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An all-around WOW (Ways of Wellness) girl, I offer services to optimize body, mind, heart, and spirit. 1:1 Shamanic Counseling/Coaching; 1:1 and Group Breathwork ceremonies; women's retreats

We are just over a week away from launching our NZ SHIP Shamanic Breathwork 2-week immersion on the West Coast  Retreat ...
26/02/2026

We are just over a week away from launching our NZ SHIP Shamanic Breathwork 2-week immersion on the West Coast Retreat Kumara

We have two spots left for this upcoming SHIP container. Is one of them yours? Still time for you to join us.

Reach out to have a chat.

(PS: These are clips from our last NZ SHIP held in 2023 at my home Birdsong Retreat & Sanctuary outside of Christchurch)

We stand in the in between as we say goodbye to the Year of the Wood Snake and enter into the Year of the Fire Horse.The...
18/02/2026

We stand in the in between as we say goodbye to the Year of the Wood Snake and enter into the Year of the Fire Horse.

The energies have been palpable.

Last year was all about shedding.
Letting go of all the baggage that's holding you back from stepping forward into more purpose.
Letting go of old narratives, old relationships, people, places, things.
Many of us let go of BIG stuff.
If it wasn't serving you, it needed to go.

NOW....
The momentum is gaining,
The fire horse represents freedom, passion, creativity, intensity, bravery.
To stand in your own truth, to say what needs to be said, to trust your instincts.
To not turn away from what's going on in the world, but instead finding your unique way to stand in it with your own integrity and authenticity.

We are in the great turning over. Old ways are crumbling.
And we have the chance to re-build, re-vision, re-create what we want for our lives and our planet.

Something tells me this Oracle Deck will be quite popular this year - Oracle of the Sacred Horse -- by Kathy Pike / Laurie Prindle.

Looking forward to upcoming shamanic breathworks where we can breathe into the energies of this year of the horse!

14/02/2026

February 14 – a reminder to celebrate one’s beloved.

This can be an external beloved or your very own inner beloved – the love you have for yourself.

Here’s a snippet from today’s meditation from The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie – a pioneer in the codependency recovery movement:

“We have started the journey of learning to love ourselves. We have started the process of opening our heart to love, real love that flows from us, to others, and back again. Do something loving for yourself. Do something loving and fun for your friends, for your children, or for anyone you choose.

It’s the Love Day. Wherever we are with our healing process, we can have as much fun with it as we choose. Whatever our circumstances, we can be grateful that our heart is opening to love.”

I’ve had a most fun day loving myself up:
Morning cacao in the sunshine
Breathwork facilitation for two women
Picked up sweets from my favorite place, The Cake Eating Company
Ate some cake
Got my newly acquired used Arn backpack fitted property at Faster Further
Ate more cake
Sat out in the sunny back yard having a good yarn with friends for four hours
Ate more cake
Had a grilled cheese toastie.

FUN! It’s been a good day tending to my inner beloved.

How are you celebrating your beloved today?

Wisdom about these rapidly changing times and how to stay steady and centered as we navigate through the turning over of...
30/01/2026

Wisdom about these rapidly changing times and how to stay steady and centered as we navigate through the turning over of the worlds, the Taripay Pacha, which has been prophesized by many indigenous cultures.

It's been a particularly hard week reading and watching what's going on in my home country, the USA along with the recent tragedy here in NZ with the landslide that claimed several lives.

How do we stay steady and strong?
How do we face each day with hope?
How do we pick up the pieces and move forward?

"You are not asked to hold and heal the whole of Pachamama. You are only asked to consistently tend to your mesa/altar".... tend to your inner self... bit by bit... tend to your immediate environment, your home, family, community.

Get into right relationship with the inner and the outer....

Everyone one of us has a purpose; those holding the higher vibrations, staying in authenticity and integrity, speaking up, sharing, healing, serving....... know that "our presence stabilizes the field".

The below is worth a read.... sit, breathe, open your heart and take in the words of a beloved teacher, don Oscar Miro Quesada.

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A 2026 PACHAKUTI MESA TRADITION MEDICINE CARRIER MISSIVE

My beloved PMT medicine carriers...walkers between earthly and heavenly worlds, let us begin this new cycle not by escaping the times we are in, but by standing firmly inside them.

