A Love Letter from the Mountain ⛰️
It’s been two weeks since we wrapped up the Zenthai leadership training at Mt Ninderry, and my heart is still vibrating with the bhav we tapped into together.
At Ninderry, the land is alive… filled with the scent of crushed eucalyptus, the meditative flow of yoga and Qi Gong, the grounding dance of the bodywork… the bursts of laughter, heart felt sharings and hum of story telling weaving through the trees and along the creek.
To the students who showed up with such open hearts, thank you for the dance. 👐✨
I’ve been struck by a profound sense of full circle. It hit me that I’ve been alongside @gwynzenthai in this teaching space for ten years now. There is something deeply moving about returning to the mountain and feeling the weight of a decade’s cycle… the way we’ve evolved, yet remained rooted in the same pulse of the work.
Witnessing new and seasoned leaders emerge in the same place where we have both poured and sparked so much inspiration over the last ten years feels like a completion and a beginning all at once. Master Gwynny .. beloved teacher and trusted friend.. thank you for being such a steadfast companion in this work. It’s a true honor to share the mat, the teachings, and the mountain with you.
Thanks @eingana.natural.therapies and @christine_of_ceylon for gracefully supporting the container 🙇♀️
Thanks @katebmusic for the music 🙌🏽
And @genghis_tuan for the postcard captures 📸
“Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack, a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.”
— Leonard Cohen
When we bring the illumination of our loving awareness to the “cracks” - our broken parts become pathways for growth and wisdom.
like Kintsugi…. mended with gold. The light doesn’t just “get in” through the cracks… it stays there and glows.
Thanks for capturing this snippet of story time by the fire at Ninderry @genghis_tuan 🎥 🔥 ⛰️
5 Zenthai-inspired acupoints for the season of exhaustion and over-stimulation. 🌿
From our Zenthai Shiatsu practice we know that exhaustion isn’t just “tiredness”—it’s a depletion of Qi and often an overloading of the Liver and Kidney meridians. As parents, with teething baby, running a business and travelling a lot, hosting groups for trainings and retreats, we’ve gathered some great simple tools to support our nervous system - especially when the sleep dep is hitting hard 😮💨
Here are 5 points you can use on yourself, and share with your people, to create a little space and support in a weary body:
Slide 2: BUBBLING SPRING
Kidney 1 (Yongquan).
When life is loud and your head is spinning, press the center of your sole. It pulls your energy out of the “clouds” and back into the Earth. 🌏
Slide 3: GREAT SURGE
Liver 3 (Taichong).
*contraindicated in pregnancy*
For the “short fuse” days. This point moves stagnant Qi. If you feel stuck or frustrated, massage this valley between your big and second toe. 🌊
Slide 4: 3 MILE POINT
Stomach 36 (Zusanli).
Your “extra mile” point. When you’re running on empty, this builds your digestive fire and physical vitality. 🔋
Slide 5: INNER PASS
Pericardium 6 (Neiguan).
The nervous system reset. Hold this point on your inner wrist to soften the chest and calm a racing heart. 💓
Behind every flow are many hours of floor work, messy notes, and a whole lot of heart. 🧘♀️✨
Here you’re watching me in fast forward playing around with a flow for my classes this week.
Sequencing is one of my love languages, and lately I’ve been working on a few that feel both grounding and a little bit spicy.
Stoked to be back on the Sunny Coast for a bit!
Classes this week:
TUESDAY 10-1130am Zenthai Flow Yoga at Ninderry
🌿🎋wood element class
THURSDAY 9-10am Zenthai Flow Yoga at @villageyogaandpilatescoolum
⛰️ earth element class
I’d love to see your faces.
Message me if you need details
Join me for yin-yang yoga in the Shed Dojo for the next two Wednesday nights (in Beaconsfield)
🍂 🧘🏽♂️ 💫
630-730pm . $15 . Message me to book in. @yogi_mamarose is away in Bali on retreat, and has arranged for me to look after her classes
Never joined us in the Dojo before? Each class we move through an elemental flow before resting into supported floor based poses.
