Rites of Passage Facilitators

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Location: Essendon
Facilitator: Rukshika De’Silva

Contact details: soulessenze@gmail.com or 0416023949
Website: www.soulessenze.com.au

Dip. Shiatsu & Oriental Therapies (accred. STAA), Cert. in Shamanic Practice, Cert. in Initiate Priestess Course, Cert. in Vibrational Healing Through Sound, Rebirthing Course, Transformational and Realisation Course, She Oak Wisdom in Co-Creation Course, Certificate in Kabala, Inner Goddess Facilitator and Rites of Passage Facilitator.

Rukshika has been on her spiritual journey for over the last 10 years. She has had to find great strength and solace throughout all of her life’s experiences. Some experiences being extremely challenging to face and others testing her to constantly grow and move towards her truth. Rukshika has found throughout all of her experiences in life, that it takes inner courage, faith, hope, determination, passion, joy, vision, gratitude, acceptance, detachment, connection to life and to all living beings, and trusting her intuition, to keep that inner light and life force awake within her so that she could charge forth with all her might in this lifetime.

Rukshika believes that in life we are born to relate, love, bring joy, harmony and connection to one another. Hence her inspired passion of working with others on a deeper level. She believes that in life we all experience significant major life transitions, so called “Rites of Passages” which are inevitable.

When we fight and struggle against the flow of life and are unconscious to the next phase we are meant to enter, that’s when we experience psychosis, mental and spiritual breakdowns. Ritualising and celebrating these transitions can help in a huge way to bring greater acknowledgement, meaning, purpose and depth to one’s life.

After going through many of her own rites of passages and ego deaths she feels
compelled to share this wisdom, knowledge and guidance and be able to assist
many through their life transitions in a gentle, supportive, healing, nurturing and compassionate environment.

Rukshika also specialises in women’s fertility, menstrual concerns and assists women to work through physical, mental, emotional and spiritual blocks that may prevent natural or IVF pregnancies.

Ceremonies that Rukshika facilitates include:

• Budding Maiden ceremonies to prepare & welcome girls to their lunar cycle
• Moontime Awakening Ceremonies (for women who never received a budding maiden rite)
• Goddess Hen’s Nights
• Blessingway Baby Showers
• Goddess Gatherings (for Girl’s Nights In &/or Birthdays)
• Act of Power Ceremonies (for 30th / 40th Birthdays)
• Separation Ceremonies (for individuals & couples to assist them in reclaiming selfhood)
• Letting Go Ceremonies (for those honouring a bereavement)

Michelle Fisher

Location: Warburton, Vic

Ph: 0428 842 243 or

Michelle is a mother of four & works as a Massage Therapist at the Lotus Rooms in Warburton.  Her interests (at the moment) are permaculture / biodynamics & the quest to make the perfect compost heap.  Michelle is also passionate about community living & the integral role women play in creating nurturing & sustainable communities. She co- runs red tent new moon circles.

Michelle is excited to announce she will be running Menarche ceremonies from 2010. Like many young girls her first education on menstruation was taught secretly by other 9 years olds. When she finally got her first period she was handed a slab of white padding and a piece of elastic with hooks on the end. (to this day she still doesn’t know how you wear this)

Michelle believes that our daughter’s journey from girls to young women is too important to be left to the education department and MTV. Our fledging maidens need to be embraced by the collective bosom of the village mothers and wise women to really learn that her cycle is not a shameful secret but an honour and a cause for celebration.

Of course what better way to prepare for our daughters menarche ceremony than have your own belated rite of passage. Gather a group of your friends together and explore and celebrate your own feminine gifts with story, ceremony and reverence.