MyBod Holistic Health

16/07/2025

Sometimes we move in the way we need not the ways we ‘should’. Sometimes it’s about building energy and ‘working in’ not ‘working out’.

Every session I ask my client ‘how are you feeling today’ and the answer is not expected to be ‘good’. It’s about finding out where they are at so we can address what’s presenting at that time. ❤️

I work with people to build strength and flexibility at all angles so you can move well now and keep moving well later.

If you want to move better, with less pain and more energy, and not sure where to start, get in touch.

25/06/2025

✨ BUSINESS OWNERS, EMPLOYERS, CONTRACTORS✨
Did you know exercise products that meet certain criteria are tax deductible and not subject to FBT? 😲

Exercise New Zealand (EXNZ) has partnered with the IRD, in the EXNZ Stress Management initiative so that businesses throughout NZ can contribute to the wellbeing of their staff through exercise programmes provided by REPs registered Exercise Professionals (like me!) who meet recognised international standards and who have been endorsed to deliver this programme.

So, if you're an employer, self-employed, or a contractor and you want to find out more about how you can benefit from this programme contact me. I have limited space available!

29/05/2025

Thyroid function.
This client came in with hormonal and digestive symptoms as well as fatigue.

Her bloods also showed low T4 (the inactive thyroid hormone produced by the thyroid gland).

What’s interesting is usually doctors only test TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone produced by the pituitary to get the thyroid gland to make T4) and her TSH in March is well within range.

If we only had TSH we wouldn’t know that her thyroid was under producing. An under active thyroid can often contribute to fatigue and low energy. So it was great the doctor was open to testing T4 and T3 and asked to retest in a few weeks

In those few weeks we focused on repairing her gut health, improving sleep and understanding and managing stress and inflammation. In 8 weeks T4 back to where it needed to be - and we didn’t even focus on the thyroid.

Because sometimes thyroid issues are a gut/liver/kidney issue or a stress issue or some other lifestyle issue. We’ve still got work-ons with this client but it’s a promising sign we’re in the right path!

If you want a holistic way back to health, maybe I can help - get in touch. I’

13/05/2025

When the mornings are dark and the cold sets in, it’s pretty normal to feel your motivation to move drop.

Winter has a way of slowing everything down—including our energy levels.

And if your usual workouts feel harder to stick with right now, you're not alone. Less sunlight and colder days can impact your mood, your drive, and even your sleep.

But movement in winter matters. It keeps your energy steady, lifts your mood, and helps you feel more like you.

Check out my suggestions to make it easier:

As the days grow shorter and the temperatures drop, it can be hard to maintain motivation for your fitness goals.

22/04/2025

Jeannie Rice "exemplifies how consistent training, and perhaps favourable genetics, can partly defy conventional aging processes,” said Bas Van Hooren, one of the researchers studying Rice to understand how humans can stay fit as they age, regardless of natural ability and the reduced physical activity often seen in older people.
I'm not about to run a marathon. Or any distance really, but I like this for showing that being and staying fit through the years is possible. Its not too late to start!

Researchers are studying runner Jeannie Rice, who has “outstanding” fitness, to learn how we can stay healthy as we age.

14/04/2025

Excited to be joining .flows and on the NZ Regional Leader Team once again!

Quadrupedal movement systems like Animal Flow help improve mobility, stability, co-ordination, balance, strength, power, cognitive ability and core strength - all great things (with just your bodyweight!)

I’m available for
✅ Introduction to Animal Flow classes for a workplace team-building experience

✅ Animal Flow Masterclasses for gyms or studios to bring Animal Flow to your staff and crew

✅ One on One Animal Flow sessions to work on any or all of the above benefits

DM more for more info

06/03/2025

Here’s what a new functional health client had to say this week. I’m so excited to see how I can make a difference for this client with the skills and knowledge I’ve learnt from Functional Medicine Services - FMS and Stewart Gillespie

I only take on a few cases like this at a time so I can give them the attention they deserve.

At the core of it, we’ll be looking into the causes of this client’s symptoms and implementing simple lifestyle changes to help the body find it’s way back to health - I do believe the body wants to be healthy, sometimes we just need to listen to what it’s telling us.

27/02/2025

How are you tracking?

TBH, I don't really track much at all ... my watch only tells the time, mostly I eat when I'm hungry (sometimes I eat when I feel like it), and I exercise according to how I feel. My one exception is I do track my cycle on my phone.

But these days, there's an app to track anything you like. Apparently the iPhone Health function can help you keep track of your mood, mobility and nutrition, sexual activity, toothbrushing and time spent in daylight. 🧐

"Beneath all this (the idea of data tracking) is a promise: understand your life better with data, and you can improve it. The idea is seductive, especially when tech companies offer tools that they say will make it easy. But can a human life be reduced to a dataset? Can a body be tuned up like a machine? Or is this explosion of self‑tracking simply narcissism redesigned for the age of big data, by a society that has internalised the tech industry maxim that more data is always better?"

There's definite pluses and minuses to tracking stuff - I'm interested, what's your take - what do you track and how does it help you?

Gathering data used to be a fringe pursuit of Silicon Valley nerds. Now we’re all at it, recording everything from menstrual cycles and mobility to toothbrushing and time spent in daylight. Is this just narcissism redesigned for the big tech age?

21/01/2025

⭐️⭐️ CLIENT WIN ⭐️ ⭐️

Maggie was referred to me last year by her coach - she’s a young NZ age group rep in her sport who developed some quite debilitating symptoms.

I’m so happy with how she progressed in our sessions as we peeled back the layers to understand how and why these things showed up for her and set out her action plan.

The key was that Maggie was willing to put in consistent effort with her exercises to reap the benefits and get back to doing the stuff she likes to do, pain free!

If you want to move pain free, ✅ DM me to find out how I can help.

09/12/2024

12 Workouts, 4 Weeks, 1 Healthier You 🙋🏻‍♀️

With MyBod Holiday Sessions, you’ll get:

✅ 12 full-body workouts over 4 weeks
✅ Strength, balance, and mobility training for total-body benefits
✅ Sessions designed to fit any schedule

It’s everything you need to stay on track this holiday season! 🎄

Join today!

https://www.mybod.co.nz/holiday-sessions/

Use the code SUMMER20 for 20% off before 20December! 🎁

Don’t let the festive season knock you off track!

13/11/2024

Sole Mechanics Black Friday Sale is their biggest sale of the year and instead of my usual 15% off Vivobarefoot, there's 25-50% off selected styles including my new fav - the Motus Flex! These are the most comfortable, bendy shoes I've ever had for unhindered foot movement. Better foot movement = better body movement.
Get them here:
https://www.solemechanics.com.au?sca_ref=6393874.s6PfbQu9nS

06/11/2024

SELF CARE TOOLS for Christmas 🤶 🎄

I’m putting in an order next week for self care and recovery tools - if you’d Iike any for yourself or others for Christmas flick me a message!

Acupressure Mat (with pillow) - $65 - great for a little lie down to relax on or to stand on to feed your body sensory information to improve balance and movement quality
Massage Stick -$35 - for self massage, recovery and releasing tension
Short Foam Roller-$35 - handy travel sized!
Spikey Ball - $20 - for muscle release and activation, great for travel as it hardly takes up an y space!
Toe Separators - $10 - for better foot function (and therefore movement and balance), to help realign toes and relieve bunion pain

Also I have 1 (ONE) massage gun available - $230.