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Spirit Collective

Locality: Perth, Western Australia

Address: westcoast steiner school, 15 Mayfair ave nollamara Perth, WA, Australia

Website: www.littleartlab.net/category/spirit-collective

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20.01.2022 Cultivate joy. Belly laugh. Shake it off. Immerse in the sea. Nourish your body with beautiful food.... Unwind into a sunset meditation. Create your own prayer/balance beads with love & intention. Acknowledge what is showing up for you. Move how your body calls you to in the comfort of darkening skies Illuminate your soul. So who’s gonna run with us into the cool waters at i l l u m I n a t e?! Spaces left. Book one for YOU. You deserve some time. https://www.littleartlab.net/product/spiritcollective #womenscircle #tribe #illuminate #spiritcollective #creativeritual #nourish #soothe #selfcare #resilience #innerhealth #creativeself #creativevoice #joy #sunsetcircle #beachcircle #womensupportingwomen #motherhood #holistichealing #cultivatejoy See more

19.01.2022 There is a wild woman under our skin who wants nothing more than to dance until her feet are sore, sing her beautiful grief into the rafters, and offer the bottomless cup of her creativity as a way of life. And if you are able to sing from the very wound that you’ve worked so hard to hide; not only will it give meaning to your own story, but it becomes a corroborative voice for others with a similar wounding. ~Toko-pa Turner . When Kate and I first started Spirit Collective... we found it hard to find images of MOTHERHOOD that truly represented the energy we wanted to portray.... We wanted images that lit a fire in our bellies. That reflected the authentic journey Strength within the pain, grief, joy and love. I found it hard to relate to the daisy-picking, serene, type images.. I DID relate however to the multitasking, frazzled, images of a Mother cooking dinner mid yoga pose with a number of children hanging from each limb... But I didn’t WANT this overwhelmed & overdrawn image to take up permanent residence within the inner workings of my psyche... Because there’s a lot to be said for the energy we surround ourselves with... So as we Pinterested our way through the visual representation of Motherhood we found the images that resonated most were those of indigenous women.... Not to glorify the complex and often tough lives of these Indigenous Mothers but it was within these pictures that we found our fire... And perhaps this was BECAUSE of the complex & tough paths they have walked... You can see it in their eyes. I often have a sense of something lost... Something that we (as Women) need to uncover. The collective fierceness to evoke change... To say No. To say YES! To EXPRESS what we really feel To change our stories so that we are not victims of our past but active creators of our present and future. To uncover our own meaning. Turning a light on any of our so called weaknesses... Transforming them into into our authenticity and power. In this way we create our new stories. And our own images too... So that we step past who we SHOULD be And sing our new way into being See more

18.01.2022 With the inhalation, we draw into our own center, our own being. With the exhalation, we expand outward into the WORLD. ~Sally Kempton Some photos of: i l l u m i n a t e ... Saturday night was about JOY It was about PLAY It was about BEAUTY And BEING Because we KNOW about letting go We KNOW about surrender We KNOW about simplicity But to EMBODY these qualities? We have to ALLOW ourselves time and space to EXPERIENCE the world To experience the world as IT IS! To take the world as it comes and ENGAGE in it!! The waves WILL knock you about The sand WILL sting your face The wind WILL make your hair wild And you WILL rip your dress on beach shrubs and lose your balance in the sand But this will unlock something inside of you: Your essence. Your laughter Sometimes you have to take the roof off Bask in the light Dance in the dark We as WOMEN are all of this We as WOMEN are here to BE in the world. To BE in nature. Thanks to the Women of Spirit Collective who showed up for themselves on Saturday night We love your bravery Your willingness Your engagement Your light And your dark. Deepest thanks also to Nicole @soundbirth for lending us her beautiful instruments.

17.01.2022 Today I Fed my son 9 times for comfort, soothing after a fall, for nourishment, love & sore gums. I made 6 meals/snacks for my children. I cleaned out 2 toy boxes. Packed stuff up for the good sammys ... Hung out the washing whilst a small person clung to my leg, inhibiting any real movement. I read a few pages on parenting. I did the school drop off & pick up. I organised my sons future enrolment. I listened to a podcast on hormones & our cycle - we all need to do this- across 3 separate sittings. I play wrestled with my kids. I vacuumed. I took the bins out. I wiped something dodgy off the couch. I carried both children on each hip, with school bag, from school because they were both hot & tired & upset. I helped a friend whose son had a meltdown & needed her whole attention get to the car by carrying all her things & holding her little ones hand & strapping him in. I helped my daughter overcome a moment of sensory/olfactory overload in the toilet by singing & offering my dress to smell instead. (It worked) I listened to a podcast my partner had enjoyed so I could share in something important to him. I curated some Little Art Lab products. I organised some weekly activities. I did a food shop. I made my daughters bed after cleaning out her toy drawer. I rearranged & freshened up her books. This is more than usual. I’m normally not this proactive! But most of this work was invisible. It is unpaid. And under appreciated. Often it goes unnoticed. There is great honour in the work of the mother. The maker of the nest. She creates the rhythm of homelife. The hymns, rhymes & songs her babies will sing. And the sound her partner comes home to. Today I choose to honour this part of my life. Because what I do, how I move, how I choose to do the dishes or the washing or the floors is all part of simple, yet spiritual work. It is the work my children see and imitate. It is the appreciation and reverence for the everyday moments that will inform the fabric of who they become. I hope they remember me singing their soft song holding them close.

