Dear Evolvers,
There is something powerful about pausing long enough to ask better questions.
Not “What should I fix?”
Not “What am I doing wrong?”
Not “What am I doing wrong?”
But simply:
Do I truly understand myself?
Do I truly understand myself?
March at Keep Evolving is centred on education in its truest sense. Not accumulating more information, but strengthening awareness. Understanding how you think. How you respond. How your body functions. How your habits form.
When insight deepens, change becomes gentler. More precise. More sustainable.
Let’s begin with a conversation.
When insight deepens, change becomes gentler. More precise. More sustainable.
Let’s begin with a conversation.
Facebook Live: Enneagram 101
13 March | Midday
This month I am going live with the elegant and eloquent Marlain Polovin to explore The Enneagram, a personality framework that helps us better understand ourselves and those around us.
Marlain is the Organisational Development Executive at Core Group and runs her own consulting practice in executive and leadership development. With a background in Counselling Psychology and as a certified End-of-Life and Grief Coach, she brings depth and humanity to personal development work.
What is the Enneagram?
The Enneagram describes nine personality types.
Each type has its own:
• Core motivations
• Ways of relating
• Inner critic
• Defence mechanisms
• Stress patterns and growth paths
• Ways of relating
• Inner critic
• Defence mechanisms
• Stress patterns and growth paths
When you understand your type, patterns that once felt confusing begin to make sense. Growth becomes less reactive and more intentional.
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DNA testing: Education at a biological level
If personality reveals how you think, genetics reveals how you function.
DNA testing provides insight into how your body responds to:
• Nutrition
• Exercise
• Inflammation and detoxification
• Hormone metabolism
• Stress resilience
• Exercise
• Inflammation and detoxification
• Hormone metabolism
• Stress resilience
It does not define you. It informs you.
When you understand your biological tendencies, health becomes less about trial and error and more about alignment. Nutrition can be tailored. Exercise can be structured more intelligently. Hormonal shifts can be supported proactively.
In South Africa, several reputable companies offer nutrigenetic and pharmacogenomic testing. The aim is not complexity. The aim is clarity.
If you would like to explore DNA-informed wellness in more detail, click here to book a time with me.
In the studio: Movement as self-study
At Mind Body Evolve Studio, education is embodied.
Movement is an honest teacher. It reveals tension, imbalance, strength and resilience in
real time.
real time.
We are pleased to be expanding our timetable with the addition of:
Tai Chi with Lisa
Tai Chi is a slow, intentional movement practice rooted in balance, breath and internal awareness. It supports joint mobility, nervous system regulation and mental clarity.
Lisa brings a calm and considered teaching style, helping students experience steadiness without force and strength without tension.
Alongside Tai Chi, our studio continues to offer:
• Yoga
• Pilates
• Functional training
• Semi-private strength sessions
• Small group classes
• Pilates
• Functional training
• Semi-private strength sessions
• Small group classes
Each class is an opportunity to learn something about your body, your breath, and your patterns.
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Pairing up: In-studio event
Join Caryn Katz, Voice and Presence Coach and a seasoned Alexander Technique teacher, and myself for an afternoon of movement, relaxation and connection.
In collaboration with Belefit.co.za, each participant receives premium yoga socks valued at R350.
Limited to 5 pairs
10 spots in total
R600 per person
10 spots in total
R600 per person
A reset for the body.
A shared experience.
A simple way to reconnect.
A shared experience.
A simple way to reconnect.
If this feels like something you and a friend would enjoy, we would love to welcome you.
Email us to find out more.
Email us to find out more.
Education spotlight: Mindfulness course (online)
Awareness deepens with practice.
Our Mindfulness Course focuses on:
• Awareness of thought patterns
• Nervous system regulation
• Emotional resilience
• Practical daily tools for presence
• Nervous system regulation
• Emotional resilience
• Practical daily tools for presence
Mindfulness creates space between stimulus and response. In that space lies choice.
The course is available fully online and forms part of our Keep Evolving Signature Courses.
For March intake details and registration, please contact Mark Joseph directly at:
mark@stillmind.co.za
mark@stillmind.co.za
All registrations for this course are handled independently by Mark.
Purchase courses here.
Closing Reflection
Personality shapes behaviour.
Genetics influence physiology.
Movement reveals patterns.
Mindfulness cultivates awareness.
Genetics influence physiology.
Movement reveals patterns.
Mindfulness cultivates awareness.
Education gives you clarity.
Clarity gives you choice.
Clarity gives you choice.
This March, allow yourself to understand more — not to judge, but to align.
Keep evolving,
Hayley Alexander
Wellpreneur | Yoga Instructor
Keep Evolving & Mind Body Evolve Studio
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