Baby matriarch is a six week container for anyone feeling tender on the journey toward Matriarchy in their own lives.

A baby Matriarch walks humbly toward the horizon of Matriarchy, she understands that she is not quite there, that for her it is uncharted land worthy of humility, she craves connection with mentors, elders and community.

Baby Matriarch may feel on the precipice of embracing the vital role of Matriarchal leadership in their families and lives but may not have embodied Matriarchal role models or elders to look to for guidance.

Baby Matriarch wants to expand their understanding of themselves so they can feel more confident in Mothering their children, leading their families, businesses and ultimately their communities.

This is for you if you are craving to explore matriarchy in all its nuance and complexity.

If you are feeling humble and tender and at the gates of a threshold.

If you are craving like minded community and safe containers to expand your perception of Matriarchy.

If you are feeling the call to fully lead your family and your business and community in a way you may not have exposure to in your everyday life.

The intention of Baby Matriarch is to create a container where we will explore the concept of Matriarchy and what it can mean now in a modern context, within our own lives, the barriers that have been built between motherhood and matriarchy, we will look at our lineages, our maternal line, our visions, our gifts, our love, our tenderness, our rage, our grief and our self limiting beliefs through transpersonal art processes, journaling and story telling.

We will ask: Who am I as a Mother and a leader, what is holding me back from moving closer to my full expression as both and how can I support my vision of a Matriarchal future?

We will map out ways we can support ourselves and each other on this vital journey and reclamation of the Matriarch.

The space is a co creation of all those in attendance.

90 minute gatherings every second Sunday from 10am AEST via zoom for 6 weeks (with the 6th session being a 1:1 between yourself and Aimee).

Each container will be guided by a transpersonal lens and processes, community building and therapeutic skills Aimee has gained through her years of studying and working in community development and working 1:1 with people traversing big life transitions, most of whom have been deep in the child bearing continuum.

You will have access to a Facebook community page to share resources and stay connected with your fellow baby matriarchs.

Week two and three we will be joined by two very special guests that are embodied Matriarchs in their own lives, women who are Mothers & Grandmothers leading their families, their communities and running successful, aligned businesses that benefit humanity and the Earth.

2022 workshop dates:

• September 25th

• October 9th

• October 23rd

• November 6th

• November 20th

• 1:1 session with Aimee (exact date tbc)

We are so grateful to welcome two incredible Matriarchs into our container to mentor us through their lens of embodied experience.

Week 2: We welcome Bronwyn Bancroft to give us mentorship and insight through the lens of Black Matriarchy. Dr. Bronwyn Bancroft is a proud Bundjalung Woman, Mother, leader and Artist. She is renowned author and mother to full power Bundjalung warrior woman and activist Ella Noah Bancroft.

Bronwyn started creating from the age of 7, growing up in Tenterfield in Northern NSW. Her professional career as an artist began following her graduation from the Canberra School of Arts in 1980. Bronwyn’s career has included both national and international exhibitions, and her work has been acquired by all major Australian galleries, state libraries and private collections.

Bronwyn’s contribution to Aboriginal children’s literature has been immense and has included the publication of 43 books. Throughout the 1960s and 70s, Aboriginal oral histories and stories were compiled almost exclusively by European anthropologists and writers. There were very few Aboriginal contemporary writers and illustrators at the time of Bronwyn’s first publication in 1992, with the exception of Oodgeroo Noonuccal and Sally Morgan. Along with these two incredible women, Bronwyn has been a trailblazer in the field of Australian literature and has contributed significantly to representation for Aboriginal storytellers.

Bronwyn received the Dromkeen Medal for her contribution to Australian literature and has been nominated for prestigious international children’s literature awards including the Hans Christian Andersen and the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Awards.

Bronwyn has been a Director of her own company, Designer Aboriginals Pty Ltd since 1985. Bronwyn was among the first fashion designers to be invited to exhibit in Paris in 1987, alongside Euphemia Bostock and Mini Heath.

Bronwyn is one of ten founding members of Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative (est. 1987) and has been the Co-operative’s senior strategist since 2009. Bronwyn was approached in 2009 to assist with saving the now 35-year-old institution, which was in an incredibly dire situation. Boomalli was about to lose its home at Flood St, Leichhardt, and was in significant debt. The fact that Boomalli is still going strong today, has a permanent space, and continues to provide support for hundreds of NSW Aboriginal artists is a testament to Bronwyn’s sheer determination, countless hours of volunteer time and expertise, and never giving up in the face of extreme adversity.

Bronwyn is extremely passionate about artists’ rights and education, particularly around copyright and intellectual property. Bronwyn is committed to sharing the expertise and knowledge she has gained over her career to mentor emerging artists through the many obstacles they continue to face in an incredibly daunting and intimidating industry.

Bronwyn also offers her extensive expertise to the organisations where she serves as a Board member/Director including the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME), Australian Society of Authors, and the Commonwealth Bank Indigenous Advisory Council.

Bronwyn has a Diploma of Visual Arts from Canberra School of Art, 2 Masters degrees, one in Studio Practice and the other in Visual Art, University of Sydney. Bronwyn was awarded her Doctor of Philosophy in 2018. Bronwyn was the recipient of the University of Sydney’s Alison Bush Graduate Medal for her contribution to the Indigenous Community and she is the currently completing the inaugural NSW Aboriginal Creative Fellowship at the State Library of NSW.

Week 3: We welcome Jane Hardwicke Collings to support us on our journey and offer us mentorship from the lens of a trust embodied Matriarch.

Jane is a postmenopausal grandmother at the sunset of her life.

A mother of a blended family with 4 adult children and 3 grandboys.

A former Registered Nurse, and worked in that capacity in Paediatric Intensive Care Units and Women’s Operating Theatres.

Jane became a midwife at 26 and left the hospital system so as not to be complicit with institutionalised acts of abuse and violence on women and babies masquerading as safety.

She ‘grew up’ in the homebirth world and was a homebirth midwife for 30 years in the city and then rural areas.

Janes own births have taught her who she is and what she is capable of.

Her menopausal experience has taught her to focus on preparing for the great great grandchildren.

Jane travels to give workshops on the wisdom of the cycles and the spiritual practice of menstruation; preparation for menstruation for mothers and daughters; and the sacred and shamanic dimensions of pregnancy, birth, mothering and menopause; and how to reclaim and heal our rites of passage. She also teaches, speaks at conferences and festivals and creates books and e-courses to help heal the wounded feminine and wounded masculine of our patriarchal culture.

Jane carries the lineage of Shamanic Midwifery from her teacher Jeannine Parvati Baker (deceased) and created the School of Shamanic Womancraft (formerly the School of Shamanic Midwifery) in 2009, an International, Women’s Mystery School to share and carry on this lineage.