The Womb Sanctuary

The Womb Sanctuary The Womb Sanctuary is a space for you to remember & reconnect with yourself. A space to retreat, recharge & reclaim your innate rhythm.
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Get your calendars out friends 🌸 ✨ we’ve had a break over the holidays to spend time with our whānau + friends. I dunno ...
31/01/2026

Get your calendars out friends 🌸 ✨ we’ve had a break over the holidays to spend time with our whānau + friends. I dunno about you but I’ve missed this a lot!

Our next Breakfast Club we’ll be making our own Granola’s - plural cos I’ll be making a batch that Lyra can eat (suspected nut allergy) that she probably won’t even eat 🤣🤣

I’ve spoken to a few of you in the last couple months expressing your desire to join us - I hope you do. We want this to growwwwwwww cos friends, and our kids get to make new connections too. P.s the kids keep asking when our next one is going to be 🫶🏼🥰

Comment or message me with any questions, to say you’re coming etc etc. We usually all decide on what we’re bringing from the menu so that we have everything we need.

Date: Saturday 21st February 2026
Time: 8am onwards
Where: Message me for my address!

Truly hope to see you there,

Kayla x

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I may or may not pause this account for now as towards the end of last year, very unexpectedly, this body of work, in th...
24/01/2026

I may or may not pause this account for now as towards the end of last year, very unexpectedly, this body of work, in the way I saw it has gone into a hibernation- a winter of its own.

I might change the name of this account or I might make a new one that shares directly from my instagram account that has also slowly been transforming. I’m not entirely sure at the moment but what I am sure of is that an entirely new business is being created 🙊

Continuing the seed 🌱 planting since the Whiro Moon on Monday ~ simply just buying this journal & then writing a Weekly ...
21/01/2026

Continuing the seed 🌱 planting since the Whiro Moon on Monday ~ simply just buying this journal & then writing a Weekly Plan - honoured the Capricorn Season of commitment, structure, rhythm & responsibility OVER HUSTLE. This is something I have cared so much about since I was a teenager, it is doable around & within my life - especially when life gets messy.

You may already know that being at home with my kids is very important to me & that what I thought I’d be doing as a full-time business is actually not even ready to be birthed in this season of my life - life took an unexpected turn - again, not dramatically - just honestly & truthfully.

But this?

This is my goddess - given talent, my natural habitat, the thing I’ve done forever since leaving school. It just feels so right, aligned, effortless, joyful, I don’t exhaust myself in the process & that? That is what it’s all about.

I didn’t see this coming whatsoever, but looking back now I was receiving seeds in the form of ideas a lot, a lot.

And yeah, I know I’m teasing ya a lot at the moment 🤣 there is no rush (in this phase) but keep your eye out for freebies 😉😘

Fed my starter (she’s still nameless, gonna have to get onto that) last night so I could prep 2 loaves of sourdough for ...
20/01/2026

Fed my starter (she’s still nameless, gonna have to get onto that) last night so I could prep 2 loaves of sourdough for today - I was gonna bake them straight away to test it out but that didn’t go to plan so I’ll prove them overnight to bake first thing in the morning ☀️

I had a job to tick off outside today but when we went to do it, my wonderful neighbour had already beat me to it (chickweed down the side of the garage). I’d been meaning to bake her something since her mum passed away before Xmas so I whipped up a double batch of Sourdough Lemon 🍋 Loaf, iced it and whipped over there to deliver it to her. She was so blown away - she gave me more lemons 🍋 so I can bake more 😍

Lyra wanted Burger and Chips for tea last night so I said we’d have them tonight which was a good excuse to try making discard Burger Buns 🤣🤣🤣 think I used 2k grams of flour today lol.

Anyways, I’m about to go add brown sugar and cinnamon inclusions into one of the loaves, make a regular one too and pop them in the fridge for their nap.

Before I go just a special mention to for encouraging me to not give up on my sourdough dreams, wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for you xo

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The Womb Sanctuary is in a quieter season.This space exists for local women - for mothers, for those tending families, h...
16/01/2026

The Womb Sanctuary is in a quieter season.

This space exists for local women - for mothers, for those tending families, homes, bodies, and inner worlds.

Right now, things are resting.
Listening. Integrating.

Solo Mama Mornings + Breakfast Club will commence in the new term.
Until then, this page remains as a gentle holding - a place to find your way when the timing is right.

