Zen Permaculture, Starting From the Kitchen Sink: Declutter, Reset, Connect

The kitchen sink is where meaningful conversations happen, and where drama, tension, and household fall-outs often begin. A pile of dishes can unravel a good day, and a clean-sink totalitarian can unravel a whole relationship, mostly because we don’t know how to work with this tiny, high-pressure ecosystem.

Once you learn how, everything changes.

Cecilia shares eye-opening discoveries on how to set up your kitchen sink so relationships turn around, your nervous system moves from fight-or-flight to tend-and-befriend, and you suddenly find yourself cooking fresh food with a song in your heart.

These methods suit the neurodiverse, the big-picture fast-thinkers, and anyone who doesn’t like being bossed around — even by themselves.

This surprise-filled workshop offers case studies that spark fresh energy, new understanding, and genuine hope. Simple Japanese methods help you get calm, centred, and in gentle motion. Patterns from Australian Permaculture show you how to create an ecosystem of success: a kitchen that supports love instead of conflict.

Chronic kitchen confusion can become a space that stays clear and orderly without force or willpower.

Woven through it all is an introduction to the Save Cecilia Method — a fresh, gently powerful approach to home harmonising that blends design, nervous-system literacy, and spiritual tending. You’ll feel the shift rather than merely learn it.

As above, So below.
Changes in our outer world only last when something shifts inside us too. You will use visualisations and bodywork to re-wire the emotions that keep you stuck, so your nervous system can stay open and receptive, even in moments that once triggered overwhelm or shutdown.

There is a very good chance that this afternoon’s reset becomes part of who you are.

Payment: Giftivist

“Giftivist” payment creates a relationship between us, and that relationship has power. It helps you take action you wouldn’t usually take, and motivates you to implement your insights.

Payments from $1 to $200 can all be worthwhile, valued, and fair.
Many participants say that paying Giftivist even once awakens a new way of sensing value, and quietly changes how they spend, care, and commit.

In This Event, You Will

• Declutter and reset your kitchen sink in real time, with opportunities for questions
• Learn life-long design principles: Zones, Reduce Useless Diversity, Make Families of Objects, Right Mess in the Right Place
• Gain curiosity and compassion for your resistance, thank it for trying to protect you, and let it rest while you step into tend-and-befriend energy
• Fall in love with your kitchen sink — now your Shrine of Beauty and Love — and enjoy the surprises that unfold as your home culture changes.

What do Participants Say?
"You won't usually find me at a decluttering workshop, but something compelled me to book in and see what this Zen Permaculture business is all about.

I'm so glad I did, because Cecilia's teachings go far beyond the kitchen sink. They're about freedom, clarity and personal integrity. They're about designing a beautiful life and living it with intention. One of the most rewarding workshops of all time, not to mention the wonderful company. Thank you Cecilia"

Catie Payne,

Copywriter and have-a-go farmer

'Before' and 'After' The client is a Permaculture designer in Kamakura Japan, creative, generous, and neurodiverse. This kitchen naturally evolved after six weeks of Cecilia's coaching. Before, it was confusing for even one person to navigate. Now, it's a Culture School, a dream that became real. Creative locals gather here for exquisite Learning Luncheons, with topics such as colour theory, macrame, and vegan cooking.

Cecilia Macaulay and Katie de Araujo have been creating cubby houses and fun times together for almost half a century...because they are sisters! Together they remind us that nature is miraculous, and order and wholeness are our nature.