Age Rowse

I did something this week I’ve wanted to do for a long time.

I recorded my first meditation and released it on Insight Timer.

It’s called ‘Permission To Rest’.
It’s a gentle 10-minute pause for anyone who’s been carrying too much for too long.

If you’d like to listen, here’s the link:
👉 https://insighttimer.com/AgeRowse/guided-meditations/permission-to-rest-for-people-who-carry-too-much

If you’ve been part of my journey or my work in any way, creating a free insight timer profile (which takes about 30 seconds) and leaving a review makes a huge difference. It’s one of the simplest ways to support my work and to help it find its way to the people who need it.

Thanks for being part of this new little venture with me. I have more meditations and some other projects coming soon.

P.S. If you’re new to Insight Timer, it’s a free meditation app with a really warm community. They have loads of excellent free content (teaching, meditations and live yoga classes). Some teachers offer paid content, but I’m keeping my meditations free so anyone can access them. I’ve personally found it super helpful in my journey the last few years.

A new coaching cohort begins 🪷

Nonprofit leaders who spend their days combatting trafficking and exploitation - showing up, again and again, with courage and heart.

It’s such a privilege to walk beside them — helping them build rhythms of rest, renewal, and sustainable leadership.

In the past week alone, I’ve met with clients in Cambodia, Indonesia, and two different parts of India - a small glimpse of how far this work is already reaching, and how deeply shared the need is to stay grounded in the midst of all that life brings us.

Like the lotus, these leaders rise — steady, rooted, and beautiful even in the muddy, messy seasons 🪷

Ever feel like there are multiple versions of you running the show?
The perfectionist. The procrastinator. The inner critic. The one who just wants a nap…

That’s not weird—it’s actually totally normal. And it’s what Internal Family Systems (IFS) is all about.

This September + October, I’m offering a handful of IFS coaching spots - either weekly (6–10 sessions) or as two half-day deep dives. If you’ve been wanting to understand yourself on a deeper level, this is your invite. 💌

IFS helps you:
✨ Make sense of your inner world
✨ Quiet the mental chaos
✨ Meet all your parts with more compassion
✨ Feel more grounded and whole

I’d love to guide you through it. Message me if you’re curious or want to talk details. Let’s explore this together 🌀

I’ve seen too many passionate, committed people burn out.
I was one of them.

In the thick of it, I couldn’t see how close I was to the edge.

It took years to recover — and I learned something I wish I’d known sooner:
We don’t have to wait for the crash to change course.

What’s one change you’ve made that’s helped you step back from the edge?

Moments of powerful, intimate and vulnerable connection are available to us when we open our hands and hearts to those around us (human, animal, and the earth itself).

Divine wisdom bubbles to the surface when we become still, truly see and acknowledge the ‘other’ in our midst and seek to understand their experience.

Was such a joy to share a moment with ‘Chompuu’ yesterday. Something deep and calming resonated in me as I placed my hands on this magnificent creature’s worn and leathery skin and we shared the same oxygen for a few breaths.

Looking forward to more of these moments of connection in the coming days with my human friends (old and soon-to-be) 2025 this week.

Apologies for the orange pants - this is not an indication of my fashion sense or lack thereof - this is the outfit I was given to wear but it certainly added to the cookout of the day! I will not be quite so colourful at conference this week! 🤭🤣

Thanks .raj for sharing this elephant experience with me. I’m thankful for the moments of divine connection and friendship we have shared in this last 12 months.

It was such a privilege to complete Level 1 IFS (Internal Family Systems) training over the last few months with Korea Psychology. I love the inclusive, integrative, transformative approach of IFS and I am far more healed, whole and integrated as a result of using it in my own life.

I have space for a couple of new clients who are interested in exploring their ‘parts’. Through Sept/Oct I’m offering multiple IFS sessions at a ‘pay what you think it’s worth’ rate. Sessions will be online.

Whats IFS about?
In a nutshell it’s about the multiple parts of ourselves we all have that impact our behaviour and theway we experience life. Think of your inner critic or your inner perfectionist or a part that pushes you towards binging food/netflix/porn/drugs/alcohol when you feel lonely or disconnected.

IFS helps us work with our parts so that they’re working for us instead of against us, like when a real family learns to pull together despite having different of opinions, beliefs, skills or ways of navigating life.

Check a longer post on my personal FB Page to learn more or check out this clip: https://tinyurl.com/IFS-Explained or watch the inside out Pixar movies 😁

Send a private message if you’re interested in getting some IFS session at a discounted rate.

May you and your parts have a great day!

Age

Take a moment to breathe.
You and everyone else around you will be better for it.

Finishing in my role at Pingpongathon in mid-2022 after 11 years of pioneering and leading the movement was so much easier knowing that I was handing the keys to The Pong bus to David G.

David, it’s been a great privilege to coach you (and be your friend) these last 18 months and to see the way you’re shaping The Pong to be an ongoing force for good in the world (with now more than $4,000,000 having been raised to combat slavery and exploitation! Wow Team Pong!!!).

Thank you for jumping in to be my first official coaching client when I was still figuring out exactly what I was doing. Thanks for your vulnerability, for your trust in me, and for your courage to do the deeper internal work that life was summoning you to.

I love the man you are and the man you are not quite yet, but are fast becoming! You’ve taught me so much in this different chapter of the journey. May there be an ever increasing depth and authenticity to your daily living, breathing, giving and receiving.

Peace and strength to you and Beth. Power to The Pong! 🔥❤️🏓💪

“It matters most that our life not be governed by fear. We can’t avoid fear. Life is difficult, dangerous, and lethal. But the question is: Does fear dominate our life? Does it make our choices for us? The fear management systems that we were obliged to organise [when we were young] have now become shadow governments for us. They run our lives, and it’s understandable that taking them on is daunting because we will feel less secure. Perhaps we will feel more agitated, more at risk, more vulnerable, but it’s only through living that risk that we can get a larger life. If we’re walking in shoes too small, what does it mean to step into larger shoes?”

- James Hollis, A Life of Meaning -