There is a version of wellness that is entirely about the physical.
Calories in, calories out. Macros hit, workouts done. Measurements taken, progress tracked.
It is a version I understand well, because I spent years in it.
And I can tell you with absolute certainty: it is not enough.
Not because the physical doesn’t matter, it does, deeply, and it is central to everything we do inside the Strong Calm Lean Method.
But because a woman is not a collection of metrics.
She is a body and a mind and a spirit and a story and a set of relationships and a sense of meaning and a connection to something larger than herself.
And when any of those dimensions is ignored, the whole system feels it.
This is the wisdom of the Crown Chakra.
And it is, perhaps, the most important piece of this entire series.
The Crown Chakra: SAHASRARA
In yogic tradition, the Crown Chakra (Sahasrara) sits at the very top of the head, the point at which individual consciousness meets universal consciousness.
Its name means “thousand-petalled” – a reference to the lotus flower that blooms fully only when every other chakra below it is open and flowing.
Which is why we saved it for last.
Sahasrara governs:
- Connection to something greater than the self – whether that is God, Source, universal energy, nature or simply a sense of deep meaning and purpose
- Spiritual awareness and the experience of transcendence
- The integration of body, mind and spirit as a unified whole
- Surrender – the capacity to release the need for control and trust the process
- Pure presence – the ability to simply be, rather than always do
- A sense of belonging to something beyond the personal
When balanced, a woman experiences:
- A quiet, unshakeable sense of peace that doesn’t depend on circumstances
- Connection to a sense of purpose larger than her daily tasks
- The ability to surrender outcomes without anxiety
- Deep presence – fully inhabiting her life rather than rushing through it
- A felt sense that she is held, supported, even in difficulty
- An ease in the body that comes not from effort but from alignment
When depleted or blocked:
- Life feels mechanical and purposeless, going through the motions
- A chronic sense of disconnection from herself, from others, from meaning
- Cynicism or spiritual apathy – the sense that nothing really matters
- An inability to rest or surrender, constant grasping and controlling
- Feeling profoundly alone even when surrounded by people
- Health becomes another thing to manage rather than a way of feeling alive
The Chakra Journey: Looking Back From The Crown
Before we go further, I want to pause and acknowledge how far we’ve travelled together in this series.
We began at the Root – with safety, groundedness and the body’s need to feel secure enough to heal.
We moved to the Sacral – where we explored pleasure, desire and the hormonal changes that quietly steal a woman’s spark.
At the Solar Plexus we talked about willpower and the extraordinary women who give everything to others while leaving nothing for themselves.
The Heart asked us to consider worthiness – and whether we truly believe we deserve the transformation we’re seeking.
The Throat invited us to look honestly at what we swallow instead of saying, and the coping patterns that emerge when feelings have nowhere to go.
The Third Eye asked us to examine the lens through which we see ourselves, and whether the story we’re telling about ageing and possibility is actually true.
And now the Crown.
Which asks simply: is your life, in all its fullness, connected to something that matters to you?
Because sustainable health, the kind that lasts, that feels like freedom rather than effort, that is woven into who you are rather than bolted onto your schedule, requires that answer to be yes.
What The Research Shows
For a long time, the connection between spirituality and health was considered too soft, too personal and too difficult to measure to be taken seriously by mainstream research.
That has changed.
The evidence is now substantial, peer-reviewed and, frankly, striking.
A Gallup analysis of World Poll data collected over ten years across 152 countries — encompassing interviews with approximately 1.5 million people — found a strong and consistent association between spirituality and wellbeing across cultures, religions and demographics.
A comprehensive review of peer-reviewed research spanning more than a century of published studies found that people with stronger spiritual or faith commitments consistently showed better outcomes across mental health, physical health, quality of life and coping capacity.
Studies published in peer-reviewed journals demonstrate that spirituality is positively associated with happiness, life satisfaction, resilience and the ability to recover from illness — while being associated with lower rates of depression, anxiety and harmful coping behaviours.
Notably, researchers clarify that these benefits are not confined to religious practice. Spirituality — defined as a personal connection to meaning, purpose and something beyond the individual self — shows protective effects regardless of formal religious affiliation.
To be clear: this research does not tell us anything about the existence of God or universal energy or Source.
That is a matter of personal faith and entirely your own.
What it does tell us is that the human experience of feeling connected to something greater than ourselves whatever form that takes, is profoundly protective. ,
It reduces stress. It builds resilience. It improves health outcomes. It makes life feel more meaningful and more manageable.
It is, in other words, not a luxury.
It is medicine.
This Is Why Health Is Holistic
I have worked with women who have done everything “right” by conventional wellness standards.
Perfect macros. Consistent training. Good sleep hygiene. Supplements in the right order at the right times.
And still something feels missing.
The body responds, but not fully. The energy improves, but not completely. The results come, but don’t quite satisfy.
In my experience, what is often missing is this dimension.
The sense of meaning. The connection to something larger. The practice of presence and surrender that the Crown Chakra represents.
Real, lasting health is not achieved in the body alone.
It is achieved in the whole person.
When a woman feels grounded in her body, nourished, strong, hormonally balanced, and she also feels connected to her emotions, her voice, her worth, her inner vision and her sense of something larger than herself — that is when health stops being a project.
And becomes a way of living.
