With a diverse background in cultural arts, environmental & social justice, youth work and Indigenous Medicines Therapy, Ruth divides her time into various projects. They all reflect her passion for uniting ancient traditions and contemporary innovations for optimistic action and well-being for All-beings.
As a Song woman and StoryTeller, Ruth draws upon the cultural knowledge of her Yorta Yorta and Dja Dja Wurrung mother and holds cultural responsibilities within Lutruwita’s Palawa community where she was born and continues to live.
Holding a Masters of Indigenous Health & Wellbeing, Ruth is a certified Holotropic Breathwork® practitioner and has spent decades traveling the world sitting with Indigenous Elders, Senior Knowledge Keepers and World Wisdom teachers. Ruth’s vision is to connect people to the ancient wisdom of First Nations teachings in a contemporary and relevant context through the expression of cultural arts, ceremony and ritual.
As the founder of Nayri Niara – a Centre for the Arts of Healing – and creative director of Nayri Niara Good Spirit Festival, Ruth Langford has gained a reputation as a capable facilitator and coordinator of effective capacity-building programs which have, as their guiding principles, connection to Country, Culture and to the Sacred.
