25/08/2026
🍷 Congratulations Theoni! 🍷
When Theoni Tsiaousis first reached out to the Chi Train - Move • Refuel • Love , she was carrying something a lot of people carry silently: the fear of not being enough, of always being behind. She’d tried other programs before and always felt the same thing, that everyone else seemed further ahead. As she puts it, “Everyone always seemed so far ahead of where I was. It made me feel like I wasn’t worthy.”
What changed everything was a simple idea Kris shared with her early on: at CHI, you do you, at your own pace, with movements modified to meet you where you are. Nine months later, that idea has become her reality. “Chi has given me a place where I don’t feel judged for where I am. I feel supported to work at my own pace and encouraged to keep moving forward.”
Through vertigo episodes and early alarms at 5:45am, through freezing mornings at Light Square and the drive straight to work in Marion after, Theoni kept showing up. “Movement is medicine” is a phrase that’s stayed with her ever since. Some days felt impossible, by her own admission, but the support around her carried her through. “I am learning that resilience isn’t just surviving difficult things. It is also about choosing myself, showing up, trying something new, and discovering that I am stronger than I thought I was.”
What keeps her here is the community. “Nobody expects to be perfect. Nobody wants ‘sorry.’ You don’t have to have it all together.” She simply describes it as being encouraged to show up, give what she can, and keep growing. “Chi is so much more than exercise. It resonates with me because it’s about mindset, setting goals, resilience, connection, and becoming the best version of myself.”
It means so much to her that she’d want the same for her own son. “I would love him to experience the sense of community and belonging that CHI has given me... surround yourself with people who want to see you become the best version of yourself. That’s what I want for my son.”
Theoni, huge congratulations on your Harts Award thanks to Hart of the Barossa . So well earned. 🙌
25/08/2026