Seven Sisters Festival 2019 by Seven Sisters Festival

SEVEN SISTERS ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE FESTIVAL IS HELD ON THE TRADITIONAL LANDS OF THE BOON WURRUNG PEOPLE OF THE KULIN NATION Seven Sisters Festival welcomes all women including women of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds (CALD), women of every gender expression and identity, women of diverse sexualities, women of diverse abilities, and women of diverse religious backgrounds and belief. Dear Guest! My warmest welcome! I am so pleased to be sharing with you our 8th year of Seven Sisters Festival. Together we enter a new 7-year cycle and with it many changes. 2020 will likely be our final year at Bay Park as we start preparing to move to a new site, a permanent home; to nurture and support generations of Seven Sisters women to come.

This new phase, has asked a deeper level of commitment, courage and risk and indeed these 3 points are the themes for this year’s festival. Considering our themes, I thought it appropriate to revisit the work of Bronnie Ware, an Australian palliative nurse who researched and published a book on the top 5 regrets of the dying. The top 5 regrets were these. 1. I wish I have the courage to live true to myself and not what others expected of me.

3. I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings.

2. I wish I hadn’t worked so hard.

5. I wish that I had let myself be happier.

4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.

There is such phenomenal clarity of vision and wisdom expressed by all these people at the end of their lives. Which point resonated for you? Can you let yourself be happier? Where and in which area of life can you deepen your commitment, show more courage, or gently push past boundaries to take risks that lead to your greater happiness and fulfilment?

This time at Seven Sisters is yours—let go and be happy. With love,

Lauren Woodman

Founder of Seven Sisters Festival

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION

WELCOME TO COUNTRY AND SMOKING CEREMONY All hosted by N’arweet Carolyn, respected Elder of the Boon Wurrung People of the Kulin Nation. Experience this on the oval at The Hub at 2:30 p.m. Friday.

SITE OPENING AND CLOSING TIMES Day

ENTER SITE

Thu

4pm-10pm

Fri

7:30am-8pm

8pm-12am

Sat

7:30am-2pm

2pm-12pm

Sun

7:30am-12pm

12pm-7:30pm

EXIT GATE ONLY

INFORMATION TENT Holds all the answers and lost property. Find it in the festival heart.

COUNSELLORS If you are feeling overwhelmed, please make your way to the First Aid Tent and request to speak to one of our friendly on-site counsellors who will offer free assistance.

ATM ATMs can be found in the festival heart.

PHOTOGRAPHY Seven Sisters Festival wishes to document and promote the festival through film and photography. By purchasing tickets and attending the festival, patrons automatically provide consent to be included in all film and sound recordings taken by festival organisers, and for these recordings to be used at the discretion of the festival organisers. However, Seven Sisters Festival understands that some patrons may not wish to be filmed or photographed. It is the responsibility of each individual to leave details at the festival information tent requesting that they not be filmed or photographed. A photo will be taken of said individual(s) as identification for our records, which will exclude them and their image from any future promotional material. As guests, please also respect each other’s privacy when taking photos or footage.

DRINKING WATER All water from the taps on site is from mains supply and is suitable for drinking.

TOILETS With over 2000 women using these facilities you can imagine they are going to be working overtime! Let’s all follow the mantra of ‘if it’s yellow let it mellow’ to reduce the strain on these facilities.

WHAT’S ON WORKSHOPS AND TALKS We have nine different spaces throughout the festival site, each offering a different style of workshop. These workshop spaces include:

ARTS AND CRAFTS: Drop in and out during our all-day art and craft activities BODYWISE: 1 hour dance, drumming, movement and yoga classes CIRCLE OF STONES: 1.5 hour intimate group workshops and presentations THE HUB: 1 hour sound healing, singing and keynote presentations LIFESKILLS: 30 minute ‘Ted style’ talks on all topics from relationships to health to business MAIDENS SPACE: 1 hour teen-specific workshops and activities SACRED SPACE: Women’s mysteries and life’s milestones (1.5 hour workshops) RITUAL SPACE: Prayer, reflection and ritual (1.5 hour workshop) WOMEN’S CIRCLES: Women’s discussion and meditation circles (1.5 hour workshop) You do not need to book but please arrive 10 minutes before the workshop or talk. There are limited numbers for each event. Please wait at the entrance for the facilitator to usher you in. Most workshops run multiple times over the weekend; if you can’t make one session, join for the next. The second sessions are often less crowded. See timetable and descriptions in the program.

MUSIC There are three music performance areas within the festival; enjoy a great array of female performers in the Chai Tent, Main Stage (at The Hub) and our new addition for 2019, the silent disco.

THE HUB MAIN STAGE

SILENT DISCO

The Main Stage will host bands, DJs and solo performers at our exclusive Seven Sisters Showcase on Friday and Saturday night.

Good rhythms and vibes are expected at the Silent Disco! Put your headphones on and let the music guide you on your own individual dance journey. Open your heart, lose yourself and dance off to delicious tunes by Melbourne’s finest DJs.

CHAI TENT Enjoy a dazzling array of female musicians performing at the Chai Tent on Thursday evening and Friday, Saturday and Sunday afternoon.

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music—Friedrich Nietzsche.

READING AND HEALING HEALING HAVEN Over 100 practitioners and readers are providing services by donation all festival. Try something new, broaden your mind and nurture your body. Go to the Healing Haven area to learn what’s on offer and book in for a 25 minute session by donation. Suggested donation to honour our healers’ work is $15 minimum.

BOOKING TIMES FOR GUESTS NB: Guests cannot book days in advance. You can only book in for an upcoming 2.5 hour shift. Please note this year we have healing market stalls. Please book in with them at anytime.

Day

Friday

11.00am

2:30pm

Saturday

07:00am

1:30pm

Sunday

08:00am

11:30am

PAMPER AND HEALING MARKET Please check out the healing, beauty, psychic and pamper stalls located near the Healing Haven peaceful forest. Indulge yourself.

NOURISHMENT FOOD MARKET Enjoy delicious catering anytime throughout the day from our range of food vendors, catering for all tastes including GF, VO, V and various food sensitivities.

MARKETPLACE Pick up a new treasure from the oval and festival heart marketplaces.

MUMS AND BUBS SOCIAL SANCTUARY A safe and comfortable space for women attending Seven Sisters with their children for feeding, nappy changes, breast pumping

and down time. We also provide baby wearing education, safety and support to those carrying their babies or wanting to carry their baby.

SOLO ADVENTURERS’ HANGOUT Come gather and meet other brave and adventurous women who have come to Seven Sisters by themselves. The meetup point is located on the oval and is a place for all women to meet others, connect, make new friends and share a meal together. It is held at lunch and dinner near the oval. Extend your social circle.

ART AND COMMUNITY PROJECTS EARTH MANDALA

CO-CREATIVE COMMUNITY LABYRINTH

The Earth Mandala offers a place of stillness, intention, natural beauty and reflection within the heart of the Seven Sisters Festival. It is an opportunity to reflect on and deeply connect with your own personal intention for yourself at the festival, and to both give and receive blessings of peace, nourishment and love. Mandala creation from 9 a.m. Friday. Opening ritual approximately midday Friday. Closing ritual 2.30 p.m. Sunday.

The Labyrinth is an ancient symbol that relates to wholeness. It combines the imagery of the circle and the spiral into a meandering but purposeful path. The Labyrinth represents a journey to our own centre and back again out into the world. Labyrinths have long been used as meditation and prayer tools. Come walk its path this festival.

SACRED CIRCUS ROVING PERFORMANCE 6

This heartfelt cast of elaborate roving performers presents offerings of whimsical fantasy, beauty, magic and mystery. Joining us from their home in the Byron Bay hinterland, we can expect to experience Sacred Circusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; signature blend of atmospheric wearable art performance as they enchant their way throughout the festival with a range of creative boutique characters.

MANIFESTING THE SACRED FEMININEâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;LIVE PAINTING A compact live painting performance to the music in Chai tent which visually engages in a serene way while adding colour, beauty and ambience.

ALTAR OF VENUS Experience an energetically infused sensory journey, with symbolic rebirthing and reconnection with the heartbeat of sacred divine femininity. Surrender to faith in you with love.

THE PIXIE PALACE

MINDFUL MANDALA

A play space for adults! Let out your inner child within the Pixie Palace play area with old favourite games and some new ones! Play with the pixies and fairies, get your face painted, listen to a story, join in the mini laughter yoga sessions, make new friends and challenge your bestie to a game or two.

Reflect, connect and integrate through creative play in the Mindful Mandala Space. Make your own mandala, or engage with the hundreds of mandalas created as part of the ‘Mandala a Day’ year-long arts practice. Bring your curiosity and see what emerges!

CHRISTALIGNMENT The Christalignment team are trained intuitive seers, healers and spiritual consultants. They welcome you to experience their very accurate, life-changing destiny readings using their own cards which involve stunning encounters in the third heaven realm. All life questions answered.

STEPHANIE ROSE FREEMAN—LIVE PAINTING Stephanie will be painting in various locations around the festival. Through her luscious oil paintings, she is spreading a message of feminine empowerment, erotic innocence and sensual beauty.

THE PLACE FLAGS Created in Mount Martha by local artist Mia Rappel the Place Flags are a set of five handdyed, cut and sewn silk flags, hoisted on a hand shaped pole. Five colours evoke the Sea, the Sand and Sun, the Bush, the Earth and lastly, the Heart and Community.

PAMPER SPACE Bliss with your sis and beloved friends old and new in this cosy, cushy little pamper space ... all welcome to give and receive massages, foot and hand scrubs, refresh with a face spritz or dab on some balm ... all potions provided.

SIT WITH ME, CLOSE YOUR EYES Come, sit and breathe as you participate in this sculptural installation, featuring Joy and her band of helpers. Meditate with her. Ring her bells, sound her songs. Cleanse yourself with her smoke. Come, release, relax. And breathe—with Renee Bahloo of Weavery.

DEATH ALTAR This Death Altar is dedicated to Gaia the Earth Mother and allows a space to seek guidance and let go of what no longer serves. Bring an offering or simply your open heart and sit with her to receive her unconditional love and awareness of the cyclical nature of life.

MAIDEN LOUNGE Maiden Lounge is a relaxed, safe and welcoming space for young women aged 11 – 18 years, providing an opportunity to create, connect, play and share. Or to be quiet, read and rest. Maiden Lounge offers a hosted space for young women to meet each other, make connections, digest the festival, create fun, beautiful craft, anchor their experiences and have fun.

RED TENT—THE SCHOOL OF SHAMANIC WOMANCRAFT The School of Shamanic Womancraft will once again be holding women sacred within the Red Tent. Graduates from the school hold a safe, gentle space to be held, heard. Come share some herbal tea, warm hugs and and quiet reflective time.

SAFETY The Seven Sisters Festival recognises the moral and legal responsibilities to provide a safe, healthy environment for festival patrons. This commitment means that festival organisers comply with the standards established by the site management where the festival is being held, and comply with relevant health and safety legislation. In return, a high standard of behaviour is expected from festival participants. Patrons considered to be behaving in a dangerous or unacceptable manner will be removed from the festival site immediately.

WE ASK OUR FESTIVAL PATRONS TO ADHERE TO THE FOLLOWING

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Observe the specified arrival and departure times to and from the site. Remain within the festival perimeter at all times, as persons found outside the festival perimeter will be considered trespassers and subject to prosecution. Wear the official festival wristband at all times, as patrons without a wristband will be asked to leave and if necessary escorted off site. Understand that we are guests on Scout Camp Victoria’s property and respect their policy of NO full nudity. Wear appropriate footwear on the festival site at all times.

PROHIBITED ON THE FESTIVAL GROUNDS

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Alcohol and illicit drugs Candles Gas bottles (unless permanently installed in a camper van) Butane cans Smudge sticks & Incense Pyrotechnics or firecrackers Sparklers Flares Any form of naked flame or fire Dogs or pets (guide dogs are an exception) Full nudity

GENERAL WARNING Under legislation, we are required to warn you that the land where Seven Sisters Festival is being held is naturally a hazardous place that may or may not contain all manner of unknown obstacles, risks and dangers, both natural and man-made, which may result in loss or damage to your property or personal injury.

EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROTOCOL The Seven Sisters Festival has a comprehensive Risk and Emergency Policy and Procedure Plan. Emergency response and evacuation notices will be placed in designated areas throughout the festival site.

FIRST AID We have a 24-hour first aid station located next to Festival HQ. (View festival map for location). If you feel unwell and need assistance, please seek first aid. In the event of a medial emergency (heart attack, unconsciousness, etc.) call an ambulance on 000 and direct them to Hearn Rd entry, whilst asking a nearby person to seek assistance at the Site Office.

IN CASE OF EMERGENCY Immediately alert staff at our information tent or at Festival Headquarters. You can call directly to the site office on 0435 304 540. Advise staff if you have called 000 so that someone may be dispatched to meet emergency services.

EMERGENCY EVACUATION PROCEDURE Emergency evacuation procedures will occur in cases of extreme risk to festival patrons. The Festival Warden will guide patrons and staff to gather at either emergency assembly point 1 or 2 to exit the site. Please see the map within this booklet for emergency exits and assembly areas.

IMPORTANT CONTACTS: Emergency Services: 000 Poisons Information: 131 126 Site Office Number: 0435 304 540

BODY WISE Brazilian Warrior Dance

Zulmara

The idea is to awaken the inner warrior through dance movements. Bring people together into a tribal group called Brazilian BodyFlow Dance at the Seven Sisters Festival. To access inner strength, wisdom and memories of our ancestors.

Zulmara Camargo is the founder of FOUR HANDS Body Therapies. She has a unique approach to bring awareness to people about their power and capabilities to achieve personal growth. Over the years, she created a series of Wellness Workshops to help solve issues through BodyFlow Dance.

