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ABOUT MEWelcome!
It's such a pleasure to have you here in my online sanctuary. My name is Anna. I am an artist, a healer, a dancer, a dreamer, a seeker of truth and lover of stories, a passionate adventurer and explorer of inner and outer realms. I am a recovering perfectionist, an imperfect being full of hope and curiosity, and a lifelong learner. I sing, I dance, I teach, I learn, I work, I play, I grow and evolve, and I bring what I have to share with others. When I hold space, I bring my whole self to the task, so that I can honour and create a container for yours. I am passionate about ritual and ceremony, and creating spaces that allow deep heart connections, exploration of inner wisdom, meaningful transformation, and insight into our true selves. Like many people, my call to action came through pain. Mine came in the form of intense heartbreak and grief, which led to workaholism and perfectionism, and I threw myself into my career as an Art Director – a career that left me little time to do anything but work and sleep. Unsurprisingly, this led to burnout, and this burnout led to an obsession with retreats to recover, including all sorts of yoga and meditation retreats and courses and trainings in India, Bali, and Australia, and then eventually to shamanic plant medicine ceremonies. In a medicine ceremony in Bali, I experienced a powerful spiritual awakening and realised that my life was out of alignment with who I really am. On a month-long, deeply healing pilgrimage in Peru, I understood what I had to do. On my return, I left the film industry, gave up my apartment in Melbourne, bought and renovated a van, and went traveling up the east coast of Australia. This journey was an intense initiation, and the beloved ‘Vandango’, the mouse-infested old van with the faulty battery, carried me to this completely new beginning; this wonderful new chapter of my life. And here I am! During this journey, I undertook intensive training in Cacao Ceremony Facilitation, and then bought a set of crystal singing bowls, which I taught myself to play. I began hosting sound journeys and cacao ceremonies, which were online during the lockdown, and then live in the Byron Shire, the Tweed Shire, and the Gold Coast. I’m now offering Cacao Ceremonies, Sound Baths, Shamanic Ecstatic Dance, Women’s Circles and One-on-One mentoring; incorporating ancient rituals, wisdom-sharing, intention-setting, meditation, embodied movement and sound healing. My ceremonies are for people who are seeking deeper truth and meaning to their lives, who wish to connect to their inner wisdom, step into their innate power, and follow the passion of their hearts. Burning Heart began with my own journey to reconnect with my heart, follow its guidance, listen to its wisdom, remove the armour, and be open to giving and receiving love again. My deepest calling is to share that with others, to help you connect with your own heart, heal yourself, find your own inner power and passion, and perhaps return to the world to spread that onwards. My goal is to move away from the shallow and the materialistic, and towards meaningful connection and a more connected, compassionate, awakened way of life. If yours is too, get in touch. I would love you to join me. Much love, Anna xx |
