Heather May Leighton

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Heather May Leighton

Supporting Women to Change Company Culture Aligned with Love & Compassion. Founder & Director of The Ankara Academy. So much love xx

Offering intuitive health and mindset coaching sessions that incorporate Chinese Medicine principals, deep trauma work, shamanic clearings and subconscious re-programming. My intention is to assist others in reaching the most authentic expression of themselves away from fear, self-sabotage and their past. I offer training for healers and shamanic medicine online and in person, with more courses and events in the making. Please get in touch if you'd like to work with me or check out my website.

01/04/2026

Reminder! The Emerging Sovereign event is coming up.⁠
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If you felt something when you first saw it, trust that.⁠
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This is not about hype. It is about capacity.⁠
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Can your nervous system hold the level of leadership you say you want?⁠
Can you receive more without tightening?⁠
Can you stay lit without burning out?⁠
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We build that.⁠
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25–26 April⁠
Surry Hills⁠
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If you are ready to stop circling your potential, this is your moment. Purchase your ticket via my website - link in bio. ⁠
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29/03/2026

Mongolia changed me.⁠
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Not because it was beautiful.⁠
Because it was honest.⁠
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The land strips you. The ceremonies are not performative. The Shamans are not branding themselves.⁠
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Three years ago I stood on those steppes and felt my work deepen in a way that no classroom ever gave me.⁠
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This pilgrimage is not tourism.⁠
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You will sit in direct ceremony.⁠
You will work with Tengri through practising Shamans.⁠
You will stay with nomadic families who are still living off the land.⁠
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Initiation is not comfortable.⁠
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It is clarifying.⁠
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If you are serious about your path, this will meet you.⁠
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27 May to 6 June 2026.⁠
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Applications are open.⁠
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23/03/2026

Intuition is not something you switch on.

It is something you stabilise.

$Awakening without safety can fracture people.⁠⁠But awakening held well can ignite something that changes the trajectory ...$

17/03/2026

Awakening without safety can fracture people.⁠
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But awakening held well can ignite something that changes the trajectory of a life.⁠
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I am not here to entertain audiences.⁠
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I am here to shift them.⁠
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If you are curating a festival, retreat or gathering and want depth that is grounded, honest and embodied, I would be honoured to hold that space.⁠
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12/03/2026

Most people want something removed.⁠
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Very few want to understand what it’s feeding on.⁠
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Energetic interference does not attach randomly. It attaches to emotion. To narrative. To the places in your body that still feel unresolved.⁠
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08/03/2026

This month on the 21st, we gather for the Autumn Equinox.⁠
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There is something potent about meeting at the threshold between seasons. A pause point. A recalibration. A moment to stabilise before the next level of expansion.⁠
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This workshop is about building the safety required for awakening.⁠
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Before intuition deepens.⁠
Before purpose clarifies.⁠
Before consciousness expands.⁠
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We return to the root. To the body. To the nervous system. To the internal structure that allows growth to land without collapse.⁠
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If you have been doing the work but feel like something hasn’t fully integrated, this space is for you.⁠
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We will work with tarot. We will work with grounding. We will work with the architecture of embodied sovereignty.⁠
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I would love to see you in the room. More details and tickets via the link in bio.⁠
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06/03/2026

I created this journal because too many people were diving into shadow without structure. Without safety. Without integration.⁠
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That can do harm.⁠
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This is a guided container.⁠
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Prompts that take you into inherited patterns.⁠
Reflections that bring unconscious beliefs into awareness.⁠
Space to meet your inner child without drowning in it.⁠
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When the unconscious becomes conscious, you stop sabotaging what you say you want.⁠
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This is not about becoming darker.⁠
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It is about becoming honest.⁠
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If you are ready to meet yourself properly, it is available via the link in bio for instant download.⁠
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04/03/2026

Sydney, I am on my way!⁠
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On Thursday 19th of March at 5:15pm, I will be speaking at the Mind Body Spirit Festival in the Speakers Lounge on a topic that is at the heart of everything I teach:⁠
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Building the safety to awaken.⁠
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If you are curious about your own evolution and want to understand how to feel safe in the becoming, this conversation is for you.⁠
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Purchase your tickets via the link in bio. ⁠
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26/02/2026

Purpose is rarely missing. Safety usually is.

