About
Vanessa is a facilitator and energy healer working at the intersection of feminine wisdom, ritual, and folklore.
Vanessa's creation story is a unique one. She was prayed into existence by a pioneering family who used cutting-edge fertility treatment in 1990s Australia — her mother wrote to a magazine, reaching out to a doctor to enrol her in the trial program. Part magic, part science: she credits her tenacity and zest for life to her origin.
The phonetics for her last name can be interpreted as "half-eye," appropriate for one with a lifelong resolve to traverse the lands of the seen and unseen.
Energy Healing
Slow, attentive work, built from years of tracking bodies, journeying through the underworld and upperworld, and learning when to act and when simply to witness.
Each session is three hours — rarely needed in full, but always held in reserve, because the body decides its own pace, not the clock.
Every session begins the same way: presence first, technique second.
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Events
Drum journeys, seasonal ceremonies, and rites of passage — held outdoors where possible, informed by spirit, led with breath and intention.
Upcoming dates · Durrumbul Hall
A heart-centered space to connect deeply with yourself and others, held in a calm and restorative atmosphere — with music, guided meditation, gentle touch, and energy healing.
Now forming
We gather primarily to listen: to ask the spirits how they wish us to continue our work on earth, for the greatest good of all. This work has its roots in Nordic Shamanism — Seiðr. A space to practice trance and oracle work through the body.
Suitable to those who are deeply grounded in the body, familiar with shamanic journeying, holding energetic boundaries and in good health. No experience in trance states is necessary. Participation is required at least once per month. $40. Capped at six places.
By application · Three places
The Crossing Path is a four-month collaboration for those who feel called to explore their story through art.
Each participant will co-create an original mixed-media piece inspired by their own lived experience. Drawing on movement, music, ritual, and the natural world, the process invites stories, and remembering through the body to explore creative expression.
At the centre of each work is a choreographed movement piece, developed collaboratively with the participant. No dance experience is required.
The process unfolds through one full day together each month, held in nature. Each gathering offers space for conversation, ceremony, creative practice, and time on the land. Between sessions, participants are invited to continue the process through creative reflections and practices. Plant allies will be infused to support the participant throughout the process.
Rather than focusing on performance, The Crossing Path values authenticity over perfection. Each completed work becomes a unique expression of a person's story.
As this is the first time I'm offering this work, it's held on a donation basis. Open to those based in Northern NSW or Southern Queensland.
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Energy Healer Training
A place to understand and recognise the power of the hands. Using breath and intention, we craft the tools we inherit and the tools we create, to remember the long internal work of becoming someone the body trusts to lead it somewhere unfamiliar.
Vanessa uses 'maps' lent to us in our folklore, to interpret the flight of the soul through seasons, cycles, moments of bliss, grief, and everything in between. Healing is not a far away concept, but a path we travel again and again, with conviction and company.
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Words from the work
Blog
Vanessa's personal reflections on folklore, the nervous system, ceremony, and the slow work of integration. Written for her to help consolidate and integrate, shared with love.