Expect to move in a way that energises your meridians, massages your body, warms your heart, and prepares you for the best nights sleep 🐨 💤
Zenthai is more than a massage, it’s a holistic bodywork therapy, addressing structural, energetic and emotional imbalances. Through present touch, stretching, and rhythmic movement, it relieves tension, enhances mobility, and supports deep relaxation. Zenthai shiatsu encourages natural healing, leaving you feeling revitalised and aligned.
“When the wind blows, bend and trust your roots to hold”. 🌿 Feels like the winds of change are asking us to adapt and align… Are you feeling it too!? 🐍 🐴 🌬️
Sunny Coast Friends! Join me for Zenthai Flow yoga class at @villageyogaandpilatescoolum 🧘🏽♂️ 9-10am on Thursdays 💫 Can’t wait to flow with you all, it’s been so long!
What even is Zenthai Flow!?
The classes are a fluid vinyasa type yoga movement practice designed to take you on a journey of unifying mind, body, and spirit. Inspired by Chinese medicine 5 element theory, the practice speaks to specific organs of the body and their meridian lines as well as elemental archetypes.
Learn how these energies influence our emotions and interactions with life. Reprogram on the mat and watch it ripple into your reality.
The classes I offer are suitable for all skill levels and modifications will be provided as needed to ensure you get the most from your practice.
I’d love to welcome you into the beautiful space with us.
✌🏽 Sal
📸 first two photos are Sally before babies, last photo is what most of my class planning now looks like… sitting on the bathroom floor with one of my barnacles attached 🤓 so grateful
Sweet memories from past courses… Such a love filled container in the Shed Dojo!
Our 2026 Zenthai Therapist program in VIC commences mid April. Applications are open 🤲🏼
@zenthaishiatsu@gwynzenthai
Almost a decade of sharing this 4 day foundational Zenthai Course 🙌🏽 And I’m in love with the offering more than ever!
Witnessing group after group rise up and deepen their connection through healing touch and courageous hearts… can’t wait to share this one - our first workshop for 2026. Last chance to book your place 🫶🏼
The Zenthai container is about exploring exceptional body work technique, and so much more…
The offering is three-fold..
1. BODYWORK CONTENT
Exploring a 1.5hr bodywork sequence that has evolved from 25 years of evolutionary exploration.
Weaving elements of:
Yoga Asana
Zen Shiatsu (Japan/TCM)
Traditional Thai massage
Osteopathic techniques
2. OPEN-HEARTED COMMUNITY
Tapping into the colours and richness that an open-hearted community can offer when we devote four days of our time to being together.
3. SELF DISCOVERY
The widening of perspective. There is an encouragement to quieten, to question and to grieve the old stories you no longer need. Nothing is as it seems – everything is the way you see it!
Deep bow to zenthai founder, my teacher and dear friend @gwynzenthai “we get to do this!”
Link in our bio will direct you to bookings (unless we are fully booked) 😘
6 years ago we decided to build a space to run Zenthai courses from in VIC. Dad’s shed underwent a huge transformation with the help of @lukewrightmeditation , and Sally’s Dad and brothers. A whole lot of love and intention has been built into that space now known as the “Shed Dojo” 🫶🏼
Look at us in these pics! Yuta and I before birthing our babies, and we looked like babies ourselves!
So grateful to all who have been a part of the Shed Dojo, those who have built and nurtured the space, those who have visited as students, teachers… the love filled memories that are left behind are deeply cherished by us.
We are so looking forward to our 2026 chapter with the Shed Dojo 🥰 Who’s joining us for some magic this year?
A few random captures of moments where I felt truely at home… a moment of realisation that home can be a place, can be found in people, and can be found within ourselves… how many ways can I embody home? With a dog, ..a baby, .. in the middle of Tokyo city, .. whilst teaching a zenthai course, you name it!…
Come embody “home” with me at the next Zenthai level 1 course I’m running in VIC end of Jan! Details linked in bio or message me 🏡 🫶🏼
A recent 5/5 review from one of our clients:
“This was my first zen Thai massage and it was really incredible. My body felt very free and relieved of tension. Yuta knows how to map the body and find where it requires attention. I highly recommend this treatment!“
🙏🏽 thank you for the kind words Sarah! We are so glad to hear your body is feeling better 🧡
Papa Yuta San is available from some beautiful clinic spaces on the Sunny Coast around Eumundi, Coolum and Sunshine Beach.
Message us for details on how to book in 🫶🏼