In the Andes, we are taught that when the world trembles, it is not punishment — it is reorganization.

This is humankind’s prophesied Pachakuti: our moment of Great Turning, a time that rearranges what no longer serves life, so that a new order can emerge.

If you feel pressure, uncertainty, or fatigue, please do not assume you are off course. The mountain does not test those who are lost. It trains people to walk the path correctly, reverently, mindful of the footsteps they leave behind.

Remember what the practice of kamasqa curanderismo wisdom teaches us: Clarity does not come from force; authentic vision comes from being aligned and in harmony with life’s transformational nature and Pachamama’s shape-shifting proclivities.

Our medicine path has never been about escape, specialness, or having answers before they are earned. It is about learning how to stand upright when the ground is shifting and to keep your heart open without forgetting your center.

You are not asked to hold and heal the whole of Pachamama. You are only asked to consistently tend to your mesa—stone by stone, prayer by prayer, ritual gesture by ritual gesture. It is all about non-judgmental, embodied presence…here and now.

So, when and if our common Great Work feels heavy, let us return to the lived principle of aynikasunchis—in other words, ask not, “How do I fix this?” but “What is my right relationship here?”

Right relationship restores energy; right relationship restores trust; right relationship restores The Path as an emissary of the Great Work.

The Machula Aulanchis, our venerated 'Old Ones,' remind us: You do not choose this path because it is comfortable. You walk it because your presence stabilizes the field.

Every time you choose integrity of Self and unattachment to outcome over urgency, every time you listen instead of reacting, every time you bless instead of hardening — you are participating in our current Pachakuti as a sacred shamanic guardian of our lineage, not a victim.

This year, you are not required to become something new.
You are asked to remember what you already are: A bridge. A witness. A carrier of balance, equanimity, and sacred reciprocity amid evolutionary dance shared by seen and unseen worlds.
When overwhelm rises, return to your body. Return to the earth. Return to the calm, gentle authority of your breath. For our mesa artistry does not rush. The mountain does not panic. The condor circles patiently until the view is wide enough.

Hence, carry this realization with you: “I do not need to hurry the turning. I need to stay present within it.”

Walk gently...Walk courageously...Walk in reciprocity…for Pachamama knows your name...And the path continues because you do!

In light, love, wholeness, and sacred relationship WE ever now remain. Remember this, experience it, live it--Hinayá!

With heart, don Oscar.

https://www.facebook.com/TheHeartofTheHealer

29/01/2026

What are you waiting for?

Shamanic Healing Initiatory Process (S.H.I.P.)
Level 1 Shamanic Breathwork Training
7th-20th March 2026
Greenstone Retreat
Kumara, West Coast, South Island, New Zealand

Who's going to join us?
Still some spots left!

https://www.facebook.com/events/1054288509619937

Great weekend at Resonate Festival despite the weather challenges of wind and rain.  Jane Anthony and I offered two Sham...
27/01/2026

Great weekend at Resonate Festival despite the weather challenges of wind and rain. Jane Anthony and I offered two Shamanic Breathwork sessions supported by our team Bruce Scanlon and Kate Hawkins.

Was fun seeing so many friends from various aspects and times of my life.

Was great to connect with new people too!

Respect to the organizing team and all the volunteers who gave so much time and making it a heart loving festival. Already looking forward to next year!

If you’re ready to breathe again, I’ve got Breathwork coming up this Saturday and Jane will be offering Breathwork on the West Coast at Greenstone Retreat

https://www.facebook.com/events/3099187646940150

https://www.janeanthony.com/events

Coming to the West Coast in March.  SHIP,  the shamanic healing, initiatory process two week immersion  into the spira...
24/01/2026

Coming to the West Coast in March. SHIP,  the shamanic healing, initiatory process two week immersion  into the spiral path of transformation, complete with five elemental, shamanic, initiations, and shamanic Breathwork ceremonies as we walk the spiral path together and learn about the nature of how we change as humans, the cycles we all go through and the healing that can be had if we journey with the process rather than against it.

