Every year my youngest daughter and I make our annual pilgrimage to the Aum New Year's Festival at South Head, north of Auckland, New Zealand. It is a ritual we have honoured for many years now, and during that time I have watched my daughter grow from a small child into a young teenager, right alongside my own continued evolution as a woman and mother. The time we spend at Aum is filled with fun, laughter, music, dancing, connection, healing, and a return to simplicity. It is a time of joy. For four days, there is no cellphone reception, no constant digital pull, no news cycle constantly humming in the background. Instead we are immersed in artistry, authenticity, and self-expression in all its forms. Like all festivals, Aum is a coming together of people for the sole purpose of connection and creativity - a relief and reprieve from the relentless pressures of daily life. Nature as Medicine The festival is held in a sandy, bush-filled landscape where deer roam freely, and ...
Mama Madhya is a sacred pause - a story held in the hush between who we've been and who we're becoming. Told through the eyes of a Naturopath and Herbalist, this space is where lived experience meets deep wisdom. It's an unfolding of the menopause journey - where the quiet, powerful revolutions of womanhood are honoured, not hidden. Here, we walk together into the third age with grace, grounded in healing, truth, and legacy. This is for you, for those who came before, and those still to come.