Remembering the Old Ways

04/01/2026

Here is some beauty medicine for your Sunday x

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05/08/2025

I came across this quote today

“What is it that we humans can offer into the ceremony of life, that is ours to give?”
~ Chameli Gad

It reminded me of the last circle we held in honour of Imbolc, where we took time to ask this very question (or versions thereof).

I find these questions so useful to remind me of my True North. Especially when life gets busy and overwhelming, these touch points created together in a sacred space are such essential antidotes!

With rose petals at your feet 🙏

Note: this gorgeous image is from one of my favourite illustrators, Billy Murphy Art.

07/09/2024

Last Brisbane women’s circle for the year.

Event details: https://www.facebook.com/share/QR17meomdqX9Wxaa/?mibextid=9l3rBW

07/03/2023

The first of three circles dedicated to the equinox/solstices of 2023 is soon here. I would love to see you there!

Cost is by donation. All donations will be sent to Fountain of Youth's chosen charity: http://www.imanivtc.com/

There is no need to bring anything, and please wear comfortable clothing as we will be sitting on the floor.

See event details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/759004788935556

For any further information please PM me.

09/02/2023

Randa Karzon, Ruth Sladek and myself (Tanya Morris Naturopathy) sat in circle two nights ago and shared where we are at as we begin to venture into the new year.

For different reasons we have all arrived at the exactly same place. We realised we are not being able to offer the course in its current iteration this term.

We have entered the time of dreaming a new way of offering these teachings into the world. There is no time frame on this dreaming time. We will 'watch the trees' until inspiration bubbles up through us.

This is a time of slowing down so we will spend less time on emails and social media, however we will still be checking messages and emails so do still be in touch.

With deep gratitude from the depths of our hearts to yours,
Tanya, Randa and Ruth ######

30/01/2023

I find myself more and more drawn to the question "how can I best serve?'

My personality doesn't lend itself to following, nor being told what to do. I have always prided myself on walking my own path and making my own choices.

That was until I started in greater earnest down the spiritual path. Suddenly I became aware of a pulse in life that was larger than my own. When I started to breathe with that pulse and dance to that pulse I realised that while yes I did have a choice, it was infinitely more rewarding when I listened to where that pulse of life was taking me.

Rewarding does not mean easy though. There is a discipline involved with doing what is required of you by life. Some days there is a flow and a joy, other days you need help to get back up off the ground and start again.

That is why we wrote this course. To provide structure and practical skills and guidance to traverse those challenging times.

It is sometimes a dance, sometimes trudging along to the gym, but doing it together is a super power we can tap into when we sit in circle with others just like us, who have also heard the call to a new way of being and a new way to lead.

We warmly invite you to practice with us in circle. We start the 1st of March and the early bird discount ends today.

Rose petals at your feet dear one.

25/01/2023

As we near the end of the month we are starting to feel into the movement of the season.

We are starting to stretch our bodies and wake from our summer slumber. Slowly, little by little, we are venturing back into the world again.

As we follow this momentum that is larger than our own story we are reminded to honour what is essential to us.

For Randa Karzon, Ruth Sladek and I (Tanya Morris Naturopathy) we make the commitment again to hold our small intimate circle for those who are wanting to commit to themselves.

For those who are hearing the call to unravel the bigger questions of why you are here, what unique gifts do you have to offer and how do you offer them to the world in a nurtured and supported way.

We commit to showing you ways to be in this world that is aligned with your values, and aligned with the rhythms of Nature.

We commit to reminding you of your essential nature, and celebrating that through rites, rituals and ceremonies.

We commit to servant leadership, letting the circle teach us again and again.

We honour you, you who has taken the time to slow down, in this moment, and take this all in.

With rose petals at your feet.

22/01/2023

Yesterday, while on my mat stretching, I had a realisation.

The words ritual and rite have never been an easy fit for me. I was raised in a religion that didn’t fit, whose rites and rituals I desperately wanted to love, but found ultimately hollow and meaningless.

On leaving that religion I tried on many other spiritual traditions, each time arriving at the same ‘not quite right’ feeling.

What I realised on the mat was how these experiences left me with the story that rites and rituals just weren’t for me. That they held no meaning and never would.

I also realised I had a strongly held belief that because I had no tradition to draw on, I had no authority to create my own.

Every morning while lighting candles and incense and giving thanks it never occurred to me that this was MY ritual. That this was my way of intentionally reminding myself of my part within the bigger web of life.

It wasn’t grand, it didn’t come from a book, it wasn’t handed down to me….it was just ‘the thing I did each morning to get ready for the day!’

When I shifted my awareness to this story, I suddenly felt a wonderous sense of awe. That this body that felt so separate from the spiritual world that I had attempted to be a part of, was connected the whole time. I just hadn’t noticed because I thought it had to look a certain way.

This course that I co-wrote with Randa and Ruth had given me the structure to unravel a deeply held belief that I wasn’t enough. That I somehow needed permission from an authority that I didn’t resonate with to be ‘taken seriously’.

What a blessing this course has been for me. A circle of conscious women who come together to co-create a new way of being in this world. Free from dusty dogmas and unconscious stories of ‘the way things are or should be’.

I am forever grateful.
Tanya ###

09/01/2023

To remember the Old Ways is to drop into the body and listen to the longing that is in your heart, in your bones, in your cells.

💗It is to risk that the love and guidance you are searching for is within you.

🔥The ceremonies, rituals, rites, and gatherings arise from this place to reflect that wisdom back to you. They remind you of who you actually are when you forget, lost in the seemingly mundane parts of life.

🌱The course offers signposts, guiding you on your journey within. It consists of practices that unravel you, rituals that dissolve the boundaries between you and Nature, and meditations that focus your attention.

🙏It reinstates ceremony back into everyday life, emphasising its importance in reminding you who you are and what you have to offer.

❤️Ultimately it is a way to refocus life on living that big Love that is in your heart, for the benefit of all.

Learn more here: https://heartradianceaustralia.com.au/remembering-the-old-ways

09/01/2023

There is a rise in commercialism targeting wellness, centred on the individual. Another push for perfection, wearing white and smelling of incense.

There is a peak of interest in women’s circles and earth-based spirituality, as though it is something to be bought and sold. A commodity for the taking. There is a whole heap of shiny promises to help you ‘get your goddess on’ and increase your ‘shakti power’…as though that is meaningful.

The truth for me is this work is often messy and uncomfortable, requiring an intense vulnerability where I have nowhere to hide from the parts of myself I have deemed unlovable.

I look to the women’s circle for guidance. To me it is an alive archetype that does not hesitate to knock me off my perch of self-righteousness when I attempt to circumvent the process of un-learning the stories that are keeping me from sharing the big LOVE that is in my heart, the medicine I have to give the world.

It requires a fierce commitment to Love. No mater what. A nothing held back love affair with Truth. And a trust that the circle, and those taking their seats within it, will not only guide me, but hold and nurture me through it all.

Remembering The Old Ways is dedicated to deepening our connection with and understanding of ourselves through remembering our connection with Nature, ritual, and rites of passage. We are here to sing the songs of our ancestors which are waking in our bones, and to lead from this deeply rooted place.

For the benefit of all