From Coeur Nomade to Danu Anima

Hello dear,

If you’ve been following me since before September, you probably know that I recently changed my name — from Cœur Nomade to Danu Anima.

I’ve been wanting to share a little about this transition, though I’ve hesitated — because words are permanent, and this transition is still unfolding. I know there are so many more layers to meet, to learn from.
And I don’t want to create separation between the two names — who I was, who I am, and who I’m becoming.

Still, it felt important to share this vulnerable part of my journey. Even though, as I write this, I wonder: Who really cares about my little testimony, in a world so vast, so full of louder stories?

But if you feel called to read — I’m deeply honored by your presence and your time here.
I hope this simple and humble sharing might inspire you, in some way —
To follow your dreams.
To trust your own becoming.
To not fear the transformations that will come.
To believe — truly, deeply — in you.
Because you, too, hold magic in your hands. And you were meant to create with a free and open heart.

In this life, I have the privilege of having my basic needs met — and that gives me the space to devote myself fully to inner growth and creation. For this, I am profoundly grateful. And on the darker days, in times of shedding and transformation, I will always remember this — and come back to gratitude.

I’m deeply thankful for what Cœur Nomade brought into my life — for the role she played, for the energy she carried.

I remember the moment she arrived so clearly. It was August 2024, by a river. She came with clarity and strength — vivid, alive — and everything moved so fast.

Cœur Nomade carried me through my first steps as an artist:
My first drawings on the I-pad, my first illustrated wall calendar for the year of 2024, my first logo commissions, my first clients. She gave me the courage to say yes to my dreams — to believe this path was possible.

She was the adventurer. The maiden. The nomadic woman who followed her heart — wild, free, proud, and strong. With her, I quit my job, left Switzerland, shaved my head and traveled to Brazil and Peru. I thought I had it all planned — travel, art, ceremonies, healing, sharing it with the world, freedom, but my world quietly began to crack open. Wounds started rising to the surface, and nothing was going as I’d envisioned. Another side of Coeur Nomade was being shown.

A nomadic heart can feel like freedom... But I came to realize it was also a heart afraid to connect.
Afraid to commit.
A body afraid to root and ground.
A woman afraid to truly land — in herself, or with a man.
Avoidant. Often running. Fleeing from conflict, from presence — keeping myself busy as a form of escape.

Despite all the outer freedom, my inner world was shrinking. I was always searching — for answers, for healing, for a sense of home — outside of me.

Home is found in the Heart and that Love is found in Presence.

I learned that creativity, when chased externally, is meant to dry out.
That when it's used only for productivity, it slowly retreats.

She lives in the slowness.
In the quiet.
She blooms when we rest.
When we pause.
When we embrace the non-doing.

She doesn’t chase us when we run — when we’re not grounded in ourselves.

To understand that, I burned myself out

So when I chose to step into the name Danu Anima, it wasn’t because I had “arrived” or figured it all out.
But I believe in the power of prayer — and in the energy that intention holds.

I’m only at the beginning of this new journey.
But for the first time, I’m not rushing. Or at least, I’m learning to slow down when I catch myself speeding up — Focusing too much on the outcome, forgetting the path.

It’s not always graceful. It takes trial and error. And I can be clumsy — in my words, my interactions, my human connections.
But I will choose, again and again, to return to this verticality. To Presence.

Danu is the Earth —
She is teaching me the wisdom of cycles.
Of transformation.
Of honoring every season, every death and rebirth.
Of embracing it all as sacred.

Anima is the world —
The energy I came here to share through Art.
The world we share.
She is the prayer that our ART may weave our heARTs together.

Danu Anima is a call to return within.
Danu Anima is Presence.
She is tranquil acceptance of what is now.
A devotional presence to the Earth

She is an invitation to deep inner knowing.
To root. To commit. To make peace.

Danu Anima is a prayer to open to life. To love.
She is the prayer for the woman I am becoming —
The one no longer afraid of her own rhythms, her own body wisdom. The woman who dreams of partnership, of children, of community. Of showing up fully — with love and presence.

She, too, is an adventurer —
But of a different kind.
She explores not out of lack, but from wholeness.
Not from seeking, but from wonder.

She receives life fully.
She waters the seeds of her heart, and waits — patiently — for her garden to bloom.
She nurtures her inner temple.
She is abundance — able to give, and able to receive.
She is no longer afraid to weave.

Thank you for your presence. For reading, if you made it this far. Thank you for witnessing this journey and for letting my Art touch your Heart.

In a world that can feel hopeless, I truly believe we must do our best to keep our creativity alive,
To tend to our inner fire,
And to stay rooted in our connection with the Earth.

I hope, in some way, this sharing inspires you:
to believe — fully — in yourself, and in all you carry within.
Because you, too, are meant to create.
To live with a free and open heart.

Thank you for your time and attention!
I would love to hear your thoughts — what did these words awaken or echo in you?

Much love,

Camille