Gianne Abbott is a star! She is a delight to know, constantly carrying a warm smile. She is inspiring to work with, has amazing ethics, is punctual, reliable, fun… a true treasure! She also happens to be one of the only people on the planet who looks perfect in every single photo that you take of her! Spectacular!
I am so happy to now share with you Wild Studio Photography shots taken by the amazing Kirra Cheers.
To have you own photographs done contact Wild Studio Photography on 1800 776 471.
Dou Doule Latin Dance Camp 2012. Gold Coast, Australia.
Me and Mr House.
And a treat for you… some highly technical dance techniques(?) taught by the beautiful and TALENTED Amy Mills. You rock Lady!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i7b9HiQPnw&feature=youtu.be
Cha Cha Cha workshop taught by Krin Bajough and myself pre Saturday night shows.
Lol!
Oliver Pineda previously known as ’5 Times’ but now needs a new name as he has 6 World Titles with the beautiful Serena Cueves of San Diego.
Byron Bay Salsa Instructors
My friends 
For me the above photo sums out the total 5 days of this detox. Every day was filled with treats! So many laughs, hugs, emotions, amazing juices, smoothies and soups, challenges, epiphanies and discipline! I loved it!
Above is the beautiful Jemma Gawned, owner of Naked Treaties and the creator of this 5 Day Sun Feast. The aim is to deliciously transition our bodies and minds into the new season with greater health, vitality, joy and clarity… and that we’ve done.
Below is the amazing Leela… my spiritual niece. Her Mum Peta has been my best friend since we were 3… we met on the dance floor at Byron Bays first dance academy in 1984 and it’s been love ever since.
My daily routine through out the detox went as follows:
5 Day Detox with Naked Treaties and friends.
6:15am Warm water with Lemon
Bike ride and discipline with my dogs
7:15am Coffee Enema (refer to previous post for details on this)
Get ready for day
8:15am Head to town to pick up supplies for todays feasting from Naked Treaties, Jonson St. Byron Bay.
8:30am Enjoy first green juice of the day
9:30am Head to studio to teach up to 3 hours of private lessons
10:30am First smoothie of the day (my favourite part!)
12:30pm Green juice
1:30pm Colonic (details below)
2:30pm Green Smoothie
3pm Infra Red Sauna
4:30pm prep studio for classes
5pm Raw vegan Soup
5:30pm Open studio
6-9pm Dance Classes @ Wild Studio
10pm SLEEP!
By the first evening you feel your mouth start to get furry… gross maybe but true. So we were advised to get these. Everyone should have one. Cleaning the bacteria (extra bacteria releases during a good detox).
This is the lovely Natalie whom I’ve only just met. She comes highly recommended by Jemma for her Colonic business. And now she comes highly recommended by me. I can’t imagine a more perfect being to assist someone through a colonic for their first time (or any time). She is open and warm, knowledgable and compassionate. She knows her stuff. I will be the first to admit that the idea (as much as I love the idea of it) was completely uncomfortable with the concept of a colonic. Natalie has the art of comfort down to a tea. She leaves the room humbly if you wish for privacy and is by your side massaging your belly at the ring of a bell.
There is a mind – gut connection and the gut is known as the second brain. The enteric nervous system is connected to the gut and we can be holding a lot of emotion in the bowels. Therefore it is important not to eat when angry or sad as our body holds on to that emotion as emotion is energy.
Colonics not only provide a cleansing & letting go on the physical level but there is also a letting go on an emotional and mental level. Many people experience a release of negative emotions, a feeling of lightness and increased clarity.
Colonics work on the physical, mental, emotional & spiritual bodies as all are interconnected.
I would like to give a huge and warm thanks to all involved, Natalie with your colonics and beautiful persona, Mina’s with your saunas and Brazilian Zouk chats, Jemma… so much to thank you for! Jemma… for your inspiration, motivation, clarity, direction, love, compassion, knowledge, passion and just for being you and doing it so well! Peta and Leela, the two of you added so many spectacular and warm moments to my day. Thank you for letting me photograph you. Thank you for the end of day sharing on how we’re feeling through the detox. Thank you for sharing the drive each morning to pick up our detox supplies. Peta thank you for being by my side for the last 30 years. I love you.
