Instagram Story Save

Next stop for @theladybeansmuzik is Thursday 4th June - @lionmovementradio (a program in @kooriradio93.7 ) present alongside The Lady Beans « The Hear Her Sessions » - a get together of Women in Music and the creative spaces for a night of music and connections running every 2 months @lazybonesloungemarrickville the month of June we have special guest wonderful Wahine from the Pacific@katherine_vavahea get your tickets www.lazyboneslounge.com.au#womeninreggae #womeninmusic

@theladybeansmuzik & @lionmovementradio a program from @kooriradio93.7bring you THE HEAR HER SESSIONS Thursday, June 4th from 7pm and every 2 months - Aug/Oct/Dec @lazybonesloungemarrickville - The Hear Her Sessions all about Women in Music & creative spaces - A night for women creatives to connect / and network or just chill !!! Nothing flash just come as you are !!! the Lady Beans perform live with a special guestfemale artists at each show - our June Show has the wonderfully talented @katherine_vavahea - head down for a chilled Thursday night !!! Tix via www.lazyboneslounge.com.au

Grateful that we had our brother @domdiazmusic 🎙️🎼🎸guiding us as a collective to reimagine my songs with an all female lineup for @wowaustralia_ at @funhausfactory back on the 14th of March, 2026.

Talented and gifted Artists individually came together to create such a beautiful and healing sound that had me so emotional and excited all at once!

This has been my dream come true special thanks to our @heartdancers_inc familia for seeing us all individually and bringing us all together. The reason I met all these magical Artists! Not to mention helping me feel home on Darkingjung Country @heartdancers_incSandra and Gabz.💙💚🤍❤️💛🖤💜💚🤎🧡🩵🩷🩶

My infinite love and gratitude to my brother @domdiazmusic and Sistars @charlotiinhaon guitar 🎸 🎙️and Vox @infinit3.cr3ations on Vox 🎙️and @marcelabelloff on Vox🎙️

@lionmovementradio & @theladybeansmuzik are bringing the Hear Her Sessions Live every 2 months @lazybonesloungemarrickvilleOn Air The Hear Her Sessions are on the first Monday of the month from 6pm -8pm at our home @kooriradio93.7every 2 months on the 2nd Thursday we go live connect on both platforms - NEXT LIVE HEAR HER SESSION IS THURSDAY JUNE 4th 7pm @lazybonesloungemarrickville with special guest artist @katherine_vavahea - Tickets available via www.lazyboneslounge.com.au

Found this gem 💎 of Goddess @mslaurynhill on @femalepoetssociety
🙌🏽🙌🏾🙌🏿❤️❤️❤️✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
#reallove #love #spirituallove

Grateful for this gentleman dropping gems 💎 A-Z

I will be memorising these.

Reposting from @whoisprakasaka

Forever grateful to the beautiful @nyree_islandgirlfor sharing this beautiful memory of a very special time when my babies my three daughters Alilia @liaavkso twin daughters Katalina @katalinaveikoso ,Kalolaine @lainevkso and their tripplet aka sis/ cuz, my niece Lavinia @_nvatuvei
#, Jem @hibiscusmama prior to Motherhood, Nyree and her talented brother @declankellymusicplaying guitar while we sung in Maori with Nyree.
#polynesian #polynesiandance #singinginlanguage #motherdaughterperformance festivalofthewindsbondi

Hey Fam,

Just wanted to share my excitement for the absolute honour of performing two of my originalsongs with some of my beautiful soul sistars on Guitar and Vox @charlotiinha who has been my absolute right hand at bringing structure, order and soul harmony to our rehearsals Charlie invited two beautiful singers Prisca @infinit3.cr3ations and Marcela to round out our quartet.

After having the honour of being part of “Saltwater” last Saturday with @central.coast.music.arts @heartdancers_inc and @thearthousewyongI am deeply grateful to all who these phenomenal not for profits on the Central Coast doing the hard and necessary work on the coast.Thank you for making me feel so welcomed and part of something so special and meaningful!

Please tag any people on the coast that could benefit from attending tomorrows event.

