Her gaze holds and renews across grassy plains, continents, time and the nebula of constellations... When she first came to me as a lion cub sitting at the feet of a woman, in a dream on the 9th April 2016, I had no idea how this, our meeting in the dreaming, would change my life. Nor how later that same day, during a meditation facilitated by Nerida Oberg, the words Amun Mehit, repeated through the soundpresence of a circle of Golden Light Beings whose bodies merged to become a spinning wheel surrounding me, would take on such depth of meaning almost two years later. At the time neither Amun nor Mehit meant anything to me. I had experienced them as sounds, not words. Though I did wonde

With the passing of Jawoyn Elder Mama Margaret Katherine, beloved elder who walked life with the most open, generous and compassionate heart, in the face of so much suffering and challenge, sharing traditional knowledge and the spirit of her Joy with so many across and beyond Australia, I want to acknowledge and honour Indigenous women for their ongoing resilience and powerful role in keeping culture - ensuring safe passage of sacred knowledge throughout Time. Sitting with the Grandmothers and the women of their communities, and learning to listen, is one of the greatest gifts in my journey as a woman.