April Unwind
Permission to Stop
Hello friends,
My intention with these monthly newsletters is to stay in connection beyond the studio. I’m mindful not to add to the noise in your inbox, but instead to offer a small reminder of what DUW is about and how my life informs my practices. Because what we practice shapes us.
It’s April already, my birthday month. And over the Easter long weekend I’m heading south for a solo camping trip to a favourite spot on the Clyde River, nestled amongst the casuarina trees at Brooman.
I have always loved camping. As a child, my parents took us to Cape Cod. (There’s a great story about my dad forgetting the tent poles one year but that’s for another time.) What I remember most is the feeling alive, free, held by nature.
When my marriage ended, I didn’t want to lose that. But I realized how much I had relied on roles. I didn’t know how to tie down a shelter on the roof of my car or pitch a tent on my own.
Determined (Aries trait), I learned. I faced the fear and took my young kids camping in Murramarang National Park. That time became something more than just a holiday, it became a practice. A place where I could be witnessed in my mess.
I still remember our second trip back, driving along Mount Agony Road, lined with the most beautiful eucalyptus trees, and feeling the forest almost whisper, “we are so happy to see you.”
Camping became a sacred place of healing and regulation.
A few years later, I moved into Hipcamping, camping on properties where you bring everything in and everything out. And it is here we found Burrowman.
There was a deep sense of peace and belonging here and a love for the Clyde river.
This Easter, I return to swim in the river and camp under the canopy of the most awe- inspiring trees.
And what I’ve come to trust is this, nature invites me to pause, to breathe, to come back into presence. My mind slows, my body regulates, and a quiet sense of hope returns because in the city I feel the ever pervasive sense of hopelessness seeping into my spirit. In nature what matters begins to come into focus, Life, and how to be with it.
I recently heard this poem and thought, “ahh, this is it.“
“Clearing”
by: Martha Postlethwaite
Do not try to save the whole world
or do anything grandiose.
Instead, create a clearing
in the dense forest of your life
and wait there patiently,
until the song that is your life
falls into your own cupped hands
and you recognize and greet it.
Only then will you know
how to give yourself to this world
so worthy of rescue”
And maybe that’s what this time away is for, Not to do more, Not to fix anything, But simply to create a clearing in my life and listen for what wants to return.
Where in your life might you create a little clearing?
With you always,
Georgie
First trip camping
What I’m listening to
ON Being with Krista Tippett : Jason Reynolds - On Hopelessness, the Virtue of Stamina, and Showing Grace to Ourselves
On Being Krista Tippett :Shai Held — On Love and Judaism
This month in the studio
It’s my birthday month, and I’ve been reflecting on reciprocity, giving and receiving in a way that feels good and genuine.
So I wanted to offer something back:
If you purchase a gift voucher online this month, I’ll take $25 off your next treatment. Just let me know when you book so I can honour it.
And if you’ve been thinking about booking in with Kyron, I’ll be offering $20 off your first session with him.
If this resonated, you’re always welcome to pass it on to someone who might need it.
Choose support that keeps you steady, even when the path isn’t clear.
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