Saturday 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Sunday 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Bring The SASS Find your sensual flow in movement by connecting with your unique essence ... your life force energy ... your SASS! A liberating guided dance experience combining sensuality, moving meditation and of course, DANCE. Embody yourself and own your power! Friday 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Sunday 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

fourhandsbodytherapies.com/

Jess MacLeish PASSIONATE about empowering women with SASS: Self-Awareness, Sensuality and Spirituality. Jess is an ex-burlesque performer and mental health worker well regarded for her down-to-earth manner. With a penchant for mindfulness and embodiment, Jess integrates SASS into everything she does and teaches. www.bringthesass.com

Dancehall Queen

Kitty Cat

Dancehall is a cultural dance that originated from Jamaica and influenced the world over with its outrageous audacity to express life in its absolute rawness ... dance big, beautiful and bad with no apologies because you are a Dancehall Queen!

Cat Pwiti aka Kitty Cat, founder of Burncity Queenz (Melbourne’s first official Dancehall dance group) and Jungle City studios, located in Brunswick, VIC, has over thirteen years’ experience as a dance performer and instructor working predominantly with women of all age groups and backgrounds.

Saturday 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

www.junglecitystudios.com.au

Goddess Sound Healing Voyage

Lou Van Stone

Sound Priestess Lou channels the voice of the goddess. This is beyond singing, it is Sonic Surgery, Ethereal and Shamanic, penetrating deep into your cells, leaving them dancing and vibrating with light. Your chance to Receive, Revive and Renew.

Internationally renowned celestial singer, multi-instrumentalist, channel, sound healer and composer, Lou Van Stone deeply moves and transforms audiences worldwide with her soaring, ethereal voice. Her five octave range can be felt in every cell, bringing a profound sense of peace.

Friday 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Saturday 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

www.louvanstone.com

BODY WISE

Hoop Dance Heart Flow

Donna Sparx

A hula hoop dance workshop that invites you to dance with your inner child, spin up a storm, giggle, wiggle and ultimately find your flow—the moment where time disappears. Move, breathe and sweat your way to silent, joyful stillness. This is a journey. Friday 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Donna Sparx is a professional hula hoop dancer whose passion is bringing the dance into the hoop and sharing the freedom found in play and flow. Recognised globally for her creativity, innovation, flow facilitation and playful approach, she’s taught thousands of people to hoop and performs regularly.

Juicy Wild Woman

Mariana Ibrahim

This juicy deep dance workshop takes you on an embodied experience of your essence. With the aid of mirrors and music you will open up doorways within you that have been closed for far too long. This workshop fuses the inner and outer landscapes.

Mariana has been working with empowering women for two decades. She has now opened a women’s temple in the Byron shire that supports women’s creativity and emergence into their authentic self. She holds regular women’s circles and retreats that enable the juiciness of each woman to shine.

Friday 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Saturday 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

www.hoopsparx.com

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Soul Circles Drumming

Djulz Chambers

You are invited to share in a co-created journey with us, deep into the he(art) of the Djembe. It is the intention of our time together to harness the power of West-African percussion to amplify personal and collective intentions for healing.

For more than a decade since her initiation into the art forms of drumming and storytelling in West Africa, Djulz Chambers has been in dedicated service to the expansion of individuals via her unique application of both modalities.

Friday 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Sunday 4:00 p.m. – 4:50 p.m.

www.soulcirclesdrumming.com

The Cassettes 80s Dance

Marissa Treichel

Open your heart, your pores and your jazz hands with director of The Cassettes, Marissa Treichel.

Marissa loves raising people’s spirits through the awesome power and hilarity of eighties music, and the beauty of dance. Marissa has appeared on Channel 7, ABC, on three main stages of Woodford Folk Festival, Mullumbimby and Bellingen Folk Festival, Falls Festival, Splendour in the Grass.

Led with expertise and delight, prepare to laugh, sweat, dance and feel immensely satisfied. https:// vimeo.com/155279040 Saturday 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

www.thecassettes.com.au/marissa-treichel/

BODY WISE The Junglist Workout

Terra Bunny

Alchemy on the dance floor. Move your bodies to the sounds of the bass. A yin/yang workout that will help you sweat and dance in extraordinary ways. Terra Bunny brings you a choreographed dancercise session with elements of vocals and conscious rap.

Shoshana is a certified consciousness coach, feminine embodiment mentor, holistic health coach and fitness instructor. She guides you back home to your body through reclaiming your pleasure and rewilding your life with functional movement, intuitive eating, self-love and sexual sovereignty.

Sunday 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

shoshanasadia.com

The Kate Bush Experience

Belinda Burton

Dive into the kooky, interpretive dance world of Kate Bush at this fun and uplifting workshop! Learn all her famous moves to a medley of tunes that will get you running up that hill before you can say ‘Babushka’! Bring a smile and wear something red.

Dancer, mother, Kate Bush lover ...

Sunday 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Toning Chakras Harness the power of your own voice to balance physical and etheric energies. Eva teaches vocal toning through the seven chakras while utilising harmonic singing and Tibetan bowls to strengthen a lasting space for inner peace, clarity and oneness. Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Sunday 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Eva Michelle Eva Michelle is a singer/songwriter (Eva Las Vegas) producer (ana wares, GEN-EVA), harmonic singer and vocal healing worker. Giving permission to express the self through sound, Eva teaches the techniques of toning to tune into oneself, accessing inbuilt tools for tension relief and healing. www.facebook.com/toningmelbourne

Belinda hails from Byron Bay and most recently led 400 fun-loving interpretive dancers at the Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever Sydney event. Belinda advocates dance as a pathway to joy and knows that once you taste the Kate Experience, life is never the same!

BODY WISE Transform

Mandy Chilcott

Transform unites yoga, music and sport in a powerful fitness class. Engage your mind and body using sun salutations, plyometrics, lunges, balance and strength poses, twisting and lengthening positions.

Mandy is a certified freestyle, body pump, body attack and body balance instructor with over 17 years’ experience in the health and fitness industry. Mandy’s passion for group exercise and helping others find happiness through fitness is evident in her energetic and warm approach.

Dancing Eros

Alejandra Nicolazzo and Ramya Jade

Friday 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Saturday 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

This experience offers you an anchor into deep feeling, self-connection and your erotic essence. Learn the four gateways of feminine embodiment which empower you in your relationship to your body, sexuality and desires. Saturday 8:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.

Alejandra has a deep passion for empowering women in their sexual liberation and freedom from a space of full acceptance of all of ourselves. Jade is a fiery, love-fuelled leader for women reclaiming their sacred sexuality and embodying their authentic expression and wild-hearted nature. www.dancingeros.com

Reclaim the Sacred—Yoga

Emma Waters

An exploration of yoga practices and yogic philosophy to reclaim your sacred nature and connect to the layers beyond the physical. A calming combo of Sacred Body (asana), Sacred Breath (gentle pranayama) and Sacred Mantra (chant with live harmonium).

Emma is a yoga teacher and trainer, wellbeing coach and educator who is passionate about sharing yoga as a process of awakening the spiritual flame of the heart. She has practised for 20 years and teaches classes and workshops via Jala Yoga and Coaching as well as at Krishna Village, North Coast, NSW.

Saturday 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Sunday 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.

www.jalayoga.com.au

Embodying Wayapa

Brittany Jane

A space to reconnect with the natural world through our moving bodies. Wayapa® is an Australian Aboriginal earth connection practice that uses guided movement, story and breath to activate deep listening and connection to the earth, spirit and self.

Brittany is a somatic ecologist, dancer, Wayapa® practitioner and permaculturist whose work aims to reunite the embodied arts and ecology. Brittany’s practice is heavily inspired by her training in Indigenous traditions, combined with 15 years of experience in dance and seven years in environmental work.

Saturday 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

/www.facebook.com/brittany.jane.dance

BODY WISE Decade Dance Party 70s Come and dance to the music of the 70s Friday 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Cathy Stevens Cathy Stevens is the creator and founder of Cathy’s Crazed Institute of GoDisco. Cathy has over 15 years’ dance experience and is a qualified teacher who spends her spare time watching 70s

film clips and developing funky disco moves to bring joy and happiness to women across Melbourne. She runs DiscoRobics classes and has successfully brought GoDisco to a range of events for crowds of up to 120 people (she even co-hosted the first Melbourne ‘Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever’, teaching and leading up to 2000 people through the iconic dance). www.facebook.com/CrazedGoDisco

Decade Dance Party 80s

Marissa Treichel

Come and dance to the music of the 80s

Marissa loves raising people’s spirits through the awesome power and hilarity of 80s music, and the beauty of dance. Marissa has appeared on Channel 7, ABC, on three main stages of Woodford Folk Festival, Mullumbimby and Bellingen Folk Festival, Falls Festival, Splendour in the Grass.

Friday 8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

www.thecassettes.com.au/marissa-treichel/

Decade Dance Party 90s

Solaris

Come and dance to the music of the 90s

Solaris will be transporting you through time and space through carefully selected beats and rhythms to activate your inner diva. Her sets have been known to cause spontaneous bursts of ecstasy and return to wholeness.

Friday 9:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Decade Dance Party 2000s Come and dance to the music of the 2000s Friday 10:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.

www.dancingfreedom.com

HUB Vulnerable Bragging

Mary Soderiou

Imagine being proud of your creations, wisdom, triumphs and desire, finding the courage to speak about them, despite any vulnerable hesitation, with fulfilment and enthusiasm. Rather than stuffing away the love, joy and compassion you have to give to yourself because of the belief that ‘good girls must be coy and unassuming’.

Mary is a professional mentor, speaker and facilitator with over 28 years’ experience in counselling, healing and conducting workshops around the world. She facilitates one-day workshops and retreats for women that are designed to tune you into your authentic, wild, wise and sensitive Self.

Sunday 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

www.marysoderiou.com

Self-Marriage Ceremony

EJ Love

EJ Love will take you through understanding the personality and the soul and the importance of inner union. You will then commit to loving and honouring yourself in a beautiful group selfmarriage ceremony which will help integrate your masculine and feminine energies and evolve you into unconditional self-love.

EJ Love is a love, relationship and sex coach and sacred sexual healer who has been aptly dubbed the Love Priestess. She is most well known for her vulnerability and inspiring stories which have reached millions of people around the world through global news sites, radio and TV shows.

Calling in Your Tribe

Michele Peppler

Learn how to consciously call in your ‘people’, both at the festival and beyond. Fun connector activities will drop you straight into your heart and soul to experience real one-on-one connection with your festival sisters and make lasting friends—fast.

Michele Peppler is the Barefoot Queen, a real, raw, soul-centric dating, relationships and lifestyle coach, facilitator and founder of Be the Queen. She supports ‘everywoman’ to get real about who she is and own her worth to attract soul-aligned friends, lovers and community, and have thriving relationships.

Saturday 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Sunday 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Saturday 2.30pm to 3.30pm

www.ejlove.com

www.bethequeen.com.au

Embody Song

Santha Press

There’s nothing much better than creating sound with a large group of women. Bring your voice, bring your body. Let yourself be led on a vocal meditation, a sound exploration. Immerse yourself in harmony, vibration and songs of peace. Everybody welcome.

Santha has been facilitating musical experiences across the eastern states of Australia for over twenty years. She uses meditation, breath, vocal technique, movement, humour, accessibility and joy to encourage even the most hesitant to share and celebrate their voice.

Friday 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Sunday to 8.30am - 9.30am

www.santhapress.wordpress.com

HUB Healing Harp The ancient and mystical harp has been used for centuries as an instrument of healing. Treat yourself to a powerful Harp Sound Meditative Journey that will leave you calm, relaxed and re-energised. Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Sunday 10.00am to 11.00am

Christine Middleton and Carol Gaw Christine Middleton is a certified therapeutic harp practitioner and funded by the Epworth Medical Foundation. Carol Gaw, a passionate sound healer, is an oncology nurse manager at the Royal Childrens Hospital. www.christinemiddleton.com

Love Yourself, Love Your Body

Katie Nicole

In a world that profits from your self-hate, selflove is an act of rebellion—Stop beating yourself up, stop the negative self-talk and get on with living a life free from self-hate. Learn how to take your body back and love it once and for all.

From self-harm and bulimia to body love and self-acceptance. Katie knows self-esteem, confidence and body image. An accomplished life coach, NLP practitioner and speaker, Katie inspires others to see their greatness, to embrace all of who they are and begin to truly love themselves, inside and out.

Saturday 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

www.moreconfidence.com.au

Rest in Spirit’s Cradle

Hypnotheric Soundscapes

Dissolve the veil between spirit and mind with a one-hour passage into unlimited connection with your higher self. Gracefully travel on the potent medicinal sounds and words channelled straight from spirit.

We offer hypnotherapeutic soundscapes harnessing the ancient healing powers of crystal and Tibetan singing bowls, activated medicine drums and a psychically guided meditation. Eliza and Kylie have been working together professionally for three years, offering deeply healing trance journeys.

Saturday 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Sunday 12.30 to 1.30pm

www.facebook.com/hypnothericsoundscape

HUB The Junglist Workout

Terra Bunny

Friday 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m Saturday 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

AromaSound Empowerment

Submerge all senses within vibrational medicine of sound, aroma and intention. A chakra balancing guided meditation with luscious essential oils and blissful singing bowls, magnifying and cementing your manifestations. Emerge empowered and restored. Friday 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

shoshanasadia.com

Tabitha Kellett and Michelle Mullins Tabby (Lightly Centred), an experienced counsellor/facilitator, helps women thrive through creative expressive tools and profound singing bowls. Michelle (AromaLife) traverses conventional medicine, mystic ritual and ancient wisdom, bringing aromatherapy’s life-affirming potential to others. https://aromalife.com.au

Awakening Your Divine Feminine yoga Through a soulful yoga practice of feminine flows, fierce breathwork and tantric meditations, we celebrate the Divine Feminine within us and the world around us. Be prepared to shift, lift and flow to activate your own Shakti power. Friday 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Saturday 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.