We are standing on the shoulders of our collective ancestors.

All of us bringing our individual song lines, dances, musical experiences, cultural traditions, spiritual strength and grounded artistic integrity.

Hey Fam,

I am so excited about this event and look forward to seeing those of you there that can make the journey to joinus for this amazing community event with @wowaustralia_with @centralcoastcouncil and@funhausfactory

The line up is incredible and it will definitely inspire and motivate.

Doors open 12.30pm for a 1pm start tomorrow.

Tag someone that needs to attend this event.

If you can’t join us in person I kindly ask you share on your pages and or stories.

Balancing the Scales together ⚖️

Love Kat 🌺🤙🏽🐚🙏🏽🪶✊🏽🌊🧜🏽‍♀️

SINGER-SONGWRITER, KATHERINE VAVAHEA TO KICK OFF CENTRAL COAST IWD 2026!

Central Coast International Women’s Day (CCIWD), together with WOW Australia invite you to join us in celebrating International Women’s Day 2026!With a long history of leading IWD celebrations in the region, CCIWD are planning something big in 2027 and have invited WOW Australia to run a special program this year in anticipation!

Come along as we explore the theme of Balancing the Scales with a robust panel conversation hosted by @cathyhunt66 on the role economic security for women, complemented by performances from local musican, Katherine Vavahea, a multi-talented Indigenous Pasifika Australian artist, singer, songwriter and advocate, known for her soulful RnB and Soul music; and poet Marissa.

Doors open 12:3O
@funhausfactory
141 Mann Street Gosford, NSW 2250 Australia

This event is proudly supported by @wowaustralia @Funhaus Factory and Central Coast Council

#wowaustralia #IWD2026 #wowcentralcoast

The water remembers everything.

Before time had a name, it carried stories, songs, and the breath of ancestors. On this sacred day, we gathered at the water’s edge to listen, to honour, and to remember our kinship with the element that sustains all life.

ACT I: The Water Kinship

I.I— Opening Ceremony with Gambirra (Mamma G) @gambirra , and @thesaycodes a Yolngu women from the Gumatj Clan of Northeast Arnhemland, brought 65,000 years of continuous relationship with Country to the shores of our lake. Through songlines and collective humming, we became one voice resonating across the water’s surface, a sonic bridge between fresh and saltwater countries, honouring the waterways that connect us all.
We were no longer spectators.

We became part of the water’s song.

I.II MANDALA MAYI (The Sacred Offering) — @kumali.creative.wellness , @katherine_vavahea , @marina.da.silva_
The ceremony deepened as Ana Flavia guided us in co-creating a mandala, a meditation in natural elements, a prayer made visible. Together, we laid down beauty, intention, and gratitude.
Each petal, each stone, each carefully placed offering became part of something greater than ourselves. And when the mandala was complete, we gave it back, ceremonially offered to the lake with Katherine’s layered harmonies and Marina’s ngoni carrying our collective prayer across the water.

In that moment of profound release, we remembered: we are not separate from nature, we are nature remembering itself.

Gratitude flows like water to every artist, every participant, every soul who joined us in this celebration. You didn’t just attend, you became the ceremony.

To Gambirra, Ana Flavia, Katherine, and @marina.da.silva_ , thank you for holding sacred space and guiding us home to ourselves.
To our community, thank you for showing up, for listening, for offering, for becoming the prayer.

Wonders of Water continues to ripple outward. This is only the beginning.

📸 @joshvanzwieten @films.lumina

🌊 Presented as part of @lakesfestcentralcoast

The water remembers everything.

Before time had a name, it carried stories, songs, and the breath of ancestors. On this sacred day, we gathered at the water’s edge to listen, to honour, and to remember our kinship with the element that sustains all life.

ACT I: The Water Kinship

I.I— Opening Ceremony with Gambirra (Mamma G) @gambirra , and @thesaycodes a Yolngu women from the Gumatj Clan of Northeast Arnhemland, brought 65,000 years of continuous relationship with Country to the shores of our lake. Through songlines and collective humming, we became one voice resonating across the water’s surface, a sonic bridge between fresh and saltwater countries, honouring the waterways that connect us all.
We were no longer spectators.

