Welcome to Spring everyone which is also the time of my solar return 😊

What is birthing for you in your life I wonder?

Here in Arrowtown, the blossoms are blooming, the days are starting to warm up (currently 11 C) but the river is still super cold!! (cold water immersion 😊) I feel amazing afterwards though and it quietens the mind.

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So what is happening in my world?

I’m so happy to announce that I have finally finished my Somatic Experiencing training. It only took 4 years instead of 3 due to Covid, but it felt so good to all be back in person again after having to do some modules online. This last training incorporated simple touch which is one of my languages, so I was in my happy place. It was beautiful to witness for myself and others the sacredness & synergy that can happen when one is fully present, attuned, working with consent, and waiting for the body to inform.

From the outside in, it looks incredibly simple and yet I had some deep experiences and natural unwinding in my body.

I really love this body of work founded by Peter Levine.

Instead of being ‘done to’ or ‘fixed’ the subtlety, attunement and slowing down enables the body to find its own rhythm and at times I felt like I had a sacred choir waiting to re-sound.

Sessions for this are available online. If you’re new to this work, I recommend booking for a minimum of 5.

My bespoke sessions now can include using Sound, Somatic Experiencing, Embodied Counselling, shamanic Womb work, Somatic Sex education and lastly but maybe most important of all, deep attunement. We co-create together to find the right balance & resonance for you.

This coming Sunday 25th September I am in Otaki, near Wellington for Soul-full Voice.

This will be a day of exploring YOUR Voice. I’m passionate about creating spaces where we can bring every note, every reflection, every song that wants to be sounded from your body & soul. It’s amazing what can unfurl in these spaces when we’re given permission and feel safe enough to be witnessed in non-linear sound and speech in a space of non-judgement, allowing all & anything to unfurl.

For sure, there is a certain vulnerability that’s needed and from experience I know women are also aching for these spaces to show up in ALL of themselves and their Voice.

This was a reflection from a participant on a retreat weekend recently in Taupo Bay:

Weaving the Wisdom of the Womb

“Journeying through the seven gates was a process of opening both my voice and body to such an extent, I ended up feeling as if some achingly beautiful and powerful energy was present, playing through me as if I'd become a musical instrument for it to use. I've never made notes like that before and as I allowed them through me, I had an extraordinary sensation of my throat opening as if a false panel was removed from the back of it, to reveal a whole other chamber behind. The feeling of letting these sounds through my body was an exquisite pleasure. The energy in my womb space was too gigantic to contain without song. It was very peculiar to return from that experience. Stepping outside afterwards, every tree and plant was a perfect expression of something sacred and divine and I wept at the feeling of remembering opening in my heart.”

There are 3 spaces left. It’s a beautiful group who have already signed up.

Stay tuned as I have more offerings planned for February next year in Auckland and Taupo Bay before most likely heading overseas in April to hopefully walk the Camino!!

If you’re interested in doing a weekend in Auckland or Taupo Bay in February 2023, please feel free to register your interest with me, so I can add you to a contact list.

Finally, I’m off to Brisbane next month to do some recording with my beautiful friend Tanya McQueen. She’s a technical whizz amongst other things so I’m going to record a song or two and some meditations to share on my website, finishing with a few days R&R in Noosa. First time overseas in quite some time.

If you’re curious to know more about my sessions online, send me a message to have a quick consult, or if you’re around the Central Otago area, come have one with me in person.