LOVE & heART – Artist | Educator | Healing Facilitator
There is a wondrous thrill in playing on the edges of transgression. The tension between knowing what no one else does and then the revelation publicly of a long held secret. Is it words or actions that bring the most excitement in our lives? Well in my view many words can be spoken, however, until …
The days are getting shorter. The chill in the air starts biting at the tip of your nose signaling that winter is here. Witnessing these changes I am reminded how much beauty there is in each season. Winter asks us to go deeper inward. To reflect and to rest. Inevitably we slow down and conserve …
Photo by Alex P on Pexels.com This month of May I have felt the power and potency of what true Mother love can do. Both from receiving from my own mother and as a mother myself. Sometimes a mother's love is soft and warm, like a marsh mellow you can land on, always feeling held. …
The energy of April has been soft and calm. I felt the impulse to sit in deeper silence and stillness, inviting rest and restoration. In this moment of pause I felt the divine spark of inspiration come to me. Knowing that this illusive gift is not easily won and needs to be nurtured. The divine …
Life in this human existence is filled with many paradoxes. As I reflect on the month of March and the powerful energies holding us all accountable for our shadow and our light as we are moving between the lunar and solar eclipses and the equinox in the middle. I have come full circle in my …
Love is my most favourite topic, I often hear myself saying " I love love". February is termed the month of love. As we come to its close, I reflect on how I can be more loving to myself. I also think about how I can be more loving to others. Love is the medicine …
As I stand at the base of the mountain of 2025, I contemplate which direction to climb and how high. I am reminded that each ending is a beginning. Every beginning has an ending. Sometimes we even begin our story in the middle. We get to decide how the story is written and the players …
Looking back at this time last year where I was finishing off 2023 in Bali with clear intentions of making 2024 a year of celebration, travel, love and restoration I can say unequivocally I have made that happen. Every month I had the privilege of local, interstate or international travel. I took every opportunity to …
"There is no death, only re-invention". This is the message I received in a very potent sacred meditation on the full moon in Taurus this month. There has been so much beauty expressed in November for me. So many new-beginnings in work, in love, in life. The Phoenix appeared to me in a strong vision …
October has been a very juicy month for me. I am truly stepping into my Venus era. I feel the softening and opening of my heart and the confidence in allowing myself to be loved. It is a testament to how much healing and emotional safety I feel within myself. As I become clearer about …
One of the truest acts of love is the ability to find someone you can comfortably share your solitude with. Yes, I know, that sounds like an oxymoron, and yet that is what true love feels like for me. For two people to manage to be alone together, means that there is safety in the …
"Love must be balanced". This is a core teaching from Brian L Weiss' Past Life Regression Therapy research and book Many Lives, Many Masters. I have been contemplating this notion of giving and receiving quite intensely of late as I found myself playing out old patterns and systems of behaviour that do not serve me …
I have been so caught up in the joy of living that I totally missed my June blog! And now halfway through July and the midst of winter chills I find myself in awe of the way life continues to surprise me with both the simplicity and the fullness all at once. As each day …
Sunrise over Uluru, 7 May 2024 As I look back on this month of May I am incredulous on the sheer magnitude of events, awakenings, synchronicities and healing that was packed into these 31 days. Each day was fully lived that is for sure. I can truly say with certainty that my whole life has …
2024 is my celebration year. Each month I have planned a significant event to celebrate the ALL of life expressing itself through me. So, for the month of April my celebration "event" was a short trip to Japan with my son Ramin. It was his destination of choice. It was a beautiful experience with so …
Sandwiched between two eclipses along with the Autumn Equinox has really pushed me to my energetic limits. So many aspects of self is coming out from the shadows of my subconscious into the light. Layer upon layer revealing itself so it can be healed. I am feeling the punch of the universal energies asking me …
This month I have been wrestling with managing my self-talk. Moving through many dark phases as my inner critic's voice seem to be louder than usual. I decided to lean into the discomfort and start a dialogue with this inner critic rather than avoiding it. In the process some very painful truths and also misguided illusions …
