Yowarra Migay: Wiradjuri Women's Business

Women’s Weekend on Wiradjuri Country, NSW

Australia’s First Nations people are the oldest living culture on Earth, dating back more than 65,000 years. Their connection to self, community, and Country holds deep wisdom and reverence that we can all learn from.

YAWARRA MIGAY means “woman’s healing” in Wiradjuri. We gather to reconnect with self, each other, and Country in the way our First Nations sisters have done for thousands of years.

Women’s Business is sacred. Women hold the feminine spirit and the role of connecting to Country and ancestry.

When Women Gather, Magic Flows.

You are Welcome

You are warmly invited to a sacred weekend to experience the healing and grounding of Women's Business on Wiradjuri Country, New South Wales.

You will learn the sacred practices of ceremony and healing, and receive teachings passed down by Aboriginal women through maternal lines across generations — shared only among women to honour ancestral wisdom and the feminine spirit.

Your Teacher

Diyan Coe is a proud Wiradjuri, Kuku-Yalanji woman. Her Birthright Country is Gadigal Country, Eora Nation (Sydney), and she grew up on Erambie in Cowra, NSW.

Diyan is an intuitive healer and artist from a family of prominent activists who have worked for Aboriginal land rights, housing, and legal services since the 1970s.

She brings authenticity, insight, and ancestral connection to this gathering, guiding women to listen deeply — to Country, to Spirit, and to their own inner knowing.

What to Expect

Across three days, you will learn the ways of our First Nations sisters — to slow down, listen, and reconnect with self, each other, and Country through teachings, ceremony, and creative expression.

You will learn about the Rainbow Serpent Dreaming, Golden Sunset Spider, Giant Green Ant, and Knowing the Oneness.

You will walk on sacred Country, take part in a healing ceremony, and join an art and creative circle to express your own journey.

A nourishing weekend of learning, culture, and sisterhood — First Nations way. You’ll leave grounded, centred, inspired, and renewed, with a deeper sense of self and belonging.

Cowra is about 4 hours drive from Sydney.

Please note: Food and Accommodation is not included.

UPCOMING DATES: 28 - 30 NOVEMBER 2025. MORE DATES AVAILABLE IN 2026

Program

FRIDAY – Arrival and Opening

Arrive by 5pm, 6pm start.

Welcome to Country
Ochre Healing Ceremony (Optional)

Dinner — BYO or dine in Cowra town.

SATURDAY – Teachings and Art

10am start

Ngumbaay Marramaldhaany — The Creator Rainbow Serpent, Golden Sunset Spider, Griant Green Ant, and Knowing the Oneness.
Guided visit to sacred Country — bush learning, swim in natural waters (weather permitting)

Lunch — BYO or dine in Cowra town.

Art and Creative Circle (materials and light refreshments provided)

Dinner — BYO or dine in Cowra town.

SUNDAY – Integration and Close

10am start

Ngiyaginya (refresh and reflection)
Closing Ceremony — our time together finishes.

Bonus Optional: Ochre Healing Ceremony

Ochre is a deeply sacred natural earth pigment used by First Nations peoples for over 60,000 years in ceremony, art, and healing. Sourced directly from Country, it carries the spirit of the land and is honoured as Earth’s medicine.

When applied to the body, ochre symbolises connection to the land, protection, respect, and identity. In healing, it grounds energy, cleanses the spirit, and calls in ancestral guidance — reminding us that the Earth itself holds everything we need for balance, renewal, and reconnection.

Origins of this Program: Heckler to Sister

Diyan first met Elisa Choy (your Host) in 2022 at the 50th Anniversary of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra, where over 100 Aboriginal Elders gathered to discuss “Where to from here, 50 years on?”

Elisa was invited to present predictive AI sentiment research answering the question, “Do Australians care about First Nations people?” Her data said “No.” It was an uncomfortable truth.

During Q&A, Diyan heckled Elisa — challenging her to “come connect with First Nations people” rather than wait for them to come to her. Elisa accepted, and within weeks began visiting Wiradjuri Country, starting her initiation into the teachings, healing, and wisdom of Women’s Business.

From heckler to sista, Diyan has helped Elisa reconnect with herself and Country. In her first Ochre Healing Ceremony, Elisa’s inner warrior emerged (see photo taken in February 2022).

In 2023, Australia voted NO in the historic Voice Referendum — as Elisa had predicted.

Through that truth came personal and career transformation. Elisa stepped out of data and into energy. The economist became an energy coach. Elisa now brings ancient healing wisdom back to the modern city, sharing it with her non-Indigenous sisters through Yowarra Migay: Wiradjuri Women’s Business and other transformational experiences in Sydney.

Why You Should Come

Unplug from the busy-ness of city life and return to simplicity, connection, and Country. Reconnect with the Indigenous parts within us all — open your heart to the wisdom of the land, the waters, and the stories that live within.

You’ll feel grounded, recharged, and deeply connected, taking home not just your artwork, but a renewed sense of self and belonging.

What to Bring:

Open heart and mind
Willingness to flow with the weekend
Water bottle, Hat, Sunscreen
Swimmers and a towel (weather permitting)
Casual, comfortable clothes for painting and walking on Country — leave the glam for the city!

Included

Art supplies and creative materials
Tea and light refreshments

Not included

Food (Lunch, Dinner, snacks)
Accommodation (see Notes below)

NOTES

Please arrive by 5pm on Friday so we can begin with Welcome to Country at 6:00pm sharp, Late arrivals can disrupt the flow.
Many accommodation options are available in Cowra township, including motels and Airbnbs ranging from $100–$250 per night (twin share or single).
Meals and snacks can be sourced from local cafés, restaurants, or the Cowra supermarket, or you may bring your own.
No previous experience required — come exactly as you are.
Spaces are limited to keep the experience intimate.

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