Nourish & Let Go
A 21 Day Summer Program
Tuesday Feb 10 - Tuesday March 03
This is a program to improve digestive health and build energy, yet with a focus of nourishment and reconnecting to the bodies natural rhythm and needs in a respectful, compassionate way.
It’s time to find some space to listen to what our bodies need now, eat to heal our gut and enjoy some movement, support the organs, tend to our nervous system and explore what natural sustainable seasonal rejuvenation truly feels like.
It’s part education, part community connection and part solo quest.
Learn easy approachable Taoist and Chinese Medicine vitality foundations that support life long health.
Facilitated, designed and guided by an experienced doctor of Chinese Medicine Dr. Becca Andrews (TCM) who has 18 years clinical experience, plus our team of talented guest presenters.
Our Incredible Guest Presenters
Thursday Feb 12 7:30 pm
is a registered Chinese medicine practitioner who works as an integrative clinician, with a clinical focus on gut health and hormonal health. With over 15 years’ experience using advanced microbial and functional testing, she works at the intersection of the gut, immune, and endocrine systems. She educates the public, doctors, and dentists on microbial oral–gut–immune and inflammatory connections, translating complex biochemical and microbial data into practical, patient-centred care.
Dr. Natasja Fox (TCM)
Tuesday Feb 17th 7:30pm
is a practitioner of Chinese Medicine and an Astrologer based in Melbourne / Naarm, Australia. His strong passion for ancient healing arts was ignited through his own journey with chronic health issues. Jarryd weaves Chinese medical philosophy and clinical insight into his astrological readings, offering a grounded and practical lens through which to understand how the movements of the planets above reflect and inform what is unfolding below on Earth.
Dr Jarryd Harvey (TCM)
Lori Curran | The Humble Nook
Wednesday Feb 18th 7:30pm
Lori Curran is a bodyworker, yoga and mindfulness teacher who integrates multiple disciplines to help clients release tension, enhance body awareness, and experience deep rest. Her whole-body approach works to support resilience, stress reduction, and overall well-being. She has a deep trust that healing happens with presence, gentle inquiry, and attunement to our body’s natural rhythms.
Currently completing a Bachelor in Counselling and Psychotherapy, Lori continues to explore the body–mind connection. Her practice, The Humble Nook in Fitzroy North offers one-on-one bodywork sessions, classes & workshops that provide practical tools for nervous system health and developing a sense of belonging within one's body.
Kimberly Ashton |Qi Food Therapy
Tuesday Feb 24th 7:30pm
Kimberly Ashton is a wellness coach, energy healer, Yin Yoga teacher, author & educator focusing on intuitive eating, food therapy and food energetics. She spent over 16 years in Greater China, 8 of which she co-owned China’s first health food store, cafe & teaching kitchen, inspiring clients to restore their well-being through Chinese Medicine food therapy & food energetics.
Once back in Australia she founded Qi Food Therapy, an online education platform, and the signature 5 Element Nutrition Foundations and Immersion courses. These are professional development and continuing education online courses accredited with acupuncture associations in the USA, Australia and NZ.
Kimberly believes in the power of reconnecting with the elements and natural world, and realigning our individual & collective relationship to food, emotional & energetic health.
What you’ll get
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4 x Online 60 min live Zoom sessions with talented and experienced holistic health practitioners. All sessions will have time for Q & A and a recording will be sent to participants the following day.
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4 x Educational videos to help you understand your body & prepare for the reset.
Designed & facilitated by an experienced Doctor of Chinese Medicine. Dr. Becca Andrews (TCM) of Cloud Gate Acupuncture
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Build in the lifestyle habits that help us cultivate Qi, vitality, pleasure and power.
Let go of what is making us depleted and dysregulated & help heal the gut and rejuvenate mind and body.
What’s inside the emails
4 x videos are sent over 4 x days, a series to help you prepare for the journey & as a educational foundation for you to keep
1. Video 1 Everything you need to get started ; Setting yourself up to make an achievable change.
2. Video 2 Understand your Digestion & Digestive System
3. Video 3 Learn Some Chinese Dietary Medicine Basics An Holistic & Energetic Approach
4. Video 4 Processing Emotion and Clearing the Pathways of Elimination
heal your digestion
Your gut is where we take in, break down & absorb all our nutrients and Qi from food & drinks. It’s also a brain. Producing neurotransmitters, affecting our mood and helping us understand safety & how we feel. Learn how to support the alchemical magic that happens underneath the diaphragm & within the stomach, liver & intestines with your diet & eating habits.
let go of old emotion
During your reset as you let go of stimulants and increase your sleep you may feel your mood improve. Yet, sometimes, during detox you may get some old emotion emerge for processing. If this happens, we encourage you to let it in & let. it. out.
You also need to keep the pathways of elimination open to clear the metabolic wastes.
align with the seasons
Food is medicine. Learn Chinese dietary basics & how to eat to heal our bodies. Chinese Medicine is based on the rhythms and patterns of Nature, it encourages us to move with the seasons and work with the dynamics present in the environment to best create ease, flow, harmony & power.
want to join us ?
