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Even with all the inner work, self enquiry, mindfulness, meditation, green juices, plant medicine journeys & silent retreats (or whatever spiritual practice you explore) we are here to experience and embrace both our soul connection AND our humanness. A huge part of that is our capacity to connect with others and to love and be loved.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ When our nervous system is caught in survival mode our capacity to connect is diminished and we can get lost in loneliness & the illusion of separation. AND yet the irony/magic is that connection can be one of our greatest medicines for shifting out of shutdown or overwhelm.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ During our longer Sunday morning cacao & yin journeys we have space to explore our own heart connection and to practice connecting with others. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ On a full moon in Leo there's an extra special motivation to celebrate the joy of open hearts seeing and being seen. Come and enjoy a morning of chocolate, heart connections and community!!⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Sunday 9 February 10.00am - 1.00pm | $60 pp ⁠⠀ Spanda School, Fremantle⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Bookings required and places are filling up so remember to book for this special Sunday morning treat. Booking link in my bio⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Much Love⁠⠀ Lani <3 ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ #community #heartconnection #nervoussystemreset #cacaoceremony #sound #fremantle #slowingdown #love #yinyoga #yogaperth #meditation #coregulation #autonomicnervoussystem

Have you felt the intensity of the end of the decade, start of the year & full moon and eclipse season? And feel like you’re ready now to take a sacred pause, reflect and explore new year visions from the space of a well rested body and open, connected, playful heart?⠀ ⠀ Come and celebrate the full moon in Leo with a sweet soulful Sunday morning drinking ceremonial cacao, melting into a heart centred yoga, meditation and sacred song & sounds. With everything we’ve experienced in the past few months it’s time to remember the sweetness of the heart.⠀ ⁠⠀ SUNDAY 9 FEBRUARY | 10.00am - 1.00pm | Spanda School Fremantle⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ @justinbellsmusic will be sharing his musical magic with us for this circle so come and receive the blessing of heart songs while you rest mind, body and heart.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Open to both men & women as we celebrate the magic of the heart together. This is a Full Moon to gather with friends, remember what makes you love life, and connect with the highest vibration of yourself.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Bookings required, ticket link in my bio. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Much Love⁠⠀ Lani <3⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ #cacaomagic #fullmoon #community #heartconnections #restandreceive #nurturemindbodysoul #heartwisdom #ceremonialcacao #fremantle #perthyoga #cacaoceremony #love

So I've been writing & reflecting a lot about shame lately as I watch all the ways it can suck the joy out of my daily life. I joked a few months ago I was breaking up with shame - well I totally underestimated the fight to keep us together shame was going to put up so I might soften my words now and say shame and I are uncoupling....we have chosen to just be friends🤣⠀ ⠀ Jokes aside one of the biggest lessons I've learned this past year is how much I need, value & thrive in being able to share with trusted friends & counsellors. To speak through my process and to not hide behind smiles and fascades.⠀ ⠀ "Just at the time we need support and connection the most, we’re apt to crawl under the covers and cower, consumed with feelings of social inadequacy." ⠀ ~ Katherine Woodward Thomas⠀ ⠀ Hiding is exactly what shame needs to breed. It sends our brain further into panic & dysregulation and further into the shame storm. We are HARD WIRED FOR CONNECTION & while we do need to trust ourselves and know how to hold ourselves/self soothe, regulating our emotions WITH others is also a BIG part of being human. If we've experienced past hurts & traumas the tendency to isolate and withdraw can be habitual & protective even when it's not truly what our heart wants & needs. ⠀ ⠀ Finding safe connection points and daring to be vulnerable is how we heal and empower ourselves & each other. Sometimes we just need to remember how good it feels to speak our truth and be heard and held by another. For our nervous systems to feel safe in the presence of others.⠀ ⠀ ⠀ Much Love⠀ ⠀ Lani <3 ⠀ ⠀ PS...we all have our unique ways of relating that are highly influenced by our Attachment Styles. The most helpful thing I’ve done in healing wounding is to learn what my attachment style is and how it plays out in my relationships. Awareness + Compassion = Freedom⠀ ⠀ #attachmenttheory #shameneedssecrets #empowerment #emotionalfreedom #emotionalbalance #hardwiredforconnection

