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I have put some extra information in here due to discussions in class. If you are a quick reader maybe 5 mins… but more likely a bit longer.

(This took me way to long to get to you and I sincerely apologise!)

• Intro
• Key themes for winter healing
• Hips – our new Chapter of Healthy Hips
• Revisiting exercises for daily joint health
• Fascia – why is it important
• All about Lymphatics Workshop 20th August 1pm
• Retreat and Sound Healing Dates
• “Other Stuff”

…. And hopefully no spelling mistakes! 🙏🏾

As we settle into these August days together, I’ve been thinking about each of you and how we can support one another through the heart of winter.

I know how busy life gets, and how easy it is to feel a little run-down when the days are shorter and the air is colder. Joints feel a little tighter, aches come from out of the blue and then the feeling of being tired and run down.

Winter has a way of challenging our immune systems — with colder air, more time indoors, and less natural sunlight often leaving us a bit more vulnerable.

As you know; we can gently strengthen ourselves with the same care we’ve built over our long journey together

Let’s keep it simple and heartfelt:

• Nourish yourselves with plenty of warm soups, and immune-loving foods rich in vitamin C and antioxidants.
• Stay hydrated with herbal teas and water
• Prioritise that restorative sleep you all deserve
• Move your body in ways that feel good (even a brisk walk on a sunny winter morning)
• Lean on stress-relieving moments that bring you joy. … obviously like our REEJUV sessions

Nurturing Your Hips for a Life Time of Mobility and Joy

One of the things I cherish most about working with you over the years is watching you embrace life fully — travelling, playing with grandchildren, gardening, or simply moving through your days with ease and confidence.

Our hips are central to that freedom. Including the Sacral Iliac Joints.

Our hips bear our weight, power our movement, and connect our upper and lower body.

When we experience chronic pain and labels such as osteoarthritis, bursitis, or degenerative changes, it can feel limiting.

With consistent, intelligent care we can soothe discomfort, maintain range, and keep you doing the things you love for many years to come.

The guiding formula we use is beautifully balanced:

• Lengthen short, tight muscles
• Strengthen long, weak muscles
• Stabilise that new length and strength so your joints feel supported rather than strained.
• Gentle movement also helps circulate fluids, move stagnant toxins, nourish the fascia (that supportive web around your muscles), and maintain healthy nerve supply to the area.

Here are some safe, effective movements you can do most days (start gently, listen to your body, and stop if you feel sharp pain).

Mobility & Activation Sequence

1. Lateral Thoracic Breathing with Pelvic Floor Activation and then gentle Imprint (as per class)
2. Layer in bottom check activation on exhale
3. Blokes Cross — Cross one ankle over the opposite knee.
4. Imprint with glute activation option of legs out straight as practiced in class.
5. (Remember the yawn, the breath, the activation of pelvic floor.

Strengthening & Stabilising

Consistency matters far more than intensity. Even a few moments most days can improve circulation, reduce stiffness, support nerve health, and help your body clear metabolic waste through better movement.

Gentle consistent movement – every day… In some way!

Over time, this approach helps preserve cartilage where possible, reduces inflammation around bursae, and builds the resilience you need to keep living vibrantly.

The Emotional Hip Bridge Sequence is a beautiful favourite that we have modified for your health needs in a class sessions. It is a great sequence to support the specific rehabilitation activations that we will be learning in class

You’ve invested so much in your health already — these small daily acts of care are an act of self-love that honours the wonderful life you’re creating. If any of these feel tricky or you’d like modifications, just reach out; I’m here for you as always.

During class a couple of weeks back, I spoke about the kick line of the Dallas Cowboy Cheer girls in relation to hip health and different discussions about repetitive moves and impact moves. For those of you who want to have a look at just the kick line – skip through to the 3-minute mark. This routine is normally on the American Football Field, however, this performance gives you a great view of the kick line and split jump that we were talking about…..

…… If you did watch that – let me know if you want to start training that move for your 100th Birthday Party! 😂

Why Everyone’s Suddenly Talking About Fascia

(and Why It Matters to You)

Over the past few years, you may have noticed the word “fascia” popping up more and more — in wellness conversations, movement classes, and even in our own discussions here.

For a long time, this incredible connective tissue was overlooked, but better imaging and research have finally shown us what many hands-on Practitioners have felt for years:

Fascia is a living, sensory-rich web that influences how we move, feel, and heal.