Most women already sense what they are here to do. The hesitation does not come from confusion, but from a nervous system that is still prioritising protection over expansion. When the body is in survival, fulfilment feels risky, even when the direction feels true.

This is not a personal failure. It is intelligence.

Purpose cannot be accessed through thinking alone. It asks for honesty about the roles you inherited, the patterns you adapted to survive, and the parts of yourself that were shaped to belong rather than to lead. This is where shadow work matters. Not to fix you, but to release what was never yours to carry.

Purpose is also not a single moment of awakening. It is lived through alignment. Through how you organise your life, your relationships, your work, and your energy. Without integration, purpose quickly turns into pressure.

When the body feels safe, truth becomes clearer.
When truth is honoured, action no longer needs to be forced.

Purpose does not arrive through striving.
It reveals itself when safety, truth, and lived action finally meet.

19/02/2026

When intention comes from comparison or harm, there are consequences that need to be met later. When intention comes from a genuine desire to know yourself more deeply, the work becomes supportive rather than punishing.⁠
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Clearing without movement only creates a temporary sense of relief. Integration happens when you clear, choose, act, and clear again.⁠
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If this resonates, reflect on what you are clearing for, and where you are actually heading.⁠
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17/02/2026

Emerging Sovereign is an invitation to step into a more resourced way of leading, creating, and living.

This two-day workshop is for those who feel the call to do meaningful work in the world without burning themselves out in the process. It is about strengthening your inner fire so it can be sustained, not consumed.

Together, we will explore what it means to pursue purpose in a way your nervous system can actually hold. How to turn passion into something enduring. How to take daily action that builds momentum rather than pressure. How to relate to money, leadership, and responsibility with more safety and choice.

This space is designed for people in transition. Those feeling the pull toward deeper service, clearer direction, and a more sovereign relationship with their energy and resources.

If you are ready to move forward with intention and integrity, you are welcome here. Join myself and Luke Deighton for a 2 day full immersion.

Emerging Sovereign
25–26 April 2026
Surry Hills, Sydney

Purchase tickets via my website now - https://www.heathermayleighton.com/offerings

15/02/2026

One of my favourite things to teach and speak about is the basin of safety.

It explains why growth, opportunity, and even support can feel overwhelming when the nervous system does not yet have the capacity to hold them.

The basin of safety is not about avoiding challenge. It is about having enough internal resourcing to receive what arrives without urgency, shutdown, or self-sabotage.

When the basin is low, even positive experiences can destabilise. Not because something is wrong, but because the system is protecting itself from overload.

This is why timing matters.
And why building safety is never a detour from growth. It is what makes growth sustainable.

Capacity turns opportunity into something that can actually be lived.

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http://www.heathermayleighton.com/

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My journey as a healer

I completed a Bachelor of Health Science (Chinese Medicine) in 2009 along with accredited skills in Reiki, massage and counselling. Since then I have traveled the world and had many experiences including managing a herbal medicine shop in London and working among one of Peru’s many healing retreats offering plant medicine ceremonies . My passion and admiration of Chinese Medicine continues to grow however I am being pulled deeply towards a new direction in my healing profession. Since 2016 I have been offering my “Releasing Trauma from the Muscle of the Soul” workshops at many of Australia’s transformational festivals. I find these workshops a deep necessity for many people now in what has been coined the “Age of Anxiety”. By exploring the belief that trauma is stored in every cell in our bodies, the workshops effectively release deeply stored trauma from our cells using a technique that targets the Psoas Muscle (the “Muscle of the Soul”). As well as these trauma workshops, I am deeply exploring the subconscious programming that underlies all of our behaviour, beliefs and ideas of ourselves which seems to have such a profound influence over our lives. I have delved deeply into my own programming and now would like to offer these insights to others around me. I became an accredited Life Coach in March 2018 and hope to offer people support in achieving abundance in their lives by understanding there own programming and liberating themselves of any burdens or trauma they may carry.