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Photography/Age of
Empowerment (Teens)
Lisa Engeman captures a
visual narrative through which to
contemplate the nature of relationships, family and the
world our children are inheriting. Becoming a ‘love-mum’
to her partner’s daughters four years ago infused her
work with a depth of feeling and compassionate quality
that only love can inspire. As the new editor of our
teen ‘Age of Empowerment’ section she brings a unique
collection of talents which are a tell-tale sign of someone
who looks at life from the inside out. Lisa’s photographic
work is exhibited through art galleries.
www.cpcbyron/pages/photogallery.htm.
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Behind the Scenes
byronchild support crew
Midwifery
Currently each member is devoted to the Natural Birth
Education & Research Centre and its ethical intention. Our
highly skilled executive has a keen connection, embracing
grounded relationships between spiritual, emotional
elements, and the physical aspects which sustain sanctity of
birthing models and practices. Focused on evidence of the
interactions between nature and the environment, our contribution to byronchild aims
to encourage the celebration of all cultures. For further information please go to: www.
naturalbirth.org.au or call 61 2 66869983.
Manhood
Susanna Freymark is a writer and codirector
of the Fatherhood Project. Her
belief in the capacity of humans and social
justice underpins her approach to father
and men’s issues.
Susanna co-parents three children, two ducks, four chooks
and a dog called Mo.
Health & Well-being
Jacinta McEwen and Elvian Drysdale have a wealth of
experience in all aspects of conception, pregnancy,
birthing and childhood health. Between them they have
raised nine children and are a great team for answering
questions around natural health and raising children.
Jacinta is a naturopath, nurse, herbalist and yoga teacher
and is currently studying Ayurvedic medicine. She facilitates ongoing ‘Heart of Woman’
workshops and weekly groups and has a passion for spiritual and emotional health as
well as physical wellbeing. Elvian is trained as a naturopath, herbalist and homeopath and
is a core group facilitator of ‘Pathways to Manhood’ (a contemporary rite of passage for
young men). Together Elvian and Jacinta run workshops on many aspects of health and
healing as well as serving their community through Mullumbimby Herbals for the last
seven years.
Relationships
Vasumati Hancock has been a therapist for
30 years, working in the field of relationships,
sexuality, tantra and couples. She has trained
extensively in the area of co-dependency and
addictions and has studied with John Bradshaw
in the USA. vasuzen@aol.com.
Photography/Pregnancy, Birth and Babies
Katrina Folkwell never consciously chose to be a photographer.
Instead the camera discovered her. They have now been in a
growing relationship for the past 17 years, passionately involving
themselves with pregnancy, birth and portraits. Katrina recently
had a photographic exhibition in America and is becoming well
known internationally. katfolkwell15@hotmail.com
Photography
A lover of serendipity and ‘the decisive moment’, Gabrielle Gawne-Kelnar
gravitated towards photography in high school. Since then, her photography has
been exhibited internationally, published as a series of art-postcards in Berlin,
Germany, and has featured in many publications. She holds an Honours degree
in Fine Arts Photography, and currently specialises in pregnancy portraiture in
the Sydney area. Visit her online gallery at www.birthofvenus.com.au
Booksbyronchild
Until she had her children, Jannine
Barron worked and travelled as a teacher,
human rights advocate and writer. Her life
changed with the birth of her two sons.
The abundance of disposable and plastic
products on the baby market was so abhorrent that in
1999 she started her own business, Nature’s Child, that
specialised in earth-friendly products for pregnancy, babies
and the whole family.
www.natureschild.com.au
Homeschooling, Research
Anna Jahns is a freelance writer
who has been actively involved in
homeschooling since the birth of
her daughter Tara, and in learning,
her whole life! She is involved in
creating learning communities wherever they are living, which
is currently Goa (India). Anna also researches the internet for
byronchild, and is largely responsible for the vast array of
weblinks featured on www.byronchild.com and published in
earlier issues of this magazine.
Manhood
Peter Keil is a qualified youth worker and
naturopath. He currently coordinates Uncle
Byron Bay, tutors sociology and gives guest
lectures in Men’s Spirituality at Southern Cross
University. He wants to write a book about
strategies for thriving with depression and is
starting to think that writing for a living might be fun. He loves
skiing, flying, reading, his partner and her son, and thinks life is
excruciatingly pleasurable because of the keen realisation that
he may only get this one precious go at it.
Parenting Ourselves
Layla Iselin, a mother of two teenage boys, studied
psychology in Zurich and acting in London. Discovering
what really moves her, what this life is about, has been
her passion since childhood. This passion has brought
her to different teachers all over the world. She has led
self-discovery groups and is finding more and more that she is just at the
beginning. She now lives with her family in Edmonton, Canada.