Fascia is the continuous three-dimensional network of connective tissue that surrounds, supports, and connects every muscle, bone, organ, nerve, and blood vessel in your body.

Everything is connected!

When Fascia is healthy, hydrated, and supple, it allows smooth gliding between tissues, transmits force efficiently during movement, and even plays a role in proprioception (your body’s sense of position) and very importantly fluid circulation.

When Fascia becomes tight, dehydrated, or restricted, stiffness, pain, reduced mobility, and even compensatory issues elsewhere in the body can result.

The benefits of gentle movement, managing injuries correctly, reduce prolonged sitting, calming stress and easing repetitive movements are good steps to assist Fascia.

How Fascia can be better supported

Chiropractic adjustments excel at restoring spinal alignment, improving nerve flow, and freeing joint restrictions.

Fascia work adds another powerful layer: it releases the soft-tissue “holding patterns” that can pull on the skeleton and limit how long an adjustment holds.

By addressing restrictions in this connective web through gentle sustained pressure, stretching, or movement, we help reduce protective tension, improve circulation, support nervous system regulation, and allow your body to integrate the adjustments more fully and hold changes longer.

The Magic in Our REEJUV Fusion Classes

This is exactly why our REEJUV Fusion classes feel so transformative.

We weave mindful movement, targeted mobility sequences, breath work, and fascial release techniques together in a way that hydrates and “de-glues” the tissue while building strength and stability.

The breathwork, multi-dimensional movements help restore that vital glide between layers, move fluids (helping clear toxins and deliver nutrients), calm the nervous system, and support the deep core and hip stabilisers we talked about earlier.

(This will all be tested on your end of year exam… that we never have!)

It’s gentle enough for most bodies yet effective at creating real change — leaving you feeling looser, taller, and more connected after each session.

Caring for your fascia is one of the kindest things you can do for long-term mobility, pain prevention, and overall vitality.

Simple daily habits like staying well hydrated, moving in varied ways, gentle stretching, and attending classes all make a real difference.

You’ve trusted me with your health journey for so long, and I’m continually inspired by your commitment.

All About Lymphatics Workshop

I am presenting most of this workshop at The Wellness Path

Thursday 20th August 2026

1pm – 3pm

Practical movements, wellness techniques for you to use at home, with friends, family or clients to assist:
Lymphatic Flow
Fascia
Nervous System Balancing
Fluid Retention
Calming Chronic Inflammation

A beautiful blend of:
– Professional Information
– Experience
– Practice

A 2 hour hands-on workshop
You will learn the essential foundation elements, including:
Lymphatic Glove Routine
Mindful Movement Routine for Fascia and Lymph – (limitations catered for)
Metaphysical Meditation Process for Lymph, Fascia, Nervous System and Calming Inflammation

Take-home kit of the essentials to continue your at-home care:
Lymphatic Gloves
MSM
Hibiscus Tea

Pricing
Solo: $195
Bring a friend: $180 each

Linda – Founder of The Wellness Path and treasured Yogi has offered the $180 to our community. The ticket link is just below – but also please let me know if you intend on coming 💞

This will be incredibly beneficial for many of you with supporting circulation with at home practices.

Click here to book at the reduced rate of $180 – this booking is directly with The Wellness Path.

Other Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events

Retreat Experiences to Refocus, Renew and Recharge

Friday 28th August 2026 | 9.45am – 2pm | $195

Sunday, September 20th | 9.45am – 2pm | $220 For the teachers, the healers – start your holidays well-

Wednesday 21st October | 9.45am – 2pm | $195

Friday 27th November | 9.45am – 2pm | $195

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These small-group workshops create a deeply supportive space to gently release and transform stored tension and grief held within the body, mind, and soul.

This is a profound, uplifting, rejuvenating journey of soul alignment, emotional freedom, and radiant wholeness—coming home to your most liberated, vibrant self.

• 45-minute personalised treatment session of either massage, facial, or energy healing – allocated on first in preference
• Infrared Sauna and Hydrotherapy Spa
• Refreshing, nourishing beverages and snacks
• 2 hours of transformative wellness practices, including:
  • Mindful Movement
  • Breath work practices
  • Aromatherapy and Frequency Therapy
  • Meditation
  • Sound Healing

Even though the day is with me, Your booking is directly with The Wellness Path. Follow this link here to book your place 🙏🏼.