Sian Pascale Sian Pascale is an experienced energetic, breath, meditation and yoga teacher. Her teachings draw from Mother India where she lived and trained for several years, learning through the Hatha, Ashtanga and Tantric lineages. She teaches privately and collectively, locally and internationally. www.thelightcollective.yoga

Cuddle Puddle

Clare MacDonald

A cuddle puddle or snuggle party is a facilitated, platonic, clothes-on hugfest. Boundaries are celebrated, preferences are discussed in advance and changing your mind is allowed. No pressure to participate but you might not want to leave. Feel good!

Clare MacDonald’s myotherapy background has informed the practice of respectful touch exchange and embodied movement in her monthly women’s circles. She brings humour and up-to-date neuroplasticity research to her selfmassage basics classes. She loves hugging and will always ask you first.

Friday 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

HUB Sound Meditation Relax and surrender to the sounds of Tibetan and crystal bowls, chimes, native drums and multilayered vocals intuitively channelled by Katie. She will then guide you into a toning circle as we raise our voices to hold each other in sound. Friday 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Saturday 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Sunday 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Katie Underwood Katie Underwood is a meditation teacher, sound healer, multi-instrumentalist and recording artist. She trained with Lama Tender in Tibetan Sound healing and Jonothan Goldman in the USA. Katie weaves an intuitive soundscape for deep healing and meditation using her voice, drums, chimes and singing bowls. www.underwoodhealing.com

Embrace All of You—Yoga

Claire Bradshaw

In this yin, yang and nidra workshop you’ll learn the contrast of yin and yang, both intellectually and in your body. We will move the body in yang style energetic shapes, and then work our way to the ground, to earth and to feel deeply.

Claire Bradshaw is a yoga teacher and life coach empowering women to fall back in love with their lives. She supports her clients to find space in the day to day, to slow down and reconnect, so that they can find their vitality and sense of purpose once again.

Sunday 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.

www.claire-bradshaw.com

MAIDENS Melissa Jeffcott Celebrate Your Cycle This workshop is designed for teenage girls to help promote healthy acceptance of the menstrual cycle via time in the sacred space of circle. We will also talk about creating a personal moon time self-care box and discuss other ways to boost self-care. Saturday 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Sunday 11:30 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Melissa Jeffcott is a certified life coach, sacred space holder and workshop facilitator. She is a trained facilitator for ‘A Celebration Day for Girls’, and regularly runs Women’s Circles and Wellbeing Circle’s for tween/teen girls in Bayside Melbourne. www.melissajeffcott.com

Mother/Daughter Circle

Michelle Buggy

Maidens and mothers come together to connect as mutual sisters, relating in circle. We will share stories, sing, laugh and create together in a space to support the individual and the meaningful nature of the intrinsic connecting between mother and child.

Michelle is a ‘Celebration Day for Girls’ facilitator and will be offering a unique blend of the program in this workshop. She has completed a Masters of Art Therapy and has over 18 years’ experience in community and mental health as an art therapist. She is also a mother of five, three of whom are girls.

Create Your Own Felt Goddess

Fiona Morrison and Anja Morrison

Friday 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Sunday 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Craft your dreams into being, using inspiration from your unconscious creative. Learn needle felting to make a doll representing your inner goddess. She’ll be your take-home reminder of your amazingness!

www.birthingartbirthingheart.com

Saturday 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Saturday 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Fiona and Anja are a fun, warm and practical mother-daughter team who love connecting through craft. Fiona is a teacher, passionate about connecting young people in learning communities. As a student at innovative Templestowe College, Anja knows how collaborative learning really looks and feels.

Handling Tricky Situations

Janoel Liddy

As a young woman, you have to start making your own choices when things aren’t going your way. Together we’ll create a safe space to chat about what you can do and ways to relax when you’re stressed. We’ll create some craft and have some fun, too!

Janoel runs mother-daughter retreats in Bali, ‘Celebration Day for Girls’ workshops locally, and teaches sexuality education and staff PD in schools. She is a mother of two and has done sacred women’s work for years, holding a safe and deep space with a bit of fun as an engaging facilitator and trainer.

Friday 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Saturday 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

www.stepintowomanhood.com

MAIDENS Meditation Stones for Maidens Come and gather in circle to paint your own powerful meditation mantra stones. Hayley will guide you during meditation to explore empowering colours, shapes and symbols, inviting you to create your own stones that will represent your unique mantras.

Hayley Black Hayley has been bringing women of all ages together to partake in mindfulness art for over four years. Through her work she helps people to rediscover their creativity, slow down and become mindful. Hayley creates a safe and relaxed space for others to discover and connect with themselves . www.myhappystar.com.au

Friday 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Mindful Movement for Maidens Maidens are invited to embark on a yoga journey to the magical land of mindful movement, relaxation and fun! We will move, dance, connect, create, laugh, play and meditate together. Maidens will leave feeling much more connected to themselves and others. Friday 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Sunday 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

Claire Bednall Claire is a passionate kids yoga and meditation teacher and mum to two of her own Young Yogis. She became a yoga enthusiast after becoming a parent and found these to be such powerful tools to help alleviate stress and to stay healthy in both body and mind that she decided she just had to pass them onto future generations. Hence, she qualified to teach with Rainbow Kids Yoga in 2016 and has loved spreading the joy of yoga and meditation ever since!

Nature’s Art

Lyndy Jewell

Utilising the magnificent, gentle power of nature and creativity to enhance a feeling of relaxation and balance. Maidens will learn energy balancing skills that can be used anywhere, anytime in a fun and supportive space.

Lyndy has a unique ability to help others relieve stress and anxiety through energy healing work. Utilising psychic abilities, aromatherapy, crystals, sound healing and shamanic work, as well as deep and genuine feelings of empathy, Lyndy can connect to each client and develop a sense of their inner truth.

Friday 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Sunday 3:30 p.m. – 4:50 p.m.

lyndyjewell.com.au

MAIDENS Plastic Free Periods—Makers

Rachel Pilgrim and Julie Red

Make your own cloth pads while discovering the history of menstrual products and interesting information about environmental, health and other factors influencing our choices. Practical tips to empower choice and deepen your understanding of your cycle.

Rachel and Julie bring warmth, humour and a welcoming atmosphere to their workshops. With many years of collaborative experience in their fields, they come together with expertise and passion to deliver this fresh look at practically managing your menstrual cycle.

Meet Your Body’s NeedS

Elysia Anketell

Learn to hear your body & love it exactly as it is. Become the CEO of your needs & receive simple tools for how to best deal with big emotions & life situations. This workshop consists of various practices grounded in psychology-based work, & includes a relaxing body connection meditation.

Elysia is a qualified mental health worker, speaker, and founder of The Body Love Collective. Her workshops are a fusion of her first-hand experience of illness and disordered eating as well as evidencebased mindfulness & psychology practices.

Vasilisa—Maidens 5Rhythms

Natalie Poole

Maidens—We’ll dance the story of Vasilisa through the 5Rhythms dance mandala. As Vasilisa learns to trust her inner voice, we’ll learn to recognise the sensations of the body and learn to trust our feelings. We’ll make our own dance and Vasilisa dolls.

Natalie is a Certified 5Rhythms® teacher and dance-movement therapist and art teacher. She has curated and woven menstruation, birth and women’s archetypal stories into the 5Rhythms to create a potent medicine dance. Natalie teaches Women’s Wolves Workshops and children’s 5Rhythms regularly in Melbourne.

Saturday 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

www.sacredwomb.com.au

www.thebodylovecollective.com

Saturday 4.30pm - 6.00pm

Sunday 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

twirlingwolf.com

Vision Boarding for Maidens

Marilou Coombe

A gift that we can give our children is one where we help them believe in ALL that they are capable of.

Marilou is a coach and mentor, author, yoga teacher for young humans! Focusing on working with children and instilling empowering mindsets from early on in life, her mission is to empower them to have a strong self-belief stemming from their core to achieve anything they set out to do.

Each maiden will be taken on a journey of dreaming and believing! The theme focus will be on self-love and gratitude! Saturday 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Sunday 12.30 - 1.30pm

mariloucoombe.com

ARTS AND CRAFTS The Wish

Louise Laffey

Come and experience playing The Wish—the amazing energy transformation game that is helping thousands of people around the world to manifest their greatest wishes for true love, financial freedom, clarity of purpose, wellbeing, peace and happiness!

Louise has been practising energy and metaphysical work for over 20 years. In 2007 she channelled The Wish game and since 2008 has travelled the world sharing over 100,000 wishes with fans from over 20 countries. Louise is a regular guest speaker with The Wish at the Chopra Center in CA, USA.

Friday 8:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Saturday 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

www.thewish8.com

Weaving Fibre, Weaving Life

Rene Bahloo

Band your arm and deck your neck—fibre art body adornments in celebration of the beauty of nature and self. You will make either an armband or a necklace from fibres that grow in your garden or in the forest around you.

The weavers of Seven Sisters have been present at the festival for a number of years in their weaving den. This year they continue to share their knowledge in the craft space.

Friday 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Friday 4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

www.weavery.com.au

ARTS AND CRAFTS TravelinHearts

Raquel Woods

Returning to Seven Sisters, TravelinHearts brings together the art of intention, storytelling and power of community to create a sewing circle. Stitch by Stitch, Hand by Hand, participants will craft a recycled textiled heart to gift to another sister. With this gift of giving and receiving, hearts open and magic weaves.

TravelinHearts is a community social arts project connecting people through craft, storytelling and shared experiences. travelinhearts.com

Saturday 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Crafting a Clay Sacred Yoni

Kirrilee Heartman

When we use our hands to create we heal and transform—this workshop honours the sacred portal that is the yoni by using clay, healing herbs, crystals and other elements from nature to create a unique representation of the yoni to take home.

Kirrilee and Yia have presented Crafting a Sacred Yoni at Seven Sisters Festival twice before. Kirrilee runs workshops in various handcraft modalities, and Yia is a ceremonialist/counsellor. Joining us are Raven and Yvonne, both experienced facilitators of various women’s spaces and groups.

Spirit Dolls

Joy Serwylo

A Spirit Doll is a handmade doll that embodies your hopes, dreams and prayers. She can be a messenger for your inner voice or a holder of your hidden dreams. The doll you make will be deeply personal and original.

Joy Serwylo has been playing with fabric for one purpose or another most of her life, from large textile quilts to cloth baskets. She has made miniature dolls, spirit dolls, angels and monsters by the thousands!

Sunday 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

https://sacredyoni.wordpress.com/

https://willopress.wordpress.com/

Smudge Feather and Ritual

Sharen Jeffries

Come and make your own unique smudge feather, connect with the spirit in your sacred tool and learn about smudging rituals.

Sharen is a maven of nature energies, working with animism, shamanism and nature spirits. Specialising in creating sacred tools, she also runs workshops and holds space for private shamanic sessions. Sharen is also a psychic medium and spirit artist, channelling anima and nature spirits.

Friday 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Friday 4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

www.earthtosoul.com

ARTS AND CRAFTS Weaving Magic Into Macramé Jewellery You are invited into the weaving world of macramé creation. You will learn how to create your own hand-crafted square knot macramé necklace. We will be working with vegan waxed cord and beautiful gemstone beads to give it that personal touch.

Dutchies Delights Dutchies Delights specialising in artistic, original macramé jewellery. Bringing their passion for people, creativity and the earth into everything they do, their ability and love to teach others is exceptional, making sure you will walk away fulfilled. www.facebook.com/dutchiesdelights

Saturday 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Modern Qigong for Wellbeing

Sunday 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.

Qigong is a mindful movement therapy from ancient China. In this workshop we’ll explore how this powerful practice can complement your modern lifestyle. You’ll learn a short sequence of five movements that release tension and optimise vitality.

Nicole Lee

Friday 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Saturday 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

Nicole Lee is an internationally accredited Qigong teacher. She teaches modern Qigong—a form accessible to all ages and levels of fitness. Nicole also trains people to teach the modern Qigong form, in addition to teaching classical Qigong and other meditative practices. www.chispace.com.au

RITUAL SPACE Forgiveness Found Every unresolved hurt and wound we hold has an energetic weight. It’s a piece that pulls you to the past and prevents you from moving on. We’re not always ready to forgive, but we can still learn how. Join us for a powerful ritual of letting go and forgiving. Friday 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Sunday 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Emma Power and Nilanthi Chandra Emma and Nil are teachers at the Awaken School and Tantra Is Love; Em founded these schools. Together they created the online Self Love Club which has taught thousands of students all over the world tools to live in harmony with themselves. Their teaching is fun, applicable and transformative. www.tantraislove.com

RITUAL SPACE Grief as Initiation A safely held, sacred space to share how grief has touched your life. Giving voice to grief, being witnessed in vulnerability and having your expression validated paves the way for healing and connection. In sharing grief we know we are not alone. Friday 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Saturday 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Christina Reeves and Phoenix Arrien Christina is an end-of-life educator and consultant. Phoenix has 20 years’ experience, providing sacred transformation and healing spaces for people to heal and self-discover. They have been working together for over three years in shamanic/eco healing, and in trauma, trust and intimacy workshops. www.facebook.com/Deathweavers/

Radical Self-Love

Mangala Holland

Fall madly in love with yourself in this embodied workshop with Sacred School of Shakti’s founder, Mangala Holland.

