Shamanic Craftswomen sharing their HERSTORY. Ayla Myra, story guide and host, takes you on a podcast journey gathering stories of women that have experienced the internationally recognised programs of ‘The School of Shamanic Womancraft’ (SSW). You will hear stories of transformation and growth, of unlocking our potential and wisdom within. Founder of The School of Shamanic Womancraft and international teacher Jane Hardwicke Collings sees the SSW as a community of women united by a revolutionary impulse for social change and healing to bring forward a new sense of inner authority and inner power for all involved. The School is committed to raising consciousness, supporting and reawakening deep feminine wisdom, healing birth and healing the Earth. The stories will build community, and will connect and network you, this is the power of story medicine and this is voice we hold within. The School of Shamanic Womancraft creates the opportunity for women to find within themselves the skills and abilities needed to facilitate transformation for themselves and others on their journeys.
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Anne – Four Seasons Journey. 2018 Anne uses the creative practice of process to explore and learn from the world that surrounds her. Working with plants and place, she uses her sense of curiosity to investigate how knowledge can be embodied through the senses, and translated into bodies of work that can be shared with […] The post 26 – Connected- Anne – Sacred Business appeared first on School of Shamanic Womancraft.
Susan – Four Seasons Journey. Travelling Mermaids! 2010. Musings from Susan “Feeling this deep sense of landing and being with exactly the right people I needed to be with.” “There is a fierce independence I feel when I connect with my power animal, Lioness.” “The polarities and paradox of menopause.” “The vision was […] The post 25 – Vision Seed – Susan – Erotic Experience appeared first on School of Shamanic Womancraft.
Kirrilee – Four Seasons Journey – Blue Mountains 2019 Musings from Kirrilee “I felt the Four Seasons Journey would be such a strong container to not get away from facing myself” “I felt intuitively the Four Seasons was going to give me all I needed.” “There was a real gentleness about my […] The post 24 – Being Witnessed – Kirrilee – The Healing Path appeared first on School of Shamanic Womancraft.
Akhalita Makoto Vision Mother I am passionate about reclaiming the sacred depths of what it is to be human. I believe a profound shift in consciousness, and therefore healing, is possible in these times of great crisis. The Amazonian Arts offers us a New Story of renewal from the Ancient Ways. I bring my background of […] The post 23 – Womb Awakening – Akhalita – New Story appeared first on School of Shamanic Womancraft.
Eleanor is a passionate midwife, eco-textile artist, budding researcher & feminist permaculture educator. She has had the privilege to work with women, families and birth for over a decade as a doula and more recently, a registered midwife. She describes herself as a life-long apprentice of the nature and her rhythms through permaculture study, sustainable off-grid living […] The post 22 – Rising Up – Eleanor – With Woman appeared first on School of Shamanic Womancraft.
Hi I'm Romi, I am the woman, Mother, daughter, sister, friend, lover and Goddess behind SoulBirth. I live and work in the beautiful Blue Mountains with my husband Dom, our son Oli and our dog Quincy. My vision in life is to support and empower women throughout all of their journeys. My aim is to […] The post 21 – Fourth Trimester – Romina – In Service appeared first on School of Shamanic Womancraft.
I am local to Far North Queensland and grew up on a farm near Tully. Cairns area has been my home for 22 years. My greatest achievements ever have been home birthing and raising 3 awesome daughters, and blending a family with my amazing partner and his children. As I have mothered my children I […] The post 20 – Hold Space – Jillian – In the Birth Altar appeared first on School of Shamanic Womancraft.
Jessie is a midwife, shamanic craftswoman, educator and artist and not to forget Mother to three! Share this beautiful journey with Jessie and her experience with the Four Seasons Journey in 2017. ♥️ Musings from Jessie “I loved Jane's down to earth practicalness.” “It was a total reaffirming of being on the right track.” “The […] The post 19 – Red Thread – Jessie – Connecting to Self appeared first on School of Shamanic Womancraft.
In 2012 Sarah Miller embarked upon her first journey to the School of Shamanic Womancraft. It resonated profoundly, and Sarah felt called to this sacred dance and drum beat. The drum making journey was one of the most potent connections, especially connecting her own birth story to that of the drum making. Also, the journey […] The post 18 – Embody – Sarah – The Drum Journey appeared first on School of Shamanic Womancraft.
Come journey with heart and soul of how we relate in ourselves and in relationship with others. Avalon journeyed with the school in 2011 and have weaved a beautiful blossoming of her deep work to opening the portals for women to step into and collectively uprise and find the container of transformation. This episode is a […] The post 17 – Blossoming – Avalon – The Sacred Feminine Way appeared first on School of Shamanic Womancraft.
Mara and I journey on this episode into how her birth experiences opened up new dimensions to sacred womancrafting. Mara is a current final year apprentice and we explore her time over the years with the school and we delve into a fantastic discussion about the word ‘midwife' and our expectations of what that word […] The post 16 – Held – Mara – Midwifing Transformation appeared first on School of Shamanic Womancraft.
Holliea talks in this podcast about taking opportunities to develop self-development and self-enquiry, with her health journey coming into immediate need, Holleigh found the school after studying Ayurveda and holistic practices. Follow the journey of tuning in with our cycles and how Holliea connected with healing the divine feminine. Musings from Holliea “This deeper work needs to be shared.” […] The post 15 – Nourish – Holliea – Cycles, Trust & Intuition appeared first on School of Shamanic Womancraft.