Please let me know if you plan to attend 😊

Monthly Sound Chakra Healing Meditations

Held at The Wellness Path to support comfort and healing intention

September Saturday 26th September

October Friday evening 30th

November Saturday 28th

December Saturday19th – 

My wish list for your movement

Maintaining youthful vitality means ensuring that you have the strength, flexibility and mobility to do what you would like to do in your life and then wake up the next day and be able to do all those moves again.

Think about what activities and movements you want to maintain and then ensure that your choices are helping to assist these.

Breathing Easily Through Winter

Please let me know if you need to restock on any Young Living Oils.

Basil Essential Oil – I use with opening airways quickly and effectively. Retail $61.70 / VIP discounted to $50 cash or $55 EFT

or

Aroma Siez – the one I use in most classes and events. Retail $78.65 / VIP discounted to $65 cash or $69 EFT

If there are others that you are after, just let me know as I have a huge collection at home and the office.

Normal Reejuv Fusion for July August

Monday 4.15pm

Tuesday 8.55am

Thursday 10.45am

All at Corlette Hall

Last – But not Least

Thank you so much for your ongoing support and patience as I have navigated these last months.

Our dear and cherished 6 year old kelpie Charlie – died very suddenly and horribly at the beginning of May. It was too horrible to talk about at the time – but I know that you could see that there was an extra load on my shoulders.

AND

Our dear Nicki – who passed away on Thursday 6th August. A beautiful community member, cherished by all who knew her. Our thoughts are with Sally and Jarrod during this time.

Just in Case you need some music or flying trapeze to look at -here are some latest posts from my beautiful people

Again…. I truly feel that if you are reading this sentence – I would love to give you a big hug and say – well done!

I hope you enjoyed the information 🤗

…. Hopefully no spelling mistakes this time!

~ Best Wishes Always ~ Maree

I have put some extra information in here due to discussions in class. If you are a quick reader maybe 5 mins… but more likely a bit longer.

• Intro
• Key themes for winter healing
• Holistic Practices to maintain in winter
• One further thought with Cortisol Spikes and Inflammation
• Retreat workshop Friday 26th June
• Why to keep your neck warm in winter – holistic discussion
• Lymph, Fascia, TMJ and pelvic floor
• Breathing through Winter

Winter is nature’s profound pause—a sacred time of contraction, introspection, and deep replenishment.

In holistic traditions (including Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and seasonal wellness practices), it corresponds to the slow, flowing, introspective energy that supports the kidneys, bladder, bones, and nervous system.

Just as trees shed leaves in autumn to prepare for winter’s rest, we too are invited to release, conserve, and rebuild our vital life force.

It’s not about high-energy expansion but quiet strength, inner luminosity, and grounded resilience. Think cocooning warmth amid the chill: soft textures, gentle movement, and soul-nourishing stillness.

Key Energetic Themes for Winter Healing

Introspection & Reconnection: The longest nights of winter invite journal work, meditation, and reconnecting with your inner wisdom. It’s a time to dream, envision, and align with your essence. Working through techniques of letting go stored grief and realigning to the pathways of healing.

Rest & Conservation: Energy turns inward. Overdoing it depletes our foundational energy reserves. Winter encourages earlier bedtimes, slower days, and creating space for healing.

Emotional & Energetic Release: Suppressed fears, grief, or stagnation can surface. This is a powerful window for gentle release work—through breath, sound, or energy attunement—to clear what no longer serves you.

Nourishment & Replenishment: Focus on warming, hydrating, and mineral-rich practices to build immunity and vitality for the weeks ahead. Remember our broths… herbal teas and enriching soups.

Holistic Practices for Winter

To put this into more practical terms.

Maintain Mindful Movement & Body Work

Gentle, restorative practices like mindful movement, yoga, or therapeutic movement help circulate energy without depletion. Focus on hips, lower back, and kidneys.

Our more rehearsed Fetal pose or supported inversions promote lymphatic flow and calm the nervous system. Pair with breathwork to warm from within.

Energy Healing – Frequency Attunement

Reiki, sound healing, or personalised energy sessions are especially potent now. Winter supports deeper states of receptivity—ideal for clearing blockages, soothing adrenals, and restoring subtle body balance.