The founder of Sacred School of Shakti, Mangala is an international facilitator of women’s groups, tantric rituals, retreats and workshops and also offers private mentoring. She places a strong emphasis on self-love, embodiment and empowerment, bringing the sacred into all elements of her life

Saturday 8:30PM- 10:00PM

https://mangalaholland.com/

Reclaim the Witch Within

Sequoia

Reclaim your inner Witch, the wild woman who we have ignored and cast out for centuries. It’s time to bring her out of the shadows. This workshop will bring together spell crafting, circle connection, and magick to call her back in, reclaim Witch.

Sequoia is a mother, writer, witch, priestess of women’s mysteries, teacher with the School of Shamanic Womancraft, working with women privately and in workshops and circles. She works in service to the Goddess and is dedicated to the sisterhood and the vision of living the healed feminine.

Friday 8:00pm- 9:30pm Saturday 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

www.withinwoman.com.au

Sensual Magic

Shaney Marie

Explore the alchemical power of your sensuality and how it has the power to awaken, transform and heal you. Using the tools of meditation, movement and creative ritual you will discover that your sensuality holds magical keys to your empowerment.

Shaney is a devoted, heart-opening priestess of erotic magic. She holds a unique perspective on sex and spirituality, believing we have the potential to empower ourselves through selfknowledge, embodiment and sexual liberation. Shaney is a group facilitator, online mentor and private practitioner.

Friday 10:00 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. Saturday 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

shaneymarie.com

RITUAL SPACE Temple of Ma’at

Catherine Ishwari Shead

In ritual ceremony we journey with the Great Goddess Ma’at to the Duat (Underworld). Ma’at is our Divine Mirror reflecting our true nature and revealing all that holds us back from LOVE. We will create a staff of judgement.

Ishwari is a teacher of the Women’s Mysteries with School of Shamanic Womancraft and Womb Awakening. Her passion is the awakening and rise of the Divine Feminine and Masculine within.

The Archetypal Avalon Wheel

Pia Cameron

Journey deep with dance, touch and ritual around the Avalonian archetypal wheel of Rhiannon, Goddess of Love, Sensuality and Women’s Mysteries. Hunt your shadows to enlighten your authentic truth reflected in the turning of this Celtic elemental wheel.

Melbourne based, Pia is a Priestess of the Goddess, Sacred Sexuality and Women’s Mysteries initiated in Glastonbury Avalon, UK. Raised in Goddess community, her passion for sharing earth-based spirituality has led her on an eco village pilgrimage, holding empowerment workshops all over the world.

Friday 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Sunday 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Saturday 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Sunday 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

thealchemyoflove.com.au

gaiasgarden.com.au

Kundalini Yoga with the Gong

Dhyan Simran

Kundalini Yoga is the yoga of awareness. During this workshop we will practise kriya’s and meditations to open and clear the heart centre, facilitating the release of emotional blocks. Followed by deep healing relaxation with the Gong.

Blessed to have been trained by the Kundalini Research Institute, Dhyan Simran is a KRI certified Kundalini Yoga teacher. Drawn by a deep love and affinity with the Gongs to specialise in this area, she has had the privilege of being trained by the Master of Gong, Mehtab Benton.

CUDDLE PUDDLE

CLARE MACDONALD

A cuddle puddle or snuggle party is a facilitated,platonic,clothes-on hugfest. Boundaries are celebrated, preferences are discussed in advance and changing your mind is allowed. No pressure to participate but you might not want to leave. Feel Good!

Clare MacDonald’s myotherapy background has informed the practise of respectful touch exchange and embodied movement in her monthly women’s circles. She brings humour and up to date neuroplasticity reserach to her self massage basics classes. She loves hugging and will always as you first.

Friday 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Saturday 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.

Saturday 8:30-10:00am

RITUAL SPACE Embodying Wayapa

Brittany Jane

Brittany is a somatic ecologist, dancer, Wayapa® practitioner, and permaculturist whose work aims to reunite the embodied arts and ecology. Brittany’s practice is heavily inspired by her training in Indigenous traditions, combined with 15 years’ experience in dance and seven years in environmental work.

Sunday 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

www.facebook.com/brittany.jane.dance

Reclaiming Anger for Women

Stacia Beazley

Supporting women’s empowerment with the pure energy of anger that is vital for setting and holding boundaries, saying NO!, personal safety, having clarity, being decisive, making change, taking action, and discovering personal purpose, power and passion.

Stacia is a researcher of radical human relating who is fed by challenging social norms. She is a writer, speaker, wisdom keeper, facilitator and world bridger.

Friday 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Saturday 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Sunday 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

www.theartofrelating.com.au

SACRED SPACE Blood Wisdom Yoga

Isobel Garrett

Blood Wisdom harnesses the power of womb yoga, conscious menstruation and yoga nidra. Delightful movement, mantra and meditation infuse your being with unconditional love. Exploration into your heart and womb awakens and heals the divine feminine within.

A yogini, intentional community member and eco-feminist, Isobel is dedicated to sharing the growing tides of feminine empowerment. The first practitioner in Victoria to offer the wisdom of Uma Dinsmore-Tuli and menstrual guru Alexandra Pope, she’s trained in womb yoga, yoga therapy and total yoga nidra.

Saturday 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Sunday 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

First Aid for Eating Disorders Project Pomegranate helping to heal the wounded feminine face of eating disorders. Project Pomegranate, ‘POMPOM’, is a front line offering for women deep in the process of disordered eating, working with the elements to reclaim their lives. Saturday 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

wombyoga.org/profile-teacher/3507

Kristan Lee Read and Jane Hardwicke Collings Kristan is a mother, Steiner teacher and workshop facilitator and leads a mentoring program in the corporate sector. Jane Hardwicke Collings is the founder of the School of Shamanic Womancraft. www.kristanleeread.com

Goddess Sound Healing Voyage

Lou Van Stone

Sound Priestess Lou channels the voice of the goddess. This is beyond singing, it is sonic surgery, ethereal and shamanic, penetrating deep into your cells, leaving them dancing and vibrating with light. Your chance to Receive, Revive and Renew.

Saturday 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

www.louvanstone.com

Grave Matters

Christina Reeves

Do you feel informed about your death rights/ rites? Our society has become disconnected from the death process and handed over the ‘business’ of dying to institutions. How can we reclaim our power to make informed decisions around postdeath choices?

Christina works as an end-of-life consultant and feels passionate about informing and empowering people around end-of-life choices so they are willing and able to respond to death and loss in supportive, constructive, conscious and meaningful ways.

Friday 8:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. Sunday 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

www.facebook.com/Deathweavers/

SACRED SPACE Menstruation Alchemy

Danielle Arabena

Learn about your sacred self by understanding and honouring the interplay between the physical and spiritual aspects of our menstrual cycles.

Dr Danielle Arabena is a medical doctor, specialist and educator who, in spanning the realms of medicine and magic, has reclaimed herself as a healer. By blending her scientific and experiential knowledge, Danielle supports others on their sacred journey to wholeness.

Saturday 10:30 a.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 12:00 p.m. Sunday 1:00 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2:30 p.m.

www.drdaniellearabena.com

SACRED SPACE Sacred Birth Alchemy

Danielle Arabena

By drawing on medical, Indigenous and shamanic concepts, this workshop will provide strategies on how we can reclaim the lost magic, ritual and ceremony around conception, birth and labour. These teachings are applicable to women in ALL stages of life.

Friday 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

www.drdaniellearabena.com

Healing Relationships

Elica Lorde

In the workshop we will experientially explore how our childhood wounds play out in intimate relationships and discover how we attract others who wound us in our continual subconscious quest for healing.

Elica is a transpersonal psychotherapist specialising in soul work and the self. She is also a yoga therapist incorporating yogic psychology into her work. She is the creator and co-faciliator for ‘Yoga and Psychotherapy’, a six-day workshop held in Thailand several times each year.

Friday 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Saturday 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Ecstatic Conception and Creation An opportunity to step into your divine birthright of conscious conception and conscious creation through activating the power of the womb. You do not need to have a physical womb to attend this workshop.

Zapheria Bell Zapheria Bell’s mission is to empower women to realise they can stand in their authentic power in the world. Creating life through conscious conception and a deep understanding of the womb and the keys to the mystery. www.zapheriabell.com.au

Friday 10:00 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. Saturday 8:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Womb Wise Ways An introduction to charting one’s menstrual/ menopausal cycle as a woman’s spiritual practice. Working with a 13 Moon wheel, we explore the spiritual, physical, emotional, sexual elements that inform us and give us insight into our uniqueness as Woman. Saturday 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Sunday 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Kaggi Valentine and Sh’ana Shean Kaggi and Sh’ana have been Women’s Mystery teachers for 20 years. Over this time they have developed and published a Charting Calendar for women in all phases of life. They offer circles, workshops in groups and online and are passionate about sharing womb-based wisdom. 13moonsbloodmysteries.com

SACRED SPACE Yin Chakra Journey

Claire Bradshaw

This delicious yin journey will take you on a deeply explorative journey through your chakra energy system. We will balance your chakras using the physical postures that connect with each energy centre, leaving you feeling connected and renewed.

Claire Bradshaw is a yoga teacher and life coach empowering women to fall back in love with their lives. She supports her clients to find space in the day to slow down and reconnect, so that they can find their vitality and sense of purpose once again.

Friday 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Saturday 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

www.claire-bradshaw.com

Positive Menstrual Culture

Jane Bennett

Jane Bennett hosts a Q&A-style panel conversation to explore the potential of feminineinformed models of collaboration to transform contemporary menstrual culture.

Menstrual educator and author Jane Bennett has a rich and varied professional history of collaboration and adaptive practice and is passionate about offering girls and women the means to understand and have a positive and empowered relationship with their bodies, their fertility and their cycles.

Friday 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

http://janebennett.com.au/

Love Yourself, Love Your Body

Katie Nicole

Friday 12.30pm to 2.00pm

www.moreconfidence.com.au

Radical Self-Love

Mangala Holland

Fall madly in love with yourself in this embodied workshop with Sacred School of Shakti’s founder, Mangala Holland.

Sunday 3.00p – 4.30pm.

https://mangalaholland.com/

WOMEN’S CIRCLE SPACE Connect With Sacred Stillness

Elke Emerald

You can connect with sacred stillness by attuning to the cycle of your breathing—in an intentional and gentle way. You will be led in a mindfulness meditation that connects you, quite simply, to the stillness within each cycle of breath.

Dr Elke Emerald is a meditation mentor and has practised meditation for over 30 years. She has formal mentoring qualifications, is a Reiki teacher, artist, author and had a long career in universities. Elke brings rich life experience to her work helping women stay in touch with their peaceful core.

Friday 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Saturday 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Sunday 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Ho’oponopono Healing Prayer Come along and join Jennie and Pat to learn this powerful healing prayer, its history, how and where to use it in your life. As we experience it first hand on ourselves, an issue in our life, and sing it together. This prayer heals on many levels. Friday 8:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. Saturday 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

http://www.stillmomentmeditation.com

Jennie de Varga and Pat Leembruggen Jennie de Varga from Universal Reiki facilitates a sacred healing session, combining Reiki Sekhem, crystals and intuition. Working alongside her is Pat Leembruggen from Healing through Art, who takes one through a healing journey with sacred geometry and mandala art; they both love the Ho’oponopono. Universalreiki.com.au

Women’s Circle

Wendy Bennett

What is a womb-centred life? How do we create a life of womb-centred awareness? Discover 13 ways to create your womb-centred life through conscious choices and practices, breath meditation and a guided womb journey.

Wendy is passionate about creating safe spaces of empowerment for women to live wombcentred lives. She is a holder of sacred space for women’s circles with over 10 years’ experience, a yoni massage practitioner, energy healer and menstrual artist. Her life is alchemy in action, in the service of women.

Friday 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Saturday 4.30pm to 6.00pm Sunday 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

wombofcreativity.com

Om Chanting Circle

Emerald Kimber

The Om Chanting Circle is open to anyone who would like to experience the joy of chanting the sacred Om mantra in a large group. Come for healing, intention setting, release, reflection and an amazing vocal sound bath.

Emerald is a Reiki master, Pellowah healer and avid mantra enthusiast. She brings her passion for vibrational healing and sacred space to her Om chanting practice. She practises and teaches in the Dandenong Ranges where she holds weekly Om circle gatherings.

Friday 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Saturday 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Sunday 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

kiholistic.com.au

WOMEN’S CIRCLE SPACE The Integrated Mother Circle Expectations of the ‘Ideal Mother’ has left modern day mums exhausted, isolated and often alone in a shame spiral. Delve into your shadow and reclaim yourself as ‘The Integrated Mother’, honouring the multi-faceted being that you are. Friday 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Saturday 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Sunday 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Marcelle Cowen and Sarah Rafferty Marcelle Cowen is a mother of two and transpersonal counsellor from Melbourne, specialising in eating disorders and early motherhood. She’s recently partnered with Sarah Rafferty, a fellow mother and workshop facilitator to create weekend retreats to empower new mothers through their rite of passage. facebook.com/events/265497090884579/

16-30 Years Young Women’s Circle 32

These circles offer an opportunity for our stories and experiences to be shared, allowing for our wisdom as young women to arise. Together we listen deeply and are deeply heard. Open to all women age 16 to 30. Friday 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Saturday 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Sunday 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Karla Riddell Karla holds ceremonies with a deep connection and appreciation of the natural world and of ancient cultures. She has a healing practice and facilitates circles, women’s gatherings and dance, all as a medium of reconnecting people to the Earth and their true nature. www.youngshamanfoundation.com

Stories of the Heroine

Mishka

We follow the Heroine’s Journey with new tellings of old world stories. Receiving ancient archetypal maps and tools to navigate life’s struggles and difficulties.

Mishka is a multi-disciplinary artist and art therapist who has been involved in SSF and worked in community arts for women for 10 years. Her diverse artistic skills range from storytelling, blacksmithing and puppetry.

