Hearth and Soul NZ

10/09/2025

16/08/2025

It's a rainy perfect day for snuggling in with a mug of cacao and some fascinating tarot stories and explorations. You don't need anything other than your curiosity.

The last two tarot curious have been about the major arcana - the big stories of the tarot - so what about the minor? Are those 4 suits, similar to the playing cards, even necessary? Oh yes, yes they are. Welcome to the magic of the four elements of Earth, Air, Fire and Water and how the tarot teaches us about balancing our lives. It's a wild ride with some interesting companions.

The afternoon runs from 3-5pm and costs $45. This includes a $15 discount off a session with me - and with the new moon incoming you might want to jump on the list for a personal reading dropped in your inbox. Use your discount for this and it will cost you $15.

Bookings through MindBody or the Hello Sunshine Studio website. Message me if you have any troubles.

08/08/2025

Delicious!

08/08/2025

Caretaking energy: What a gorgeous description of my incoming role at the Wellness Market tomorrow; To nurture and nourish with sound (thanks Clare). I feel so blessed to be heading to .

What's it like to play the bowls all day?

It's beautiful and part of that is creating a living weaving of sound that wraps through and around everyone there. Each new person is a thread, a hum, and I just need to follow the threads.

I feel very close to the playfulness of the faery realm, an intention to stay light, as I ready myself for the day. The preparation begins today, caretaking my energy so there is plenty to give.

Offering a chair is new. It happened spontaneously at a market in Taupō and there was a profound connection made. It's not about healing, although that door is open given the intent of the market. It is about rest. Deep, restoring, nurturing rest. Taking a seat. Softening. Receiving.

And community - how luscious to part of a collective of healers, teachers and wise wāhine toa.

29/07/2025

Sunday afternoon (3 August)
The studio warm and snuggly
Monty quite possibly snuggled up the front
The crystal singing bowls leading you in the first sequence, sinking into Yin. Then flowing slowly up into a couple of stronger sequences (with plenty of options to stay sunk into Sunday softness) before heading back to the snuggly vibe of singing bowls and deep relaxation.
What a way to finish the weekend.
$25
3-4.30pm

27/07/2025

Around the Hearth is in your inbox later this week with inspiration and some yoga and tarot goodness.

I'm teaching yoga in my regular spots this week - 10am Monday and 9 and 10am Friday. And a Sunday Special 3-4.30pm. If the booking system isn't sharing the love, message Amy or I and we'll book you in.

The tarot and cacao night is August 6 . We're welcoming the woo so bring your questions about spirit and let's create a safe space to explore them. $50 includes a full moon reading in your inbox later in the week.

I've been asked what type is massage I do? It's slow deep tissue work that is less thumbs and elbows and more whole hand work. There's a focus on the flow of energy to the muscles and deep tension release.

There's also massage specifically available for those suffering chronic pain or illness. This gentle relief focuses on the lymphatic system and softening muscle areas holding pain.

These are $95 an hour

Come and make a half or full day of it. Book a massage and reading/Soul Chat. You can even fit a yoga session in. Palmy crew, share the drive and the love.

❤️🐾

21/07/2025

It's a beautiful hearth week - with new moon readings available Thursday/Friday. These 20 minute (ish) gems land in your inbox as audio recordings and pack a whole lot of insight. $30. They also land with a link to the general insight for the New Moon.

I'm in my usual Monday Friday morning yoga slots AND filling in Tuesday night with a 5.30pm Power Flow and a 6.30 Yin soak. Saturday at 10am I'm up front with a Power Flow. Bookings for these ones on the MindBody app.

There's a few massage and Soul Chat spaces on Tuesday and Wednesday if you're up for in-person connection. You can also book the double of a Soul Chat and then a massage - 2 hours of soaking. $160.

Next week - the Around the Hearth email arrives in your inbox so keep an eye out. There's an email-only special tucked in the rambles so if you haven't subscribed, pop me through a message.

May your week bring you moments of peace, and tenderness.

09/07/2025

A local haunt
The kind where they know your name, your favourite order, and how you like to sit with your journal sometime, looking out into some middle distance. The kind of place you bring friends, to talk out the world over a kawakawa scone, a hot tonic, or a coffee made just right. Where I sit with my sister after yoga, sharing our lives.

I'm doing the adulting part of life where I think what I'd like to be able to do when retirement arrives, adding up numbers to set as a goal. 50 years earth side is no longer around the corner but right on ahead so it's time. A few times a week being able to sit at a table over steaming coffee and good company of human or journal type is definitely in there. A ritual. A joy. A celebration. Every time.

And that's where this ramble leads - to appreciation, to savouring. To lingering. To connecting that simple things are so precious. And that creating and curating the later years of my life is actually kind of fun!

Shout out to for the best version of a lemon honey ginger ever. As for the power coffee!

06/07/2025

Recording this week's meditation for the Lilybit subscribers, this was my companion, complete with sigh and gentle snoring. It's all about a reset of the nervous system, a dialing down, nourishing journey. I'm sitting in the feel of it now and it's a bit delicious.

Delicious too to think that I'll be in Palmy for the first time in over a year this weekend. Mooching about familiar places and faces before warming a little studio that's been a labour of love for one of our crew. I'm so looking forward to pouring cacao in her mumma's vintage china. What a treat.