Investment $250
Dates & times for the online sessions
all sessions 7:30pm AEST
all sessions recorded and sent the following day
Tues Feb 10 Dr. Becca Andrews (TCM)
we begin
Welcome to the journey
A grounding and orienting practice
Set your intentions-commitments
Chance for Q & A
Thurs Feb 12 Dr. Natasja Fox (TCM)
the microbiome
How the gut microbiome is formed,
How food diversity shapes it
Explores digestion, enzymes, fibre, and the nervous system work together to support long-term digestive health
Chance for Q & A
Tues Feb 17 Dr. Jarryd Harvey (TCM)
lunar new year eve
Energetic themes of the Fire Horse Yang year
Supportive lifestyle and Chinese medicine practices
Potential challenges and opportunities
Key astrological influences around the Lunar New Year period
Chance for Q & A
Weds Feb 18 Lori Curran
the nervous system
Explores the importance of the vagus nerve,
How to recognise your body’s nervous system state
Simple somatic tools to shift them
A 20-minute guided restorative practice
Chance for Q & A
Tues Feb 24 Kimberly Ashton
Chinese dietary therapy
Introduction to Chinese dietary therapy
The energetics of and recommendations for the Fire Element
Eating for Summer vitality
Chance for Q & A
Tues March 03 Dr. Becca Andrews (TCM)
we close the journey
Where to from here? We close the journey
Some journal prompts and reflections
A guided relaxation
Chance for Q & A
✺ Frequently asked questions ✺
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There will be 4 videos ranging from 6-20 mins.
After you purchase Nourish & Let Go, your videos will be emailed to you daily for 4 days.
You will receive:
An introduction to the program & how to prepare with Dr. Becca Andrews (TCM)
A journey through the digestive system to help build body literacy
Chinese medicine dietary foundations and the energetics of Summer & the Fire Element
Supporting the pathways of elimination.
You will have lifetime access to these videos. They are high quality and hosted via vimeo.
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It's all up to you. Choose your own adventure with this.. yet you will be accountable for what you choose.
The recommendations are:
no sugar
no gluten
no dairy
no alchohol
no caffeine
You may want to chose just 2 or 3 from this list. Or set a limit.. ie 1 x coffee per day.
Its less about taking out then building in.
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Tues Feb 10 - Tues March 03 but you get emailed 4 x videos to help you prepare prior to the start.
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Diet & Lifestyle changes are enough.
You can also choose to take some herbs or supplements to support your clinical goals.
If you'd like a prescription for herbs or supplements you can book a treatment or a 30 min online consult with Dr. Becca Andrews (TCM) to with Dr. Natasja Fox (TCM)
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$250
this is a low cost accessible community program with high value.
If you are having trouble meeting the cost, please email info@cloudgate.com.au and we can see what may be possible
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This is an important question and I may not have all the answers but here is some more information for you.
Food is part of it, but its not all about the food. We don't have a judgement on what is 'good' or 'bad' food, 'healthy' or 'unhealthy' food and its not linked to weight loss, its not linked to measurement or scales. Its linked to the nourishment, the energy and the vitality that the food provides.
There is an emphasis on connection to the body and with that we may experience sensations of hunger or fullness . We focus on building a compassionate, felt sense of the body and organise our commitment around what we want grow towards, experience more of perhaps that may be qualities of ease, space, vitality, energy, rest, pleasure, power, strength, freedom. We also explore the effect that certain substances or foods can have on us and why we might be relying on them and what may be other options for us to meet our needs.
We do advocate for regular movement , but movement that feels good and appropriate for where you're at.
Nothing is prescriptive and you have all the flexibility and freedom to decide what you want to commit to for 21 days.
I have been asked the question :
I want to join but I'm worried it will trigger previous ED tendencies around restricting etc, any advice?
Triggers are very individual things and something that we may need to be very careful or cautious with. They can bring on or worsen symptoms.
Triggers can definitely be difficult, yet could also be an opportunity engage with the practices or people that support you.
Or, perhaps as you notice your response to a trigger changing, a chance to acknowledge the growth that may have happened.
Part of growth could be responding to the trigger with curiosity, 'Why is that triggering me? '
ED or disordered eating can also vary greatly person to person and within an individual and arc of lived experience. People can be at all different stages of their healing or recovery, relapse or journey.
If taking a break from or shifting away from certain foods or drinks feels too restrictive or triggering for you , then perhaps Nourish and Let Go is not the right program for you or perhaps it's not the right time to take part. That's totally OK.
Triggers may occur, and there may be times where we are more vulnerable to relapse and we suggest coming back to the intention, 'Why am I doing this ? What is my intention here ?
If warning signs come up for you, rigidity around food, thoughts or feelings, guilt or shame, exercise compensation. It's important to know who you could reach out to, what are your supports and what strategies have worked for you in the past.
The Butterfly Foundation is one.
They are very helpful, always available for a chat and you can find them here.
This Summer
This Summer
Nourish & Let Go runs from February 10 – March 03 2026
This program is designed to be flexible and self-paced — you choose the practices and level of engagement that feel inspiring, achievable, and supportive of your capacity.
We will travel together as a community and you will be supported by 6 x community check ins where we will hear from
4 incredible practitioners on topics such as:
the microbiome, the nervous system, Chinese dietary therapy and the energetics of the Fire element, the energetics and astrology of the Lunar new year.
Nothing is prescriptive, and there’s no pressure to “get it right.”
When you purchase the program, you’ll receive a sequence of four emails, including guided videos and practical guidelines to help you create your own rhythm of nourishment and release.
This is your invitation to meet yourself where you’re at, explore new beginnings, and align with the energy of Summer
Each person will be on their own quest and you are free to choose what you’d like to commit to for 21 days.
The recommendations:
Flagging behaviours and habits that aren’t serving you
Add helpful foods and practices and avoid foods and ideologies that are hurting you
Take a break from sugar, caffeine, alcohol, dairy and gluten
Daily movement & relaxation
Diversify the foods you eat, create time to shop, prepare & cook yummy food and slow down when you eat.
Keep it simple