Nutrition & Nourishment

Embrace seasonal, warming foods: root vegetables, soups, stews, bone broths, ginger, cinnamon, and cooked grains. Hydrate with herbal teas (nettle, tulsi, or ginger). In holistic views, this maintains the balance of cooling, moistening while supporting warmth and activity.

Emotional & Mental Wellness

Journal prompts like “What am I ready to release?” or “What seeds am I nurturing for spring?” Counter seasonal blues with uplifting practices, community connection (in balanced doses), and boundaries around overstimulation.

Please try not to fall into language, I am too old, too tired, too overwhelmed…. for all of this stuff….. Your mental health and sense of purpose are everything when it comes to youthful vitality.

Another mention about Cortisol Spikes and Inflammation

In our modern world, constant exposure to electromagnetic radiation (EMR or EMF) from phones, Wi-Fi, laptops, and other devices can quietly act as a hidden stressor, subtly disrupting our body’s natural balance. Especially when using prior to sleep or having devices in your room.

Research suggests that chronic EMR exposure may contribute to elevated cortisol levels by activating the body’s stress response and increasing oxidative stress, which in turn can fuel low-grade chronic inflammation.

This ongoing cycle can leave you feeling wired yet exhausted, emotionally reactive, or physically heavy. By mindfully reducing EMR in your environment, such as using airplane mode at night, grounding practices, blue light filtering glasses, etc, you support your body’s detoxification pathways, help regulate stress hormones, and create more space for emotional release.

For your information, Defender Shield are the products that I have used for our family. Radiation-deflecting phone cases, the air tube headphones and blue light filtering glasses have been a compulsory health investment from me in safety equipment for my young people and ourselves. They are premium products from America (expensive) and have no real quality comparison or effective competitors at this time.

If you want to have a look at their various products, here is their link Defender Shield.

Upcoming Events

Transform and Release Grief, Tension and Trapped Inflammation

Friday 26th June 2026 | 10am – 1pm or 11am – 2pm | $180

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In this intimate, small-group workshop, we create a deeply supportive space to gently release and transform stored tension and grief held within the body, mind, and soul.

This is a profound, uplifting, rejuvenating journey of soul alignment, emotional freedom, and radiant wholeness—coming home to your most liberated, vibrant self.

This is non-denominational and welcomes all faith-based and non-faith-based approaches to spirituality.

45-minute personalised treatment session of either massage, facial, or energy healing – allocated on first in preference
Refreshing, nourishing beverages and snacks
2 hours of transformative wellness practices, including:
🔹Mindful Movement
🔹Aromatherapy and Frequency Therapy
🔹Meditation
🔹Sound Healing

Friday 26th June 2026
$180

Even though the day is with me, Your booking is directly with The Wellness Path. Follow this link here to book your place 🙏🏼.

Body, Heart and Soul Alignment

It is that time of year and season change where energy attunements are extremely beneficial.

Through gentle, intuitive touch I connect with your body’s wisdom and receive clear guidance to support your healing on every level—physical, emotional, and soul.

During the session, I may bring awareness to what needs attention, release stuck energy, or make subtle corrections. Many people leave feeling noticeably lighter, clearer, and more at ease, often with reduced pain and a deep sense of wellbeing.

To Book text me as each week over winter, I have changing availability Monday, Tuesday and Thursdays.

To learn more, read here – scroll down the page about half way down.

At Cascade Walk Arcade 90 minutes $150 cash only. I can see you at The Wellness Path $180 for 90 minutes.

Please keep your neck warm!

Over the years you have heard me talk about the importance of keeping your neck warm in winter.

I thought I would go into a holistic discussion as I know some of you do not feel as cold on an overall body level, but I would like to help your innerstanding on a holistic level of why to keep the neck warm.

Prevents External Cold Invasion (Holistic Energetic Gate)….

I know it sounds like gibberish….
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the back of the neck is the “Wind Gate”, where wind and cold easily enter the body, disrupting defensive life energy. Keeping the back of the neck warm, preserves active energy, supports Kidney energy, prevents colds, stiffness, headaches, and seasonal fatigue.

This keeps balanced energy rather than allowing contraction against the cold to result in depletion.