Signs Your Crown Chakra Needs Attention
- A pervasive sense of purposelessness – going through the motions without knowing why
- Spiritual dryness – feeling cut off from any sense of meaning, faith or transcendence
- Chronic disconnection – from yourself, your body, your relationships and your life
- An inability to rest – always doing, planning, managing, controlling, never simply being
- Health as punishment or performance – exercising and eating well from fear or obligation rather than love
- Feeling profoundly alone – even when your life is full of people
- Difficulty with surrender – needing to know the outcome before you can begin
- A nagging sense that something is missing – even when everything looks fine from the outside
The Strong Calm Lean Method And The Crown
When I designed the Strong Calm Lean Method, I made a decision that some people find surprising.
I included twenty self-care videos.
Not as extras. Not as a bonus for women who have time.
As core program content.
Because I have never seen a woman truly transform sustainably, joyfully, in a way that lasts beyond the program and into her real life, through nutrition and training alone.
The self-care practices inside the program include:
- Yoga sequences designed for the female body and the hormonal fluctuations of midlife
- Meditation practices from simple breath-based techniques to more structured mindfulness
- Pranayama – breathwork that directly regulates the nervous system, lowers cortisol and shifts the body out of fight-or-flight
These are not soft additions.
Yoga has been shown in clinical research to reduce cortisol, improve insulin sensitivity, support hormonal balance and decrease inflammatory markers — all of which are central to the physical results the program delivers.
Meditation and pranayama activate the parasympathetic nervous system — the rest-and-digest state in which the body can actually absorb nutrients, build muscle, regulate hormones and heal.
And collectively, these practices do something else.
They create space.
Space for the woman inside the program to reconnect with herself. To hear what her body is actually saying. To access the sense of something larger, however she defines it, that makes the whole endeavour feel meaningful rather than mechanical.
This is Crown Chakra work.
And it is what separates a wellness program from a wellness practice.
The Destination: Ease
If I had to distil what the Strong Calm Lean Method is truly working towards, beneath the macros and the training splits and the cortisol protocols, it would be this word.
Ease.
Not complacency. Not giving up.
Ease. The felt sense of moving through your health, your body and your life without constant effort, resistance or self-criticism.
A woman who has done this work, who has healed her gut, balanced her hormones, built genuine strength, shifted the subconscious beliefs, learned to express rather than suppress, cleared the distorted perceptions and connected to something that gives her life meaning, moves differently in the world.
She eats differently. Not because she’s tracking. Because she knows what her body needs and she trusts it.
She trains differently. Not from punishment. From genuine love of what her body can do.
She rests without guilt. She asks for what she needs. She sees herself clearly. She believes change is possible.
She is grounded in her body, open in her heart, clear in her vision and connected, to herself, to others, to something larger.
Root to Crown.
That is the journey.
And it is available to you.
Practices To Open And Balance The Crown Chakra
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Stillness — deliberately chosen
Not the stillness of exhaustion. The stillness of intention.
Five minutes each morning before the phone, before the noise, before the demands begin.
Sit. Breathe. Simply be.
This is harder than it sounds for most women. The discomfort that arises in stillness is information. Stay with it.
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A practice of gratitude and presence
Research on gratitude practices is robust and consistent, regular gratitude journalling has been shown to increase subjective happiness, improve sleep and reduce inflammatory markers.
But beyond the neuroscience, gratitude is a Crown Chakra practice because it orients attention toward what is already whole rather than what is still broken.
Each evening, three things. Specific. Felt. Real.
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Spend time in nature with intention
The Crown Chakra is associated with the element of thought and the cosmos, with the sense of being part of something vast.
There is no faster path to that feeling than standing under an open sky, in a forest, beside the ocean, and letting it remind you of your scale.
Not small. Held.
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Savasana – practisedas surrender, not rest
The final pose of every yoga practice is often treated as a reward or an afterthought.
It is neither.
Savasana is the practice of conscious surrender. Of releasing the body completely and allowing integration to happen without effort.
It is, in miniature, what the Crown Chakra asks of us at every level.
Let go. Trust. Receive.
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Connect to your own definition of something greater
This is entirely personal and entirely yours.
For some women it is God or a specific faith tradition. For others it is the universe, nature, Source or simply a felt sense of being part of something larger than the self.
Whatever it is for you, tend to it. Nurture it. Give it space in your life.
The research is clear: that connection is not incidental to your health.
It is foundational to it.
Journalling prompt
When do I feel most connected, to myself, to others, to something larger than my daily life? What would it look like to cultivate more of that?
A FINAL WORD
We began this series talking about safety and groundedness.
We end it talking about wholeness and connection.
And perhaps that is the truest definition of health I know.
Not the absence of symptoms.
Not a particular number on the scale.
Not a performance standard or a before-and-after photograph.
But a woman who feels safe in her body, alive in her senses, worthy of love, free to speak her truth, clear in her vision, and held by something that gives her life meaning.
That woman is well.
Completely, gloriously, sustainably well.
And she is who I have in mind every single day when I show up for this work.
If this series has stirred something in you , a recognition, a longing, a quiet sense that you are ready for something more than you’ve been settling for, I would love to talk.
In your complimentary 30-minute Roadmap Call, we’ll look at exactly what’s happening in your body, identify what’s been holding you back, and map out the most effective path forward for you.
And if I feel I can support your goals, I’ll share some options for working with me inside the Strong Calm Lean Method.
You’ve given so much of yourself to others. It’s time to give a little back to yourself.
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