Friday 10:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. Saturday 8:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

CIRCLE OF STONES Birth Mandala A holistic tool encouraging deeper reflection on eight interconnecting elements which impact birth. In the session pregnant women, women seeking to process previous birth experiences and birth workers will gain a deeper understanding of birth. Friday 8:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. Saturday 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Rhea Dempsey and Shar Lawrence Rhea Dempsey is a birth activist, educator, trainer, doula and author with experience gained over 40 years across all birth settings. Shar Lawrence is a doula, birth educator. Inspired by Rhea’s work she created the Mandala of Birth to explore the inner landscape of birth. www.birthingwisdom.com.au

Deep Blue Birth

Annie Tayleur

Join us for a workshop that provides a safe space for women to explore outlooks, expectations and options for birth including natural therapies. Then utilise the sound of water to take part in an empowering guided relaxation and visualisation.

Annie is a mother, teacher, doula and childbirth educator. Her programs have a heavy focus on the utilisation of waves and water movement as a visualisation tool for labour and birth. She has a special interest in supporting women through pregnancy, birth and parenting in an openminded setting.

Saturday 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Sunday 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

www.deepbluebirth.com.au

Menopause and Beyond

Yia Alias

Menopause and beyond. Continuing the conversation around sacred eldership and its potential to bring about shifts in the very foundations of society. We will explore our fears and acceptance around ageing and connect to our own unique fundamental nature.

Yia is a ceremony woman, a transpersonal counsellor/mentor, artist, writer, women’s mystery teacher specialising in healing through ritual. Her deepest learnings have been gathered from many years of sitting in circle and bearing witness to the rich wisdom and stories of many women.

Friday 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Saturday 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Mind the Pelvic Floor and Door The physical gender of woman comes with a unique owner’s manual different than men. Come learn how to better hear and tend to this unique and very important structure so we may have better pelvic health throughout life. Friday 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Sunday 11:00 a.m. –12:30 p.m.

www.yiaalias.com

Elizabeth Stein Elizabeth is a healer, public speaker, writer, illustrator and educator with over 15 years’ experience in the wellness industry. She has certifications with Arvigo Therapy®, holistic pelvic care, EmbodyBirth™, energy medicine, remedial massage, birth and more. www.BellyAndBodyCare.com

CIRCLE OF STONES ORACLE Film Screening

Zohie Castellano

Unpacking the myth of Baba Yaga.

Zohie Castellano is a filmmaker from Melbourne. Long fascinated with the relationship between images and stories, her work encompasses the everyday while speaking to wider, spiritual dimensions of human experience.

An exploration of the discovery of our intuition through this rite of passage, and how to arm ourselves with the tools to navigate this dark forest. Film screening 15 minutes. Discussion 45 minutes. Delivered twice.

www.resatelafilms.com

Saturday 8:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Same Sex Tantra

Danica Lani

Explore the ancient arts of Tantra for samesex-attracted women. Play with the gender spectrum and expressions of divine masculinity, femininity and androgyny. Get ready to increase your sexual vitality through conversation and practical exercises. Friday 10:30 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.

Danica is a fire sign with an unmatched zest for life. Her joy, love and vitality are infectious. She has explored and taught yoga, dance, sexuality and transformation around the world since 1999. She trained at Deakin University, Australian Yoga Academy, Tantra Is Love and Agama. She lives in Sydney.

Meet Your Body’s Needs

Elysia Anketell

Saturday 4:30 P.M- 6:00P.M

www.danicalani.com

www.thebodylovecollective.com

Sex Positive Parenting

Lily Isobella

Lily has condensed the very best in latest research and combined it with practical parenting strategies to give you easy, fun ways to guide your children through the tricky territory of talking about sex, love and self-esteem.

With a background in herbal medicine and counselling, Lily has specialised in women’s health, and specifically recovery from sexual trauma for over two decades. Between her private practice and her speaking career she has helped thousands of women after instances of abuse, rape, violence and trauma.

Saturday 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Sunday 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

www.lilyisobella.com.au

WOMEN’S CIRCLE SPACE Unlock Your Thrive Factor

Shannon Bush

Your Thrive Factor gives you permission to live life and lead your business or career with effortless confidence and energy. Meet the 12 personal leadership archetypes, identify your Thrive Factor and hear expert tips from Shannon on totally thriving.

Shannon Bush brings effortless success to the world with innovative coaching, education and strategy. With her ground-breaking personal leadership archetypes she affords clients a tangible insight into their mindset, money, marketing and magnetism; their Thrive Factor. She also loves to SUP and sip chai!

Friday 6.00pm to 7.30pm Saturday 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

https://creativepossibility.com.au/

Transform Your Career

Denise Mooney

Stuck in a job you dislike? Feeling uncertain about the future? Learn the proven four-step career transformation process to connect with your purpose, develop clear goals and see new possibilities for your future success.

Denise Mooney is a career coach and mindfulness and meditation teacher who specialises in guiding people through change. She teaches workshops on career transformation and meditation and is on a mission to help others discover their purpose so they can live a more wholehearted life.

Friday 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Sunday 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

https://www.denisemooney.com.au/

OpenSky Qigong

Linda Brown and Alex Kalff

An introduction into the ancient art of Qigong. Techniques include meditation and movements for nourishing your core energy. Techniques will assist you to balance and heal your physical organs, your emotions, and also to calm and centre your mind.

Linda and Alex are dedicated students of Marg Wyatt, who is a medical Qigong therapist. Marg received her personal training in Yangming Qigong from Master Tang Li. Master Tang Li received her training from Shaolin Monk Master Haiden. Alex and Linda facilitate weekly Qigong classes in Melbourne.

Friday 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Saturday 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Sunday 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

LIFE SKILLS Become the One

EJ Love

EJ shares her vulnerable story of how she healed from abuse and then married herself and led the self-marriage movement in Australia. She will teach the importance of healing your relationship with the masculine to truly reclaim your feminine power.

EJ Love is a love, relationship and sex coach and sacred sexual healer who has been aptly dubbed the Love Priestess. She is most well known for her vulnerability, self-marriage and inspiring stories which have reached millions of people around the world through global news sites, radio and TV shows.

Saturday 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

www.ejlove.com

LIFE SKILLS Body Worth

Helene Pouwels

I share the six ingredients of life transformation success recipe. In order to change and reach our full potential, we go through those six pillars. My work focuses on empowering women reaching the best version of themselves.

Helene Pouwels is on a mission to help women reach their highest potential in using the mindbody-spirit system to transform their life. www.helenepouwels.com

Friday 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Embodiment and Vulnerability

Fiona Tate

To enter our body fully, we must surrender and soften on muscular, cellular, emotional and energetic levels. To surrender we need to reach into our depths and open into vulnerability. Then we can access the wisdom of our body womb and intuition.

Fiona is a mind-body psychotherapist with over 15 years’ experience as a healer, bodyworker and facilitator. Her passion is in helping women reconnect with their body, to heal stagnant emotions, connect with their intuition and to awaken the sacred feminine consciousness.

Friday 3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

Personal Responsibility and Health Electro Girl is a snippet into the mind of a woman who was diagnosed with epilepsy at 19 and then tried to hide this diagnosis from society in a myriad of ways. The stories are raw, entertaining, educational and Lainie’s honesty is inspiring. Saturday 7:45 p.m. – 8:15 p.m.

fionaate.com

Lainie Chait Lainie Chait is an author, stand-up comedian, back yard DJ as well as a teacher in Animal Studies at a Melbourne TAFE. Lainie decided to stop hiding her diagnosis of having epilepsy and wrote an autobiographical book and now stage play which she called ‘Electro Girl’. http://electrogirl.com.au/

Fertility Awareness

Jane Hardwicke Collings

Understand when you are fertile, when you are not, and learn the easy-to-read signs that will help you own your fertile power like a boss.

Jane Hardwicke Collings is a midwife, teacher, writer and menstrual educator. She founded the School of Shamanic Womancraft.

Saturday 4:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.

www.janehardwickecollings.com

LIFE SKILLS For the Love of Earth

Pollyanna Darling

TreeSisters has grown from a tiny seed (that germinated in a car crash) to a global sisterhood that has so far planted 2.9 million trees worldwide. Discover our uniquely feminine pathways to create positive change, on behalf of all life.

Pollyanna has been involved with TreeSisters since it was a tiny seed and currently looks after community engagement. She’s also an intuitive coach, mother of four boys, award-winning author, singer, passionate Earthlover and women’s empowerment facilitator.

Saturday 3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Sunday 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

http://www.treesisters.org

Hormone Contraception

Jasmine King

Hormonal contraception: Is it hurtful or healing? Looking at the primary options available for women. The pill. Implanon. Intrauterine device (IUD). The benefits? The dangers? What you can do to support yourself naturopathically whilst using them. Saturday 9:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.

Jaz is a naturopath, natural hormone and pathology testing educator. She specialises in cycle/hormonal health with particular interest in contraception methods. She mentors practitioners/students and she lectures on hormones, contraception and pathology for ACNEM and Australian Clinical Labs.

Love the Skin You’re in!

Dr Abbie Acupuncture

Love the skin you’re in—Why Beyonce doesn’t care about her thigh gap and neither should you! Dr Abbie provides a straight-up approach to self-love and shares insights from a Chinese perspective on how your personality is displayed on your face.

Dr Abbie Cloherty (TCM) is an expert in cosmetic acupuncture, speaker, presenter and the founder of Zhong Centre. Abbie is passionate about empowering people to be comfortable in their skin whilst sharing her extensive knowledge of TCM and holistic approaches to wellbeing.

Friday 8:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

www.naturaljaz.com.au

www.zhongcentre.com

Menstrual Workplace Policy

Jane Hardwicke Collings

How to bring a menstrual and menopause workplace policy to your work, and why!

Jane Hardwicke Collings is a midwife, teacher, writer and menstrual educator. She founded the School of Shamanic Womancraft.

Friday 9:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.

www.janehardwickecollings.com

LIFE SKILLS Mindful Money

Alexis Harvey

Many of us grow up with negative, limiting messages around money. Learn the core principles to having a mindful and meaningful relationship with money to amplify your most authentic life based on self-worth, self-trust and kickass practical skills.

Alexis helps women change their relationship with money so they can live in alignment with their highest purpose and potential. She developed her own money management system, now used across the world, and is the creator of the self-worth and net-worth transformation program, The Wealth Worthy Journey.

Friday 5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

https://www.alexisharvey.com

Navigating the Nervous System

Moniquea Spiteri

Join Moniquea as you go on a journey into the body to discover how your nervous system can become disregulated, causing many disorders in the mind and body. Learn how to resolve deeply held patterns and traumas that could be keeping you stuck.

Moniquea is a somatic (body) psychotherapist who has worked in the field of mental health, trauma and personal development for over 15 years. She is also a passionate social entrepreneur and visionary change maker. She is an intuitive coach with a natural strength for igniting people’s inner spark.

Saturday 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

www.somaticsynergy.com.au

Plastic Free Periods

Rachel Pilgrim

Many menstrual products contain plastic. It’s hard to know what to do and we can feel guilty using throwaway items. But there are great options available. Discover how different products affect your body and some simple ways you can make a difference.

Rachel hosts the sacred womb journey and is a facilitator of ‘A Celebration Day for Girls’. Her passion is to create spaces and opportunities for women to connect with self through their menstrual cycle. She brings warmth and openness to the workshops she facilitates, inviting curiosity and sovereignty.

Friday 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Practising Business Holistically Practising Business Holistically is the holistic way of being in business. It’s not balance and trying to make it all fit. It’s about harmony and finding celebration with what works and completion with what doesn’t. Be inspired to begin practising. Saturday 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Sunday 1:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.

www.sacredwomb.com.au

Leah Kearns Business and wellbeing consultant and metaphysical mentor : Through her company WE-Being, Leah facilitates online community experience, wellbeing events for self, life and business, and offers a marketplace to support clients and practitioners to connect and select services of support.

LIFE SKILLS Resolving Digestive Complaints

Natasja Fox

Ever wondered what that gut feeling means? Want to know what causes bloating, gas, reflux, pain, fatigue and bowel complaints? Learn how your mind and gut are inextricably linked and how simple actions can help alleviate your symptoms.

Dr Natasja Fox (TCM) is a registered Chinese medical doctor, working with evidence-based nutrition with over 12 years’ clinical experience. She is the co-director of Jing Healthcare, cofounder of Traditional Healthcare in India, health author, regular public speaker and level 3 yoga instructor.

Friday 1:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Sunday 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

www.natasjafox.com

Rewilding the Soul

Claire Dunn

Nature and the human soul are intrinsically linked. Just like Persephone, whose kidnapping into the underworld served as her transition from girl to woman, we too must undergo a Rewilding of our Souls in order to fully flower into our true selves.

After spending a year in the forest, Claire authored bestselling memoir My Year Without Matches: Escaping the City in Search of the Wild. Claire is pioneer of Rewilding—transforming our inner and outer worlds through soulcentric nature-based experience, wilderness rites of passage and self-enquiry.

Friday 4:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. Sunday 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

www.naturesapprentice.com.au

Sex Positive Parenting

Lily Isobella

With a background in herbal medicine and counselling, Lily has specialised in women’s health, and specifically recovery from sexual trauma, for over two decades. Between her private practice and her speaking career she has helped thousands of women after instances of abuse, rape, violence and trauma.

Friday 7:45 p.m. – 8:15 p.m.

www.lilyisobella.com.au

Stress—Skin/Gut Connection Most of us know stress can take its toll, but are you aware emotional and hidden stress can impact our skin and gut health? When we understand the link between stress, skin and gut health, we are better able to make changes for beautiful results. Saturday 10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

Ivy Lane Ivy Lane is passionate about helping women understand their bodies, so they can take control of their health. She helps women suffering from skin issues and fatigue get their spark back. www.HolisticSkinHealth.com.au

LIFE SKILLS Stress in Motherhood

Anna Siebert

Stress and overwhelm in motherhood seem to be the new normal. How did we get here, and how do we get out of it? Anna explains what keeps us in stress, and how we can transform it for a deeper sense of connection, satisfaction and spiritual awareness.