15.01.2022 We don't need to approach healing by diving in headlong. Genuine healing takes place slowly, organically. It can occur through movement, through shared experiences, through being heard, being witnessed or held, making things or trying something new, through drumming, singing, laughing or fire ceremony. All of these are expressions of self. This is creativity at work.... Join us for illuminate: RECEIVE: Guided sunset meditation Nourishing vegan grazing table @garnishedandgrazing Energising drum circle as we shift old patterns through sound and movement and invite new energy in (bring your own drum if you have one or they will be provided) Creative Ritual making your own prayer/mantra/balance beads (perfect for your moments of ritual or as a reminder to look after yourself) Cleansing dip in the ocean Shared experience Revitalise through fire ceremony Support your fellow women. Be witnessed. Feel heard. Gift yourself this time. You deserve it. Sat 18 Jan 5.30-8.30pm WOMEN ONLY EVENT Watermans Bay beach (between North beach & Marmion) $59 Book your space online-https://www.littleartlab.net/product/spiritcollective-

12.01.2022 Spaces filling up for illuminate- our first WOMEN ONLY EVENT! GIFT YOURSELF: MEDITATION Guided sunset meditation .... GET IN TOUCH WITH YOUR WILD WOMAN Energising drum circle (bring your own drum if you have one or they will be provided) . BECOME ONE WITH THE ENERGY OF THE SEA Cleansing dip in the ocean . NOURISH YOURSELF Indulge in a vegan grazing table @garnishedandgrazing . CONNECT TO YOUR CREATIVITY Creative Ritual making your own prayer/mantra//balance beads . BUILD YOUR TRIBE, CONNECT TO YOUR COMMUNITY, FIND YOUR PEOPLE. . SURRENDER & RELEASE Revitalise through fire ceremony Support your fellow women. Be witnessed. Feel heard. Gift yourself this time. You deserve it. book your spacehttps://www.littleartlab.net/product/spiritcollective//- Image for inspiration @wildwomansisterhoodofficial

09.01.2022 There is a good kind of waiting...

09.01.2022 JOY. CREATE. PLAY. Three words we have come to associate with children. Qualities we DESIRE for our children.... Because we KNOW how good it is for our kids to remain connected to their playful & creative selves..... Now, consider these words in relation to your-SELF.... How often do you feel JOY? How often do you PLAY? (And I don't mean with your kids;)) How often do you CREATE without a plan or reason for it? At Spirit Collective we emphasise the importance of JOY, CREATIVITY & PLAY for WOMEN as much as we do for children. And so....we invite WOMEN ONLY to come join us this Saturday for: I L L U M I N A T E This is an evening dedicated to nourishing JOY, CREATIVITY & PLAY in WOMEN... Three wonderfully simple (but wonderfully powerful!) qualities to illuminate your inner essence... So that you may return to your families, homes & work feeling recconected to your CREATIVE NATURE. To who you really are.... We have just a few space left. And we'd love to see you there.... DETAILS: I L L U M I N A T E jan 18, 2020 5.30-8.30pm Waterman Bay Beach women only ________________ Open to all women (not just mothers) RECEIVE: Guided sunset meditation Nourishing vegan grazing table @garnishedandgrazing Energising drum circle (bring your own drum if you have one or they will be provided) Creative Ritual making your own prayer/mantra//balance beads Cleansing dip in the ocean Shared experience Revitalise through fire ceremony Develop your 2020 intentions through connecting to your creative voice and where this links with your wellbeing and inner knowing. Gift yourself this time. The chance to connect to where you’re at in the moment and honour it. Support your fellow women. Be witnessed. Feel heard. . . https://www.littleartlab.net/product/spiritcollective .

05.01.2022 PLEASE NOTE i l l u m i n a t e IS DEFINITELY SATURDAY 18TH JAN! There was a Facebook date blip...... Book your space here: https://www.littleartlab.net/product/spiritcollective Get your hip shakin' drum on!

05.01.2022 Do you know you are worth what you want? Do you know you’re worthy of respectful love? Do you know you’re actually ok? Do you know you’re worth that compliment? You’re voice is worthy of being spoken and listened to.... That gesture of kindness, that warm embrace, the offer of help, you are worth your success. Let yourself feel worthy. Watch how the world keeps turning (it won’t cave in ) and feel the difference in how you show up. . . . See more

01.01.2022 T W E L V E 12.2.2020. Twelve years ago TODAY I went into labor for the first time Twelve years ago TODAY I had NO idea my baby was facing the wrong way around...head down but we were spine to spine. Our midwife was a powerhouse and she guided me through the process so that MY body and my baby’s body knew exactly what to do. ... Twelve years ago today I found a strength & trust in the human body, MY body that I didn’t know existed. I think about our last Spirit Collective post written by the always eloquent, Kate... And TODAY I acknowledge 12 years of long days and longer nights Of stirring endless pots of porridge 12 years of struggling with the domestic side of Mothering 12 years to realise that my life/culture has taught me that smart, strong women don’t do the dishes. 12 years of realising just how much our society/culture has to shift for the sake of Women. And children. And men. And the Earth. So many of our systems (from birth to education to business) still operate on the ideas of wealthy men who are long gone. Most of it no longer makes sense to me And I’m not interested in But they need to exist in the REAL world arguments. The real world of the future is what we are creating NOW. I think the shift for Women comes in the form of self acknowledgement. As in Kate’s post. As in Aasta’s (@allthingsaasta) post. I’d like ALL the Mothers I know to write down what they did today I’d like ALL the Mothers to inject a bucketload of self-acknowledgement into the World. Because there is no point waiting to be acknowledged by external forces It starts with us beginning to SEE and value the daily work and tasks of Motherhood ourselves So that instead of feeling lost in tasks we have been conditioned to de-value That we continue to remind ourselves (and each other) over and over again that we are caring for Life itself. Guardians of Children. This true purpose feels hidden some days, amongst the tears, mess and tantrums. But it’s always there. Even if you can end each day with ONE deep sigh and acknowledgement to your SELF... It’s one breath closer to a new kind of Real World See more