1st in NZ with Metabolic Balance for two consecutive years is fantastic - but receiving 2nd overall in Australasia is truly amazing!

A HUGE big thank you to Cherry and the team at Metabolic Balance for your ongoing support, and a special thank you to all of my clients as you are are all fantabulous and the reason why I’ve kept doing what I do for the past 25years. I look forward in helping many others over the years to come.

To start your health and wellbeing journey, or to find out more about what I offer go to my website👇

www.proactivehealth.co.nz

11/02/2026

I am truly humbled to have received this award for the second consecutive year. It is an absolute pleasure and privilege to be able to make a positive impact on the health and wellbeing of so many.

The results and fab feedback from those who have benefited from my Metabolic Balance programme is what makes all the hard work worthwhile.

I look forward to helping and supporting many more with their own health journeys in the year ahead. There’s nothing better than looking and feeling great!!

To start your health journey or to find out more, please visit my website: www.proactivehealth.co.nz

15/01/2026

Check out Metabolic Balances’s updated website if you’re interested in finding out more about the Metabolic Balance Programme that I offer in my clinic… fantastic for reducing inflammation, balancing hormones, reducing excess fat and improving overall health and wellbeing.

PS: you’ll find me under meet your coaches 😉

Begin your health journey today. Find your Metabolic Balance practitioner and experience the power of personalised nutrition!

27/12/2025

Bookings are now open for Feb. Click on the link below to book your initial hormonal consultation with Diana Burgess or visit www.dianaburgess.co.nz

https://clientportal.powerdiary.com/clientportal/dibnd

27/12/2025

I love this.. because sadly it’s true!!
We are what we eat - FOOD MATTERS!

Nutritious whole foods are Medicine, however, consuming processed ‘food-like substances’, can absolutely be your poison too.

22/12/2025

My Healthy Option Christmas Dessert 🍓🫐🍒
Deconstructed pavlova means less overload, more choice — fresh berries, protein-rich sheep, goat or organic yoghurt, optional cream, nuts, coconut, mint, dark chocolate and meringue.

A great way to cater for everyBODY!!

Because feeling good after Christmas is just as important as enjoying it 🍒

18/12/2025

13/12/2025

It amazes me how hormonal imbalances are more often than not brushed off as completely normal! In my opinion there’s nothing normal about feeling less than optimal.

Symptoms we experience and feel are messages from our body telling us that something is not right. It's about listening to those messages addressing the drivers and being the best you can be with the genes you've been blessed with.

To feel like you again, or to feel vibrantly well, simply click on the link below and book yourself a Hormonal Consultation 👇

www.dianaburgess.co.nz

12/12/2025

Prioritizing the 'gift of health' is, in my view, the most important gift of all, whether for your own well-being or that of a loved one.

Bookings are now open for this Full Day Retreat, a fantastic way to discover more about hormonal balance while nurturing your mind, body, and soul.

To Book or to Register your interest simply text me on 0272000442

11/12/2025

Very true especially at this time of year🎄
Not-To-Do List 🌻

Today I will not race the clock,
nor measure my worth by how much I do.

I will not carry the weight
of other people’s “shoulds.”

I will not open the door
to comparison,
nor invite perfection in for tea.

I will not apologize
for breathing at a gentler pace.

I will not let noise
drown out the small voice
that whispers what truly matters.

Instead, I will leave space,
a clearing in the day,
where the unhurried,
the unplanned,
the essential
can find me.

~ 'Not-To-Do-List' by Spirit of a Hippie

✍️ Mary Anne Byrne
~ Art via Pinterest