Peta & IlianaSome collaborations are fated. Peta of Grow Girl Grow and Iliana of The Art of It met in a high school drama room in Melbourne, Australia over two decades ago. Their friendship has evolved across continents, careers and seasons of life, and now, they reunite as women devoted to creativity, somatics and soul-led living.
Peta is a multi-passionate ‘slashie’ whose warmth and gifts weave through breathwork facilitation, community creation and innovative marketing. Iliana is a creative arts therapist, embodiment facilitator and multidisciplinary artist whose work is tender, expansive and richly sensuous.
Together, their intuitive leadership and somatic wisdom create a field where rebirth feels safe, spacious and joyful. Their Hellenic ancestry is embodied in φιλοξενία (philoxenia), the way they generously and attentively host events. Φιλία (philia), their deep affection for friendship and commitment to nurturing community. And most significantly, μεράκι (meraki), the way they imbue life with passion and creativity.
THE PORTAL is the culmination of their parallel paths, a space for women who are ready to choose themselves.
Renaissance of Self
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Radiance of Joy
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Sanctuary of Womanhood
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Renaissance of Self ✸ Radiance of Joy ✸ Sanctuary of Womanhood ✸
“Peta and Iliana always host intimate and lush spaces, evolution feels inevitable the minute you arrive.”
Our Pillars
RebirthThe threshold between who you have been and who you are becoming, when something within you is ready to shift. A return to life, again and again.
JoyA deep, embodied state awakened through pleasure, beauty and presence. The spark that midwives insight, clarity and alignment.
BelongingThe warmth of being witnessed and the relief of not holding everything alone. Curling up in a cosmic womb, a place where you are deeply understood.
Guest Facilitator
Hollis MaloneyHollis is a designer, astrologer, holistic guide and mentor whose work weaves together creative expression, somatic awareness and the language of the cosmos. Her work involves taking the inkling, the inspiration, the mysterious dream and disseminating that internal yearning into practical steps and practices to make it real - something you can hold in your hands and (if you desire) share with the world.
Her aim in essence is to help you bring the invisible world that is inside you into reality – whether that be with your brand, the expression of your astrology, or the daily mundane choices that make up the masterpiece that is your life.
Coming all the way from New York City to join Peta & Iliana at THE PORTAL, Hollis will be hosting her signature Life Design workshops and offering readings as our onsite astrologer.