The Sunflower Folk

30/07/2025

Our bodies were born wise ✨

Nature helps regulate our nervous system by activating the parasympathetic system; lowering our heart rate, reducing the amount of cortisol we produce and deactivating our sympathetic system or our ‘fight & flight’ state.

But the use of this kind of language; one that justifies our experience through evidence-based reasoning actually erodes our own deep knowing. Yes, there is a place for it but it’s not here.

A return to the wild within, does not require external validation. It comes from within, to trust the innate somatic wisdom of your own experience.

29/07/2025

To the wild roads
That lead us back home
To ourselves
And the wild within

A place
Deeply felt
And grounded within
Our own deep knowing

May you be forever home

And when you’re not
May you have the courage
To meet yourself
Wherever you’re at
And sing over the bones

Let Mother Nature be your guide ✨🏔️🌲

♥️ Thanks for the roadtrip Aotearoa & all the dirt roads along the way x

28/07/2025

And something deep inside of her stirred,
An ancient knowing,
Far beyond words…

She asked its name
And it answered her own
For an infinite moment
Her soul returned home 🌀✨

26/07/2025

✨Soulful Alchemy Retreat ✨
I am BEYOND EXCITED to be invited to be apart of the Soulful Alchemy Retreat next weekend at the Circle of Light Retreat & Healing Space in Bridgetown.
This soulful retreat is all about self- care, personal exploration, empowerment + embodiment. A sacred space to connect to self, country + creation.
My offering, as always, is about deepening our connection to Mother Earth and honouring the wild within 🌀
If you’re free next weekend and are hearing the call, come along.
For all details, including the line up of wildly talented facilitators, meals and accommodation check out the link in bio.
♥️ Big love xx

25/07/2025

🌻MOTHERS BLESSING TESTIMONY🌻
Celebrating a Mother, her journey of becoming + the deepening of her instinctual nature is profoundly beautiful ♥️
Thank you for the kind words Hailey xx

24/07/2025

✨ HAILEY’S MOTHERS BLESSING ✨
Birth is sacred and I was blessed to honour this incredible woman with her Mother’s Blessing. Hailey, you are wonderfully creative and one of the most authentic people I know. Your work with women is profoundly transformative and your beautiful baby is unbelievably lucky to have you as her Mother. May you receive all the love you put out into the world ♥️

Photography by the insanely talented Dionne from .co
Hailey Espinos

23/07/2025

In a capitalist society that often mistakes softness for weakness we are encouraged to find wholeness in ‘things.’ Recognize the endless reel of consumerism and instead soften into the wonder of you. Whatever you find there is ok. Wholeness can’t be bought. It is something you are. It is found in your capacity to soften into self-love instead of ‘pushing through’ and ticking a box. Honour your needs and soften into the flow of your own life. One that FEELS good not looks good. You are worth it ♥️

22/07/2025

So blessed to spend 3 days birthing this Medicine Drum last April with the wildly talented drum doula Kelli Marie Intuitive Arts 🌕 Made from roo + Willow wood (associated with feminine intuition & healing, the moon & water), this large drum has a powerfully deep resonance. You will find me drumming & singing open hearted and off-key in Circle 😄 ♥️🌻

17/07/2025

Gabor Mate states “Authenticity is not some abstract aspiration, no mere luxury for New Agers dabbling in self improvement. Like attachment, it is a drive rooted in survival instincts. At its most concrete and pragmatic, it means simply this: knowing our gut feelings when they arise and honoring them..
The elemental root of “authenticity” is the Greek ‘autos’ or ‘self’ closely related to “author” and “authority.” To be authentic is to be true to a sense of self arising from one’s own unique and genuine essence, to be plugged into this inner GPS and to navigate from it.”
Very privileged to hear this man speak at a Convention Centre. And to Remember our purpose comes from our ability to tune out from life’s distractions and tune in to our own deep knowing 🌻🌻🌻

14/07/2025

Humbled 🌻🌻🌻
I am in awe of the amazing women around me who share their unique gifts and contributions with their families and community everyday. May we value the work of women and recognize how vital it is for creating a healthy, happy society. May these humble offerings refill your cup xx

14/07/2025

Imagine…

08/07/2025