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HOPE with Brooke, 9 Cronin Court, Chuwar (2025)

02/10/2024

I have been struggling with softening for so long. With surrendering and trusting that all will be okay. Through years of this, I have found that resisting only brings more resistance, and that in trying to ‘control’ outcomes, I am creating more struggle, fear and feelings of helplessness, feeling like the hamster on the wheel.

Recently I read something that struck such a chord within me. It went something like, “If only you knew how little time you had, maybe you’d do things differently.”

This landed so deeply and with such impact. These simple but profound words. They really got me thinking. Not about the impermanence of time, or how little or much of it I may have, but more about how wisely I use it. About how impactful this time could be.

This has led me with such gratitude to the thought of, ‘what would love do?’ Four words that have changed my life 🙏

It’s certainly not easy, and it is a daily practice for me, but now when faced with adversity, challenging behaviour, things deemed to be unjust, I ask myself, what would love do? And it helps me to take a breath, not take things so personally and choose from a place of love 💗

I am forever grateful for this life and for the things that bless my path with growth and healing ❤️‍🩹

Gratitude to Trina Graves for this beautiful poetic offering 💗

When faced with a decision
Not knowing which way to go
Choices lay before you
Confusion blocks your flow
Worrying about the wrong one
Puts a frown upon your brow
Just ask yourself the question
What Would Love Do Now?

All experiences are beneficial
Even the bad ones play a part
They can break down the barriers
To open up your heart
No matter what the problem
You can get through it somehow
By asking yourself the question
What Would Love Do Now?

Whether just beginning your path
Or seeing the end in sight
It’s your course that you follow
Only you know what is right
Which twist or turn to take ahead
Rest now or onward plough
Always ask yourself the question
What Would Love Do Now?

A negative side has to exist
For the positive to simply be
So you can always take that view
And a darker side you’ll see
But if you choose the Light
A channel of Love you allow
You’ll embody with each step
What Love Would Do Now

01/10/2024

I am blessed to be journeying with some incredible sisters in a sacred container at the moment 🙏✨❤️
We were given an opportunity to find a sit spot in nature, be really present and journal ‘I remember’ in connection with our sit spot.
It was such a beautiful opportunity of connection with all of Nature and gave a moment to be still, present and to witness with all of my senses.
I felt to share my remembering below and would love to invite you to find a moment to remember also ###

I remember the deep knowing of the Earth as our true great Mother.
I remember the sensation of deep reciprocity as my chest expands with the gift of life, and falls with the return gift of life to the tall ones, to all the green ones.
I remember sweet and reverent gratitude that this sacred exchange is possible.
I remember that there is no separation, that we are all connected, that we are all One, United.
I remember the greeting of Father sun as he caresses my face, casting shadows of light and dark through the boughs of Grandmother Fig.
I remember the drone of bee as she dances through perennial basil, both so abundant in their gifts of sweetness and nourishment.
I remember the orchestra of crow, noisy minor, butcher bird, rainbow lorikeet and rooster as they serenade and greet the day.
I remember through our winged brothers and sisters, the gift of a new day with joy, and without expectation.
I remember spider and her home of sacred geometry, reminding me that all we need is within us.
I remember composted earth and the feel of moist trees that once were, caressing my bare feet.
I remember white moth who seeks a safe place to lay her kin.
I remember rain drops and dew, holding the perfect hologram of life in their glittering globes.
I remember hover fly, reminding me of hummingbird, doing so much, but remaining still and present.
I remember lavender, standing so erect and proud, inviting pollinators with her torch of purple, her scent so intoxicating.
I remember prayer flag, gently swaying in a morning breeze, sending the gifts of peace and presence on the wind.
I remember bush turkey, cultivator of the forest, as he diligently and effortlessly ploughs ground. I remember his almost comical run, head down with his proud yellow scarf swaying as noisy minor exerts his territory.
I remember skink, bravely emerging from the undergrowth to warm his skin. Reminding me that without risk there is not gain.
I remember clacking beak of kookaburra as he processes breakfast.
I remember the rainbow palate of blossoms, red, white, purple, yellow, pink, orange, blue as they burst their colours like confetti.
I remember the wishes of dandelion as she parachutes to her resting place, ready to seed new life and grow new wishes.
I remember wind chime serenading me as air is made audible.
I remember that Nature is medicine.
I remember that I am a part of this great tapestry and I am truly grateful.
🙏✨🌏🌺🌞🌳🌿🐓🦜🕷🕸🐝🦎💧🌬

21/06/2024

All set and ready to nourish and in turn, be nourished 🙏
With gratitude to the plant allies of mugwort , comfrey and holy basil who will share and hold space for us tonight 🍃🙏✨
Solstice blessings to all ###

21/06/2024

Solstice blessings to you all dear brothers and sisters ❄️✨

The Winter Solstice is an invitation for us to pause, reflect, and intend our devotions.
It’s a time to celebrate the return of the sun, even as we cozy up by fires 🔥

Just as Nature is forever living and dying and being reborn, so too are we on every breath.
Honouring our becoming 🙏

Loz Antonenko and I were hosting a Sacred Sister Circle tonight, but in honouring of the Solstice, we have pivoted to share the deeply nourishing and beautiful journey of aromaZen.

Sisters, if you feel the call to be nourished, held, to be bathed in sound and to journey within, we would love to invite you to join us.
Please see link in comments, which will still be linked to Sister Circle, but will be aromaZen instead.

