Shine Om

Shine Om We specialise in supporting families through the new-sibling transition — one of the most significant and underserved seasons in family life.

Specialist support for families navigating the new sibling transition. 1:1 coaching, family yoga & mindful tools to help your whole family reconnect — with nervous system science and a lot of heart. 🌿 Canberra & online. Shine Om is a conscious parenting and family wellbeing practice founded by Rachel Whytcross — yoga teacher, mindfulness coach, primary school educator, and mum of two — on Ngunnawa

l Country, Canberra. Whether your firstborn is struggling since the baby arrived, or you're preparing for the arrival of your second, Shine Om has the tools, support, and expertise to help your whole family find its feet.

🌟 The Joyful Parenting Project — boutique 1:1 coaching delivered via Telegram

📓 Family Gratitude Journal — a 10-minute daily connection ritual

🎨 Mindful Colouring Book — screen-free calm for you and your big kid

🧘 Family Yoga Classes — in person, Canberra

🎙️ Breathe, Laugh, Parent — The Shine Om Podcast — https://shineom.com.au/podcast

Australia-wide online. In-person in Canberra. Visit shineom.com.au to learn more.

14/06/2026

You’re not calming your child(ren) first.

You’re calming the room by calming you.

And one of the most powerful things you can do before bedtime — especially when a new sibling has arrived — is a pre-bedtime reconnection.

Five to ten minutes.
Before the routine begins.

A simple signal that says:
“You matter. This is your time.”

It might look like:
• A cuddle on the couch
• Two minutes of following their play
• Letting them choose the game

“Should mummy be a dinosaur or a puppy?”

I’m a big fan of timers with toddlers and young kids.
It gives their nervous system a clear start and finish.

And those small moments of connection before separation approaches can completely change the tone of bedtime.

Because regulation grows from connection first.

🎧 Listen to Calming Toddlers at Bedtime After a New Sibling Arrives: A Nervous System–Led Approach

Learn more:
https://shineom.com.au/calming-toddler-bedtime-new-sibling

Also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music & YouTube.
YouTube - https://youtu.be/pRnNl7LRW2g?si=7d208U5dT78raz-i
Spotify- https://open.spotify.com/episode/7B4FfIGIiPVAuC7njPjlaO?si=OTkWEEMERtaTjyuy95f09Q

13/06/2026

Intuition Is Bliss—But Here’s the Real Challenge.

Tapping into intuition?
Magic.

The downloads.
The clarity.
The knowing that bypasses logic.

It’s expansive.
It’s mind-blowing.
It feels almost otherworldly.

But here’s the part we don’t romanticise enough:

The human challenge isn’t receiving the idea.
It’s executing it.

As Bree shared so honestly — the work isn’t accessing intuition.
It’s sitting down and doing the work.

Because you can live in intuition.
You can live in meditation.
You can float in inspiration.

But creation asks for discipline.

It asks for embodiment.
For structure.
For action.

As Steven Pressfield would say: sit down and do the work.
And as Elizabeth Gilbert reminds us in Big Magic — ideas visit, but they require partnership.

Intuition is bliss.
Ex*****on is devotion.

🎧 Listen to Living Authentically & Creating Without Apology: A Heartled Conversation with Bree Wi******er here:
https://youtu.be/4zNuxrHuJ9c?si=8Xm3PklZ2yI5XMlK

Learn more:
https://shineom.com.au/podcast

Gratitude becomes powerful when it’s shared.When children see parents pause to notice the good.When siblings listen to e...
12/06/2026

Gratitude becomes powerful when it’s shared.

When children see parents pause to notice the good.
When siblings listen to each other’s reflections.
When families create a small daily ritual of appreciation together.

The Family Gratitude Journal was designed to make that ritual simple.

Just 10 minutes a day invites your family to slow down, connect, and end the day with calm and kindness.

