Each month, we’ll tend to
a different aspect of your physical, psychological, emotional or spiritual well-being.
Welcome to the Mind Fitness Gym!
When was the last time you strengthened your mind?
I’m not talking about Sudoku, Wordle, or brain games.
I’m talking about training your mind the way you train your body—with consistent movement, intentional rest, and real nourishment.
Just like physical health, your mental and emotional systems need ongoing care to recover from stress, build flexibility, and stay grounded in everyday life.
We draw on Te Whare Tapa Whā and Lifestyle Medicine, which show that true wellbeing rests on four interconnected foundations:
🏃♀️ Physical health
🧠 Psychological and emotional well-being
🤝 Relational connection
🧘♀️ Spiritual meaning and identity
But in burnout, those foundations often start to crack.
That’s where the SOAR Self-Care Battery™ comes in.
This polyvagal-informed framework helps you map what drains your energy—externally, internally, and relationally—so you can stop overriding and start recharging.
From there, we move into S.A.V.O.U.R.—the recharge phase. It’s grounded in positive neuroplasticity, Te Whare Tapa Whā, and Lifestyle Medicine, helping you gently rewire your brain and shift your habits to truly support your system.
Together, these tools help you regulate your nervous system, rewire your brain, and reconnect with what matters most.
And we don’t rush it.
Over a year, you’ll take a MindFitness journey through each of the four foundations—month by month, at the pace of your nervous system.
Your 12-Month Recharge Cycle
Each month, the MindFitness Gym supports a different layer of nervous system care and whole-being recovery, gently rebuilding your energy across the four pillars of well-being.
Month 1: System Check
Overview of SOAR & S.A.V.O.U.R.
Start with a big-picture view. Learn how the SOAR Self-Care Battery™ identifies energy drains and how the S.A.V.O.U.R. framework supports nervous system recharging and whole-being renewal.
Month 2: Plug In – Stop & Observe
Reconnect with your body’s signals. Through gentle, nonjudgmental awareness, begin noticing where energy leaks are happening—externally, internally, and relationally.
Month 3: Power Save Mode – Soften, Soothe, Allow
Practice compassionate emotional regulation and slow down your system with softening and soothing tools to reduce overload.
Month 4: Quick Charge – Recharge & Rewire
Deepen into S.A.V.O.U.R., supported by positive neuroplasticity, Te Whare Tapa Whā, and Lifestyle Medicine, to begin meaningful recovery and renewal.
Month 5: Leak Detection Mode – Yin Self-Compassion
Explore internal drains like overgiving, people-pleasing, and inner critics, and start meeting those parts with softness and care.
Month 6: Boundaries Installed – Yang Compassion & Motivation
Build protective boundaries rooted in values. Reclaim your energy and motivation without guilt or pressure.
Month 7: Joy Reboot – Joy Rewired
Rediscover lightness. This month invites awe, gratitude, and practices that reconnect you with emotional pleasure and joy.
Month 8: Tone Up – Vagal Toning
Support your vagus nerve and nervous system with breath, sound, and gentle movement—tools for deeper, embodied regulation.
Month 9: Value Voltage – Meaning & Purpose
Reconnect with your values and identity using ACT-based practices that give you direction, clarity, and inner alignment.
Month 10: Co-Regulation Circuit – United in Connection
Build safe, supportive relationships. Learn how co-regulation, mirror neurons, and emotional presence support healing in connection.
Month 11: Night Mode – Rest & Sleep Reset
Down-regulate your system. Focus on restful rhythms, sleep hygiene, and the deep nourishment that comes with true rest.
Month 12: Fuel Up & Daily OS Upgrade – Nourishment & Integration
Close the year by weaving it all together. Focus on intuitive nourishment and sensory satisfaction, and use habit stacking to embed your new nervous system practices into everyday life—for long-term care and energy.
💛 Who This Is For
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Professionals navigating burnout, stress, or emotional fatigue
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Neurodivergent people seeking gentler, non-performative self-care
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Health, education, and care sector workers ready to recover with support
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Anyone wanting to stop overriding their needs—and start living in alignment
Psychological Walls
For the Psychological Wall, we explore stress and burnout and learn how to manage both with mindfulness, self-compassion, gratitude and grit.
Physical Walls
Our focus for the Physical Wall includes diet, nutrition, sleep and exercise.
Social Walls
The Social Wall looks at how we can communicate more effectively and set compassionate boundaries for ourselves and others.
Spiritual Walls
For the Spiritual Wall, we explore what nourishes your soul and brings meaning and purpose into your life.
12 month
Here’s what you’ll get each month inside
The Mind Fitness Gym:
A monthly Mind Fitness Coaching Session to explore the month’s nervous system theme with practical tools, lifestyle strategies, and guided practice. Can’t make it live? Recordings are always available.
A monthly mini-course introducing the theme, plus simple micropractices to explore throughout the month.
Access to an extensive library of on-demand Mind Fitness Yin Yoga Courses, for soothing movement and relaxation. These courses also teach the SOAR Self Care battery system of micro self-care practices on the mat, so you can take them off the mat and into everyday life.
Access to an extensive library of Mind Fitness guided meditations. Whether you have five minutes or 40 minutes, there’s a meditation to suit.
Access to past Mind Fitness Gym coaching calls and challenges.
All for less than the price of a single yoga class.
Your membership of
The Mind Fitness Gym costs just NZD $15 a week and you can cancel at any time!
- Best Value
The Mind Fitness Gym
29$Every month14 day free trial- Monthly Mind Fitness Mini-Courses/Challenges
- Unlimited Access to On-Demand Mind Fit Yin Yoga Courses
- Unlimited Access to In-Person and Online yin Yoga
- Unlimited access to The Self-Compassion Starter Kit
- Unlimited access to a Library of Mind Fitness Meditations
Self-Compassion Starter Kit
0$Meditations used in the Mindful Self-Compassion courseFree Plan- Self Compassion Starter Kit
The Mind Fitness Gym is the only gym that embeds holistic self-care into your daily routine so you can manage stress and prevent burnout.
Membership is designed for anyone juggling multiple caregiving roles. Whether you’re a busy professional, a busy mum, a busy caregiver, or all three, the Mind Fitness Gym will help you manage stress,avoid burnout, reconnect with your passion and purpose, and live a more joyful, contented and connected life.
If you’re a medical practitioner, the Mind Fitness Gym is a brilliant tool to share with your patients.
You can help them manage stress and prevent burnout, as well as improve their overall mental health.
The Royal Australian College of Psychiatrists recently recommended that lifestyle factors be the first line of treatment for some mental disorders like mild to moderate anxiety and depression.
It’s no secret that the mental health system is under-resourced, with huge backlogs and long waiting lists for treatment.
The Mind Fitness Gym offers practical, affordable and evidence-based tools patients can use to care for their mental well-being while they wait. It was developed and is hosted by a psychiatrist with extensive clinical experience and knowledge of mindfulness therapies.
Who knows, it might turn out to be just what your patients need? At only $15 a week, why not try it yourself and see?
"...helped me stay on solid ground...
"At a time my practice was struggling with multiple people burning out in succession, The Stress Reset helped me stay on solid ground, reminding me in a kind and gentle way to keep my own NorthStar front and centre. Many thanks."
Your wellbeing, at your pace, in the Mind Fitness Gym
The Mind Fitness Gym has everything you need to create your own Mind Fitness Plan for stress management.
There’s no need to show up for every class or tick off all the assignments. You can move back and forth between modules at a pace that suits you.
So why not give it a go?
A whole new view of life awaits. Come on in.