Happy 2024 Dear Ones! What a beautiful entry into the year with so many cosmic events to kick start this new age of Aquarius we have entered and the many upgrades we are all getting. Moving from the darkness into the light. Moving from resistance into the heart. It has been a month of many …
Here we are at the final day of 2023 and what a year it has been! During my morning meditation I went through each of the months and recalled all the events that have transpired. So much movement inside and outside of me. I began the year in solitude at home, slowing down so magic …
As I reflect on this month of the blooming Jacaranda trees and the birth anniversary of my youngest child so much has happened to open my heart in ways I had no idea it could. I am intrigued how life continues to weave beauty in the pain. These past 5 years have been intense to …
This month of October has been one of deep inner reflection on the fragility of life. Not sure how to navigate the immense sense of grief and confusion I feel in these times we are all faced with. So much war and destruction, so much loss and pain. Social media has the immediacy of real …
Just when I was beginning to emerge, I need to retreat again. These are the layers of uncertainty that I am sitting with at the moment. Upon reflection this is indeed the truth of existence, isn’t it? One moment you are going about your life and the next moment it is changing direction. This time …
Photo by Felix Mittermeier on Pexels.com August has been a turbo charged month for me. Notwithstanding the major cosmic alignments of Lion’s Gate portal, super moons and Venus Retrograde, from end to end this month has uprooted the final stone of my old life and given me the space and supports on all levels to …
Photo by Tomas Hakl on Pexels.com July has been a very interesting month of intense personal introspection and expansion into deeper layers of my personal TRUTH. I had decided a while back that I would no longer "judge" any of my experiences as good or bad and instead just greet what ever was presenting itself …
Photo by George Shervashidze on Pexels.com Since the solstice I have been waking up at 3 am every night. First I thought it was my youngest son moving around and wanting to co-sleep again, but even when he is in his own bed or with his father I am still being woken up at the …
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Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko on Pexels.com This month for me has really centered on the practice of embodiment of trust and surrender. Bringing all my spiritual insights into the tangible clay that is the body and grounding in. As I navigated through the month bookended by two eclipses, my birthday and the task of preparing …
Norouz Sofreh Haft Sin - Persian New Year March has been a month of many personal challenges and deep insights. My phone created a slide show reminder of "this time last year" and it was all of the flood memories. I had totally forgotten. It was an interesting reflection on how much I had healed …
One of my key intentions this month has centered on how I can be more loving towards myself. How can I 'in-source' all that I need and meet the arena of my life with the lens of my own self-love? Firstly, embodying what self-love is for me and facing the parts of myself that are …
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-qvkwh-13887b1 In this episode I explore how our mundane experiences have the potential to launch us into or out of personal power and the spaces where wisdom is gained in those moments. My sharing today centers a personal story and the lens of patience needed when wanting to bring a vision into realised form and …
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-5m43m-137f94d In this episode I reflect on the many lessons learnt about being in conscious relationships and stepping into my power through the embodiment of dance as a master teacher of life.
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-7bv3x-1373460 This episode is about the healing power of hugs. Hugs as a medicine. There are lots of studies around about the power of physical touch and there are many healing modalities that use hand touch and somatic release for trauma therapy. I want to explore a very simple practice that you can do for …
As January comes to a close I reflect on the gentleness of how this year has begun for me and the overflow of creativity that has emerged from taking time to rest and restore my nervous system. Starting my podcast, creating artworks for my upcoming exhibition and really finding my center has been a beautiful …
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-5jbgx-136fc6e This episode is all about self-empowerment and healing through the relationship mirror. The power and potential for self-growth, self-knowledge, self-awareness and most importantly self-empowerment through the relationship mirror is a constant contemplation for me. This share is my personal point of view and what I discovered through my own embodiment. I am by no …
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-3zqew-136d58e This episode is a reflection on the empowerment and healing that the water element offers. We are all here for a divine experience and purpose, the water is such a maternal force pulling you into the pure positive potential that you are.