Inside you’ll find gentle prompts that help families:
✨ Reflect on their day together
✨ Build emotional awareness and empathy
✨ Strengthen family connection
✨ Create a meaningful evening rhythm

It’s not about perfect answers.
It’s about creating space for conversation, reflection and connection.

Over time, these small moments become a beautiful story of your family’s journey together.

Explore the Family Gratitude Journal here:
https://shineom.com.au/shop/books/family-gratitude-journal/

11/06/2026

Play is not extra for children.

It’s

When children roar like lions, wobble in tree pose, giggle through yoga games, or proudly lead the class with their own ideas, they’re not “just playing.”

They’re:
✨ Learning body awareness
✨ Building confidence
✨ Regulating their nervous systems
✨ Practising connection and co-regulation

One of my favourite things about Family Yoga is watching children come alive when they realise their ideas matter.

A lion pose becomes a jungle adventure.
A balance pose becomes a challenge.
A simple breath becomes a tool they can use long after class ends.

And the grown-ups get something too.

A chance to slow down.
To connect.
To enjoy their children instead of managing them.

July class is coming up and we’d love to welcome your family.

Come move, breathe, play and reconnect with us.

Because sometimes the most important work children do looks a lot like fun. 💜

Comment Family Yoga and I’ll send you the link to our next class.

Thank you to .smart .au for putting this footage together when I was pregnant with my littlest love 🤰

You might think you need more discipline.More motivation.More coffee.More resilience.But what if what you actually need…...
10/06/2026

You might think you need more discipline.

More motivation.
More coffee.
More resilience.

But what if what you actually need… is rest?

These signs are often misunderstood, yet they’re some of the clearest ways your nervous system asks for support:

✨ Snapping quicker than usual
✨ Feeling touched out
✨ Doom scrolling late into the night
✨ Exhausted but unable to switch off
✨ Constant overstimulation

These aren’t character flaws.

They’re signals.

Signals that your body has been carrying more than it was designed to hold alone.

For so many mums, rest feels like something we have to earn.

But nervous system regulation doesn’t happen through pushing harder.

It happens when we create space to soften.

This is exactly why I created Yin Yoga for the Nervous System.

A space to exhale.
A space to be held.
A space to reconnect with yourself beneath the noise.

If these signs feel familiar, your nervous system may already be asking for a different approach. 🌿

09/06/2026

Mums are expected to regulate everyone…

The toddler with the big feelings.
The baby who won’t sleep.
The partner who’s had a hard day.

And somehow, we’re expected to hold it all together while quietly running on empty ourselves.

No wonder so many mothers feel exhausted, overwhelmed, and disconnected from their own needs.

This is why I created this Yin Yoga experience.

Not as another thing to do.
Not as another item on your self-care checklist.

But as a space to exhale.

A space to soften the tension you’ve been carrying.
To regulate your nervous system.
To reconnect with yourself beneath all the roles you hold.

Because the truth is:
You deserve support too.

🌿 4 spots remain.

If your body has been asking you to slow down…
If your nervous system is craving rest…
This is your invitation.

Come and let yourself be held for a change.

DM me and I’ll send you the booking link.

08/06/2026

When your child is having big feelings… do you ever feel yours rising, too?

Those moments where everything feels heightened — their emotions, your response, the whole energy of the room.

You don’t need to fix it.
You just need to be with it, be in the mud with them and help them regulate through co-regulation.
You need something to steady it.

When your little one has grounded a bit, try this:

Box breathing.

Inhale for 4
Hold for 4
Exhale for 4
Hold for 4

Draw an imaginary box with your finger as you breathe.

Simple. Visual. Grounding.

I even use this with my toddler when she’s overwhelmed — we slow down together, breath by breath.

Because regulation doesn’t come from control.
It comes from shared rhythm.

🎧 Watch on YouTube here:
https://youtu.be/l8DgJjCPZeg?si=E7ZywdJIhsmT2G1x

📖 Read more about how your breath and nervous system can support your parenting here:
https://shineom.com.au/shineom-com-au-blog-breathwork-for-parents

One breath at a time.

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