A Welcome to your Heart.
“Humans have been on a steady path attempting separation from nature. While there has been a quickening over the past few hundred years, this journey has been well on its way in most societies, for many millennia.
I believe that a woman’s body, mind and spirit are one of the key frontiers of this ecological destruction.
Through the severing of woman’s innate-living-intelligence (somatic+ancestral) from our people’s/species memory and living landscapes, through the ongoing, systemic and while in parts unconscious -a deliberate oppression- we have kept the life nurturing feminine enslaved and, hidden away, to a profound detriment.
Critically severing our natural bonding capacity on this journey away from nature - we have harmed and continue to harm ourselves, each other and in turn, our environments. Trillions of life forms, billions of years in evolution -impacted by one species- us, the human.
Humanity is always on the precipice of significant change, such is evolution, and with it, immense opportunity. Indeed, that is the very nature of all life.
For me, the work has been informed by these preceding abject facts and as a result, has centred around reclaiming and deeply honouring, our immutable inter-connectedness with all of life, our deep capacity for well-bonding and the gentle journey back home.
The female voice is now rising. I welcome you to a space where this voice is heard, integrated and deeply celebrated!
While our journey ahead will be long and often arduous, I am deeply curious and filled with hope at what is possible when we weave together from the Heart”
// Annalee Atia is a Hebrew Tiberian mother, partner, daughter, granddaughter, sister and doda (auntie) of mixed heritage and ancestry, living and working on unceded Bundjalung Country, growing up on unceded Gumbaynggirr lands in modern day Australia and in the Galilee, Northern Israel where she was born.
She is a founder and former decade-long Development Director at PBB Media Incorporated, a community media and ethical journalism nonprofit, heavily involved in community building. And also a a fierce women’s and childbirth rights storyteller dedicated to weaving powerful new stories as host and producer on the internationally renowned podcast Pregnancy, Birth & Beyond.
The former NSW State and National President of Maternity Choices Australia, Australia's longest standing and peak maternity advocacy group, Annalee has been involved in local, state and federal maternity care reform through policy change, community engagement and health consumer representation.
The former NSW State and National President of Maternity Choices Australia, Australia's longest standing and peak maternity advocacy group, Annalee has been involved in local, state and federal maternity care reform through policy change, community engagement and maternity health consumer representation since 2013.
Annalee has worked tirelessly to improve our Australian maternity healthcare services and the lived experiences of women, families and community, and is a captivating Speaker on Community, Motherhood, Childbirth, modern-spiritual Hebrew and Yehudi life and meaningful Activism.
As an Educator and devoted student of the internationally acclaimed Public Speaking and Leadership training WomanSpeak, Annalee teaches women how to find, cherish, claim their voice and join others at the table!
With over 20 years experience as an Independent Producer on large scale projects including events, film, live music and broadcasting, ongoing study in functional, somatic and environmental wellbeing, over a decade in volunteer community work and activism, dedicated mentoring and consulting in the birth and motherhood field, and most importantly through her own family and community life, she has developed an exceptional range of expertise.
Annalee is currently the proud President of the Northern Rivers Jewish Community Association, lovingly known as Shevet.
To work with Annalee check out upcoming classes, workshops and events or book Annalee as keynote for a festival, panel or workplace talk, group training, or consultation.
For more about my work explore this site and follow the trail below:
PBB Media Incorporated, Maternity Choices Australia & WomanSpeak
