Hello, I'm Haylee Clare.
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What should I tell you about myself?
Who am I? It's a good question. Something that I've spent most of my life trying to work out...
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I'm a mystic, that is for sure. I love the absurd intensity and the mystery of this weird and fabulous life.
I don't really understand how I came to be the way that I am. I was born into a very normal family in small town rural Australia. I think I entertained myself by living in my own fantasy world as a child, quietly chewing on self-discovered non-dual philosophical concepts like... "Every part of me is touching everything, because I am touching the air, and the air is touching everything..."
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After scraping through high school (spending most of my days skipping classes to paint in the art room) I somehow came to enroll in a Bachelor of Health Science in Traditional Chinese Medicine at 19. Much to my surprise, this degree in Acupuncture & Herbal Medicine began with an Introduction to Taoism. This was my first exposure to ancient Eastern spiritual philosophy that was to radically shift the trajectory of my life.
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By the time I was 21, I had recognized that I had no desire to be a doctor, and the Melbourne underground artist scene had totally taken my attention. I was one of the founding members of an artist warehouse called The Seed Factory - 20 studios filled with artists, musicians, anarchist news reporters, silversmiths & a bunch of hippies living illegally in the industrial precinct. I handmade clothing, accessories & costumes from recycled leather with Kat Ashworth, and worked on the side as a sculptor for lighting designer Christopher Boots.
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In an attempt to balance my somewhat debaucherous lifestyle, I began taking yoga classes. This attempt to get fit quickly became an obsession. Exercise became meditation, and I eventually trained to teach in a 1:1 apprenticeship with my teacher, Johannes Mochayedi at the Dance of Life in Melbourne. Eventually this led me to Thailand to study with Randall Oleary who introduced me to the mystical & philosophical side of Yoga.
I moved to Koh Phangan in Thailand in 2013 to teach yoga. I also studied and practiced different healing modalities of massage & energy work and and began to travel a lot to India alone, "going wandering" for several months at a time. Here I mostly did my own sadhana and spent a lot of time in the holy city of Varanasi where I studied with my Gurus of meditation, Tantric philosophy of Kashmiri Shaivism & Sri Vidya, Sanskrit & Vedic Puja (ritual) & music.
In 2019 I moved to Bali, Indonesia after falling in love with the meeting pot of devotional Hindu culture, artistic architecture, the booming international yoga movement, Asian chaos mixed with western comfort & the incredible live music and ecstatic dance scene.
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In 2020 all of my work came crashing to a halt, and Shadows of Light Oracle Deck was born out of the chrysalis of this cosmic reset. I had all the time in the world to devote to my art and writing.
Since living in Bali, music has been a huge part of my life. I released my first single Daughters in 2024, with more to come in 2025.
I teach yoga & meditation & offer sound healings in Bali & online. I have my own online school of subtle arts, with courses in Meditation, Yoga Nidra, Subtle Body & Energetics, Pranayama that you can purchase on this website. I occasionally hold my own retreats, my next one is in India in Feb 2026, called Shakti Mandala. I also create mind blowing Yoga Teacher Trainings & retreats in Bali with my dear brother, Carlos Romero.
All is to say... Life is such a wild ride, and I am committed to living it to my fullest. To be an ambassador of the beauty realms - a channel for art & a vessel for wisdom.
So, thanks for stopping by to read my life story. Subscribe to my newsletter to stay in touch.
Love,
Haylee.