Supports Circulation, Lymph & Fascia Flow (Form & Fluid Function)

The neck houses major blood vessels (carotid arteries, jugular veins), lymphatic pathways, and deep cervical fascia layers that envelop muscles, thyroid, trachea, and nerves.

Cold causes vasoconstriction and fascial tightening, leading to stagnation, puffiness, and reduced immune drainage. Ice therapy is great here for managing inflammation, however cold all the time should be avoided.

Gentle warmth promotes smooth lymphatic movement, better oxygenation, and fluid vitality — aligning with winter’s call for deep nourishment and preventing the sluggishness that can affect the whole body including brain fog.

Nourishes Thyroid & Metabolic Warmth (Endocrine & Functional Balance)

The thyroid gland sits prominently in the anterior neck, regulating metabolism, temperature, and energy.

Exposure to cold can stress this area, slowing function and contributing to winter fatigue or hormonal imbalances.

Keeping the neck warm supports healthy thyroid activity, maintains core warmth, helping to balance cooling/restorative and active warmth energies essential for creating balanced health.

Soothes Cranial Nerves, Especially Vagus (CN X) for Nervous System Calm

Multiple cranial nerves traverse or are influenced by the neck, including the vagus nerve (the longest cranial nerve), accessory nerve (CN XI for neck/shoulder muscles), and glossopharyngeal….. ooh another big name!!!

Cold-induced tension or constriction can irritate these pathways, heightening stress responses, affecting swallowing, voice, heart rate, digestion, and mood.

Warmth relaxes surrounding fascia and muscles, supporting vagal tone for better parasympathetic “rest & digest” function — crucial during winter’s inward healing focus.

Reduces Tension in Muscles & Fascia for Structural Ease & Energy Flow

From an anatomical perspective, the neck’s sternocleidomastoid, trapezius, and deep stabilizers connect directly to the jaw (TMJ), shoulders, and pelvic floor via fascial trains.

Cold tightens these tissues, creating compensatory holding patterns that restrict movement and subtle energy channels.

Maintaining warmth preserves natural cervical curve, eases myofascial tension, supports posture and cranial-sacral rhythm, and allows freer flow through the throat physically and energetically and — preventing winter-related headaches, jaw clenching, or emotional stagnation.

A bit more clarification of fascia, lymph, TMJ and pelvic floor

The contracting energy of winter needs lymphatic drainage, TMJ release, and pelvic floor fascia working well to keep your immune system strong. They are profound allies for whole-body health with physical release and energetic restoration.

The lymphatic system — our gentle waste-clearance and immune network — often slows in the colder months with reduced movement and more indoor time.

Lymphatic work helps to move stagnant fluid, reduces puffiness, eases sinus congestion, and calms the nervous system, inviting clarity and lightness to the body and mind. We assist this every session of our breathwork and mindful movement.

When combined with mindful Trigeminal nerve release, we soften the common winter-held tension in the jaw (a storehouse for stress and unexpressed emotions), relieving jaw pain, headaches, and neck tightness while freeing energy flow through the throat centre – physically and energetically.

Extending this work deeper, we bring awareness to the pelvic floor fascia — the interconnected web linking the jaw, diaphragm, and pelvic bowl — releasing chronic holding patterns that can trap fear, grief, or fatigue during this introspective season.

So….

Keep doing what you can! Gentle movement, breathwork, our holistic tecniques.

No matter how bad your pain and inflammation may get, – we need to keep you moving within these parameters to assist your overall wellbeing including; brain health, nervous system function, muscular skeletal, emotional and hormonal wellbeing… just to mention a few!😂

Breathing Easily Through Winter

Please let me know if you need to restock on any Young Living Oils.

Basil Essential Oil – I use with opening airways quickly and effectively.

Retail $61.70 / VIP discounted to $50 cash or $55 EFT

or

Aroma Siez – the one I use in most classes and events

Retail $78.65 / VIP discounted to $65 cash or $69 EFT

If there are others that you are after, just let me know as I have a huge collection at home and the office.

Normal Reejuv Fusion for July August

Monday 4.15pm

Tuesday 8.55am

Thursday 10.45am

All at Corlette Hall

Again…. I trul feel that if you are reading this sentence – I would love to give you a big hug and say – well done!

I hope you enjoyed the information 🤗

~ Best Wishes Always ~ Maree