Yoga & Restful Retreats with Emma Polette

Class timetable for week commencing 7th September.

Monday 7 - King River Hall 5.30pm
Tuesday 8 - Library 5.45pm
Wednesday 9 - Little Grove 5.45pm
Sunday 13 - Library 3.30pm

Send me a DM if you'd like to book.

Hope to see you there! 🩷

I cried at a reel today.

A famous man was showing a fan with an intellectual disability how to use his phone camera.

He was so calm. So patient. So completely unhurried.

And, more than anything, he treated him with dignity.

And I absolutely lost it.

I’ve become a lifelong crier since going through a period of deep grief, but I’ve noticed that kindness is the thing that gets me most often.

And I think I’ve finally worked out why.

I think kindness is one of the ways we show love.

So perhaps that’s what I want to keep noticing as I get older.

People being kind.
People being brave.
People looking after each other.
People making someone else feel like they matter.

I want to keep putting that at the top of my list.

I didn’t expect a knee injury to teach me so much about getting older.

I’ve learned that it feels good to get stronger. And that healing is a whole body thing including mental health. It all just takes a little more patience than it used to. ❤️

All of my yoga classes have casual spots available this term.

If you can't commit to weeks in a row, you don't have to miss out - just come when you can!

Online bookings are available until 3 hours before the start time but you can always send me a message up to 30 mins before the class starts if you missed out on online bookings.

I'd love to see you there xx

For the last few years I’ve been a self-proclaimed introvert. I needed a lot of alone time to recover. The gold standard for me was to have one whole day to myself each weekend just so I could “recover” from life.

From 2016 I dealt with a recurrence of endometriosis and a subsequent hysterectomy followed by an instant plunge into menopause. And then of course the pandemic. Once we got to our new normal in 2021 my bestie was diagnosed with cancer and I became her carer. And after losing her and my beloved dog there was grief. And an injury that took close to 12 months to heal.

I haven’t written all this for sympathy, but just to say WHY I needed so much recovery time.

But nothing is permanent. Even needing years of recovery time it seems.

Especially since I got back from Bali I feel recovered but it had started before the retreat. Not that I don’t need my alone time occasionally but I can spend both weekend days with people and I don’t feel exhausted. I feel joy and connection. It’s quite wonderful. I never thought it could happen!

Today’s wonderful outing was a workshop by The Seasonal Creative and Sue Codee - what a glorious day and what a beautiful pink sky to come home to.

I have a nephew who is 8 and another one who is 18. They are so very different to each other. Which makes sense.

But why do women who are in their 50’s have to try and make themselves 35 again? That doesn’t make sense at all.

Of course there are things that happen as we age that we might want to minimise or manage. But don’t get it twisted — you can have sagging skin, knees that don't squat like they used to, and still have a wonderful life.

Some of the highlights of our wonderful Bali Retreat this year 😍

1. Our beautiful villa (there’s something about this plant)
2. Some of us went to Pura Tirta Empul
3. An artistic depiction of our daily yoga practice using batik fabric, washi tape, acrylic pens and the retreat journal
4. This tree is hard to capture
5. The prettiest dive ever 😂
6. Taco Tuesday at Tacos Aqui is always a wonderful night
7. Words of wisdom
8. Freedom in a pink gown
9. Make it rain!
10. Does Bali do the best cocktails?
11. Our last night
12. Photobombing provided a lot of joy

Honestly, I just can’t wait until next year!

Let me know if you’re keen!