Pure Reflections

10/10/2026

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Re-framing Re-treat for yourself

In spiritual communities there’s a trend of going away on a retreat. The facilitators are offering activities and guidance, meals are prepared and participants can sign up for different activities and treatments. They are often held in beautiful environments or even on the beaches of warm climate countries.

Is this really what retreat is? And if you can not afford this type of a retreat, are you missing out?

Every one of us is different, and knowing yourself and listening to our own body is the most important guidepost in selecting retreat options. Perhaps it is the best option for you and your body thrives in the presence of other women, under guidance of trusted healers.

However, if you are like me, and best heal by being in solitude, those kinds of retreats can feel threatening to your body. It is important to acknowledge that what our mind thinks it wants versus what our bodies truly need are not the same.

Seeing photographs online that are curated to evoke a certain ambience and feeling may cause you to feel like this is the best for you and you do need it. And that is great, if this really is a true call of your soul. But before you believe that the retreat happens always in such a way and get attached to the image, there are few things you can ask yourself.

First, why do I need a retreat?
What am going away from or what am I longing to come back to?

The photograph that captured your attention may show a certain vibration that your body longs for.

Candles, warm light, soft colours- if you feel drawn to them, perhaps your body is asking you to slow down, be gentle and kind to yourself? Move with more peace and softness? Go to bed early and sleep longer?

Warm beach, dances, flowers - if those images pull at your soul, perhaps you are missing the fun and stimulation in your life? Maybe your body really is calling you to be silly, less serious, more playful? Bring some colour into your wardrobe, into your home?

Nature scenes, mountains, vast skies, trees and forests- your body maybe asking you to breathe deeper, stretch, do less, allow for times without technology so you can feel clarity?

Our bodies and minds are closely connected and when the body is out of alignment, it creates a desire in our mind to compensate for what we have been depriving ourselves.

Maybe retreat is not about going away to another country or expensive resort? Maybe you don’t need other people’s approval to give yourself what your body has been asking for, and maybe even begging and screaming for it?

This Thanksgiving weekend I would like to invite you to take the opportunity and give thanks to yourself, to your body. To acknowledge its needs and change the harsh way you move throughout the day.

Rest more, do less.

Smile gently to your organs, to your body. Lay hands on your belly and send love to your organs.

Breathe in the fresh, autumn air and yes, you are allowed to stop during your walk and hug this tree that called you! You are allowed to even kiss it and give it thanks.

Feed your body with nourishing foods and give yourself the ultimate gift of a presence. Be present with yourself, with your needs, with your feelings.

Ultimately, maybe that is what retreat really is? Re-treat yourself. Treat yourself in a different, more soft and gentle way. Sometimes, to really retreat yourself, we need solitude and silence. We need to do less and simply just be with ourselves to hear that quiet voice that whispers and learn to listen to it again.

Everyone seems to know better what is best for you: experts explain what is happening in your body and how to fix it. What about just asking your body and tuning in to listen?

09/14/2026

Rose Medicine p.2/2

I decided to become a steward of roses this year, to bring their medicine and their vibrational healing into our garden. This meant a lot of changes for my own self. Everything we do is connected and a representation of other layers of our life.
It is so much fun to have the energy this year to physically care for my garden. As my health improves, I am having this conversation with the land, interweaving the landscape design with the changes of my family and my personal journey.

Rose is a friend of a woman, she is deeply connected to our spirituality. I am so glad that finally, in my late 40s, I have the courage to see my own worth and beauty and have strong boundaries based on what I want and don't want. Ladies, it's ok to do what you really want, to only agree to energy exchanges that truly fuel you and not drain you. Bottom line from the rose for us: it is ok to say no, and stay firmly within it, even if everyone around you gets offended.

We are thought to care for everyone else, spouses, children, parents, family, friends. It gets so washed out as to who we are and what we want, it is hard to even know.

Here is the rose to remind you of your glory, of your beauty, of your gifts. Your energy is precious, your life deserves to be respected and what you want in life is absolutely sacred.

