My connection with land and energetic awareness began long before I had language for it.

When I was a child, an elderly man with a strong European accent came to visit our family home and walked through the property with makeshift divining rods he had crafted from an old coat hanger. He was sensing the magnetic energy of the space. I was utterly fascinated.

At eight years old, I spent days afterwards wandering around our home and garden with the same coat hangers in my hands, curious about what could be felt but not easily seen. Looking back, I can see that experience quietly planted the first seeds of what would later become Land Harmony.

Years later, I walked the Camino Francés in Spain — an 800km pilgrimage that deepened my awareness of the relationship between body, place and perception. As I moved slowly across the landscape, I became increasingly aware of how different environments seemed to evoke different responses within me. At times my body would respond strongly — sporadic hot feet, tingling hands, shifts in emotion, energy and sensation — experiences that deepened my curiosity about the felt sense and energetic resonance of place.

After returning home to Australia, I found myself drawn more intentionally toward understanding this sensitivity and exploring how it might be used in service to people and land. This led me to study with experienced practitioners in the field of land healing, including Hayley Wallace, and later her mentor, Maggie Landman. Their in-depth experience and teachings helped me further develop and refine my intuitive awareness and understanding of energetic mapping and harmonising practices.

This year I spent 15 days walking solo through the Flinders Ranges on the Heysen Trail, covering more than 200km on foot. Much of my time on the trail was spent in quiet connection with the energetic resonance and felt sense of the land. Moving slowly through the landscape over an extended period deepened my awareness of how different places can evoke distinct emotional, physical and intuitive responses within me.

These experiences have profoundly shaped the way I now approach my work — with greater sensitivity to place, deeper attentiveness, and an even stronger understanding of the importance of harmony and relationship between people and the land they inhabit.