Kia Ora to all of our Wellington members! I hope you have all had a restful holiday period and are enjoying the sunshine! I am incredibly happy and grateful for coming back from my time off and catching up with some of you already.  

A new year allows the opportunity for new intentions (I don’t necessarily like the word resolutions), but I like intentions 😊 Do you have any new intentions this year? I would love to hear from you if you would like to share them! I find that setting intentions is more specific than resolutions which we often drop half way through the year. Intensions could be things that we encounter everyday that could also make the world a brighter and lighter place.  

There are common themes that make a big difference to physical and mental health, and some of  the intentions that I have been thinking about are these: 

1. The way we converse impacts our sense of connection, which impacts physically our nervous system and immune system.
   
2. The way we handle conflict determines how able we are mentally and physically to regulate.
   
3. The way we view the world and our experiences impacts how we experience it.
   
4. How we feel towards ourselves and others influences our emotional and mental landscapes.
   
5. Our patterns have the power to perpetuate or pause cycles that impact our whole nervous system.

Out of everything, I really encourage you to be kind to yourselves this year. Also remember that I am here if anyone would like to catch up or share something good, bad or mediocre, a photo of a pet, a plant,
anything! I love hearing from you all!