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The Ankara Academy
You've built a life that works. Now build one that's yours.
The Ankara Academy is a shamanic training ground for those ready to trade certainty for depth — and finally live the life their intuition has been pointing to.
B.HSc Health ScienceYears guiding transformational leadersCircle community and member portalA three-year pathway
If any of this lands, you already belong.
01
You did it the way you were told to, and it feels empty - like something's missing.
02
You are the one everyone leans on, but there's no one holding you.
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You know there's something more for you in this lifetime - but it hasn't revealed yet.
04
You have read the books and done the work - but nothing has acutally changed.
None of that means something is wrong with you. It means you've outgrown the shape you were given — and the next shape is built in community, not alone.
“The eagle does not fight the storm. She rises above it.”
Heather Leighton
Inside Earth
Not a course you finish. A room you belong to.
A rolling annual membership. Your community and portal access, live coaching calls and workshops start from day one.
01
The Circle community
Your member portal and the community space where the work happens between sessions — questions, threads, wins, hard days.
02
Coaching calls with Heather
Live coaching calls and workshops with Heather through the year, held for the whole circle.
03
Start Here orientation
Welcome and navigation videos plus a Get Started checklist and member FAQ — so you are never guessing where to go.
04
Meet the team
Short introductions from Heather, the team and the coaches, so you know exactly who to reach out to and for what.
05
Community guidelines
Clear values, confidentiality expectations and safety boundaries — the written agreement that keeps this a safe landing pad.
06
Group onboarding
You come in with a small group rather than alone, so you already know a few faces on your first call.
07
Launching
Weekly coach-led sessions
A live stream with one of our coaches each week on a consistent day and time. The schedule publishes in the Circle calendar.
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Launching
Monthly Get Unstuck call
A support call each month for the thing you are actually sitting with. Rolling out as the coaching team comes on board.
A month in Earth
You always know when the next room opens.
The coach-led weekly and monthly sessions are rolling out as the coaching team is secured — dates publish in the Circle calendar.
Weekly
Coach-led live session
Same day, same time, every week. Consistency is the point — you can build your week around it.
Monthly
Get Unstuck call
Around forty-five minutes. Come with the knot you cannot undo on your own.
Through the year
Heather live
Coaching calls and workshops with Heather, held for the whole circle.
Tues & Thurs
Community prompts
Regular threads and prompts in Circle, with the team responding — not a feed you post into and wait.
From the circle
People who started exactly here.
In their own words — what changed, and what it took to get there.
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I didn't know how much I needed a place to land until I found it.
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I didn't know how much I needed a place to land until I found it.
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Earth member
I didn't know how much I needed a place to land until I found it.
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Earth member
I didn't know how much I needed a place to land until I found it.
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Who guides you
Heather Leighton — spiritual mentor, business coach, founder.
Heather works with people who have done everything right and still feel the gap — the ones whose life looks correct from the outside and thin from the inside.
Her method is intuitive but grounded: ceremony and practical structure in the same breath, so what opens in a session actually holds when you get home.
Qualified
B.HSc in Health Science.
Experience
A decade guiding transformational leaders through their own becoming.
Holds
Live coaching calls and workshops for the whole circle, through the year.
Where Earth leads
One door now. Four more when you're ready.
Earth is the only decision in front of you today. It stands on its own as a rolling annual membership — the rest of the pathway stays open for whenever you want it, and never becomes a requirement.
Start here
Earth
The community, the portal and live coaching — the foundation year.
$999 AUD / year
View EarthYear one
Water
The twelve-month practitioner course, four modules.
By Discovery Call
Year one premium
Fire
Water, plus seven days on retreat in Bali.
By Discovery Call
Year two — leadership
Air
The leadership year — monthly group coaching with Heather, weekly coach-led calls. For Fire graduates.
By Discovery Call
Year three
Spirit
The graduation year — where the pathway culminates.
Coming soon
You Don't Have To Walk This Alone
A living community, growing together.
Inside every tier is a real community — feed posts, live calls, replays and courses where members show up, share and grow side by side.
This isn't a self-paced course you take alone. It's a circle you join.
The honest questions.
I am not sure I have the time.
Earth is deliberately light-touch. The community is there whenever it suits you, and live sessions are occasional rather than weekly homework. It is a practice, not another obligation.
Is this only for women in business?
No. Earth holds business owners, parents, practitioners, healers, artists and people mid-career-change. The common thread is the work, not the job title.
What if I fall behind?
There is no behind. Sessions are recorded, the community is asynchronous by design, and you can move through the material at your own pace, honouring your nervous system.
How is this different from therapy?
Therapy tends to look backward at what happened. Earth looks forward — at who you are becoming and what you are building next. Many members do both.
What happens after Earth?
Most members move into Water or Fire, or book a Discovery Call to talk through the right next step for where they are.
Start here
Earth is where you build a foundation for growth, awakening and expansion.
Live coaching calls, a private community, and a space held by people who understand exactly what you're moving through. This is the beginning of the journey — no experience required, just readiness.
$999 AUD / year
Join EarthFeel like you're ready to go deeper?
If Earth feels like a step behind where you already are, let's talk. A Discovery Call is a no-pressure conversation about where you are, where you want to go, and whether Water, Fire, or one of our retreats is the right next step.