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Depleted and Defeated

Dragonfly photo by Anna Shelley
Took my camera out and found this lovely one

When I go for a walk it has to be so long and treacherous that I am practically crawling at the end.

It is only when I am completely depleted and defeated that I give up trying to control it. It’s an experiment in surrender.

Sometimes I wonder if there’s something wrong with me to think this way. But I find the mental aspect fascinating.

People have asked me over the years why I wish to punish myself like this, and occasionally this makes me think I must be punishing myself. But really, I come at it from a place of both curiosity and a need to slow my brain down.

I am always curious about the human breaking point – about my breaking point. What breaks first – the mind or the body? And if the body is strong, how does the mind break? But if the mind is strong, can it overcome the body breaking?

A lifetime ago (that is, Before Child) I was powerlifting competitively. Whether you complete a lift or not, whether you make it through a tough training session or not – it’s all in the mind. Or, more to the point, it’s more in the ability to get out of the mind, quit thinking, and just Do The Thing. The enormity of it all takes over easily – Do I really need to lift 140kg two more times? Holy FUCK that’s heavy! It’s HEAVY. FUCK. But then of course you need a little bit of mind-body awareness ticking along to tell you if you’re about to injure yourself or not.

So I walk long distances because I desire to get out of my mind and into a place on Earth that involves no thinking beyond the next step. Mummying has sent my mind into overdrive and although I am capable of hearing the leaves rustle in the breeze and melting into sparkles floating on the water, I am no longer capable of getting completely out of my mind without deep meditation or being so physically exhausted that the only thing to think about is making it back in one piece.

And then again I wonder if I’m punishing myself, but no, it is also coming back to my curiosity about the human breaking point, or perhaps it is more the incredible ability we have as humans to continue breaking records in speed, strength, and endurance.

Did you know I once decided to run a 53km race that was a ~4km loop course purely to see if I would go crazy from running round in circles or start hallucinating? Neither happened, but I did win 😉

That time before I was born

Anna Shelley - visionary musician, artist, muse.

It’s been a while since I recalled that time before I was born. That time when I got to pick and choose which gifts I wanted to bring to Earth. Yeah… that time. Do you remember?

I remember why I chose my particular parents. I won’t bore you with the details, but let’s just say that when I was 4 years old I was as fluent in reading music as I was in English.

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Inner Goddess Wisdom – You are what you are

You ARE what you believe.

You ARE what you think.

You ARE what you do.

You ARE what you ARE so who ARE you?

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Do what you must in order to BREATHE

Anna Shelley

Every now and then, when the panic sets in, I remind myself to breathe.

B R E A T H E

And yet, in that stillness that I so desire and require, I must create.

I literally have to force myself to go to bed before midnight because I’m quite sure I’d be up until sunrise writing and painting and musicing. All night long.

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I am a High Priestess

I am filled with so much certainty, so much innate power, so much magic, so much goddess vibes.

I am a High Priestess who walks this Earth as her sovereign self, honouring the divine as within, so without. [Continue Reading]

A Meditation for Kids (age 2+) to Help Them Sleep

Sleep meditation for kidsI’m sure I’ve mentioned this several times, but I have a 3 year old who is pretty crap at sleeping. In the 3.5 years he’s graced us with his presence, he has never slept for longer than 4 hours. And he only did that twice. Last year.

So you can imagine my inner meditator’s delight when I ask him what would help him sleep and he asks to do some “imagining”. [Continue Reading]

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