May each day forward be blessed with more light ✨

Infinite love and oceans of blessings ###

14/05/2024

For too long we have silenced, shamed, spoken over or about , judged and blamed other sisters, the sister wound is real and it runs DEEP.
We can only heal collectively when we are brave enough to bring our entire selves to the table and vulnerable enough to talk about these things. It is by being in relationship with other women that we can start to see, challenge, and question the Sister Wound. In a safe and accepting environment, working through the Sister Wound means you not only start to heal the wound within yourself, but you’re also modelling for other women the importance of healing it (and showing them that they can do it, too).
I invite you to join me in Sacred Circle this Friday 17th May where we will gather together, in solidarity, to shed light on and take the steps into healing the sister wound.
Post Circle, we will share a nourishing cuppa and healthy light refreshments.
I so hope you can join us, the time is NOW.
Oceans of love, Brooke ###
(Link in the comments)

20/03/2024

Such a powerful reminder for me as I learn to release control, surrender and trust 🙏

19/03/2024

Really felt this land this morning ✨
What a precious, precious gift this life is ❤️
Loving you all ###

02/03/2024

There is something profoundly beautiful about women coming together with the intent to support and empower one another.
It’s something we’ve done since time immemorial.

Where once we were shunned, even harmed for gathering, we now embrace the Women’s Circle and are finding such strength in our vulnerabilities TOGETHER.

On this upcoming International Women’s Day, Loz Antonenko and I invite all women to join us in Circle, in this sacred gathering, to REMEMBER, RECLAIM and REDEEPEN our connection to self, to each other as women and to the celebration of life itself.

IWD is a time to celebrate all that is woman and it is a time to honour all those women who came before us.

Circle is a space to experience and embrace the nurturing energy of the feminine that resides within each and every woman. It is a place to give and receive love and nurturing, and to share wisdom through our stories.

When women gather in Circle we heal ourselves and it allows one another to do the same. We are drawn to this because deep in our soul we know that it feels so right to support, and be supported by a community of women. It is a tradition as old as time.

It would be an honour to sit and celebrate with you.

This will be an intimate Circle, please secure your place via the link.

Infinite love and blessings ###

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/iwd-sacred-womens-sound-healing-and-cacao-circle-with-brooke-and-loz-tickets-844587974367

27/02/2024

This weather has been wonderful for the garden and my herbs are thriving and with the end of summer fast approaching I thought to take advantage of beautiful summer ferments.
Short notice but better late than never, I'd love to invite you to join me for a Beginners Fermentation and Gut Health workshop.

We'll begin by discussing what Gut Health actually is, what's detrimental to it, how we can improve it by making some simple changes and then we'll dive into fermenting some simple but nutrient, flavour and bacteria dense food.

All set in the surrounds of my garden in Chuwar.

Please see the link to secure your spot and for more information. It would be an honour to have you join me.

Big love, Brooke ###

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/850654228697?aff=oddtdtcreator

20/02/2024

When your kitchen table becomes the herb drying rack 🌱❤️✨

Preparing for a workshop for 68 people on Monday 😅

I’ll be sharing the art of basic fermentation with:
🦠 kombucha (yes I’ve made 68 SCOBYs 🤪)🦠 lactofermented ginger carrots 🥕
🦠 fermented tomato 🍅 salsa
And a herb 🌿 salt for something a little different

Finally getting back in the saddle after quite a few years out.

If this is something you’d like to learn about, let’s chat about you joining me in an awesome hands on workshop.

Big love ###

18/02/2023

I just had the beautiful Jane Little 🥰 pop by for a visit on her way back home to the Sunny Coast.
Whilst here we harvested some banana 🌴 to dry for our upcoming Women’s Well-being Weaving Day (see event link in comments) 🙏
This will be such an incredibly nourishing day and we’d so love to have you join us 🥰🙏❤️
(If you are experiencing financial difficulty, please do send us a message to discuss as we’d so love for this to be available to you)
With love,
Brooke and Jane ✨🥰🙏

14/02/2023

There is so much shifting and moving in the collective right now, we are navigating so much. There is unraveling, and remembering ✨

One day I feel buoyant and so optimistic, the next I feel dense, heavy and uncertain 🤨

It’s certainly a real roller coaster 🎢 ride at the moment 🤪

The recent fire 🔥 we had at home has left us a little shaken, but also grateful on so many levels.

One thing I know for certain is that things are always easier, there is always more clarity and insight, when we do it together.

We have been the recipients of so many random acts of kindness, and it has really highlighted to us that community and connection is everything 🥰

Jane Little and I collaborated to bring a beautiful day of connection, ceremony, sisterhood, storytelling and the weaving of life together, but in the unraveling of the after effects of the fire, it all went by the wayside and I set it aside as not important.

But you know what? It’s vitally important!!
Connection, honouring, community, sacredness, time honoured traditions are imperative to a meaningful life 🥰

So with this in mind, with the intention to touch as many of my beautiful sisters as I can, I am resharing this event, to weave these threads 🧵, to colour the tapestry of our lives together.

It is with so much love and heartfelt intention that I invite you, my sisters to join us in a day of beauty, joy and connection 💕

It is time to return home to the hearts of ourselves and each other 🙏

Please see link in the comments.

With love, Brooke and Jane ###

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