Steve Wesener
Along my life’s journey, much has been gifted to me and so I created Iluka Nature and Soul to share with you what has been shared to me.
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My personal goals are to walk towards a life sustaining way, to honour the wisdom of the earth and indigenous cultures while making decisions that honour the children of all species and for seven generations to follow.
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As such, I endeavour to align our bush school programs, my nature therapy sessions and the various community events we facilitate, all to my personal goals.
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Click below to read my mission.​
My Mission My name is Stephen Francis Wesener, I live on Birrigan Gargle and Yaegle land, I was born under a hazel moon and the salmon runs in my veins. I will walk towards a life sustaining way. I will nourish the earth. I will honour the wisdom of the Earth and Indigenous cultures. I will hold a place of healing and connection and an awaking of wisdom, through ceremonies, rituals, initiation and rites of passage. I will make decision that will honour the children of all species and for 7 generations to follow. I will learn to plant basic native crops and trees. I will create a bond with the land. I will participate with the people who live there and heal in nature; I will develop practical skills. I will teach these skills to children and friends, neighbours. I will seek mutual support groups, where people take care of each other. I will simplify my life, freeing up more space and time. Discover everything I can do without money, walk, exercise, craft and body arts, socialize with my loved ones; I will separate myself from the logic of consuming more and more. Making exchanges, giving and receiving gifts of affective value, rather than financial value; I will seek not to exploit humans and non-humans in these transactions, I commit, to the wisdom in the knowing that 'food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food', eating mindfully in harmony with mother nature and her seasons where possible, I will recognize that life is amazing.
Kate
Educator, musician, mother.
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Kate brings her love of learning, her musical spontaneity, her drama expertise and her forest school training to our sessions.
Kate has a wonderful gift of sharing new and innovating nature games that have all the ages up and playing, exploring the natural world while encouraging your child to explore their own gifts.
Lauren
Singer, craftswoman, mother.
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Lauren’s caring and supportive nature, dedicated home schooler’s philosophy and playful energy anchors our little village. Lauren has a real gift of being committed to your child’s wellbeing both inner and outer.
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Lauren’s children have grown up in our bush school and it’s a delight for these children now to be leading their favourite games.
Jenn
Jenn is a shamanic womancrafter, space holder and facilitator. A keeper of bones and edge walker between the worlds. As graduate of the School of Shamanic Womancraft's Four Seasons Journey and accredited facilitator of Becoming a Woman workshop, Jenn holds space for all rites of passage in a woman's life.
Jenn is passionate about birth work, crafting, story telling and all aspects of the feminine offering support and safe spaces for women to meet and explore their edges in both women's circle's and in one to one sessions exploring women's individual experiences of rites of passage and how these can impact on our lives.
Jenn is forever a student to the Wheel of the Year, passionate about recognising & sharing the opportunities provided to us through the cycles of nature, birth, life and death.