Anna is an educator and mentor who helps women undo the BS holding them back. She helps mothers overcome guilt and overwhelm, so that they can be free to parent with intuition and satisfaction. Her work facilitates personal and spiritual transformation.

The Courageous Voice

Fleassy Malay

Women’s voices have been silenced for centuries. We are now in a time when speaking up is crucial for our strength, safety and mental health. Reclaim your voice with authenticity, strength and a courageous vulnerability. Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Two times TEDx speaker and viral poet, Fleassy Malay is an internationally renowned, evocative and powerful spoken word artist, speaker and coach. A global advocate for women’s rights and a fierce voice for the power of authenticity and connection as a social change tool.

The New You

Emma Power

Who you think you are is not who you are. The patterns you repeat and the shape of your life is a result of your current resonance. This is something you have the power to change. Learn techniques that will shift your vibration and create results. Saturday 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Emma Power is the co-founder of Tantra Is Love, the founder of The Awaken School. Over the years, she has been guided by extraordinary teachers, yogis and Swamis who have passed onto her the ancient teachings of tantric yoga and tantra. She now passionately teaches these through her own offerings.

The Poison of Perfection

Katie Nicole

We are bombarded by images and narratives that tell us to be perfect and if we’re not then we are less valuable. Perfection is poison and striving for it is destroying the essence of who we are. Reclaim your humanness—imperfection at its best.

Saturday 7:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Friday 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Sunday 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

annasiebert.com.au

www.fleassymalay.com

www.emmapower.com

www.moreconfidence.com.au

LIFE SKILLS Three Seasons of a Woman

Christina Covington

Embracing and acknowledging the three births, three seasons of transition in a female body. Through a grounded understanding of Ayurveda principles we can meet each birth with nourishment, care and love to blossom and radiate in our womanhood.

Christina is a women’s Ayurveda practitioner, internationally successful businesswoman, feminine business mentor and embodiment guide. She specialises in facilitating women to deeply align and empower their inner glow and wellbeing using grounded Ayurvedic practices.

Friday 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Sunday 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

www.embodiedayurveda.com

Transcendental Meditation

Suzanne Edwards

Understand the different types of meditation. How does meditation affect a woman’s nervous system? How does a mental technique change your brain and body? Developing your full potential; what is enlightenment? Q & A.

Suzanne has been teaching meditation in Melbourne for 24 years; an expert in transcendental meditation she is a director of TM for Women Australia, Mornington Ringwood and Mentone TM Centres. An experienced and engaging speaker, Suzanne can answer any meditation question and enlighten you on this topic.

Saturday 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Sunday 10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

www.learntm.com.au

Whispers From the Womb

Dr Danielle Arabena

Dr Danielle discusses the spiritual and physical aspects behind variations in menstruation including endometriosis, fibroids and adenomyosis. After shamanic exploration she shares her knowledge and what these conditions are whispering to us.

Saturday 5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

www.drdaniellearabena.com

Women and Self-Sufficiency

Ceilidh Meo

Women need to know they can rely on their own skillset, should the need arise. This workshop will help you assess what you know (or don’t!) about practical skills to reduce your everyday reliance on other people.

Ceilidh Meo is the driving force behind ZAP Studio, sharing her mad practical skills for Zombie Apocalypse Preparedness and other, more commonplace, scenarios. From crochet to chainsaw maintenance, Ceilidh has the skills and knowledge to teach everyone something from her ‘U for Useful’ file.

Saturday 6:15 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. Sunday 3.15pm to 4.15pm

www.zapstudio.online

LIFE SKILLS Your Story Matters

Shilpa Agarwal

You have a story to tell. A story that can change hearts, minds and lives. But you are hiding because you keep thinking ‘who am to I write a book?’ It’s time to unleash your genius, step into your AUTHORity and change the world, one reader at a time.

Shilpa, a book coach, helps coaches, consultants and practitioners increase their influence and grow their ‘AUTHOR’ity through owning their story, finding their voice and writing their book. Indian born, now a RAdelaidean, when she’s not ‘biz’ing, she’s ‘mum’ing, ‘wife’ing or sipping chai.

The Awakening of Wise Women Leaders

Prasanna Diana Manuela

Friday 10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

Gain an understanding of how the Feminine Creative Force holds the power to light up and guide with profound wisdom to share a woman’s unique expression and brilliance with the world, in life and business, through embodying the Elements of Nature. Saturday 1:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.

Finding Home Join Becky as she brings to life her story about what it means to find home—a place of safety, love, connection, acceptance and appreciation. Her journey will have you laugh and cry as she opens up about her struggles with her own mental health. Friday 6:15 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. Sunday 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

www.wantsolutionthebook.com

Prasanna is an inspirational speaker, published author and creatrix of Elemental Woman™. She speaks to conscious and creative women in their 40s, 50s and 60s and shows them how to embody the wise woman within, to discover a more effortless way of being whilst facing challenges she has grown from. https://prasannadiana.com/speaking/

Becky Goschnick Becky is a passionate yoga teacher, surf lover, author of the bestselling guide Fearless Soul and the owner of surf and yoga company Honu Honi. Having struggled with anxiety and depression for years, she is deeply driven to help anyone who is struggling, and offers her skills up for this purpose. https://www.honuhoni.com/

Lead Yourself to Lead Others

Madhu Jeyakumaran

Dear woman, it is time for you to step up, shine and show the world the way as leaders. Give yourself the permission to be all that you can be. Learn to lead yourself and lead others!

Madhu is the director of ThinkStride, a firm with a vision to help women step up, shine and show the world the way, through distinctive coaching and leadership solutions. Madhu has over eight years of corporate experience prior to this. She is a certified leadership coach and an author in the making.

Friday 12:15 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. Sunday 9:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.

LIFE SKILLS Midlife Metamorphosis

Sarah Valentini

Unravel the understanding of menopause and perimenopause by learning about the history, the hormonal interplay, the connotations and most importantly the bio-psycho-dynamic relationship of this life transition, using the philosophy of homoeopathy.

Sarah holds a Bachelor degree in Homoeopathy and has a passion for treating women’s hormonal complaints and children’s behavioural issues. As a practitioner Sarah leaves no stone unturned in her consultations with her clients as she explores each client’s psychodynamic relationship to ill health.

Friday 7:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Sunday 12:15 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.

www.the-family-apothecary.com

Brain Health

Sally Mathrick

Learn six daily actions to enhance your brain’s plasticity: fasting, challenges, exercise, sleep, connection and meditation. The evidenced, lifestyle medicine practices to enhance your thinking, capacity to adapt to change and reduce the risk of disease.

Naturopath and health educator Sally Mathrick offers online health courses, workshops, retreats and individual consultations to empower fresh thinking and whole health. With her third university degree underway, Sally is passionate about sharing effective, wellness wisdom that makes life more wonderful

Saturday 12:15 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.

www.sparklewell.com.au

Mother Tongue Showcase Melbourne’s acclaimed women’s Spoken Word event, Mother Tongue, is renowned for its depth, passion and outrageousness. For the past six years, Mother Tongue has provided a monthly platform for marginalised voices in Melbourne, plus other events interstate and internationally. Mother Tongue is passionate about supporting the rise of women’s voices in this world, creating gender empowerment through community, storytelling, poetry and spoken word. Mother Tongue is an intimate, warm and cosy night of Women’s Spoken Word (poetry, stories, songs, etc.). It is a space to sit back and listen, receive, as well as step up to your ultimate awesomeness and share a piece yourself. It is also a place to witness Woman in all of her incredible facets. We will have some incredible feature artists as well as plenty of open mic spots for you to sign up and get your voice heard. Saturday 8:45 p.m. – 10:45 p.m.

Note: Lifeskills Space Talks will be filmed on the Friday and Saturday of the Festival- to collect content for our online Festival which will be available in May. Let yourself enjoy women’s wisdom all year around

TIME

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE BODYWISE

THE HUB

MAIDENS

ARTS & CRAFTS

RITUAL SPACE

TENT

STAGE/TENT

TENT

HALL

TENT

FRIDAY 1st of March 8:30am

9:00am

8:30am-9:30am

Awaken Your Divine Feminine Yoga

Mindful Movement for Maidens

Mandy Chilcott

8:30am-9:30am

Sian Pascale

Claire Bednall

Transform

Modern Qigong for Wellbeing 8:30-9:30am Nicole Lee

Kundalini Yoga with the Gong 9:00am-10:00am

9:30am

10:00

Dhyan Simran Soul Circles Drumming 10am- 11am

10:30am

Djulz Chambers

Bring the SASS 11:30am- 12:30pm

Jess Macleish

1:30

The Junglist Workout 11:30am-12:30pm Terra Bunny

Meditation Stones for Maidens 10am- 11am Hayley Black

2 Workshops All Day

Weaving Fibre, Handling Tricky Weaving Life & Smudge Situations Feather 11:30am-12:30pm Janoel Liddy

Hoop Dance Heart Flow 1pm-2pm Donna Sparx

10 am -2pm Embody Song 1pm-2pm

1pm-2pm Lyndy Jewell

10:30am-12:00pm Stacia Beazley

Forgiveness Found 12:30-2:00pm

Nature’s Art

Santha Press

Reclaiming Anger for Women

Ritual

Break

12:30 1pm

10am- 11am Tabby Kellett & Michelle Mullins Break

11:00am 11:30

AromaSound Empowerment

Emma Power & Nilanthi Chandra

Break

2:30 3

OPENING CEREMONY

3:30

Break

4:30 5

Goddess Sound Healing 4:00pm-5:00pm Lou Van Stone

Cuddle Puddle 4:00pm-5:00pm Clare MacDonald Break

Meet Your Body’s Needs

Weaving (8hrs)

4:00pm-5:00pm

4-8pm

Elysia Anketell

Smudge Feather Ritual

Grief as Initiation 4:00pm- 5:30pm Christina Reeves & Phoneix Arrien

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE SACRED SPACE TENT

WOMEN’S CIRCLE OF CIRCLE SPACE STONES HALL

HALL

Yin Chakra Yoga

Om Chanting Circle

9:00am-10:00am

Claire Bradshaw

Emerald Kimber

Opensky Qigong 9:00am-10:00am

Jane Bennett

Connect with Sacred Stillness 10.30am to 12.00pm Elke Emerald

12:30-2:00pm Kate Nicole

12.30 to 2.00pm Karla Riddell

4:00pm- 5:30pm Dr. Danielle Arabena

TENT

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

8:30am

Become the One

Three Seasons of a Woman

8:45am

EJ Love

Christine Covington

B r e a k 9:00a m-9:15a m 9:15am

Menstrual Workplace Policy

9:30am

Jane Hardwicke Collings

10.30am to 12.00pm

10:00am

The Poison of Perfection

10:15am

Kate Nicole

Yia Alias

The Integrated Mother Circle

4.00pm - 5.30pm Marcelle Cowen& Sarah Rafferty

Mind the Pelvic Floor & Door 12.30 to 2.00pm

Lead Yourself Hormone To Lead Others Contraception Madhu Jasmine King Jeyakumaran

B r e a k 9:45a m- 10:00a m

10:30am

16-30yrs Young Women’s Circle

Sacred Birth Alchemy

TENT

Menopause & Beyond

Break

Love yourself, Love your body

TENT

Linda Brown & Alex Kalff

Break

10:30am-12:00pm

LIFESKILLS

8:15am

Break

Positive Menstral Culture Forum

TIME

Resolving Digestive Complaints

Fleasy Malay

Natasja Fox

B r e a k 10:30a m- 10:45a m

10:45am

Your Story Matters

11:00am

Shilpa Agarwal

Elizabeth Stein

The Courageous Voice

StressSkin/Gut Connection Ivy Lane

Transcendental

Meditation

Suzanne Edwards

B r e a k 11:15a m -11:30a m 11:30am

Plastic Free Periods

Transcendental Meditation

11:45am

Rachel Pilgrim

Suzanne Edwards

Finding Home Becky Goschnick

B r e a k 12:00p m- 12:15p m Transform your Career

12:15pm

4.00pm - 5.30pm Denise Mooney

12:30pm

Lead Yourself to Lead Others Madhu Jeyakumaran

Brain Health Sally Mathrick

Midlife Metamorphosis

Sarah Valentini

TIME

5:30

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE BODYWISE

THE HUB

MAIDENS

ARTS & CRAFTS

RITUAL SPACE

TENT

STAGE/TENT

TENT

HALL

TENT

Juicy Wild Woman

Sound meditation

Mother & Daughter Circle

5:30pm- 6:30pm

5:30- 6:30pm

Mariana Ibrahim

Katie Underwood

Michelle Buggy

Break

6:30

Weaving (8hrs) 4-8pm Smudge Feather Ritual

Temple of Ma’at 6:00pm-7:30pm Catherine Ishwari Shead

70’S- 7PM 7:30 8 8:30 9

Cathy Stevens Break

80’S- 8PM Marissa Treichel 90’S- 9PM Solaris

CONCERT 7-11pm

10:30

8:00pm-9:30pm THE WISH

Sequoia Krop

8:30- 10pm Louise Laffey

9:30 10

Reclaim the Witch Within

2000’S- 10 PM Solaris

Sensual Magic 10:00- 11:30pm

TODAY’S MUSIC

Shaney Marie

11:00

SATURDAY 2nd of March Break 7

Reclaim the Sacred - Yoga 7:00am- 8:00am

7:30 8

Emma Waters

Awaken Your Divine Feminine Yoga 7:00am- 8:00am Sian Pascale

Kundalini Yoga with the Gong Modern Qigong for Wellbeing 7:30am- 8:30am Nicole Lee

