Suivness Embodied Health

12/10/2026

09/10/2026

Term 4 starts this week, and I have 3 spaces available in my Wednesday evening class in Padbury!

If you've been thinking about giving yoga a go, this is a lovely opportunity to come along and see if my classes are for you.

These aren't your standard yoga classes. My approach is more therapeutic and somatic, bringing together yoga, neuroscience and an understanding of how the body and nervous system respond to stress.

We use gentle movement, breathwork and embodied awareness practices to help you reconnect with your body, build strength and flexibility, release tension and develop practical ways to manage stress and feel more grounded in everyday life.

And one of my favourite parts of the class is the extended relaxation at the end, giving you plenty of time to settle, let go of tension and experience a deep sense of relaxation. ❤️

You don't need any previous yoga experience. You can book a single class to try it out, and if you enjoy it, you can still take advantage of the discounted term rate.

My Monday classes are already full, but there are still 3 spaces available on Wednesdays.

📍 Padbury | Wednesdays | 6–7:15pm

Bookings: www.suivness.com/bookings/

I'd love to welcome a few new faces to the mat for our final term of the year.

Sue x 🌿

05/10/2026

I used to be very good at pushing through. Keep going. Get things done. Expect more of myself. And at times I’m still like that too, but the difference is that now I’m much more likely to notice when I’m doing it.

Over the years, I’ve learned that constantly pushing through and overriding what we need doesn’t actually help us as much as we think it does.

Sometimes we need to slow down, listen to what our body is telling us and give ourselves a little space and kindness.

But I also know there are times when you simply can’t slow down. There’s too much on your plate and life needs you to keep going. I’ve been there too.

And I think this is where self-compassion really matters.

It doesn’t have to mean stopping. It might be a few quiet breaths. A small pause. Letting something be good enough. Acknowledging this is hard rather than pushing that feeling away.

Self-compassion is something I’ve had to learn and practise over the years. For me, a big part of it has been learning to notice those old patterns when they show up.

Because sometimes we can’t take our foot off the pedal just yet. But we can learn not to leave ourselves behind while we keep going.

03/10/2026

I love this. A beautiful reminder to slow down enough to listen to ourselves.

There is so much wisdom in John O’Donohue’s words. ❤️

When you take the time to draw on your listening-imagination, you will begin to hear this gentle voice at the heart of your life. It is deeper and surer than all the other voices of disappointment, unease, self-criticism and bleakness. All holiness is about learning to hear the voice of your own soul. It is always there and the more deeply you learn to listen, the greater surprises and discoveries that will unfold. To enter into the gentleness of your own soul changes the tone and quality of your life. Your life is no longer consumed by hunger for the next event, experience or achievement. You learn to come down from the treadmill and walk on the earth. You gain a new respect for yourself and others and you learn to see how wonderfully precious this one life is. You begin to see through the enchanting veils of illusion that you had taken for reality. You no longer squander yourself on things and situations that deplete your essence. You know now that your true source is not outside you. Your soul is your true source and a new energy and passion awakens in you.

JOHN O'DONOHUE

Excerpt from Beauty: The Invisible Embrace (US) / Divine Beauty (Europe)
Ordering info: https://johnodonohue.com/store

County Galway, Ireland
Photo: © Ann Cahill

06/09/2026

We were up at 4:45am to watch this and honestly I couldn’t be more impressed with this woman.

When Katie Taylor first started boxing, girls weren’t even allowed to fight, so she tucked her hair up, put on her headguard and got into the ring as a boy.

She said that as young as six she remembers dreaming of winning Olympic gold, at a time when women’s boxing wasn’t even an Olympic sport !!Years later, after helping pave the way for women’s boxing to be included, she stood on the Olympic podium with a gold medal around her neck.

And now, to watch her walk into Croke Park in front of more than 80,000 people for her final fight is just incredible.

I love what she has done for women and girls, and even more so, the way she has done it, with humility, faith, passion and quiet determination.

When asked the best advice she’d ever been given, she said there is no secret to success, but there is a path: work hard and stay committed. She certainly has. An absolute inspiration.

After 30 years in the ring, I can’t imagine a more fitting way to end. So very well deserved.

What an incredible woman. What a legend. ☘️🇮🇪

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31/08/2026

Needs no other commentary. Just love.

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22/08/2026

This ❤️

There is nothing to fear in the act of beginning. More often than not it knows the journey ahead better than we ever could. Perhaps the art of harvesting the secret riches of our lives is best achieved when we place profound trust in the act of beginning. Risk might be our greatest ally. To live a truly creative life, we always need to cast a critical look at where we presently are, attempting always to discern where we have become stagnant and where new beginning might be ripening. There can be no growth if we do not remain open and vulnerable to what is new and different. I have never seen anyone take a risk for growth that was not rewarded a thousand times over.

JOHN O'DONOHUE

Excerpt from the books, Benedictus (Europe) / To Bless the Space Between Us (US)
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County Clare, Ireland
Photo: © Ann Cahill

13/08/2026

And there was I thinking I’d coined the phrase practice the pause!

Nevertheless, being able to pause is a gamechanger. In that small space, we get some agency back — the opportunity to choose how we respond, rather than simply react.

You might think that’s impossible right now, but it’s a skill that can be learned through practice.

For many people, the difficulty is that they aren’t aware of the build-up until it’s too late. And that’s really normal. When we’ve been stressed or overwhelmed for a long time, we can lose connection with our body’s signals — or may never have learned to recognise them in the first place.

An important part of regulation work is interoception — noticing what’s happening inside your body in real time. The tightening in your chest. The change in your breathing. Your jaw beginning to clench. The tension creeping into your shoulders.

The more we learn to notice those earlier signals, the more opportunity we have to respond before we reach boiling point.

Practice the pause.

12/08/2026

Do you find yourself feeling anxious, overwhelmed or stuck — or repeating ways of responding that you’d really like to change?

You may know me primarily through my yoga work, but did you know that I also work one-to-one as an integrative therapist, both in Edgewater and online?

My approach is gentle and evidence-informed, working with both mind and body and drawing on our growing understanding of the nervous system and how our experiences shape the way we feel and respond.

I help people work with what’s underneath their distress, rather than only trying to manage what shows up on the surface.

If you’d like to learn a little more about this side of my work and how I support people, I offer a free 20-minute call where you can get a sense of whether I might be the right person for you.

Book a free call or learn more:
www.suivness.com/therapy