17/06/2025
“Where else would you get an osteopathic massage in a room full of ravers with Nirvana at full pelt?” MGV
In 2014, I launched Morning Gloryville Sydney—riding the tidal wave of a global movement that began in London, led by the visionary Samantha Moyo and powered by her right-hand women Caitlin Erica - Alice Pepperall By the time it reached Australia, it had already stirred up dance floors from New York to Barcelona—redefining how the world wakes up.
We were one of the first sober day raves in the country. A Wednesday morning dance floor packed with glitter, bass, and 400 endorphin-fueled humans—no alcohol, no substances. Just pure embodied energy.
I ended up on live TV (yes, in a pink-and-yellow polka dot onesie), talking about why we don’t need 10 beers or cocktails to move, feel, or connect. That dancing can be the medicine—and that the body is the access point.
We were blessed to have Klue (FBI Radio) and Ricky Cooper (Return to Rio) on the decks. And the legendary Tommy Franklin our spokesperson, our legendary mascot, movement muse—he brought the heart and soul (and still does). He embodied everything we stood for at the time: joy, freedom, presence, and pure, unfiltered dance.
Since then, others have continued the very important work of conscious movement—too many to mention… No Lights No Lycra, Day Shift, Ecstatic Dance, Five Rhythms, Sydney Ecstatic—each creating spaces for people to connect back to themselves and each other through the body.
A decade later and into my somatic journey. I’m creating spaces that honour those same principles—movement as medicine, nervous system reset, and full-bodied expression through dance and connection.
Your body remembers. Let it move you.
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