We became part of the water’s song.

I.II MANDALA MAYI (The Sacred Offering) — @kumali.creative.wellness , @katherine_vavahea , @marina.da.silva_
The ceremony deepened as Ana Flavia guided us in co-creating a mandala, a meditation in natural elements, a prayer made visible. Together, we laid down beauty, intention, and gratitude.
Each petal, each stone, each carefully placed offering became part of something greater than ourselves. And when the mandala was complete, we gave it back, ceremonially offered to the lake with Katherine’s layered harmonies and Marina’s ngoni carrying our collective prayer across the water.

In that moment of profound release, we remembered: we are not separate from nature, we are nature remembering itself.

Gratitude flows like water to every artist, every participant, every soul who joined us in this celebration. You didn’t just attend, you became the ceremony.

To Gambirra, Ana Flavia, Katherine, and @marina.da.silva_ , thank you for holding sacred space and guiding us home to ourselves.
To our community, thank you for showing up, for listening, for offering, for becoming the prayer.

Wonders of Water continues to ripple outward. This is only the beginning.

📸 @joshvanzwieten @films.lumina

🌊 Presented as part of @lakesfestcentralcoast

The water remembers everything.

Before time had a name, it carried stories, songs, and the breath of ancestors. On this sacred day, we gathered at the water’s edge to listen, to honour, and to remember our kinship with the element that sustains all life.

ACT I: The Water Kinship

I.I— Opening Ceremony with Gambirra (Mamma G) @gambirra , and @thesaycodes a Yolngu women from the Gumatj Clan of Northeast Arnhemland, brought 65,000 years of continuous relationship with Country to the shores of our lake. Through songlines and collective humming, we became one voice resonating across the water’s surface, a sonic bridge between fresh and saltwater countries, honouring the waterways that connect us all.
We were no longer spectators.

We became part of the water’s song.

I.II MANDALA MAYI (The Sacred Offering) — @kumali.creative.wellness , @katherine_vavahea , @marina.da.silva_
The ceremony deepened as Ana Flavia guided us in co-creating a mandala, a meditation in natural elements, a prayer made visible. Together, we laid down beauty, intention, and gratitude.
Each petal, each stone, each carefully placed offering became part of something greater than ourselves. And when the mandala was complete, we gave it back, ceremonially offered to the lake with Katherine’s layered harmonies and Marina’s ngoni carrying our collective prayer across the water.

In that moment of profound release, we remembered: we are not separate from nature, we are nature remembering itself.

Gratitude flows like water to every artist, every participant, every soul who joined us in this celebration. You didn’t just attend, you became the ceremony.

To Gambirra, Ana Flavia, Katherine, and @marina.da.silva_ , thank you for holding sacred space and guiding us home to ourselves.
To our community, thank you for showing up, for listening, for offering, for becoming the prayer.

Wonders of Water continues to ripple outward. This is only the beginning.

📸 @joshvanzwieten @films.lumina

🌊 Presented as part of @lakesfestcentralcoast

The water remembers everything.

Before time had a name, it carried stories, songs, and the breath of ancestors. On this sacred day, we gathered at the water’s edge to listen, to honour, and to remember our kinship with the element that sustains all life.

ACT I: The Water Kinship

I.I— Opening Ceremony with Gambirra (Mamma G) @gambirra , and @thesaycodes a Yolngu women from the Gumatj Clan of Northeast Arnhemland, brought 65,000 years of continuous relationship with Country to the shores of our lake. Through songlines and collective humming, we became one voice resonating across the water’s surface, a sonic bridge between fresh and saltwater countries, honouring the waterways that connect us all.
We were no longer spectators.

We became part of the water’s song.