7:00am- 8:00am Dhyan Simran

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE SACRED SPACE

WOMEN’S CIRCLE SPACE

CIRCLE OF STONES

TENT

HALL

TIME

Break Healing Relationships 6:00pm- 7:30pm Elica Lorde

Women’s Circle

Unlock Your Thrive Factor

6.00pm to 7.30pm

Wendy Bennett

Shannon Bush

8.00pm 9.30pm Christine Reeves

10:00- 11:30pm Zapheira Bell

7:00am- 8:00am Isobel Garrett Break

TENT

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Three Seasons of a Woman

1:15pm

Christine Covington

Navigating the Nervous System Moniquea Spiteri

For the Love of Earth Pollyanna Darling

B r e a k 1:30p m- 1:45p m Ho’oponopono Healing Prayer 8.00pm 9.30pm Jennie De varga & Par Leembruggen

Birth Mandala

1:45pm

Resolving Digestive Complaints

Practising Business Holistically

2:00pm

Natasja Fox

Leah Kearns

8:00pm-9:30pm Rhea Dempsey & Shar Lawrence

B r e a k 2:15p m-2:30p m Stories of the Heroine

Same Sex Tantra

2:30pm

10:00- 11.00pm

10:00- 11:30pm

2:45pm

Mishka

Danica Lani

h Blood Wisdom Yoga

TENT

1:00pm

Break Ecstatic Conception & Creation

TENT

B r e a k 12:45p m - 1:00p m

Break

Grave Matters

LIFESKILLS

OPENING CEREMONY

Practising Business Holistically Leah Kearns

The Poison of Perfection Katie Nicole

B r e a k 3:00p m-3:15p m 3:15pm

Embodiment & Vulnerability

For the Love of Earth

3:30pm

Fiona Tate

Pollyanna Darling

Women and Self Sufficiency Ceilidh Meo

B r e a k 3:45p m-4:00p m

Opensky Qigong 7:00am- 8:00am

4:00pm

Linda Brown & Alex Kalff

4:15pm

Body Worth

The New You

Helen Pouwels

Emma Power

B r e a k 4:30p m-4:45p m

Rewilding the Soul Claire Dunn

TIME

8:30

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE BODYWISE

THE HUB

MAIDENS

ARTS & CRAFTS

RITUAL SPACE

TENT

STAGE/TENT

TENT

HALL

TENT

Transform

The Junglist Workout

Vision Boarding For Maidens

Cuddle Puddle

8:30am-9:30am

8:30-9:30am

8:30am- 10:00am

Terra Bunny

Marilou Coombe

Clare MacDonald

Healing Harp

Mother & Daughter Circle

8:30-9:30am 9

Mandy Chilcott

9:30 10

Toning Chakras 10:00-11:00am

10:30

Eva Michelle

10:00-11:00am Christine Middleton & Carol Gaw

10:00-11:00am

Grief as an Initiation

Michelle Buggy

9am - 5pm

11 11:30 12

Dancehall Queen

Love yourself, Handling Tricky love yoru body Situations

11:30am- 12:30pm 11:30am- 12:30pm Kitty Kat

Kate Nicole

11:30am- 12:30pm Janoel Liddy

12:30 1

1:30

Christine Reeves & Phoenix Arrien

TravelinHearts 9am- 5pm

Plastic Free Period Makers

Brazilian Warrior Dance

Sound meditation

1pm- 2pm

Zulmara

Katie Underwood

Rachel Pilgrim & Julie Red

Juicy Wild Woman

Call in your tribe

Celebrate your Cycle

2:30-3:30pm

Mariana Ibrahim

Michele Peppler

Melissa Jeffcott

Rest In Spiritâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cradle

Create your Own Felt Goddess

4:00pm- 5:00pm

Lou Van Stone

Hypnotheric Soundscapes

Fiona & Anja Morrison

Embodying Wayapa

Self - Marriage Ceremony

Create your Own Felt Goddess

1pm- 2pm

Weaving Magic into Macrame Jewelley 9am - 5pm

Reclaim the Witch Within 12:30- 2:00pm Sequoia Krop

2 2:30 3

The Archetypal Avalon Wheel 2:30- 4:00pm Pia Cameron

3:30 4

Goddess Sound Healing 4:00pm- 5:00pm

4:30

Reclaiming Anger for Women

5 5:30

Break

4:30pm- 6:00pm Stacia Beazley

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE SACRED SPACE

WOMEN’S CIRCLE SPACE

CIRCLE OF STONES

TENT

HALL

TENT

Yin Chakra Yoga

Connect with Sacred Stillness

Birth Mandala

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

8:30am- 10:00am Claire Bradshaw

8:30am- 10:00am

Elke Emerald

8:30am- 10:00am

Rhea Dempsey & Shar Lawrence

TIME

LIFESKILLS

4:45pm

Rewilding the Soul

5:00pm

Claire Dunn

Fertility Awareness Jane Hardwicke Collings

B r e a k 5:15p m-5:30p m Menstruation Alchemy 10:30am-12:00pm Dr. Danielle Arabens

16-30yrs Young Women’s Circle

Unlock Your Thrive Factor

5:30pm

Mindful Money

10:30am12:00pm

5:45pm

Alexis Harvey

Karla Riddell

Shannon bush

6:30pm Goddess Sound Healing Voyage 12:30- 2:00pm Lou Van Stone

12.30pm to 2.00pm

Marcelle Cowen& Sarah Rafferty

Menopause & Beyond 12:30- 2:00pm Yia Alias

Dr. Danielle Arabena

B r e a k 6:00p m-6:15p m 6:15pm

The Integrated Mother Circle

Whispers from the Womb

THE AWAKENING OF WISE WOMAN LEADERS / Prasanna

Diana Manuela

Women and Self Sufficiency

Ceilidh Meo

B r e a k 6:45p m-7:00p m 7:00pm 7:15pm

Metamorphosis

Midlife

Stress in Motherhood

Sarah Valentini

Anna Siebert

B r e a k 7:30pm 7:45pm Womb Wise Ways 2:30- 4:00pm Kaggi & Sh’ana

Om Chanting circle 2.30pm to 4.00pm Emerald Kimber

Sex Positive parenting

7:45pm

Sex Positive Parenting

2:30- 4:00pm

8:00pm

Lily Isobella

4:30pm- 6:00pm Elica Lorde

Lainie Chait

B r e a k 8:15p m- 8:30p m

Break

Healing Relationships

Personal Responsibility & Health

8:30pm

Love the Skin You are In Dr. Abbie Accupuncture

Women’s Circle

Meet Your Body’s Needs

8:45pm

4.30pm to 6:30pm

4:30pm to 6.00pm

9:00pm

Wendy Bennett

Elysia Anketell

10:45pm

MOTHER TONGUE 8:45PM- 10:45PM

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE TIME

BODYWISE

THE HUB

MAIDENS

ARTS & CRAFTS

RITUAL SPACE

TENT

STAGE/TENT

TENT

HALL

TENT

Embodying Wayapa

Self - Marriage Ceremony

5:30- 6:30pm Brittany Jane

5:30- 6:30pm

Create your Own Felt Goddess

Break Sensual Magic

The Cassettes 80â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dance

THE WISH

9:30

6:30pm- 8:00pm Shaney Marie

7pm -9pm

Marissa Treichel

Louise Laffey

Break

8:30 9

Break

Fiona & Anja Morrison

7pm-8pm 7:30

Break

5:30- 6:30pm

EJ Love

6:30 7

WORKSHOP S

CONCERT

Radical Self Love 8:30pm-10:00pm

Dancing Eros

Mangala Holland

8:30pm-10:30pm Jade & Alejandra

10 10:30

SUNDAY 3rd of March 7 7:30

Reclaim the Sacred - Yoga

Embrace all of You Yoga

Modern Qigong for Wellbeing

7:00am- 8:00am

Emma Waters

Claire Bradshaw

Nicole Lee

Break

8 8:30

The Junglist Workout 8:30-9:30am

Terra Bunny

8:30-9:30am

Mindful Movement for Maidens

Santha Press

8:30-9:30am

Embody Song

Claire Bednall

Embodying Wayapa 7:30am- 8:30am Brittany Jane

Crafting a Clay Sacred Yoni 8:30- 4:30pm

Reclaiming Anger for Women

SCHEDULE

WORKSHOP INFORMATION

SACRED SPACE

WOMEN’S CIRCLE SPACE

CIRCLE OF STONES

TENT

HALL

Women’s Circle 4.30pm to 6:30pm Wendy Bennett First Aid for Eating Disorders

Ho’oponopono Healing Prayer

6:30pm- 8:00pm

6.30pm to 8.00pm

Kristan Lee Read & Jane Hardwicke Collings

Jennie De Varga & Par Leembruggen

Unlock your thrive factor 6:00pm- 7:30pm Shannon Bush

Stories of the Heroine

8:30pm- 10:00pm

8.30pm 10.00pm

Zapheira Bell

Mishka

MUSIC PROGRAM

THE HUB

Deep Blue Birth 6:30pm- 8:00pm

FRIDAY

Annie Tayleur

Break Ecstatic Conception & Creation

There are no prebookings for workshops. Simply turn up 5-10 minutes prior to the workshop’s start time and wait outside to be ushered in. If a workshop is full, please attend another. Most workshops will be repeated over the weekend

ORACLE film Screening

07:00 - 07:45 PM

45 min

Tanya George

08:00 - 08:30 PM

30 min

Burncity Queenz

08:45 - 09:30 PM

45 min

Lisa Baird

09:45 - 10:30 PM

45 min

Rosie MissChief & DJ Ego

SATURDAY

8:30- 10:00pm Zohie Castellano

Break

06:45 - 07:30 PM

45 min

Kerryn Fields

07:45 - 08:30 PM

45 min

Sunny Ray

08:45 - 09:30pm

45 min

Philosophia

09:40 -1 0:00pm

20 min

Eclectica

10:15- 11:00 PM

45 min

Sheela Duesa

Break Blood Wisdom Yoga

Om Chanting Circle

Opensky Qigong

7:30am- 8:30am

7:30am-8:30am

Isobel Garrett

Emerald Kimber

Linda Brown & Alex Kalff

7:30am- 8:30am

Break Womb Wise Ways

16-30yrs Women’s circle

Deep Blue Birth

SILENT DISCO FRIDAY 3:30 - 5:00 PM

1.5 h

Firelily

5:00 - 6:30 PM

1.5 h

Cilla

6:30 - 8:00 PM

1.5 h

Katharine

8:00 - 9:30 PM

1.5 h

Rising Sun

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE TIME

BODYWISE

THE HUB

MAIDENS

ARTS & CRAFTS

RITUAL SPACE

TENT

STAGE/TENT

TENT

HALL

TENT

10:30

The Kate Bush Experience 10:00am-11:00am Belinda Burton

1:30

Celebrate your Cycle

11:30- 12:30pm

Zulmara

Mary Soderiou

Melissa Jeffcott

Bring the SASS

Rest In Spirit’s Cradle

12:30-1:30pm

Jess Macleish

Hypnotheric Soundscapes

4:30 5:00

9:00am- 10:30am Stacia Beazley

Spirit Dolls 8:30- 4:30pm

The Archetypal Avalon Wheel 11:00am-12:30pm Pia Cameron

Vision Boarding for Maidens 12:30-1:30pm

Toning Chakras Eva Michelle

Calling In Your Tribe 2:30pm-3:30pm Michele Peppler

Marilou Coombe

Sound Meditation

4pm- 4:50pm

3:30pm- 5:00pm

Djulz Chambers

Katie Underwood

Temple of Ma’at 1:00pm-2:30pm Catherine Ishwari Shead

Spirit Dolls 8:30- 4:30pm VasilisaMaiden’s 5 Rhythms 2:30pm-3:30pm

Forgiveness Found

Natalie Poole

3:00pm- 4:30pm

Break Soul Circles Drumming

Crafting a Clay Sacred Yoni 8:30- 4:30pm

Break

3:30 4

8:30- 4:30pm

Reclaiming Anger for Women

Break

2:30pm-3:30pm 3

Michelle Buggy

Vulnerable Bragging

2 2:30

& Carol Gaw

Brazilian Warrior Dance

12:30 1

Mother & 10:00am-11:00am Daughter Circle 10:00-11:00am Christine Middleton Healing Harp

Break

11 11:30

Crafting a Clay Sacred Yoni

Break

9:30

WORKSHOP S

Emma Power & Nilanthi Chandra Nature’s Art 3:30pm- 4:50pm Lyndy Jewell

CLOSING CEREMONY

MUSIC PROGRAM

SCHEDULE SACRED SPACE

WOMEN’S CIRCLE SPACE

CIRCLE OF STONES

TENT

HALL

Womb Wise Ways 9:00am- 10:30am Kaggi & Sh’ana

16-30yrs Women’s Circle

9.00 am to 10.30am Karla Riddell

Deep Blue Birth 9:00am- 10:30am

Annie Tayleur

Break

Grave Matters 11:00am-12:30pm Christine Reeves

The Integrated Mother Circle

11:00am12:30pm

Mind the Pelvic Floor & Door

SILENT DISCO SATURDAY 2:00 - 3:30 PM

1.5 h

Ayna

3:30 - 5:00 PM

1.5 h

Lotus Moonchild

5:00 - 6:30 PM

1.5 h

Philosophia

6:30 - 8:00 PM

1.5 h

Beth Grace

8:00 - 9:30 PM

1.5 h

Wax Fox

SUNDAY 12:00 – 4:30 p.m.

