About Mandi
Nature is something I’ve always been in wonder of, and actively joined the dance by co-creatively gardening with Nature many years ago.
The pledge I made to live in harmony with the Natural World has always challenged me. The realisation that the intelligence of Nature is far beyond that which our patriarchal society assumes to know; and the harm being done through ignorance of that truth. Things are changing, slowly but surely, on a wave of humility, self-awareness and courage. Gaia will heal us if we let her guide us.
Now in my sixties, I feel I’m here to fill a unique space in the evolving narrative. To guide others at this sacred stage of life to experience the deep connection to our heart and spirit mind, and opening the connection to all life. Allowing our own true Nature to reveal and heal us. To give meaning and purpose to our later years and come into our innate wisdom using our HSP gifts.
My high sensory connection to Nature and Spirit communicates with me through consistent, strong and clear intuition, or knowing. It is the source of my creativity and ability to organise and lead. After recent challenges of traumatic loss, I am emerging as a stronger and wiser HSP woman.
My life is changing now that I am free to fully follow my heart and be open to opportunity. I’m consciously living in flow, in the present and feeling fully alive. It is my hearts wish to help others to come to this too.
My work now is to facilitate a safe and supportive space to bring the initial steps of: self-reflection, self-acceptance, body awareness, inspired confidence, learning, belonging, friendship and above all a strong inner connection to Self: The Beautiful Dance Retreat.
Mandi St clair 2025
About Tracey
Tracey North - Co-facilitator
I was born an artist, a writer, a creative, a communicator. My inspiration is the land, it is Nature, the earth and all the magical liminal spaces and places within our external and internal landscapes.
I find enchantment in simply ‘being’ within the landscape and fully present. Hearing the sounds of grass humming in heat, feeling the vibrations of stones and inhaling the scents of the skies has always settled my ‘self’.
I am an HSP, introvert and empath who was using a lot of my strength trying to keep up my ‘armour’ to face my world of work, hiding my shyness. Attempting, and failing, to not be too impacted constantly by the emotions of others. Reflecting upon this I can see that I have embraced it all with as much courage, kindness and appreciation as I could muster, even during the most challenging and traumatic events.
However, the feeling of not quite fitting in, being not quite good enough, not quite holding it all together at times has been exhausting and depleting. The need to step away and find quiet screamed loud inside my head and heart. I felt trapped in my world of providing, loving and caring, the need to stay financially viable and keep a roof over our heads, being as good as I possibly could be in my career. I was over-loaded in all aspects of my life and of course it challenged my physical, mental and spiritual health.
I was blessed to be surrounded by loved ones who really would have understood if I had spoken. But I stayed silent, for fear of judgement and criticism, being seen as failing at life while others seemed to be managing so much better. It took a traumatic loss followed quickly by a physical injury to immobilise me and force time for recovery and reflection. This enabled me to accept that my biggest critic was myself. The value I hold highest is kindness but I have realised that I have been very rarely kind to myself.
In this, my own internal landscape and story, are the rhythms and spirals, the flows and cycles of Nature. Now as I move into my Crone Years I can fully recognise the wisdom that I have gained. The gifts that I have I can now accept without self-consciousness. These years are now feeling fresh in a new and exciting way.
My hope is to support and connect with other women who have felt overwhelmed and depleted to experience a creative, nurturing and refreshing pocket of time to grow and flourish again within Nature and the landscape.
Joy is to be found in connecting with others to embrace this beautiful dance.
