Healing

Coping with uncertainty

Posted on May 16, 2023 in Healing, Spiritual living, Uncategorized

As we’re in such unsettled and changing times, I thought I’d share my top tips for coping with uncertainty using spiritual and healing practices. These are very general and will be of benefit to everyone. However, they don’t address specific issues such as acute anxiety or depression, so you might want to seek additional advice from experts in these areas if necessary.

Practices for coping with uncertainty

Nurture gratitude: Gratitude has one of the highest emotional vibrations, and in my experience it often opens you up and leads you effortlessly into feeling a kind of joy.

Who you are; a poem

Posted on Apr 6, 2023 in Healing, Poetry, Spiritual living, Uncategorized

I wrote Who you are on April 5th 2023 – the eve of the full moon in Libra. I wasn’t conscious while writing of how appropriate it was for that particular moon and the astrology surrounding it, but I’m never surprised by where my inner knowing takes me. The Sun conjunct Chiron opposite that moon offered potent healing energy for the kind of wounding described here, common to many. The experience itself happened many years ago, but its vivid memory sustains me still. It’s a poem for any time, and for anyone walking the spiritual path…

The moon mantle and the swan; messages from the symbolic inner world

Posted on Nov 19, 2022 in Healing, Spiritual living, Uncategorized

I thought I’d give you a glimpse into my highly symbolic inner world, where all events and occurrences are intricately connected and full of meaningful patterns. This is the way I live my life and I wouldn’t want it any other way; attribute it to my Sagittarius ascendant and twelfth house in Scorpio if you will. It’s actually the way our ancestors lived too, seeing the Otherworld as very much present and relevant within everyday physical reality. So without more ado I give you the tale of the moon mantle and the swan.

I recently noticed that an image of a swan accompanying a cloaked and hooded figure had been recurring in my dreams and meditations, and appearing in the depths of my favourite scrying crystal. This reminded me of a phrase that came to me some time ago regarding my work; “put on the moon’s mantle.”

Cry me a river; cleansing the pollution of water

Posted on Oct 16, 2022 in Healing, Spiritual living

Rivers and all water was sacred to the Celts. They knew water was the source of all life, so it was closely associated with the goddess, birth, and the gateway to the Otherworld. It was appropriately honoured and appreciated as such. The current mass pollution of water happening worldwide couldn’t be further away from this natural philosophy. In the ancient Welsh story How Culhwch Won Olwen, the salmon (specifically the Salmon of Lyn Llyw) was sought out for advice on a vital quest because it was known as the oldest and wisest of all animals.

Best foot forward; a dream work renewal

Posted on Mar 16, 2021 in Healing, Spiritual living, Uncategorized

Do you use conscious dream work as part of your self-development and soul growth? I’ve been blessed (it only occasionally felt like cursed!) with an extremely vivid dream life, which only went quiet during a few years of peri-menopause. I mourned the loss of my interior reality life; I’m assuming there was so much rippling on the surface of my consciousness that there was no need for indirect messaging. If you’ve been through menopause you’ll know exactly what I mean!