Colonic:
Natalie Purcell (B.Nat, I-ACT)
Byron Bay Detox Retreats
natalie@byronbaydetoxretreats.com.au
Mobile: 04586 33869
www.byronbaydetoxretreats.com.au
Infra Red Sauna:
Osho’s House
Ph: (02) 6685 6792 or 0411 114 344
email: oshoshouse@gmail.com
http://www.byron-bay.com/oshoshouse/contactus.html
And of course the amazing Naked Treaties:
0433137755
This week (long awaited!) I am SO excited to be doing a detox through Naked Treaties in Byron Bay. This detox Jemma (Naked Treaties founder and vibrant WOMAN whom you have seen in here before on my 7 Day Green Smoothie Experiments) is what she calls “Feasting”. Cleaning out my 30 years of bad choices… Let the feast begin!
I have decided that anything and everything that Jemma recommends… I will do and I will blog… anything and everything! Now we’re getting personal!
This is my beautiful (even more beautiful inside than out if you can possibly imagine it) friend Peta. You’ve seen her in here before: http://wilddonna.com/2012/02/13/health-retreatgreen-smoothie-update/ Peta is also doing this detox with me.
Liquid Feast menu… DELICIOUS!
This detox is $250 through www.nakedtreaties.com (BARGAIN!). You are given daily:
2 green juices
2 ‘green’ smoothies
1 raw soup
As well as a guide to the detox and follow up plan for after the detox and a facebook group with all the support you could need.
This is Peta’s and my daily juice and smoothie supply combined while on our way home to the fridge.
Like I said… anything and everything Jemma recommends I will do. Here is the recommended list to add in your own time this week during detox and yep… I’m doing it all!
Coffee enema: daily (essentially boiling coffee into an entire litre of water. Let it cool. Lay down and relax… I’ve had two of these now. I had a significantly awkward first time and the second time as I was informed was relaxing and now after this morning’s Coffee enema I am buzzing even though I’ve only had 5 hours sleep. Buzzing, wide awake and productive).
Colonic: x3 ($295 package, I haven’t begun this yet, tomorrow will be my first ever colonic and as promised I will keep you posted).
Infra red Sauna: daily (YAY! Back to Osho’s House Byron Bay… a committment in my comfort zone. 
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Tongue scrape: daily (heading out to buy one today).
Body Brush: daily before showering ($5 from woolworths, I’ll buy one today).
This week business is bustling. Detoxing during this week seems an odd thing to do because I am SO busy! But these coffee enemas have an incredible effect. The idea is that the liquid inside you pulls out toxins within your organs and your release them the old fashioned way after 15 minutes of holding the coffee inside… I was a bit naive signing up for enemas… I thought it was a simple coffee tablet or something like that which you put up your butt. I thought “no worries, anything for my health”… this is no simple “coffee tablet”. But I can say that the results are worthy already.
This weekend Wild Studio hosted Dancing With The Stars Csaba Szirmai… a dear friend of mine and one bad a#s dancer! Along with his partner Serena Cueves of San Diego, USA… an incredible dancer with exception business ethics and style to match. It’s my first time meeting Serena and I couldn’t be more impressed, a divine and strong Woman. Together their teaching is precise, direct and fun. A spectacular duo. An honor to work with.
At Wild Studio they taught 4 workshop during the day including Latin Hip Hop, Bachata, Cha Cha Cha and Salsa. Then during the party that night they performed their World Cha Cha Cha finalist choreography and a Salsa freestyle that had the studio thundering with applause! Sweet Serena finished her performance by saying to the audience “Thank you so much for coming to watch us perform!” Cute!
Here are some pic’s I took from the day…
And here is some footage of their spectacular performance of which my camera work (I was DJing so actually I just sat the camera down next to the deck) my apologies did not do the show justice. But here it is for your pleasure:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8TjcE7sU3s
P.S. If this hot duo is in your city… do their workshops!!