As we approach the final few days of 2022 I gave myself the time and space to sit with all that has transpired in this year for me and I can honestly say I feel so much joy and gratitude for all the storms. Each stormy period has brought with it the most incredible rainbows …
November is a big month for me. Lots of life events are book marked in this month when the Jacaranda trees bloom. Beginnings and endings. The most significant of these events is the birth of my son Rohan. My Bear Boy. His birthing journey from conception to earth side has re-shaped me into the woman …
Freedom Rally, 22 October, 2022, Bondi Beach, Sydney What does it mean to be truly free? Freedom on the "outside" and freedom on the "inside"? Both a philosophical inquiry and my embodied experience of what freedom means for me has been the topic of my contemplation this month. In a sacred ceremony I sat in …
Photo by moein moradi on Pexels.com In times of struggle and chaos how can we find our center? When anger and frustration are raging through our collective consciousness how can we use that transformational energy to create a better world? How can we alchemise our pain into powerful change? These have been my contemplations these …
Photo by Andre Furtado on Pexels.com My contemplation this month was on how to cultivate more "inner joy". Where in my life can I invite more joy in? What brings me joy? How can I feel joyful in moments that are strained or difficult? These were some of the enquiry questions I asked myself. Interestingly, …
Seeds of Protection, 2022 As July comes to a close I reflect on the intentions I had set for myself this month: "to be joyful" and " to be in the flow of creativity". It felt like I was walking a massive inner sprial to achieve those intentions. Life propelling me through many challenging events, …
As the month of May slowly draws to a close I reflect on the magnitude of shifts I have experienced in this, my birthday month. Blessed with the powerful energies of the New Moon and Full Blood Moon eclipses on either side of this month I have emerged from this potent energetic portal feeling a …
Photo by Jovana Nesic on Pexels.com I was invited to be on the opening panel for the Goddess Conference Australia over the weekend in Kinkumber, hosted by the Temple of the Global Goddess, to discuss the conference theme of I AM. It was such a surprise and great honour to be among the wisdom keepers …
sofreh haft sin May you feel the blessings of prosperity, health, joy and protectionNowruz, 1401 On 21 March at 2.33 am Sydney time the Autumn Equinox ( Southern Hemisphere), Spring Equinox (Northern Hemisphere) opened the portal for the cycle of birth, death and re-birth. The equinox is when all Persians celebrate Nowruz, which translates as …
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Anyone who knows me can attest to how much I love romantic comedies and anything that speaks about love. My son always catches me smiling as I watch these movies and spends more time watching me then the movie! I believe there is no greater expression in life than sharing your heart within all the …
As I slowly emerge from my 2021 experience of quiet surrender and welcome the new cycle of 2022, I celebrate the magnamous shifts within my inner being. As I continue to conciously practice "the art of allowing" my life feels more and more grounded. The constant changes in what we can and can't do in …
Greetings beloveds! Welcome to 2021! 4 days in...how are we all feeling? I feel like I have finally woken up from a long slumber. My incubation complete. The year that was 2020, for me personally, and of course the whole collective was HUGE. Every part of my life shifted as I began to re-assess all …
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com I find myself in a moment of pause, a moment of deep introspection. It has been an expansive - soul-crafting 4.5 months of 2020. First she began with devastating fires. Unimaginable loss of wildlife, loss of homes, individuals and millions of acres. The air was so thick with smoke haze …
Sacred Beginnings: Postpartum Doula Training with Anna Watts I have emerged from a deeply nourishing weekend Postpartum Doula training course with Anna Watts of Celebration of birth Doula Academy. This course has been incredibly healing for me. Further confirming my calling to step into this healing work with women postpartum. It never ceases to amaze …
Today I want to talk about Grief. Why? Well as September came to a close and I sat in my morning meditation I recieved such powerful guidance and healing from the Universe! I was shown that I am still carrying grief in my heart and need to let it go so love can find its …
Healing Birth both personally and collectively through ritual is a very real and powerful experience. As I pondered my post-natal journey I came across a magnificent resource The Goddess Celebrates: An Anthology of Women's Rituals, edited by Diane Stein. In this gem is a ritual for healing the C-Section! Exactly what I needed. As much …
Nazanin Marashian 