I.II MANDALA MAYI (The Sacred Offering) — @kumali.creative.wellness , @katherine_vavahea , @marina.da.silva_
The ceremony deepened as Ana Flavia guided us in co-creating a mandala, a meditation in natural elements, a prayer made visible. Together, we laid down beauty, intention, and gratitude.
Each petal, each stone, each carefully placed offering became part of something greater than ourselves. And when the mandala was complete, we gave it back, ceremonially offered to the lake with Katherine’s layered harmonies and Marina’s ngoni carrying our collective prayer across the water.

In that moment of profound release, we remembered: we are not separate from nature, we are nature remembering itself.

Gratitude flows like water to every artist, every participant, every soul who joined us in this celebration. You didn’t just attend, you became the ceremony.

To Gambirra, Ana Flavia, Katherine, and @marina.da.silva_ , thank you for holding sacred space and guiding us home to ourselves.
To our community, thank you for showing up, for listening, for offering, for becoming the prayer.

Wonders of Water continues to ripple outward. This is only the beginning.

📸 @joshvanzwieten @films.lumina

🌊 Presented as part of @lakesfestcentralcoast

The water remembers everything.

Before time had a name, it carried stories, songs, and the breath of ancestors. On this sacred day, we gathered at the water’s edge to listen, to honour, and to remember our kinship with the element that sustains all life.

ACT I: The Water Kinship

I.I— Opening Ceremony with Gambirra (Mamma G) @gambirra , and @thesaycodes a Yolngu women from the Gumatj Clan of Northeast Arnhemland, brought 65,000 years of continuous relationship with Country to the shores of our lake. Through songlines and collective humming, we became one voice resonating across the water’s surface, a sonic bridge between fresh and saltwater countries, honouring the waterways that connect us all.
We were no longer spectators.

We became part of the water’s song.

I.II MANDALA MAYI (The Sacred Offering) — @kumali.creative.wellness , @katherine_vavahea , @marina.da.silva_
The ceremony deepened as Ana Flavia guided us in co-creating a mandala, a meditation in natural elements, a prayer made visible. Together, we laid down beauty, intention, and gratitude.
Each petal, each stone, each carefully placed offering became part of something greater than ourselves. And when the mandala was complete, we gave it back, ceremonially offered to the lake with Katherine’s layered harmonies and Marina’s ngoni carrying our collective prayer across the water.

In that moment of profound release, we remembered: we are not separate from nature, we are nature remembering itself.

Gratitude flows like water to every artist, every participant, every soul who joined us in this celebration. You didn’t just attend, you became the ceremony.

To Gambirra, Ana Flavia, Katherine, and @marina.da.silva_ , thank you for holding sacred space and guiding us home to ourselves.
To our community, thank you for showing up, for listening, for offering, for becoming the prayer.

Wonders of Water continues to ripple outward. This is only the beginning.

📸 @joshvanzwieten @films.lumina

🌊 Presented as part of @lakesfestcentralcoast

The water remembers everything.

Before time had a name, it carried stories, songs, and the breath of ancestors. On this sacred day, we gathered at the water’s edge to listen, to honour, and to remember our kinship with the element that sustains all life.

ACT I: The Water Kinship

I.I— Opening Ceremony with Gambirra (Mamma G) @gambirra , and @thesaycodes a Yolngu women from the Gumatj Clan of Northeast Arnhemland, brought 65,000 years of continuous relationship with Country to the shores of our lake. Through songlines and collective humming, we became one voice resonating across the water’s surface, a sonic bridge between fresh and saltwater countries, honouring the waterways that connect us all.
We were no longer spectators.

We became part of the water’s song.

I.II MANDALA MAYI (The Sacred Offering) — @kumali.creative.wellness , @katherine_vavahea , @marina.da.silva_
The ceremony deepened as Ana Flavia guided us in co-creating a mandala, a meditation in natural elements, a prayer made visible. Together, we laid down beauty, intention, and gratitude.
Each petal, each stone, each carefully placed offering became part of something greater than ourselves. And when the mandala was complete, we gave it back, ceremonially offered to the lake with Katherine’s layered harmonies and Marina’s ngoni carrying our collective prayer across the water.

In that moment of profound release, we remembered: we are not separate from nature, we are nature remembering itself.