Last night I had the honor of judging the Australian Salsa Open, Queensland state titles. What a great event! Big congratulation to Krin Bajough the creator of the event and a long time friend of mine, Gustavo of Chukale and Jean-Luc of Dou Doule Latin Dance Camp for running a beautiful event as they always do. I had a great night! Huge congratulations too to all of the competitors. Your beautiful dancing and beautiful attitudes made for a heart warming and exciting competition!
As I was judging I wasn’t able to take pic’s of the actual performances so head over to the Australian Salsa Open face book page for them.
The prizes.
Shaw and Krin
Jean-Luc steaming things up in preparation of the night ahead…
The judging panel. An absolutely adorable group of people. In order myself, Roberto, Veronika, Helen and Debby aka Debilicious.
These are the amazing ladies behind everything that happened during the event. Calm and efficient no matter what and always with time for a warm smile. Fantastic.
The PARTY!
This is just one couple of the many talented champions from the night. They were the only ones I managed to pass while their trophy was in their hands and my camera was in my hands. This couple have hearts even bigger than this trophy. Always a pleasure seeing success that is driven by heart…
Good luck to all competitors across Australia competing at their state titles over the next month! See you in Sydney for the Nationals!
Love~
Donna
There are few things in life that I love more than horse riding and being pampered. So when I got the call to come check out a new product called ‘Pony and Pamper’… I was already in! Here are the details of the package followed by my adventure:
Our PONY & PAMPER package is the ultimate – unique horse confidence & relaxation experience;
1 hour horse connection session followed by half a day of pure bliss at a beautiful day spa in the Gold Coast Hinterland!! Includes: 30minute relaxing massage, unwind in the Hydrotherapy spa, infrared sauna/shower, relax on the deck with a complementary swim in the 25m lap pool, complementary Belgian chocolate & fruit fondue with bubbly or tea/coffee!! From $139pp.
Our Horse Connection and confidence session further information:
Up close whispering to your horse on the ground and bare horseback. This 1hr is just a taste of some wonderful horsemanship skills.
HORSE CONNECTION is a great opportunity to boost your general confidence, develop your skills in coordination, concentration, improve your general wellbeing and provide an exhilarating feeling of freedom!
Available for beginners and those wanting to develop their confidence and horse handling techniques.
This is one of the sweet residents of the horse retreat.
And another…
And another. Also my loyal companion for the morning.
Thank you Wild Studio photography for capturing this day so beautifully… for some reason this is one of my favourite shots from the entire retreat.
This is the lovely Debbie and her horse TT. What I love so much about the horse riding lessons with Debbie is the love that she has for her animals and that she teaches respect and connection between rider and horse. The horse must display it’s respect by obeying your non contact requests before you can ride them. The way it should be.
Here is beautiful display of me feeling completely unco-ordinated while attempting the stretches that Debbie suggested… believe it or not I was really, really trying to touch my toes!
Here I am holding the reins however I asked the horse to reverse by simply signaling a ‘reverse’ sign similar to a ‘come here’ guesture you may give to a friend and voila!
And now I’m showing off…
And deciding it’s an excellent idea to dance on the horse with Debbie plus my horses permission…
It didn’t last long!
Then we went off to the day spa
Joined by the lovely ladies of Bonogin Valley Horse Retreat.
This is the view from the deck, spa, high tea and lounge areas!
We indulged in a photo shoot.
Here we were treated to:
Foot Spas
Massages
Spas
Infra Red Saunas
Mud wraps
High Tea
Fondu
and all round excellent service!
Oh and I forgot to mention fluffy dressing gowns, slippers and champagne (and a special ginger lemon water concoction for me)!
Is that not spectacular! There are numerous water fountains giving the most serene ambient sounds as well as a lap pool with a view better than anything I’ve seen thus far.
From 11am arrival with the horses to 5pm fruit salad and high tea and everything in between… I was in heaven. A huge thank you to Bonogin Valley Horse Retreat and to On Eagle Wings for having my photographer and there to enjoy Pony and Pamper and all the other treats! I so look forward to coming back and enjoying more of your products and services!
