‘Instead of searching for what you do not have,
find out what it is that you have never lost’
~Nisargadatta
Candy van Rood
Candida Helena van Rood (aka Candy Spender) Born 9 June 1951
I am a multi-faceted practitioner, teacher and student of spiritual and creative disciplines. As a visual artist, I have been known for my jewellery-making and design in the nineties.
In 2016 my family and I did a ‘sea & tree change’ and moved out of our inner city life to a coastal town 75 km South East of Melbourne, Australia.
Gardening and living close to Nature are having a profound effect on my practices and have drawn me into my environmental work with Save Westernport (Warn’Marring).
Earth Heart.love ~ Mission Statement
By bringing more self-awareness and self-love to our lives, we can expand compassion, connection, evolution and Consciousness.
We can heal the wounds of our whole species with all its generational trauma and dysfunction; and take our place as a fully loving, functional and contributing participant of all living systems on our planet.
My spiritual quest started when I was six years old when I questioned who and what I was.
When I turned sixteen, I committed to a daily practice of meditation. I finished art school in South Australia and went to the Netherlands to do a post graduate year of painting and printmaking. During that time I started attending Quaesitor encounter groups in London which later led me to Osho and BKS Iyengar.
Alongside my creative practice, I have been a practitioner of Astrology and Tarot for over forty-five years.
The use of these powerful tools in my life and work helps my students and clients to transform and evolve their lives.
Addressing difficulties and challenges, and employing the rich and ancient language of astrology and the archetypal language of the Tarot, brings clarity, self-acceptance and transformation.
Other practices and modalities:
Reiki II
Family & Systemic Constellations (completed module one in the ‘Ocean’ course)
Meditation teacher (completed a two year course: Rigpa)
Movement meditation (have completed ‘Heart Beat’ with 5Rhythms)
Workshops
Women’s Circle
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A deep bow of gratitude to my teachers, and the modalities and philosophies which are the foundation of my spiritual awareness.
Osho; B.K.S. Iyengar; Maharshi Ramana, Gabrielle Roth; Gurdijeff, Sufism; A.H. Almaas, The Diamond Approach; and Tibetan Buddhism