Who Am I

I grew up in the green hills of North West Tasmania where my love for nature was discovered. I would sit for hours watching baby ducklings hatch, lambs being born, cows milked, vegetables and fruit growing and big old black Tiger Snakes slithering…

I remember contemplating death, and felt there couldn’t ever be such a thing as nothing, while I witnessed the cycles of life renewing, reforming and emerging as the seasons changed.

The journey of Earth Medicine started for me back in 1998, where I was strongly drawn to do a course called Moon Lodge, run by the late Rita Morning Star in Hobart, Tasmania. I didn’t know why I was going, but there was no way I was going to miss it.

Never having drummed, sang or sat in Sacred Circle before the whole experience was so very new. I cried as my teacher shared the song Mother Earth for the first time. The song and drum opened my Heart and took me back to another time and place…it felt like I had finally found home.

My Heart, my Hearth, my Home…

Sacred Circle is a powerful opportunity to be heard without judgment as we are all One and all equal within the Circle.

Drumming takes us back to our original source, the original heart beat, the first sound we hear…our Mother’s Heart Beat.

The powerful beats and tones soothe the Soul, allow us to be present, and bring us out of our busy minds and into the body, while opening us to our intuition, the voices of our Ancestors and inner guidance.

I have studied extensively the teachings of the First Nations People of Canada, North America and the Medicine Wheel for over 26 years, Medicine meaning Spirit, Wheel meaning Energy.

Spirit Energy

I am connected spiritually to these lineages, I do not pretend to be Native American, the teachings have been offered to us to share.  There is deep knowledge here, deep opportunity for remembering who you are.  I have had countless dreams, visions, confirmations that to share from a place of respect, humility and reverence, to teach in the right way is part of the Unity needed on our Mother Earth. 

I completed an Advanced Diploma in Sacred Arts with the School of the Feminine Divine, New Zealand from 2007-2009.

I have a Diploma in Nursing, and 4 children, my East, South, West and North. Thank you.

I wish to acknowledge and show my gratitude to Rita Morning Star, and Lesley Crossingham and her book Sacred Circle Ocean of Stars.

During 2024 I trained as a Guide for S.E.I.T Tours in the Uluru and Kata Tjuta National Park NT Australia, and have the Uluru and Kata Tjuta Knowledge for Tour Guide Accreditation. This training and work has embedded an immense amount of gratitude for the Indigenous People of our Country, and I have learned a great deal of very important morals for living that we can all benefit from.

As the Wheel continues for future generations, come with me on a journey of healing and discovery as we experience the power, beauty, wisdom and creation stories from the oldest known culture on earth: The Anangu, People of the Western Desert Region Northern Territory Australia.

Why do I offer Retreats?

When we give ourselves permission to stop, to retreat, to give back to ourselves, we have the opportunity to remember who we are.  It helps us ignite our creativity, to be inspired by others stories, to share our own story in a safe, confidential and welcoming space. 

 To be nurtured by others also, to not have to cook or clean or be responsible for anyone else but yourself is integral to finding peace and remembering your Self worth.  We can become hemmed in by our day to day lives, a women’s retreat brings opportunity for renewal and a new perspective of our individual path and how that is so very important not only to our families but to the world.  What we do to ourselves ripples out energetically, therefore or if we can find meaning in the day to day, our lives create positive energy and have a positive impact on others.

When I offer retreats in the Northern Territory it is very important to me to only give what is necessary. The journey of the retreats isn’t about pretending to be indigenous, or knowing things I couldn’t even pretend to understand.  It gives people the space, the beauty of the journey into the Heart of sacred land, to learn about themselves in the their own individual and unique ways.  It is a very sacred journey for each person, I cannot tell them how to do it, but I can instill in them the respect and humility needed to walk lightly, to Be present, to remember the history, to understand that there is so much we cannot know.  Therefore it is important to travel these lands aware, without laziness or expectations.  To come empty and leave empty.

Blessings on the Journey,

Jane Anderson.

Accreditations:

Uluru and Kata Tjuta Knowledge for Tour Guides, Charles Darwin University NT Australia 2024

Diploma of Nursing, Health Education and Research Centre, Hobart Tasmania 2015-2017

Advanced Diploma in Sacred Arts, New Zealand 2007-2009