A single mum lives in a tent with her two children to be "close to the ground" – and says she prefers it to a modern "constricted" house."

Lucy Aura, 41, has spent the last five months living in a tent full time - after she says it became too expensive to rent a property as a single mum.

But the yoga teacher now says "nature was calling" her and she loves being "close to the ground" instead of being "constricted" in a modern house."

Brit Lucy, who is originally from London, lets her kids – aged five and seven – run around barefoot and loves having a campfire every night for "entertainment"."

She pays £51-a-week for her pitch and power on a home owners land instead of splashing out £259-a-week for a rental property – saving £832-a-month.

Lucy, who is now living in Kuranda, Australia, said: "I didn’t have money to have my own place."

"Nature was calling me."

"I surrendered to my path and moved into a tent."

"It has been pretty challenging sharing a small space with the kids, but they love it."

"I don’t want to put my money into a rental."

"I love to be more connected to the earth."

"I want to be close to the ground."

The Brit left for Melbourne, Australia, in 2011 when she was sick of the "working and partying lifestyle" in London."

She said: "I had an urge to go an explore."

She travelled around the country before settling in Queensland, Australia, where she met her children’s father.

The couple split in 2020 and Lucy had to sell her house and found herself struggling to afford somewhere new.

She moved into a farm in Kuranda, Queensland, with her children but says they were asked to move by the owners due to her son’s, five, behaviour.

Lucy said: "My son is overwhelming and emotional – I allow him to be."

"People don’t like that."

From there the single mum bought a tent and moved to the Billabong campsite in February 2023.

She said she has been on a "deep spiritual journey" for the last two years and said she is "trusting in the journey"."

Since living in a tent Lucy has realised she enjoys being amongst nature and the simplicities of life.

She said: "You can reconnect with yourself and the land."

"It’s about feeling safe wherever I am."

"Most kids don’t have a mum who is really present with them."

"The kids loved sharing a bed with me."

Lucy loves being barefoot and lets her kids do the same.

But the family came down with staph infection – a bacterial infection - in March 2023 due to walking around in the mud at the campsite.

Lucy is now more cautious and wears shoes when it is wet underfoot.

Following their illness, the family moved into a housesit for two weeks before going back to the campsite.

Lucy said: "It was a modern house."

"I got anxiety as soon as I went in there."

"I can’t be in the concrete building."

"I felt constricted."

Lucy’s children go to a nature-based school, but she makes sure they learn from the earth – and has cut down on screen time.

She has a campfire every night for "entertainment" for the kids and says they "love it"."

She said: "Collecting wood and making a fire and watching it is what we do most evenings."

Lucy eats organic food and cooks on her camp stove and has fridge and sink set up.

She bought a new tent which has two bedrooms so she can have her own space.

The family recently moved to the land of a homeowner in July and pay £51.84-a-week for their pitch and for power and water.

Lucy said: "I roll out of bed in the morning onto my yoga mat."

"I like to be as close the ground as possible."

"It’s how our ancestors lived."

The family clean using a sponge bath – by using a bucket and a cloth with soap - and have a disposable camp toilet.

Lucy said: "I am energetically connected to the land."

"It’s so freeing."

Lucy would like to live self-sufficiently in the future and hopes to be able to grow her own fruit and vegetables and live in a community.

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