For those of you busting to try this for yourself… it’s SO worthy:
Base package cost
$139pp: 5-6
$149pp: 4
$169pp: 2-3
$249: 1 (upgrade package only)
For only $50 extra UPGRADE (and I TOTALLY recommend this upgrade!!) be totally spoilt with an additional signature facial, relaxing/deep tissue massage incorporating hot towels and scalp massage PLUS a complimentary High Tea (selection of savoury sandwiches and sweet French delights). Great lunch after your horse ride.
Enquire now at info@horseretreats.com
If you have any questions please call or email. We’re happy to help!
See you on the dance floor!
~Donna~
I am so excited to bring to you…
COMMUNITY SALSA CLASSES @ Wild Studio
Every Wednesday from May 16th at 7pm.
2/60 Centennial Circuit, Byron Bay.
To serve the community of Byron Bay we are making these classes only $5!
All welcome. All levels. All fun!
Every week I will be teaching new and exciting moves with my assistant instructors. Always something to learn and someone to dance with.
Please stay on afterwards for a dance too with myself, the other instructors and all your new friends in this beautiful space.
Any questions: 1800 776 471 during business hours or email us at info@wildstudio.com.au
See you on the dance floor!
Donna
I knew in time I would welcome another dog to the Wild family. I’ve always dreamed of having two. I began looking 4 months ago when Yindi turned one (my Koolie x Kelpie). I believe I emailed every single animal rescue within 200 kms from my home and asked them to let me know if they have any Koolie or Collie mixes come in under 6 months of age. I had plenty of calls and emails come through with beautiful pics of pups but none were the right one for me. I like mixes because their genes are often stronger and also because I desired for my wild child to look unique. I dreamed of a puppy that looked like no other. And my dreams came true.
Even though I knew this puppy was the one for me, I couldn’t take him the first day I saw him (for one it’s potentially a 20 year commitment, yep 20 years when you feed your pooches organic whole foods instead of the processed stuff as a posed to 15 years! And also) because the foster carers of this particular puppy with all the paper work were out of town until today. Time is a great path to certainty!
These pic’s are taken at Friends of the Pound in Murwillumbah. Here they have cats, dogs, rabbits, guinea pigs and birds!!
This mother cat (actually a kitten! She’s so young!) is feeding two litters of kittens! Her own litter and her sisters litter… her sister didn’t make it to rescue from the pound…
Does this not look like a tiger on the left? Here I am with my puppy (I haven’t settled on a name yet) and his brothers… we’ve no idea their breeds! Any ideas? I’d guess Collie, Coolie and Kelpie.
This cloth they are wrestling over has sprayed on it Adaptil. A synthetic analogue of the Canine Appeasing Pheromone. Replicating the pheromones of a mother dog. This calms the puppies, settles them in and allows them to adjust to the changes of a new home much more easily. I bought it for Yindi originally but the bottle lasts ages and now I am using it for this boy.
As you can see there is a mass of beautiful and loving animals in rescue. This is one of dozens of rescues in this state alone. If you are considering giving a forever home to a pet please look in rescue first. If you’re after a certain breed, age or gender you’ll find it! It may take a little looking around and a little patience but you’ll find it.
Cesar Millan (if you’re a dog owner and don’t know who he is… please look him up) also known as The Dog Whisperer says the first thing you should do when you bring a dog home for the first time is walk with it. He says “It’s all about the walk.” Check out his TV shows if you’re interested and you’ll see why. Your dog will relax if he/she knows you’re the pack leader. A good walk (on a leash with correct technique) is the best way to show your newest member of the home that you’re in charge and so everything is OK.
What you can’t see in this photo is the 3 dogs staring up at their new strange friend on top of the BBQ… the sweet darling was petrified as all he had known was cages with dogs around him in cages too. 10 mins later he came down from the BBQ and was playing with his new friends.
Here are the details to this particular rescue, all these animals are there right now:
Friends of the Pound
There are specific rescues too for poodles, collies, deaf dogs, koolies and even guinea pigs! Google is your friend.
Home sweet home and in bed with his toy… Yindi is guarding the door rather than sharing the bed right now.
And I have to add Yindi… this is her the week I got her too. Divine! And absolutely divine still.
