About Freya

Dancer, artist, writer, lover, creative, observer of bugs and beautiful things.

I’m Freya, a creative based on Bundjalung Country (Northern Rivers, Australia).

I love most about Earth: wild swimming, being naked under the sun, or under the full moon, dancing, bugs, trees big enough to sit on their roots, the sound of black cockatoos, traveling to new places both externally and internally, fog enveloping a field or forest, hot chocolate, pen scratching on paper, cuddling my love, the feeling of AWE, joyful tears and the depth a feeling brings.

Most days you’ll find me tippy-tapping on my computer.

Others you’ll find me with my mouth agape staring at bugs, leaves or sparkles on the ocean. Dancing through the street or forest. Perusing through the racks of an oppy (thrift shop). Or being embraced by my loved ones.

And on a really quite wonderful day, you’ll find me journalling, introspecting, writing my book, sitting with Tea and resting.

For as long as I’ve been aware, I have felt a deep connection to the earth. In fact, it’s been my anchor throughout my entire life.

I grew up in Perth on Whadjuk Noongar Country - a small city on the West Coast of Australia. I always felt the most peace when I was camping, at the local park or going “down south” for a weekend of solo nature time.

In my late teens, I started a Youtube channel with the intention of documenting my “gap year”. What was originally a vehicle for me to express myself quickly became a life altering experience. My platform grew rapidly and people from across the world were tuning into my life! It was a strange feeling, and one I welcomed warmly. I grew up feeling quite “othered”. I struggled with feeling like a black sheep, bullying and the shadow & shame of trauma. My online space became a safe realm for me to express myself in a way I hadn’t found in my immediate surroundings.

It was a whirlwind, a lot and a gift all at once.

On my channel I shared vulnerably about my journey, about my struggles (including mental health and childhood SA), about ethical fashion, sustainability and about all the little things I loved about the world, all whilst growing up and finding my place in the world.

I left Youtube a few years ago, I still remain unsure if I’ll come back. I now focus my video creativity behind the camera with my videography & photography business Hazily.

Around age 19, I embarked on a personal healing journey, which irreversibly altered the trajectory of my life.

Childhood trauma had undoubtedly shaped my view of the world. I lived the majority of my early years in a cocoon of shame, afraid to be myself and afraid of the world.

And it was through this deep well pain that I surrendered and found myself again, again, again.

Free. Free was what I always wanted to feel.

Free from the constraints and shame and the feeling of my body being somehow inherently tainted. Free from the world that sought to take ownership over my spirit.

And freedom is what I found. Freedom, deep springs of compassion and a bottomless ferocity that propels me forward. Free, and still tied inextricably in responsibility, respect and deep care for the world.

Since then, I have felt myself growing more and more into myself with every year. I embrace who I am with open arms and I’m not afraid to feel, to live, to love in the ways I once couldn't.

I feel so very deeply. And I love it that way. Always happy to shed a tear of joy, and always grappling with the intensity of sorrow, grief and discomfort.

Y’know… human things.

I see beauty everywhere. Beauty as in depth, as in something that captures your attention, brings you into presence. I see beauty as meaning. I see inspiration everywhere. On the days where I feel the most aligned with my spirit, I am enchanted by the subtle magic of the earth and all the realms we can pop in and out of. The world fascinates me. And I mean the seen and the unseen worlds.

That’s what I intend to do on my corner of the world and my space on the internet:

Translate and capture the intricate and achingly simple beauty that exists in every moment.

And, to create a space of safety where we all feel free to be ourselves, free to feel and free to love.

Creating community is one of my biggest passions. It fills me with immense joy to see bonds of sisterhood forged, and heals something deep inside me when I bear witness to this. It is because of this reason and many more that I host women’s events and retreats.

My intentions with all my space holding is to create a safe, nourishing, gentle container where women are able to reconnect to their truest essence, with the healing magic of the earth and with the strong, vulnerable and life changing bonds of sisterhood.

In my women’s circles I share from both lived and learned experience. I adore sharing embodied dance workshops (with a keen interest in using dance as a vehicle for exploring emotion and storytelling), art and creative writing workshops, journaling, Yin yoga & more…

Most of all, I love to see people in love. With the world, with themselves, and with people around them.

I think and feel that at the core of it, love is all we’re all made of.

With love,