11:00am12:30pm

Marcelle Cowen& Sarah Rafferty

Elizabeth Stein

Menstruation Alchemy

Women’s Circle

Sex Positive parenting

1:00pm-2:30pm

Dr. Danielle Arabena

Wendy Bennett

Lily Isobella

Radical Self Love 3:00pm- 4:30pm Mangala Holland

Connect with Sacred Stillness 3:00pm- 4:30pm Elke Emerald

Transform Your Career

**OPEN DECKS**

CHAI TENT

Break

4.5 h

THURSDAY 07:00 – 10:00 p.m.

DJ Whitecalf

FRIDAY 12:00 - 12:45 PM

45 min

01:00 - 01:45 PM

45 min

02:30 - 05:00 PM

2.5 h

Buffalo & Bear Noriko Tadano with Akiko Yura **OPEN MIC**

SATURDAY

3:00pm- 4:30pm

12:00 - 12:45 PM

45 min

Jacqui Sterling

Denise Mooney

01:00 - 01:45 PM

45 min

Aishah Espinosa

02:30 - 05:00 PM

2.5 h

**OPEN MIC**

SUNDAY

Break 12:00 - 12:45 PM

45 min

Lola Sola

01:00 - 01:45 PM

45 min

Maxon

02:30 - 04:30 PM

**OPEN MIC**

MUSIC - THE HUB TANYA GEORGE Known for her huge vocal range, big hair and the release of Sonder last year, Tanya has touched audiences through her raw vocal-only performances. Infusing a cappella, beat boxing techniques with special effects creates her atmospheric and juicy compositions. Listeners will hear influences derived from indie soul to Middle Eastern and jazz scales mixed with her contemporary passionate delivery. “I use only vocals to symbolise something; it doesn’t matter what you are or who you are—we all have a right to speak!” http://www.tanyageorgemusic.com.au/

BURNCITY QUEENZ Burncity Queenz dances alongside the absolutely fabulous B.a.e Park—alter ego of vocalist Seri Vida—presenting a live explosion of sexy power, acrobatic dance and unapologetic bad gyal fury with our mix of afro-dancehall and hip hop swag.

LISA BAIRD Lisa Baird, affectionately known as ‘Lily Sparklechops’ is an Australian blues music deity. Blissful, beautiful, dirty and wicked— her music sits somewhere between a captivating 40s nightclub routine and the raw, reckless spirit of New Orleans street buskers. https://lilyandking.com

ROSIE MISSCHIEF AND DJ EGO Look out Seven Sisters, Rosie MissChief and DJ Ego have combined forces! DJ Ego has rocked dancefloors all around the globe performing at Boom, Glastonbury and Prestige clubs in Ibiza called Plastic. A Diva on the Decks she will take you on a musical adventure and get ya moving those beautiful booties with a blend of electro swing through to drum ’n’ bass ;) Rosie MissChief needs no introduction. With three world tours under her knife belt, this ChiKey lil pixie has also played the festival circuit around Australia over the last 12 years. https://www.reverbnation.com/rosiemisschiefband7

MUSIC - THE HUB KERRYN FIELDS If Ellen DeGeneres and Tracy Chapman had wanted Johnny Cash for a sperm donor, the result would have been Kerryn Fields. As it stands, she grew up surfing her parents’ vinyl collection, addicted to the radio, and trying to make light of the dark with her irrepressible humour. ‘A joyous presence’—TheMusic Kerryn Fields’ poignant and powerful songs, baritone brilliance and unassuming string-plucking virtuosity leave audiences transfixed, crying, hysterically laughing and dipping their fingers into all the layers of the universe—after which they lick them in public, because this life is kind of delicious. https://www.kerrynfields.com/

SUNNY RAY International singer/songwriter Sunny Ray creates soul-sustaining, heartfelt music to soothe and inspire. With themes about nature, the beauty of life, feminine empowerment, love, and being human, her music is a catalyst for deeper connectedness, positive change and emotional healing. With a unique acoustic soul, folk and roots flavour and playful nature, her music is great for the whole family. https://www.sunnyraymusic.com/

ECLECTICA Eclectica will present a 20-minute stage show experience that explores human emotions through animal archetypes. A compelling fusion of storytelling, various dance genres and embodied theatrical displays, created with the intention to open your heart and awaken you to a deeper creative potential. https://www.eclecticaperformance.com

PHILOSOPHIA Philosophia’s (formerly known as Sophia Sin) musical travelogue has seen her embark upon a path of creative independence and optimistic expression that is reflected in the art she weaves, both in the studio and out on the dancefloor. Gift wrapping sumptuously layered sounds which reflect her own voyage of artistic appreciation and digitally enhanced discovery.

MUSIC - THE HUB SHEELA DUESA

Deeply embodied in feminine power and unleashed in full spectrum. Dynamic Duo Femme Fatalesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;RIA Rhythms (DJ) and Adaja Black (LIVE VOCALS) channel the infinite goddess, enchanting crowds into the ether of universal source creation. Charge the listener with ecstatic primal energy. Uninhabited, raw and coming at you like a Celtic warrior queen on horseback. Are you ready to dive into the beauty? A genre-fusing theatrical performance of deep fun and cosmic journeying. Performing in 2019 at Earth Frequency, Elements Festival, Luminate Festival, Spirit fest Bali and NZ.

MUSIC - CHAI TENT WHITECALF ‘Whitecalf ’ has devoted the past 20 years of her life to exploring what it means to use dance, authentic movement and ritual for healing and empowering individuals and communities.

BUFFALO & BEAR Buffalo & Bear: Clare Sentience and Phoenix Marolda join forces to perform original and discovered shamanic medicine songs from around the world inspired by Mother Earth, Great Spirit, the elements, the plants, the animals, nature and the mystery of life itself. With soaring and sublime harmonies these medicine sisters are bound to make your heart grow wings and fly!

NORIKO TADANO WITH AKIKO YURA Noriko Tadano is an award-winning, virtuoso master of the Japanese shamisen (a 3-string, banjo-like instrument) and a traditional Japanese vocalist, who has performed all over the world. She has been playing shamisen since she was six years old and performs both as a soloist and in collaborations. Noriko will perform with Akiko Yura who is an experienced member of the Japanese Taiko drumming group ‘Wadaiko Rindo Sydney’. Akiko’s very energetic drumming will captivate you and vibrate your soul. http://norikotadano.com/

JACQUI STERLING It’s the honesty in her music that draws the eye of the audience to the woman on stage. Jacqui’s Irish heritage has seen her play with all the big names to audiences all over Ireland and Australia. Joined by her sister Ciara Sterling and soul sister Melijah Coldora singing beautiful three-part harmonies, flute and keyboard imbue her Celtic roots music with a blend of progressive folk, acoustic soul and storytelling. The sweeping melodies, rhythmic guitar and lyrical honesty of her finely crafted songs ache with a passion, yet fragility that can awaken and ignite even the most weary of souls. https://jacquisterling.com/

MUSIC - CHAI TENT AISHAH ESPINOSA Outer Melbourne-based singer/ songwriter Aishah Espinosa is a relatively late bloomer in the world of music. She draws on her multi-cultural roots, using her loop machine, powerful vocals mixed with a driving desire to create her sound. A variety of genres, from tribal dance to soulful RnB, the result of which is a diverse spectrum of songs which will have you moving your feet one minute and holding back tears the next. A raw and passionate performer, her music and lyrics are written to heal and awaken the soul.

LOLA SOLA

Lola Sola is a Kiwi singer-songwriter with a dynamic vocal range and emotive lyrics; blending folk, soul and a hint of blues. Based in Sydney, she has released one studio album (‘Walking Back from Hell’2016) and 2 EP’s (‘Wild’- 2014, ‘all I need’- 2018). ‘Get It’, produced alongside Michael Wheatley at Nut n Butter Studios, will be released with a music video made collaboratively with creative Maisie Cohen. Lola is touring NZ and AU in November through to March. https://lolasola.bandcamp.com/

MAXON Emerging pop queen MAXON is an artist from Melbourne, currently shaking audiences across the state with her trademark vocal and boundless songwriting talents. Her recent single ‘History’ is a powerful pop rock belter that reflects on a period of cyclic grieving, lamenting the ideas of a guaranteed love now proven to be condition. Those lucky enough to see MAXON live in the coming months will witness a stirring the Australian music scene is yet to encounter.

JUSTINE MCINERNEY (HOST OPEN MIC) With a background in stand-up comedy, radio and television, Justine’s career has breadth. From commercial and community radio stations, to publishing LGBTIQ books and known as ‘Ikigai’ in the music world, Justine brings the energy where it’s needed most. She has not only performed at all the major comedy festivals around Australia and toured through Europe, she’s sung at all the big music festivals as well. Currently on tour with her live DJ set, 2019 is set to be a BIG one for Justine. Justine also works closely with Indigenous peoples all around the world and helps facilitate ceremonies and deep healing. Tune in. High Vibes.

MUSIC - SILENT DISCO BETH GRACE Unique in her own right, DJ and radio host Beth Grace has been making dance floors swoon on a regular basis since 2014. Most notable is her ability to transfer her effervescent and infectious energy to those on the dance floor, captivating a crowd like no other, while building an intimate relationship with each individual through her knowledgeable yet intuitive track selection. As one of the queens of disco, she makes it her mission to hunt down those house and disco tunes that may have been forgotten, which she uses to surprise the dance floors again and again.

CILLA Playing music at magical gatherings is what makes Cilla’s heart sing, as she invites her audience on a musical journey aimed to lift one’s spirit, evoke smiles and playfully connect people through dance. Mixing her beloved vinyl collection with digital formats, Cilla feels for the vibe of the dance floor, mixing up deep house with melodic, funky, tribal or juicy upbeat flavour. Feeling blessed to be invited to partake, she is honoured to be sharing her passion for musical grooves with you at this year’s Seven Sisters.

KATHARINE Sublime sounds and hypnotic funk stimulate her being, compelling her to source, mix and access dimensions too many to mention. Katharine has DJd along the East Coast and run Motion:Theory:Music parties with her DJ husband Ben Abrahams for 15 years. Known for her unique taste, minimal funk and infectious enthusiasm she creates mixes for renowned international podcast series. She can be found dancing, reading, breastfeeding, homeschooling her children and bending spoons with her chi, most often at the same time. Immerse yourself in her vibration appreciation.

RISING SUN On a celestial path to share her love for music, Rising Sun has travelled many light years from home to share her glistening sound. Her sound, like iridescent lights display a spectrum of colours shimmering and changing as she illuminates the way with her musical touch. The story of Rising Sun is one of destiny and wanderlust, it is a yearning to create, reflect and mirror life’s radiance through the sound it creates. Join her on this interplanetary experience as we journey through the ambient sounds of chill, to go deep within and reveal what’s yearning to be freed.

MUSIC - SILENT DISCO AYNA Ayna has rocked dancefloors across Australia and New Zealand due to her impeccable taste, smooth mixing and ability to get the party started. Ayna truly knows how to flawlessly mix an amazing party set. In 2016, she competed in the infamous Battle 8, representing Groove Penguin Records and getting through to the grand final. She also placed third in the Funk Hunters ‘Evolution of Funk’ worldwide mixtape contest with rebound UK label Ghetto Funk.

LOTUS MOONCHILD

A member of heavyweights: The Operatives, AIAIAI and Battle 8 entrants: The Perfect Strangers, Lotus Moonchild is an incredibly versatile DJ. You can find her weaving in and out of genres from electronica, soul, golden era hip hop, bass, trap and garage. She has an impressive list of local and international support slots including Tokimonsta, Soulection, Troyboi, Ekali, Nina Las Vegas, Djemba Djemba, Flava D, The Pharcyde, Skratch Bastid, DJ Yoda, DJ Jazzy Jeff and Grandmaster Flash. Lotus also featured at boutique electronic music festival Let Them Eat Cake NYD 2018 and Falls Festival in Lorne 2017.

Firelily Firelily has been curating, selecting and performing music extensively over the past two decades. From her debut as a rapper come spoken word poet, she has now turned her deft hand to the decks. Firelily offers diverse sets from chill, electronica all the way through to global bass and leftfield.

WAX FOX WaX FoX has been setting dance floors on fire for years with her signature eclectic mix of breaks, disco, funk, and house with regular nights at The Fox and the Rainbow Hotel. She also mixed in the Atrium of ACMI for White Night 2018, Funkin’ the Bay, Shivoostock and alongside Whiskey Houston at the 10 Years Hotness for the Real Hot Bitches. On International Women’s Day 2016, WaX FoX cofounded the Vinyl Vixens DJ Collective, a collective that represents female and gender diverse DJs, VJs, selectors and producers.

THANK YOU

THANK YOU TO All INVOlVED IN THE 2019 FESTIVAl What makes Seven Sisters Festival especially unique is that over one third of participants are involved in some capacity. So close to 1000 women have made time to share their skills, wisdom, hands and hearts. Understandably, we cannot thank and name every individual but can wish a massive heartfelt ‘Thank you’ to each and every one of you for threading your fibre through the tapestry of Seven Sisters 2019. Our cocreation touches many hearts and creates ripples of change across more than our small community. A big thank you and acknowledgement to the traditional owners past, present and future of this land on which we have gathered. A massive thank you to all the talented presenters, performers, musicians, healers, readers, stall holders, artists, volunteers, décor crew, safety crew, production crew, sound crew, set-up crew, advisers, space holders, site crew, site, equipment and service providers who share their wisdom, skills, hands and hearts. As well as a big thank you to the core team of organisational staff who work tirelessly year round to help bring it all together and for the dedicated site crew for overseeing its execution. My endless gratitude to you all.

I am proud of what we achieved. .

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Connect Back with the Sisterhood Annually Make Seven Sisters Your yearly Reâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;treatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Take advantage of the cheapest tickets possible prices available only to current guests at the information Tent Maiden Tickets $120 / Adult $250.

Join us next March 12th-15th 2020

$120/$250-March 12th-15th 2020