Gratitude flows like water to every artist, every participant, every soul who joined us in this celebration. You didn’t just attend, you became the ceremony.

To Gambirra, Ana Flavia, Katherine, and @marina.da.silva_ , thank you for holding sacred space and guiding us home to ourselves.
To our community, thank you for showing up, for listening, for offering, for becoming the prayer.

Wonders of Water continues to ripple outward. This is only the beginning.

📸 @joshvanzwieten @films.lumina

🌊 Presented as part of @lakesfestcentralcoast

The water remembers everything.

Before time had a name, it carried stories, songs, and the breath of ancestors. On this sacred day, we gathered at the water’s edge to listen, to honour, and to remember our kinship with the element that sustains all life.

ACT I: The Water Kinship

I.I— Opening Ceremony with Gambirra (Mamma G) @gambirra , and @thesaycodes a Yolngu women from the Gumatj Clan of Northeast Arnhemland, brought 65,000 years of continuous relationship with Country to the shores of our lake. Through songlines and collective humming, we became one voice resonating across the water’s surface, a sonic bridge between fresh and saltwater countries, honouring the waterways that connect us all.
We were no longer spectators.

We became part of the water’s song.

I.II MANDALA MAYI (The Sacred Offering) — @kumali.creative.wellness , @katherine_vavahea , @marina.da.silva_
The ceremony deepened as Ana Flavia guided us in co-creating a mandala, a meditation in natural elements, a prayer made visible. Together, we laid down beauty, intention, and gratitude.
Each petal, each stone, each carefully placed offering became part of something greater than ourselves. And when the mandala was complete, we gave it back, ceremonially offered to the lake with Katherine’s layered harmonies and Marina’s ngoni carrying our collective prayer across the water.

In that moment of profound release, we remembered: we are not separate from nature, we are nature remembering itself.

Gratitude flows like water to every artist, every participant, every soul who joined us in this celebration. You didn’t just attend, you became the ceremony.

To Gambirra, Ana Flavia, Katherine, and @marina.da.silva_ , thank you for holding sacred space and guiding us home to ourselves.
To our community, thank you for showing up, for listening, for offering, for becoming the prayer.

Wonders of Water continues to ripple outward. This is only the beginning.

📸 @joshvanzwieten @films.lumina

🌊 Presented as part of @lakesfestcentralcoast

The water remembers everything.

Before time had a name, it carried stories, songs, and the breath of ancestors. On this sacred day, we gathered at the water’s edge to listen, to honour, and to remember our kinship with the element that sustains all life.

ACT I: The Water Kinship

I.I— Opening Ceremony with Gambirra (Mamma G) @gambirra , and @thesaycodes a Yolngu women from the Gumatj Clan of Northeast Arnhemland, brought 65,000 years of continuous relationship with Country to the shores of our lake. Through songlines and collective humming, we became one voice resonating across the water’s surface, a sonic bridge between fresh and saltwater countries, honouring the waterways that connect us all.
We were no longer spectators.

We became part of the water’s song.

I.II MANDALA MAYI (The Sacred Offering) — @kumali.creative.wellness , @katherine_vavahea , @marina.da.silva_
The ceremony deepened as Ana Flavia guided us in co-creating a mandala, a meditation in natural elements, a prayer made visible. Together, we laid down beauty, intention, and gratitude.
Each petal, each stone, each carefully placed offering became part of something greater than ourselves. And when the mandala was complete, we gave it back, ceremonially offered to the lake with Katherine’s layered harmonies and Marina’s ngoni carrying our collective prayer across the water.

In that moment of profound release, we remembered: we are not separate from nature, we are nature remembering itself.

Gratitude flows like water to every artist, every participant, every soul who joined us in this celebration. You didn’t just attend, you became the ceremony.

To Gambirra, Ana Flavia, Katherine, and @marina.da.silva_ , thank you for holding sacred space and guiding us home to ourselves.
To our community, thank you for showing up, for listening, for offering, for becoming the prayer.

Wonders of Water continues to ripple outward. This is only the beginning.