No urgency.
No fixing.
Just presence.

If you feel the pull, you’re not late.
You’re arriving exactly when you’re meant to.

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There comes a point in motherhood where we stop carrying what was never ours to hold.Not emotionally.Not energetically.N...
30/12/2025

There comes a point in motherhood where we stop carrying what was never ours to hold.

Not emotionally.
Not energetically.
Not practically.

Returning responsibility to the rightful adult isn’t punishment. It’s not bitterness. It’s not withdrawal.

It’s leadership.

When a mother stops over-functioning, over-explaining, over-accommodating - something profound happens.
The system reorganises.

Some people rise.
Some don’t.

And that is information, not failure.

Being a leader in your own life doesn’t mean controlling outcomes. It means holding your ground so clearly that others are invited *or required* to meet you there.

Or reveal that they won’t.

Motherhood has taught me this:
When I stopped rescuing, managing, buffering, translating - I made space for truth.

Truth about capacity.
Truth about willingness.
Truth about who was prepared to stand in shared responsibility… and who was comfortable letting me carry it all.

This is not abandonment.
This is maturity.

A mother who leads herself teaches everyone around her how to do the same - by example, not demand.

And yes, sometimes leadership means letting people experience the weight of what they’ve avoided.

That is not unkind.
That is honest.

You can read the extended version on my Substack now and find a way to work with this energy completely free - comment below for the link xx

Walking into a new space with your kids can feel big, especially when you’re already carrying so much. It can feel even ...
30/12/2025

Walking into a new space with your kids can feel big, especially when you’re already carrying so much. It can feel even bigger if you’re shy, socially awkward or an introvert like me ☺️

There’s no pressure to come or show up each time.
There’s no rush & no expectation to show up before you’re ready.

I think spaces like this - for us - are very important for our wellbeing and I only wish I had started this sooner.

This is a soft door, not a push.
The space will still be here
When you are ready

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This time of year didn’t end with clarity the way I imagined.It ended with a quiet shift, followed by nausea, followed b...
27/12/2025

This time of year didn’t end with clarity the way I imagined.
It ended with a quiet shift, followed by nausea, followed by guilt, grief and then relief:
I stopped carrying what was never mine to hold.

Not in my relationships.
Not in my family systems.
Not in my mothering.
Not in my work.

I’ve spent years being the capable one - smoothing, adapting, absorbing, explaining, and making things work.
It comes from care… but it comes at a cost.

This year asked me to feel that cost in my body - and boy have I felt it intensely since the last full moon 🌝 - this year asked me to learn to respond differently and surprisingly not through words - through softening, remaining calm, & anchoring into my sovereignty.

I learned that softening is not the same as giving in:

• softening is staying present while holding boundaries
• softening is loving without over-functioning
• softening is listening to your body and letting reality speak
• softening is being open and tender without disappearing

I am not a perfect mother. I swear, I lose the plot sometimes, I repair, I try again.
But I am no longer willing to disappear so systems can stay the same.

This is the season into 2026 of soft sovereignty:

Clean edges.
Less explanation.
More integrity.
More presence where there is reciprocity.

If you’re ending this year as I am, feeling tired in a way sleep won’t fix - it might not be exhaustion. It might be an initiation, you might be at a threshold point.
It might be your body asking you;

to soften without collapsing,
to love without over-carrying,
to exist fully without disappearing.

Here’s to the women who are learning how to soften through boundaries and to the new year 🐍 ➡️ 🐴that meets us where we stand - whole, human, and still loving.

P.s softness is not weakness - it is the new strength

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I created Solo Mama Mornings for two reasons;because I needed it myselfbecause it was a call from the communityAs a solo...
23/12/2025

I created Solo Mama Mornings for two reasons;

because I needed it myself
because it was a call from the community

As a solo mother, there are days I don’t want fixing, advice, or deep processing. I just want to sit with other women who understand the mental load - without explanation.

A cup of coffee or tea.
Kids playing nearby.
Conversation that doesn’t drain you.
A space where you don’t have to perform.
A space where you can just be you.

This gathering was born from lived experience.
From one solo mum to another 🤍

They say that this moment in time is the foundation for your future 🌱 🐍 ➡️🐴
22/12/2025

They say that this moment in time is the foundation for your future 🌱

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Thursday 11am - 3pm
Friday 10am - 12pm

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