My childhood was spent talking to trees and rocks, flowers and sky. I always had a lizard or ant on my body and spent most of my time outdoors. I was in training, one of my wise mentors pointed out to me. An Earth Ambassador learning the language of nature to prepare for the day needed to translate to others the profound messages of Earth. Nature and Dance were where I turned my prayers and my attention as my own creative way to manage and survive childhood trauma and isolation. Talking with spirit was a perfectly natural conversation for me, that took place through my connections with the natural world. Here my ‘play’ training strengthened my capacity to self-resource and to listen to the mystery. I honed nature as my ally, guardian and mother through feeling my skin on grass, my feet moving in dirt and my hands touching plants. The Plants are our oldest teachers. It is within my wound of the Outsider, where I learnt how to lead through listening. I am grateful to be able to share these teachings with you.

My movement practices have literally moved thousands of different people in all sorts of community, health, justice, education, arts and environmental settings. My dance floors range from inner city church halls, sandy lined shores, leafy green forest beds and red desert earth. The majority of my work is done without words, relying on intuition, frequency, imagination and masterful embodied space holding. My job titles have included Choreographer, Artistic Director, Teacher, Film Maker, Community Cultural Development Officer, Writer, Mother, Futurist, Healer, Visionary, Soul Guide, Embodiment Coach and Boss Lady.

With a BA Dance, Somatic Movement Educator, 5Rhythms teacher, Futuring Principles Trainer & Embodiment Coach, I have worked extensively as a community dance practitioner since 1992 in Disability Youth Arts, Community Cultural Development practice, improvisation practice, early childhood expressive arts. My work reflects a lifetime career of facilitating dance and movement in diverse community settings with marginalised individuals and groups.

I am previous Artistic Director of Restless Dance Theatre, Boilover Inclusive Performance Ensemble, Founder Artistic Director of Company CHAOS and StArts with D Performance Ensemble. I loved working with Incite Arts on Southern Ngalia Intergenerational women’s dance camps out bush.

I am a Manifestor-Generator who, as an entrepreneur before the internet even existed, has spent my entire life creating and designing work that connected me with life. I thrive on bringing humans together in ceremonial dance, where freedom, connection and transformation are individually and collectively embodied in the dance. I am dedicated to connecting us back to nature through our own embodiment.

Current Practice: 5Rhythms teacher, Futuring Trainer of Trainers, Yoni Bodywork Therapist, Author and Somatic Movement Educator- Body-Mind Centering (R)

Co-Director of ‘In Your Arms’, a sensory performance project tending to the relationship between new babies and the natural world.

I am an Apprentice to the The 360 Emergence.

I am also the proud founder of Eco Soma™, a new body of work, sharing eco somatic practices integrating body-nature connections.

I am currently working on my new book ‘Wildling, a field book for remembering’