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An Intimacy-Building Primer for Lovers by Heidi True

This Valentine’s Day, step into a different kind of date night.

This intimate evening workshop invites couples to explore polarity — the subtle, often unspoken dance between giving and receiving, direction and responsiveness, clarity and softening — and how these dynamics shape attraction, desire, and connection over time.

Through gently guided, experiential exercises, you’ll be invited to slow down and explore:

How energy naturally moves between you

Where one partner offering clarity allows the other to relax into response

How receiving, rather than doing or managing, can deepen intimacy

How playful polarity supports both emotional closeness and erotic aliveness

This workshop is not about any fixed roles or gendered expectations, but about discovering what brings balance, charge, and nourishment for your relationship, in a way that feels safe, curious, authentic and connective.

Designed as a warm, intimate, and playful Valentine’s experience, this workshop offers a shared moment to reconnect emotionally, energetically, and relationally.

Bookings are limited to 8 couples to ensure depth and care.
Price is per couple or pair, no singles for this workshop.

7-9.30pm, Saturday February 14 at Commune Yoga and Pilates, Balnarring

$180 per couple.

For more information about Heidi's work: https://www.heiditrue.com.au

Friday 20 February
5:30 - 7pm
Investment: $75

A meditative blend of Yin Yoga and Shiatsu Massage to restore balance, open the body, and reconnect with your inner summer landscape.

Join us for a 90-minute journey that blends the meditative stillness of Yin Yoga with the healing touch of Shiatsu massage - a deeply nourishing experience for both body and mind.

As you rest in each posture, trained Shiatsu practitioners move gently through the space, offering acupressure, light stretches, and supportive holds that open meridians, regulate the nervous system, and deepen body awareness.

Rooted in the wisdom of Chinese Medicine, this session attunes to the energy of Summer - a season of joy, connection and heart-opening. Through slow, intentional movement, therapeutic touch, and seasonal insights, you’ll be gently guided inward to restore vitality, settle the mind and return to yourself.

This session welcomes all bodies and levels of experience. Come as you are, to pause, restore, and replenish in the heart of Summer

What to Expect:
• A gentle 90-minute Yin Yoga practice
• Shiatsu massage offered while you’re in supported poses
• Acupressure, light stretches, and energy balancing techniques
• A cosy, calming atmosphere with seasonal reflections
• Space to unwind, reconnect, and replenish

Your Facilitators:

Emma, Lel, and Elizabeth are Shiatsu practitioners and Yin Yoga teachers who met through their studies and have grown into close friends and collaborators. Together, they bring a warm, earthy presence to their offerings, blending deep listening, therapeutic touch, and a shared love of seasonal practice to create spaces of care, community connection, and restoration.

• Emma - Earth Shiatsu, in Richmond
• Lel - The Bigger Picture Clinic in Elsternwick
• Elizabeth - Elemental Shiatsu, Coburg

Saturday 21st February, 3-5pm
Investment: $50

Join Ryan Mannix, meditation teacher and wellbeing facilitator for a 2 hour masterclass for anyone looking to begin or deepen a meditation practice.

Ryan Mannix is a teacher based on the Surf Coast of Victoria and has been sharing his passion for meditation and yoga in Australia and abroad since 2013. Ryan's teachings stem from mindfulness meditation, along with having extensive training in non dual meditation. He has worked with everyone from AFL teams and Olympic athletes to yoga and meditation students and teachers.

The masterclass is a simple and matter of fact approach to meditation. In this 2 hours together we will explore:
- What actually is meditation?
- how to move past common obstacles.
- neuroscience and benefits for our attention, brain and everyday life.
- the techniques to feel more present for your own life, less reactive and more connected.

Sunday 22nd February| 2:30pm–4:30pm

Commune Yoga & Pilates, Balnarring

The January Yin, Pin + Reiki event is a 2-hour restorative immersion designed to help you ground, nourish, and return to centre after the intensity of the holiday season.
This month’s focus is the Earth element, the energy of late summer in Yin Yoga and Traditional Chinese Medicine.

What to Expect

This session weaves together:

• Yin Yoga to open the Spleen and Stomach meridians
• Esoteric Acupuncture (Pin) to harmonise Earth energy and regulate the nervous system
• Reiki to support emotional integration and deep rest

Together, these practices help release stored tension, calm mental overactivity, and restore a sense of inner steadiness.

The Earth Element (TCM)

In TCM, the Earth element represents:

• Nourishment and digestion: physically and emotionally
• Stability, grounding, and support
• Trust, centredness, and returning “home” to yourself
• Integration and processing of life’s experiences
• The transitional spaces between cycles

When Earth energy is balanced, we feel calm, clear, grounded, and supported.
When imbalanced, it can show up as worry, overthinking, rumination, fatigue, heaviness, or self-doubt.

This immersion offers a dedicated space to realign with that inner foundation.

Who This Is For

This offering is ideal if you’re:

• Feeling depleted or scattered after the holidays
• Wanting to reset nervous system patterns
• Needing deep nourishment and grounding
• Curious about Yin, acupuncture or Reiki
• Seeking a supportive start to the new year

Investment

$129
Spaces are limited and this event regularly books out.

Bookings

To reserve your place, please visit the booking link in the menu or via the button below.