Read more here and reach out if you’ve got questions.

https://www.shamanicbreathwork.org/2026-ship-nz

JANUARY:Lots of Shamanic Breathwork on offer this month for the breathwork tribe:Sat, 17 Jan:    Kick off the year with ...
09/01/2026

JANUARY:

Lots of Shamanic Breathwork on offer this month for the breathwork tribe:

Sat, 17 Jan: Kick off the year with an intimate breathwork session at my home studio, The Wellness Womb. Limited to 5 people; must have breathed with me previously. 2.25 hours, 10 am - 12:15 pm. Energy Exchange: $55

https://www.facebook.com/events/768079162653503/768079169320169/?event_time_id=768079169320169

Fri-Sun, 23-25 Jan: RESONATE Festival @ Orton Bradley Park / CHHC. Both Jane Anthony and myself will be leading Shamanic Breathwork workshops over the weekend supported by an awesome team of facilitators Kate Hawkins and Bruce Scanlon

https://www.facebook.com/resonatefestivalnewzealand

Sat, 31 Jan: 3 hour full Shamanic Breathwork Ceremmony at The Mary Potter Centre, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm. Energy exchange: $70.

https://www.facebook.com/events/3099187646940150

THEN:

Our two-week Level 1 Shamanic Beathwork immersion/training is coming to Greenstone Retreat Kumara, 7 - 20 March and will be facilitated by myself and Jane Anthony.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1054288509619937

Whoo hooo!!!!!

I’m lying in bed this morning on this first day of 2026 listening to the pitter-patter of rain gently falling outside my...
31/12/2025

I’m lying in bed this morning on this first day of 2026 listening to the pitter-patter of rain gently falling outside my window. In my liminal state between sleep and awakening, I find myself reflecting on the year that’s just passed.

2025:

Hard, raw, heart-break, grief, sad, death, letting go, tender, separation, decoupling, disentangling, shedding, surrender, break-downs, break-throughs, rest, pause, awareness, courage, growth, heart-expansion, spark, excitement, achievements, celebrations, more feelings, more love.

It was a year of EVERYTHING. Very big feels from one spectrum to the other. The heart with its infinite capacity to hold and feel so much and the body with its infinite wisdom to communicate to the mind if we’re willing to listen.

2025, the year of the Snake, shedding what no longer serves and cannot be carried forward for our soul evolution. Endings. Completions. Slowly unwinding from a 28 marriage with as much consciousness and love that we can carry. Completing 18 years of rural living. Leaving the land, leaving home.

Deep listening and honoring of the heart. Allowing the waves of emotions to flow through. Riding the undulations of grief together with joy and laughter. The both/and. It’s remarkable we can feel it all, over and over.

So much new. New ways of being, new ways of thinking. Watching the mind, feeling the heart. New house, urban living. Figuring out who I am as a solo sovereign being and what parts of myself needed reclaiming.

Celebrations, achievements, travel, soul purpose. Over 50 Shamanic Breathwork sessions between facilitating others and breathing myself. Graduating with my doctorate in shamanic psycho-spiritual studies – a four year undertaking. Support staff for the SHIP training in Egypt. Gearing up to teach SHIP in 2026.

Gratitude, gratitude, gratitude:
For my inner circle who hold me without judgment.
For those who trust me to hold them via breathwork, shamanic counseling, and friendship.
For my four-legged Nina who brings me so much joy.

Blessings and gratitude to all of you in my world near and far. I look forward to intersecting with you somewhere in this big bold world in 2026!

Off to Nelson tomorrow to visit friends, have a bit of summer holiday, and offer two Shamanic Breathwork ceremonies!

Been a busy few days (and weeks) gearing up to launch a women's retreat with a new colleague and it is happening TOMORRO...
18/12/2025

Been a busy few days (and weeks) gearing up to launch a women's retreat with a new colleague and it is happening TOMORROW!

Whoo hoo, we're launching this new program (non-residential, 30 hours) right here in Christchurch at my favorite venue, the Mary Potter Centre.

Fun fact: I used to do a lot of catering (for many of our retreats at Birdsong Retreat and for other small boutique events). I love to cook, feed people, and create beauty.

In addition to co-facilitating (two shamanic breathworks, lots of rituals and ceremonies, holding space), I put my hand up to do the catering (two dinners, lots of snacks) for 11 people. And of course, I needed to bring the florals.

Fridge is full, car is packed, printing out curriculum & schedule for the next three days.

How beautiful to launch this new Mind/Body/Spirit retreat over summer solstice. If all goes well, we'll be running these regularly for a specific demographic working with ACC sensitive claims clients. More to be revealed.