We are afraid that if we stop putting others ahead of our needs, we will be lonely, forgotten or even abused. The opposite is true, we actually become valued and cared for by those who really see us, who really value us, and they want to protect us and love us. They will respect us more, without trying to rip our blooms, they will take care of them, understanding and knowing that the rose is sacred.
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09/14/2026

2026 Rose Medicine p.1/2

Recovering from chronic people pleasing and not having boundaries

This year rose really spoke to me. She has been calling me for a couple of years, bringing my attention to certain aspects of my life that needed improvement. Like giving my energy for free, allowing people to take advantage of me or being around people who don't really care about what I have to say and who I am.

It was really funny how all that carried into my strong dislike for roses. I used to think they are brutal and violent for having thorns, why would they want to hurt someone?
Only recently I realized that they didn't intend to hurt anyone. It's not like a rose is going after a person to cut their finger. It is actually the opposite: the rose is just growing vibrantly and the intruder comes trying to rip it or pick it up, which destroys it, and the intruder gets cut. It is a self protection mechanism, and there's nothing violent about it, except that it points out to the intention of a person, who wants to pick the rose.

Rose can teach us about self respect to our own growth, value and beauty. Why would we allow anyone to just take our life force? To pluck our gifts without consideration?

TBC

09/13/2026

Mantis has numerous gifts and lessons to offer. Here is some of that.

Does it resonate with you?
Have you ever seen a Praying Mantis?

Praying mantis Let me see What spinning circles Of time can beWith your round visionAbsolute witness stillnessCut through illusion With utmost precision In a flash of lighting Realizing what’s mine Break the loops of pattern To jump into a new lifeline When praying mantis comes into your life, get...

09/08/2026

08/31/2026

Welcome back to my practice where I help you align the subtle energies of the body, mind and emotions through various modalities.

What is one thing that your body needs leaning into cooler months and slower rhythm?

Comment below to share what comes for you ☺️

I'll go first: 🕊Peace. Peace is non negotiable for me therefore I honour my energetic boundaries and my system's need to rest.

07/22/2026

Who is the most surprising recipient of reflexology in my practice so far?

I never new what kind of people would be interested in my reflexology practice, but I least expected this type of a person. I always new reflexology is great for the sick or older individuals. It can help with pain levels, lower the blood pressure and balance hormones very well. It also is wonderful at managing mental health, calming down the system and helping people's body to self regulate.

However, the biggest surprise for me was to discover how much children enjoy the ear reflexology and how much benefit they actually get from it. Working with young children who have challenges with focus and body regulation like going to sleep or excessive movement is the single most surprising thing I have witnessed so far. It is also the most rewarding: children do not judge their experience. They are in it with their whole bodies, without expectations or trying to achieve anything. Receiving trust and gratitude from them when they come off the table after a beautiful nap feels like a balm for my heart.

As I close off the practice until the end of August, I am leaving for vacation with the gratitude and the joy of knowing something wonderful is waiting for me.

Thank you so much to everyone who booked with me and gave me the honour of getting to work with your body. As my practice grows and develops, so am I. Enjoy your summer adventures!

07/20/2026

As I looked upon the garden growing behind the window of the treatment room, I realized how the plants there are naturally supporting us in different healing and goals.

Did you know that each colour is actually supporting a certain energy? Our being is multi coloured and when all colours flow simultaneously, that means all chakras are open and exchange information freely.

Nothing can really be balanced without the solid foundation, that is why we always start with the root chakra - safety.

Look around your garden or park you walk by, what colours and plants call onto you? What catches your attention? Our energy will seek self regulation in a way that we become attracted to certain coloours to naturally balance the centre that needs attention.

Which plant/ centre resonated with you? Let's talk about your goals at your next session.

07/16/2026

07/10/2026

Maybe it is way more simple then we imagine?

As I let go of of so many expectations of myself, I come to realize that ultimately, all it matters is what I allow myself to experience. Perhaps what stops our joy is our subconscious addiction to adrenaline, cortisol and stress? Maybe we keep coming back to them because they are so familiar?

Are you ready to let go and let yourself experience a simple joy of living?

I have few spots available for luxurious reflexology sessions that help remind your body what a vibration of joy feels like by flooding your system with endorphins, serotonin and other carriers of joy and peace.

Reflexology is a beautiful way to remind you how peace and joy really feel like. It may take a few sessions for you to really come back to that baseline. Are you ready?

PM to book or look for spots into my online booking system - link in bio