Into the Subtle: A Journey of Healing

Six months ago, my body began speaking to me in a new way, signally a shift into perimenopause.

I started bleeding heavily during my menstrual cycle—going through a pad an hour for several days, with my period stretching out to anywhere from 8 to 14 days. It felt relentless. I could barely recover before the next cycle began. My energy dropped lower and lower, until it all came to a head this past March in a wave of extreme fatigue. It honestly felt like the life was being drained out of me.

Over the six months I tried detoxing, which helped with alleviate many symptoms, but didn’t touch the bleeding. I began to wonder: Is this just how things are now? But the exhaustion this MArch made it clear that something needed to change.

Naturally, my mind jumped to worst-case scenarios. I spiraled into fear, researching every possibility with growing panic—worrying about things like uterine cancer. It wasn’t until I’d gone to the doctor, done blood tests, and begun to slowly regain some strength that I was grounded enough to turn inward and really listen.

Reading intuitively for others has a natural flow, it is easy for me to be objective and emotionally detached. But when it comes to ourselves, it’s much harder—our emotional attachment can cloud the clarity. Once I was able to drop in, I sensed the issue wasn’t as dire as I had feared. My intuition pointed to a hormonal imbalance: too much estrogen and not enough progesterone, which can cause excessive bleeding. Not one of the more dramatic outcomes I had been fearing.

I returned to the tools I’d learned years ago in a Quantum Energy Healing training with Cyndi Dale—techniques I’ve used regularly with clients and in my own practice. I gave myself a healing session to begin restoring balance at the energetic level. Alongside that, I researched natural ways to support progesterone and started using wild yam cream, a gentle, non-medicated option.

Ten days before my next cycle, I did the energy healing. Eight days before, I began the cream. To my surprise and relief, that period turned out to be the mildest I’d had in years—with only a fraction of the blood loss I’d experienced over the previous six months. The shift was dramatic. I felt more like myself again, and I was deeply grateful not to return to the state of depletion I’d been in.

Can I say it was the healing? The cream? Both? I don’t know. But what I do know is how powerful it is to have access to tools that reconnect me to the body’s wisdom and offer a pathway through uncertainty with gentleness and grace.

During this time I had been in a period of reflection and quiet transformation behind the scenes as mu work had been shifting and I felt a need to let go of Wholistic Healing Energy Medicine as it evolved into a new expression: The Subtle Way. This change is more than just a new name. It reflects a deeper alignment in my work—a merging of Energy Medicine and Yoga, and a heartfelt commitment to the quiet, powerful shifts created through subtle energy.

I had been uncertain of when to launch, putting it off until I had made inroads into this health issue that had been depleting my energy. With that dramatic shift the timing of the transition felt potent, letting go of the old name on the Libra Full Moon, just as Venus began moving direct. As a Libra, ruled by Venus, it felt like a beautiful synchronicity. A moment of harmony, beauty, and clarity. The perfect time to let go and begin again.

The Subtle Way is a space for self-discovery, healing, and transformation. Through Subtle Energy Yoga and Subtle Energy Healing, we explore the layers beyond the physical—supporting emotional wellbeing, mental clarity, energetic flow, and spiritual connection. It’s about working gently but deeply, honouring the body’s intelligence and our capacity to heal on every level.

I’ll continue offering Energy Healing Sessions on a Gift / Dāna / Koha basis, as a way to honour accessibility and reciprocity. Other offerings will now be available at set prices as I integrate subtle energy techniques into yoga practices. For those of you outside of Auckland, I’m working on an online offering that I hope to share soon—something I’m really excited about.

Transitions always come with their own timing and rhythm, and I’m still weaving everything together behind the scenes. Thank you for your patience, and please don’t hesitate to reach out if you notice anything that needs attention.

I’m incredibly grateful to be stepping into this new chapter, and to be able to share it with you. These practices continue to teach me, support me, and open me to deeper trust in life’s quiet intelligence. It’s moments like these—where personal healing and professional evolution meet—that remind me why I do this work, and why I feel so passionate about sharing it.

With love on your journey,

Anna 💫