Bio

I’m a mum, a qualified youthworker, teacher, fine artist, and an alternative therapist with over 20 years experience in various bodywork modalities, energy healing and Tantric practices. I have facilitated Women's circles and ‘journey to womanhood’ circles for teenage girls. 

 

My core wound has been ‘unworthiness’. I found ways to conceal this pain by focusing on my physical appearance and projecting an outward image of confidence. The identity around needing to be perfect in order to be seen, admired and acknowledged was deeply ingrained. 

Internally, I struggled with regular panic attacks while walking in public, carrying deep shame and a fear of exposure along with the desire to be seen.  True relaxation only came by isolating myself or through certain coping mechanisms.  

 

 As I entered my late 30s, my physical appearance naturally began to change with age, along with the  disintegration of the identification I had formed around my appearance. While this challenging transformation resulted in more inner peace, the remnants of self hatred, shame and judgement still impacted my experience of being in the body. 

 

After 25 years of participating in courses, retreats, therapies and meditation practices, I still had not got to the root of the unworthiness. I realised I needed a safe, women-only space where I could openly share my entire experience of being in my naked  body, to find a way through all the layers of protection, back to love.

 

This journey began with a small group of women meeting monthly and I have witnessed profound shifts for both myself and the women who participate.  It has been a deeply healing journey, one that continues as we work through the layers of conditioning that run so incredibly deep.

 

 It is our birth right to live freely in our body and experience peace and pleasure, irrespective of our external appearance. But first we have to acknowledge and love all that is not free and all that is not at peace.