📸 @joshvanzwieten @films.lumina

🌊 Presented as part of @lakesfestcentralcoast

The water remembers everything.

Before time had a name, it carried stories, songs, and the breath of ancestors. On this sacred day, we gathered at the water’s edge to listen, to honour, and to remember our kinship with the element that sustains all life.

ACT I: The Water Kinship

I.I— Opening Ceremony with Gambirra (Mamma G) @gambirra , and @thesaycodes a Yolngu women from the Gumatj Clan of Northeast Arnhemland, brought 65,000 years of continuous relationship with Country to the shores of our lake. Through songlines and collective humming, we became one voice resonating across the water’s surface, a sonic bridge between fresh and saltwater countries, honouring the waterways that connect us all.
We were no longer spectators.

We became part of the water’s song.

I.II MANDALA MAYI (The Sacred Offering) — @kumali.creative.wellness , @katherine_vavahea , @marina.da.silva_
The ceremony deepened as Ana Flavia guided us in co-creating a mandala, a meditation in natural elements, a prayer made visible. Together, we laid down beauty, intention, and gratitude.
Each petal, each stone, each carefully placed offering became part of something greater than ourselves. And when the mandala was complete, we gave it back, ceremonially offered to the lake with Katherine’s layered harmonies and Marina’s ngoni carrying our collective prayer across the water.

In that moment of profound release, we remembered: we are not separate from nature, we are nature remembering itself.

Gratitude flows like water to every artist, every participant, every soul who joined us in this celebration. You didn’t just attend, you became the ceremony.

To Gambirra, Ana Flavia, Katherine, and @marina.da.silva_ , thank you for holding sacred space and guiding us home to ourselves.
To our community, thank you for showing up, for listening, for offering, for becoming the prayer.

Wonders of Water continues to ripple outward. This is only the beginning.

📸 @joshvanzwieten @films.lumina

🌊 Presented as part of @lakesfestcentralcoast

The water remembers everything.

Before time had a name, it carried stories, songs, and the breath of ancestors. On this sacred day, we gathered at the water’s edge to listen, to honour, and to remember our kinship with the element that sustains all life.

ACT I: The Water Kinship

I.I— Opening Ceremony with Gambirra (Mamma G) @gambirra , and @thesaycodes a Yolngu women from the Gumatj Clan of Northeast Arnhemland, brought 65,000 years of continuous relationship with Country to the shores of our lake. Through songlines and collective humming, we became one voice resonating across the water’s surface, a sonic bridge between fresh and saltwater countries, honouring the waterways that connect us all.
We were no longer spectators.

We became part of the water’s song.

I.II MANDALA MAYI (The Sacred Offering) — @kumali.creative.wellness , @katherine_vavahea , @marina.da.silva_
The ceremony deepened as Ana Flavia guided us in co-creating a mandala, a meditation in natural elements, a prayer made visible. Together, we laid down beauty, intention, and gratitude.
Each petal, each stone, each carefully placed offering became part of something greater than ourselves. And when the mandala was complete, we gave it back, ceremonially offered to the lake with Katherine’s layered harmonies and Marina’s ngoni carrying our collective prayer across the water.

In that moment of profound release, we remembered: we are not separate from nature, we are nature remembering itself.

Gratitude flows like water to every artist, every participant, every soul who joined us in this celebration. You didn’t just attend, you became the ceremony.

To Gambirra, Ana Flavia, Katherine, and @marina.da.silva_ , thank you for holding sacred space and guiding us home to ourselves.
To our community, thank you for showing up, for listening, for offering, for becoming the prayer.

Wonders of Water continues to ripple outward. This is only the beginning.

📸 @joshvanzwieten @films.lumina

🌊 Presented as part of @lakesfestcentralcoast

The water remembers everything.

Before time had a name, it carried stories, songs, and the breath of ancestors. On this sacred day, we gathered at the water’s edge to listen, to honour, and to remember our kinship with the element that sustains all life.

