I’ve been musing on the word pacing as it pertains to another – relational pacing – and how that is showing up in my life. Since April, I’ve modified my pacing to align with my dog Nina. As she navigates her sunset year (or perhaps months), I’ve had to slow down quite a bit and adjust my lifestyle to fit more with hers. I’ve become a full-time carer to an elderly, geriatric, deaf, mostly blind, and cognitively-declining fur baby. Radical! Yet, this pacing adjustment is servin

I snapped this photo on the shore of Lake Daniells on a recent tramping trip. What do you see? Is this a sunset or an early dawn? Which is sky and which is water? Where is the convergence between the two? Reflections & Mirrors The outer world of our reality often reflects the inner landscape of our thoughts and perceptions. And our internal world of emotions and beliefs is mirrored back to us from the external 3D world. For the month of May, I've had an overwhelming need and

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, achievemen

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

Venus Rising’s flagship Level 1 Shamanic Breathwork two-week immersion and training is coming back to New Zealand and will be facilitated by myself, Jane Anthony, and Levi Banner! I am very honored and excited to be part of Venus Rising’s inaugural launch of their Satellite program of which Jane & I have been conferred by Starwolf to take the SBW teachings out into the world. First stop: Greenstone Retreat on the West Coast of the South Island, March 7 – 20, 2026. I’ve journe

This is my inner child altar. Earlier this year, when I attended a woman’s retreat, we were asked to bring a photo of our younger selves as there’d be a bit of inner child work we’d be doing. I went through my photos and found all of these from age two through seven. When we do healing work, we often encounter inner child wounds. These wounds often run the show from our subconscious. Actively working with our inner child allows us to consciously bring wounds and feelings to t

“The only thing constant is change” ~ Heraclitus Have you ever stopped to consider this? We live in a world that is constantly changing,...

These are some of the elemental ceremonial altars we created during SHIP (Shamanic Healing Initiatory Process) in 2023 – a fourteen-day Level 1 Shamanic Breathwork immersion / training where we journey along the The Spiral Path of Alchemical Transformation through the elements of water, earth, fire, spirit, and air, experiencing sacred initiations with each element. Gazing at these altars may give you a clue as to the teaching that accompanies each element on the spiral path

In every Shamanic Breathwork ceremony, I create a central altar to help anchor and hold the energies that are being brought forward for that journey. The altars will always contain the elements of the four directions and then I add sacred objects that feel called to be present that day – this could be crystals, flowers, stones, deity figures, plants, ancestor photos, instruments, and always oracle cards. This is how we create ritual and ceremony – by honoring and connecting t

My travel altar. I never leave home without it if I’m traveling for an extended period of time. It is a portal to the divine. It anchors...

In shamanism, the medicine drum is considered a sacred instrument used to facilitate journeys and healing. In Shamanic Breathwork, we use...