Embodied Soul

15/05/2026

So my daughter will be in this.

Embodied Soul is sponsoring her as a cast member (with my entire advertising budget for the year 🤣)

I’ll also be helping out with the stage crew, lifting heavy props on and off the stage between skits (it felt like a good use of my strength).

I’ve heard that it will be an excellent show.

13/05/2026

This will be an open/mixed class for women who want to bring their partners or for men who want to come on their own.

Starts this Friday at 11:30 am.

Trial class is $20 (you can pay cash).

Come and learn to deadlift (and maybe back squat and bench press).

2 spaces left for this first class.

Message me if you want to book your partner in (or come along with them).

12/05/2026

🤣

11/05/2026

10/05/2026

I want this t-shirt 😂

10/05/2026

Happy Mother’s Day to all the mums.

I don’t often work with mothers in the early years of parenting because it’s such an all-consuming stage of life, and consistency can feel almost impossible then.

Imagine if we said that about younger men though. That men in their 20s or 30s just wouldn’t commit to going to the gym because they were too busy being dads. It sounds ridiculous, doesn’t it? Because men are often able to prioritise their training in ways mothers simply can’t.

Because when you’re a mother, especially in those early years, doing something for yourself can feel almost impossible. Whether or not you have a supportive partner, your needs usually come last.

And that can become a habit that continues long after it needs to.

Because there comes a point where your kids can cope without you for a while, and where you must begin prioritising yourself again.

Your wellbeing.
Your fulfilment.
Your happiness.
Your strength.

Because your kids feel it when you feel good within yourself.

My daughter is happiest when I feel happy, secure and fulfilled. And a lot of that comes from movement, lifting, walking, yoga, and taking care of myself.

So this is your reminder:
Prioritise yourself.
Prioritise your lifting.
Prioritise your joy.
Prioritise the things that make you feel alive.

Because looking after yourself isn’t selfish.
It’s the bare minimum that you deserve.

And for Mother’s Day, I’d love to offer one free trial class to a mum who hasn’t been to Embodied Soul before.

This can be used:
Monday 11:30am or Friday 10am (this week only).

A chance to feel strong and reconnect with yourself for an hour.

Just send me a message if that feels like something you need right now.

10/05/2026

Love this.

07/05/2026

So, I finally did the exams and completed Dr. Stacy Sims Menopause 2.0 course.

I started this course last year, but delayed the exams because I thought they would take too long. Finished them all in two hours when I finally set my mind to it.

As my focus is on peri and post menopausal women, completing this course was important to help me better serve my target population.

06/05/2026

Kia ora to my new followers.

Thanks for following my page.

Just want to introduce myself.

I’m Katy. I created Embodied Soul to bring together the different sides of myself.

The strength side is heavy lifting, primarily deadlifting (but I teach other lifts too), that I learned through a teacher training and mentorship with Kathryn Brueni Young from Mindful Strength, alongside my Personal Training qualification. This was added to my foundation of yoga from Heart & Bones, which is very applied anatomy focused.

The strength side allows me to be analytical, logical and curious, to focus on training based on good science. I find this part of things really grounding.

The stillness side is based on years of Vipassana meditation, intuitive healing, and the trauma-informed modality Embodied Processing.

The stillness side is my intuition. It’s the knowing before I know. It’s the felt sense and a deep awareness of subtle sensations. It’s where I explore the deeper layers: the subconscious, the nervous system, and the subtle energies that shape how we move through the world.

Bringing together these two sides of me, the strength and the stillness, is the intention behind Embodied Soul.

Grounded strength.
Embodied spirituality.

And while my current offerings focus heavily on strength, if you choose to work with me 1:1, we can craft something unique and delve deeper into what may lie under the surface.

My offerings are always evolving.

I am here to be more than a conventional personal trainer.
I don’t focus on weight loss or shrinking bodies.

Or as I said in class the other day,
“I don’t do skinny, I do strong.”

I want you to feel empowered, confident, resilient, and capable, while also grounded in self-compassion and self-awareness.

My sessions aim to see you as a whole person.
To consider all parts of you.
And to elevate you, not just physically, but as a human being.

05/05/2026

Yep. Strength training is mostly about showing up and doing it.

The gap between where you are and where you want to be is usually smaller than it feels.

It comes down to time and repetition.

Your body and brain adapt to what you do consistently. Strength, energy, discipline, all of it is built through repeated action over time.

Most people underestimate how powerful consistency really is.

Keep showing up. That is where the change happens.