Sneak peak at the menu?

Snacks:
grapes/bananas/apple/pineapple/tangerines/strawberries
apricot bliss balls
date & cacao bliss balls
Chocolate
Mixed Nuts
Selection of herbal teas & milks

Dinner #1:

Quinoa & Roasted Veggie Salad (kumara, broccoli, zucchini, mushrooms) + goat feta
Green Nutrient Dense Salad w/ Miso/Ginger dressing
Cauliflower & Caper Roasties
Homemade Bread (Buckwheat/Chia + Brown Rice & Buckwheat)
Hummus (and non-legume dip: roasted pepper/tomato paste)
Dessert: GF Carrot Cake

Dinner #2:

Veggie Curry (pumpkin, potato, carrots, silverbeet, tofu, white beans) w/ Rice
Crackers & Hummus (and non-legume dip: roasted pepper/tomato paste)
Broccoli/Apple/Cabbage salad w/ vegan mayo dressing
Green Salad (lettuce, cucumber, zucchini) w/ Honey Lime vinaigrette w/ toasted seeds + bean sprouts
Dessert: Chocolate GF Brownies

Curious about who attends the two-week shamanic breathwork immersion/training called SHIP?Look at these fine people.Thes...
03/12/2025

Curious about who attends the two-week shamanic breathwork immersion/training called SHIP?

Look at these fine people.

These are the folks who were on the inaugural SHIP (Shamanic Healing Initiatory Process) Level 1 shamanic breathwork training/immersion in Egypt with me. They are no different from the folks who attend any of Venus Rising’s global SHIP programs.

See us smiling.
We are regular folks, of all ages, of all demographics.
We are mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, sisters, and brothers.
We are artists, blue-collar workers, healers, students, business owners, writers, retirees, corporates. Single, married, divorced, widowed.
We are folks living life, getting by, some financially abundant, some working hard to get established in careers, others making new career changes guided more by soul purpose than cultural expectations.

On the surface, we all look to be happy, healthy humans, maybe just like you.

However…….

What’s really going on underneath, when we allow ourselves to peel back a few layers, to go within and feel what’s in the heart?

What happens when we create a safe container to do some in depth healing work over two-weeks, held by facilitators who’ve walked this path over and over?

We find the stories and the deep-rooted thoughts in the depths of our psyches that keep us small, that make us think we’re not good enough. Or that we’re too big, too much, too this, too that.

We uncover the wounds from our childhood and the behaviors that kept us safe then but maybe don’t serve us so well now.

We find the big-T traumas and the little-T traumas and we allow the waves of suppressed emotion to safely express itself on the breathwork floor.

We find we can let down the masks we’ve held up for so long and become more of ourselves, going back to our true essence of our wholeness, goodness, and love.

We find that we can cry together and allow ourselves to be held and supported, sometimes for the first time in a long time.

We find that we can face the thoughts and the pain we’ve been carrying and that we’re not so different from anyone else.

We find that we may be co-dependents or addicts and that most people carry tendencies of one or the other.

We find that we have the capacity to heal, to feel our strength, our power, to speak our truth.

We find that we are humane humans all here in this earthwalk, this melting pot on Pachamama, just doing the best we can.

And when we are willing to feel, to see, to acknowledge without judgment, all the things we are, the dark, the light, no difference, then we can begin to sit up taller, radiate our truths, share more authentically, meet people with more depth, cut the bu****it, take responsibility for our actions, and move from being the children of God to adults of God, for the great creator is in all of us. We can begin to work with Spirit and become more aligned with our soul purpose, whatever that may look like, for there is no right or wrong way to be in our lives, except to be at peace, have more joy, and be more love in the world.

These are the people that come to SHIP, whether they fully understood what or why they attended, there was a whisper in their hearts that said they needed to be there.

I will be co-facilitating a SHIP container in New Zealand in March 2026.
Do you hear the call?
Are you curious?
What’s lurking in your heart that wants to emerge?
What are you willing to do to find that peace, that joy, that love that you inherently are?
So that you can fly higher, radiate more, and continue with your soul’s expansion?

Reach out.
Join us in March2026.

This may be the most radical gift you can give yourself and you are worth it!

Find out more about SHIP:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1054288509619937

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http://www.birdsongretreat.nz/

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