ACT I: The Water Kinship

I.I— Opening Ceremony with Gambirra (Mamma G) @gambirra , and @thesaycodes a Yolngu women from the Gumatj Clan of Northeast Arnhemland, brought 65,000 years of continuous relationship with Country to the shores of our lake. Through songlines and collective humming, we became one voice resonating across the water’s surface, a sonic bridge between fresh and saltwater countries, honouring the waterways that connect us all.
We were no longer spectators.

We became part of the water’s song.

I.II MANDALA MAYI (The Sacred Offering) — @kumali.creative.wellness , @katherine_vavahea , @marina.da.silva_
The ceremony deepened as Ana Flavia guided us in co-creating a mandala, a meditation in natural elements, a prayer made visible. Together, we laid down beauty, intention, and gratitude.
Each petal, each stone, each carefully placed offering became part of something greater than ourselves. And when the mandala was complete, we gave it back, ceremonially offered to the lake with Katherine’s layered harmonies and Marina’s ngoni carrying our collective prayer across the water.

In that moment of profound release, we remembered: we are not separate from nature, we are nature remembering itself.

Gratitude flows like water to every artist, every participant, every soul who joined us in this celebration. You didn’t just attend, you became the ceremony.

To Gambirra, Ana Flavia, Katherine, and @marina.da.silva_ , thank you for holding sacred space and guiding us home to ourselves.
To our community, thank you for showing up, for listening, for offering, for becoming the prayer.

Wonders of Water continues to ripple outward. This is only the beginning.

📸 @joshvanzwieten @films.lumina

🌊 Presented as part of @lakesfestcentralcoast

The water remembers everything.

Before time had a name, it carried stories, songs, and the breath of ancestors. On this sacred day, we gathered at the water’s edge to listen, to honour, and to remember our kinship with the element that sustains all life.

ACT I: The Water Kinship

I.I— Opening Ceremony with Gambirra (Mamma G) @gambirra , and @thesaycodes a Yolngu women from the Gumatj Clan of Northeast Arnhemland, brought 65,000 years of continuous relationship with Country to the shores of our lake. Through songlines and collective humming, we became one voice resonating across the water’s surface, a sonic bridge between fresh and saltwater countries, honouring the waterways that connect us all.
We were no longer spectators.

We became part of the water’s song.

I.II MANDALA MAYI (The Sacred Offering) — @kumali.creative.wellness , @katherine_vavahea , @marina.da.silva_
The ceremony deepened as Ana Flavia guided us in co-creating a mandala, a meditation in natural elements, a prayer made visible. Together, we laid down beauty, intention, and gratitude.
Each petal, each stone, each carefully placed offering became part of something greater than ourselves. And when the mandala was complete, we gave it back, ceremonially offered to the lake with Katherine’s layered harmonies and Marina’s ngoni carrying our collective prayer across the water.

In that moment of profound release, we remembered: we are not separate from nature, we are nature remembering itself.

Gratitude flows like water to every artist, every participant, every soul who joined us in this celebration. You didn’t just attend, you became the ceremony.

To Gambirra, Ana Flavia, Katherine, and @marina.da.silva_ , thank you for holding sacred space and guiding us home to ourselves.
To our community, thank you for showing up, for listening, for offering, for becoming the prayer.

Wonders of Water continues to ripple outward. This is only the beginning.

📸 @joshvanzwieten @films.lumina

🌊 Presented as part of @lakesfestcentralcoast

🌊 Pure euphoria.

That’s @katherine_vavahea at our Wonders of Water event—connecting with locals through arts, and you can feel the joy radiating from her. 💙

“This is why we do what we do at Heartdancers.”

When artists like Katherine experience the magic of connecting with community through creativity, when they light up sharing their craft with people hungry for culture, when euphoria and purpose collide—THAT’S the moment.

Support more connections like Katherine’s 🚐✨

Remember that all donations are tax deductible, with your support we can keep sharing arts and culture with more people!

#ArtMovesUs #WondersOfWater #katherinevavahea #Heartdancers #ArtistryOnWheels #ArtistJoy #CommunityConnection #ThisIsWhyWeDoIt #ArtConnects #EuphoricMoments #LocalConnection