Talia asked the question after she found her self travelling for some time, what is it to be a woman? She becomes even more curious and interested, and serendipitously she found the School of Shamanic Womancraft. Here is Talia's journey into weaving the hearth… Musings from Talia “I am a woman of this earth, and what does that […] The post 14 – Hearth – Talia – Maidens and Magic appeared first on School of Shamanic Womancraft.
Welcome to the world of somatic ecology and dance. Welcome to Brittany Jane. This episode is a delight into the journey that Brittany Jane took with the school and how it paved the way into her current offerings. We explore how connecting with our inner world serves and how important tuning into our inner wisdom […] The post 13 – Movement – Brittany Jane – Somatic Ecologist Dancing for Growth appeared first on School of Shamanic Womancraft.
Enter Maga phase and the rich wisdom we can all learn from a woman in her absolute self. Judy Diana offers this podcast her journey as a midwife, priestess (including training in the sacred lands of Glastonbury) and Womancrafter. Judy talks about the goddess path, and how her midwifery call has helped intertwine this sacred work […] The post 12 – Priestess Wisdom – Judy Diana – Maga, Honouring our Transitions appeared first on School of Shamanic Womancraft.
This podcast with Sar from Medicine Voice will find you exploring how we can cultivate our inner power for the good of all! Sar journeyed and now apprentices with the School of Shamanic Womancraft. Sar's powerful voice gifted to us as medicine healing, and we see how Sar journeying with the school found many depths […] The post 11 – Medicine Voice – Sar – Our Voice Within appeared first on School of Shamanic Womancraft.
This episode we are fully present and blessed with Anki. This explores te depths of her journey with the SSW back in 2012 when she to become a homebirth midwife for the first time. We navigate her loving journey into the amazing offerings that she now brings in Sacred Feminine and Journey of the Wild […] The post 10 – Wild Feminine – Anki – I See You In There appeared first on School of Shamanic Womancraft.
Dive into the world of connection with this light and whimsical tale of Mel's journey in the Four Seasons in Victoria, Australia. Mel talks deeply about the importance of connection for ALL ages, we delve into the drum making process and how that showed up for her own birth story, and we then talk about […] The post 9 – Firekeeper – Mel – Earth Connection appeared first on School of Shamanic Womancraft.
Tamar comes to us from her experience journeying with the school in the UK. Currently, she weaves her magic in France, and this episode connects with her birth story and how this process comes up for her in her four seasons journey. Tamar joined with the drum making process and felt so deeply into the […] The post 8 – Reclamation – Tamar – Unlocking Greatness appeared first on School of Shamanic Womancraft.
Grace brings the podcast a real insight into our cycles and patterns and how important is our deep work for the healing feminine. Grace Journeyed in 2013 with the school and is now teaching. We will hear in this podcast a woven tale of our awakening and honouring of self. Ever had that feeling of […] The post 7 – Lunar – Grace – Importance of Honouring our Rhythms appeared first on School of Shamanic Womancraft.
We found a modern day priestess for this absolutely insightful podcast. Julie Parker journeyed with the school in 2017, she come into this with absolutely a strong pull to follow this instinct after having nightmarish dreams that were telling her that she needs to wake up and go back to the work that will wholly […] The post 6 – Priestess – Julie – Inherent Beauty & Women in Business appeared first on School of Shamanic Womancraft.
Sequoia brings us an insightful podcast. We explore her deep calling to do this work and how she come into her first journey with the SSW back in 2010, then she was pregnant and we learn fro Sequoia how she got held over this year in pregnancy, birth and postpartum…. We dived into safety and […] The post 5 – Blood – Sequoia – Safety & Connection appeared first on School of Shamanic Womancraft.
This exploration opens us up to Cailleach Howard from Triple Spiral Womancraft We talk about how her life shapes in the energetic Blue Mountains, Sydney NSW. The podcast looks at Cailleach's growth from the corporate world to phycology, psychodrama and the gifted work she currently does now with women coming into the 4SJ of The School of […] The post 4 – Triple Spiral – Cailleach – Myth and Psychodrama appeared first on School of Shamanic Womancraft.
This episode opens up to Joey's journey in the Four Seasons Journey (4SJ) and how this engaged her to further expand the amazing work she does with vestibular audiology, yoga, mindfulness and neuroplasticity! Joey is a powerhouse woman who is giving back and in this podcast we explore how the 4SJ gifted her insight into the […] The post 3 – Balance – Joey – Integrative Medicine and Sensory Challenges appeared first on School of Shamanic Womancraft.
In this episode we explore Jane's journey into shamanic womancrafting, feminine mysteries and working with goddesses. Jane talked extensively about her leap into this work coming though her own journey as a midwife in Australia to her births that have weaved the way into her path and ultimately to the birth of The School of […] The post 2 – Growth- Jane Hardwicke Collings – Founder & Shamanic Midwife appeared first on School of Shamanic Womancraft.
Ayla Myra, story guide and host gives us a little insight in the podcast and how The School of Shamanic Womancraft has shaped her direction into producing what will be a magnificent podcast series of healing and medicine stories. Ayla Myra has hosted the in depth birth story podcast The Circle of Birth over the past […] The post 1 – Birthing – Ayla Myra – Herstory appeared first on School of Shamanic Womancraft.