⁠⠀ “Positive emotions such as happiness, appreciation, compassion, care, and love not only change patterns of activity in the nervous system; they also reduce the production of the stress hormone cortisol.” ⁠- HeartMath⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ I’m not an advocate for suppressing or bypassing challenging emotions. Something I think happens all too quickly in some spiritual communities. Emotions are energy and need to be given safe passage & to be witnessed. Otherwise we end up fragmenting ourselves, trying to hide pieces we deem unacceptable. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Equally I’m not an advocate for mental masturbation adding story to our emotions & replaying them with the mind again & again. It isn't about just putting on a happy face. It’s about allowing challenging emotions to be felt when they arise & choosing to be fully present with them, with curiosity and gentleness - asking what wisdom do you have to share with me? How may I learn from you? ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ By focussing on compassion and kindness rather than criticism or judgement we are nurturing rather than torturing. When we repeatedly take this approach we're forming new neural pathways...literally retraining our minds to let go of the past.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ A practice suggested by HeartMath & Joe Dispenza is to focus on the heart and bring in an elevated emotion like love, care or gratitude. A practice I adore & can feel reverberate through my system and any group I share it with. BUT trying to go to this practice before I’ve allowed myself to notice what I’m feeling & allowing it to be is an act of self abandonment....and spiritual bypassing.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ There’s an art to allowing emotions as they arise without getting lost in them. To leave enough space to receive the wisdom, integrate it and then let it go. It’s not the emotion that depletes our system it’s the judgement, criticism, resistance or attachment to them that is exhausting. ⁠⠀ Details d the next series of Women’s Yoga for Emotional Balance launching soon! Message me for details. ⁠⠀ Much Love ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Lani 💛💛💛⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ #elevatedemotions #love #gratitude #appreciation #spiritualbypassing #magic #heartcoherence #heartmath #perthyoga #highlysensitive #emotionalbalnce #womensyoga ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀

Honouring all of you beautiful humans who dare to allow yourselves to feel the deep heart ache of loss and struggle and use these dark nights of the soul for transformation, growth and to create something beautiful in this life. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ I feel you and I'm so grateful for your depth, beauty and compassion.⁠⠀ And if you’re currently in the depths be gentle, know you’re loved and reach out if you need to be reminded of your courage & beauty🙏🏻🌱 ⁠⠀ #emotionalalchemy #posttraumatictransformation #griefandloss #giftsofgrief #beautifulhumans #love #heartwisdom #trust #darknightofthesoul

G R I E F....the gift of love hat keeps on giving. ⠀ ⠀ Throw back pic to that time I lived in a magical treehouse in a fairyland in Guatemala. Every morning there was a little hummingbird that would join me while I ate breakfast or yoga’ed. Fireflies that would visit in the evening, dragonflies who liked to pose for photos and a magical view of volcanos from my bathroom window.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ It was here I began to explore layers of grief I’d been holding in my heart from the loss of many magical women in my life - including my mum.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ This nest offered me safety while I unravelled, learning how to honour grief without shaming or pushing it away. Learning to be with the darker pieces of myself and embody the wisdom of both dark & light. ⠀ ⠀ What I didn't learn while I was alone in this fairy treehouse was how to allow the unravelling while being witnessed and held by loved ones. I always thought I needed to hide away when the grief came - ashamed I was still feeling sad even when years had passed. ⁠⠀ ⠀ What I hadn’t yet learnt was grief is a gift of love that will continue to give for ever and a day. Especially when new loss is experienced.⠀ ⁠⠀ Several homes, countries & years on I moved into a new home, not a treehouse but it is surrounded by trees and more importantly it is close to friends & family & a big step forward for me in truly feeling loved & supported. I’ve been practicing letting people in & reaching out for love & support. Daring to be seen & heard & to ask for help - not just when I’m doing great but also when grief comes to share her gifts & I’m lost in the waves.⠀ ⁠⠀ Such an incredible thing to receive this love & feel shame rapidly lose it's hold. So grateful for beautiful hearts who have offered hugs & love & encouragement & laughs. So much healing. So much grace. ⁠⠀ ⠀ I feel stronger & more vulnerable than ever because now I have more trust in my capacity to reach & to feel life reaching back.⠀ ⠀ Thank you grief for showing me the incredible depths of love I can experience. 🙏🏻💕🥰🌱⠀ ⠀ Much Love⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ #emotionalwisdom #grief #highlysensitive #selfcare #nurturing #treehouseliving #blessedlife #gratitude #souladventures #heartwisdom #lettingo

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