Yin and Tonic

21/12/2025

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🌼 SUMMER! 🌼

The most Yang season - associated with Heart, Small Intestine, and Fire! 🔥

Enjoy the heat, but remember to protect your heart energy.

Rest is not optional - it's medicinal!

I reflect more in my newsletter, but after a month of tooo much .... inflammation/ Yang/ doing... resulting in bursitis, tendonitis, tennis elbow AND a flare up of old micro tears, far out! How's that for a perfect representation of the heart meridian line : chest, arms and shoulders! There was more than one lesson in there for me that's for sure! I'm working on it 🤦🏼‍♀️

Thanks to incredible practitioners, massage with and acu with , and learning (?) to rest 🤣 .

Summer Nourishment:
Think cooling , hydrating, and lighter meals.
Natures intelligence, eat in season ie berries, watermelon (if tolerated), stone fruit, cucumber, citrus, zucchini, leafy greens, mint, lemon balm, hibiscus, hawthorn, green tea.

Love me a good jug of ice tea at this time of the year! But be careful not to overdo the ICE, ie iced lattes, ice cold drinks, alcohol etc as it shut down digestion and deplete the spleen.

Signs your heart might need some extra support this season :

- Poor sleep
- Anxiety, racing thoughts, palpitations
- Shoulder 'stuff' 🤣
- Feeling wired but tired
- Feeling heated emotions
- Emotional overwhelmed
- Not following your dreams

Summer Yin Yoga sequence:

Melting heart
Supported Fish
Thread the needle
Gentle, supported forward folders
Savasana

Give yourself 10-20min ❤️

Feel free to reach out if you'd like some Summer support!

Love Em

13/12/2025

You can see every brilliant practitioner
Do all the things
Take all the supplements and herbs
Exercise
Dance naked under the full moon

But if you're not taking care of your inner dialog
You'll never get the results or relief that you desire.

While I whole heartedly believe that the therapeutic relationship between people / practitioners etc is essential, we are social beings and there is probably nothing better than feeling like you're safe in someone's hands and they are taking care of you 💕

I believe that herbal medicine is also essential (we co-evolved with plants and will always live a life by their sides)
I also believe that exercise should be a foundational modality in everyone's health care.

But, we also need to take responsibility for our thoughts.
Daily. In the spaces in between.

So often, we (I) look for external validation, for something outside of ourselves to be the Key...
It's a surefire path to frustration and disappointment. It's a slippery slope to projecting blame.

If you've ever spent much time in meditation, you will know how out of control the mind can be.
It's a s**t show at times!
"Every day there is new visitor"

If you're familiar with Jo Dispenzas work, you might understand the depth of which our thoughts create our reality.

Check in with yourself.  What narratives are running the show? Conscious or unconscious.

Meditation is medicine . Find something that works for you. Carve out 10min a day.  You know you have time.
Try journaling or free writing.
Try guided meditations like

Notice patterns that show up in your life,  question what thought or behaviour lead to that experience.
"Is it true?"
"Is it helpful?"
Choose a different thought.
Unpack the reasons why that thought has tendrils and prime real estate in your mind.  You might find it's not even your thought!

Lean on plants / herbs / flower essences and healing modalities while you 'do the work'. They will transform you in subtle yet powerful ways.

Share your experience with truthworthy, kind hearted people.  💕
... some of my own thoughts on a Sunday morning 🫠

18/11/2025

"Just eat more fibre"...

Yes... I've said this before. Many times. And often its brilliant advice.

However!
IF you have started amping up the fibre and feel like your gut health is getting worse , rather than better , you're not alone!

Anyone with fructose or FODMAP sensitivities will attest to that. (I'd advise you to look into SIBO if this is the case)

For some people, their microbiome cannot tolerate large amounts of fibre (yet!) , or certain fibres (ie some are fine and some are problematic) due to many reasons...

Most of the time, it's an overgrowth of certain species of bacteria , and when you start feeding them MORE , they can have a bit of a party and release inflammatory metabolites. No good...

It can also mean that you don't (yet) have the right beneficial species to be able to metabolise particular prebiotics.

There are many, many cases of microbiome analysis that I have worked with that explain why some prebiotics are definitely not suitable, at this stage of their treatment plan.

Prebiotics are excellent and one of the best ways to improve your microbiome, BUT, if it's the wrong one for you at the moment, it could cause more harm than good.

*the same goes for vaginal microbiome dysbiosis.

This is why I love to do microbiome testing... we get clear, clinically proven steps that will get you feeling better, not worse!

I touch on this in my Microbiome Foundations Masterclass (link in bio) , and if you're interested in looking at your microbiome , hit me up! It's my jam! 🍎

08/11/2025

07/11/2025

Let me know if you'd like me to do a deep dive on some microbiome results!

04/11/2025

This Saturday is Community Clinic Day at Element Health 🌿

Yay!

We are very invested in our community, and are so grateful for all the support we have received so we can continue this initiative. Thank you!

Details:

✨️Saturday 8th starting at 8.45 am

✨️Services available: Acupuncture & Naturopathy (our beloved Ina is on maternity leave 🌈)
✨️30min appointments

✨️Exchange: $50 (please bring cash on the day)

✨️We have a range of donated (free) stock available to provide if appropriate for you, and our additional dispensaries *ie herbal, nutritional and homeopathics, are available for additional cost if we really need to prescribe you something specific to give you the best quality care and outcomes.

Following Community Clinic day set for Saturday 13th December 🙌

Please share this with someone that you think may benefit from coming along !

🌿 Em

04/11/2025

Community clinic this Saturday the 8th. We now have Naturopathy and Acupuncture available (chiropractic now on maternity leave)
Doors open at 8:45am with appointments from 9am. $50 cash for either treatment option.
Emma Lloyd is a Naturopath and homeopath
Kristen Olivia is a Naturopath and Nutritionist
We look forward to seeing you

24/10/2025

Life:
She will set your heart on fire

But she will also bring you to your knees

In gratitude, in pain, in heartbreak and grief...
In wonder, in prayer, in desperation
In unbelievable joy and ecstasy

Surrender to the dance
Release your grasp
Breathe in moment
Allow life to stop you in your tracks
She's trying to get your attention
Allow her to pull at the heart on your sleeve

We forget we are a part of it
Of nature
Of polarities
Of life and death
Creation and destruction

Welcome to Scorpio season baby!!